Astrophyllite R060103

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Name: Astrophyllite
RRUFF ID: R060103
Ideal Chemistry: K2NaFe2+7Ti2(Si4O12)2O2(OH)4F
Locality: Brivik, Norway
Source: University of Arizona Mineral Museum 2924 [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Brown fragment embedded in matrix
Status: The identification of this mineral is confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis.
Mineral Groups: [ astrophyllite (11) ] [ Astrophyllite (5) ]
Quick search: [ All Astrophyllite samples (2) ]
CHEMISTRY 
RRUFF ID: R060103.2
Sample Description: Microprobe Fragment
Measured Chemistry: K2.00Na1.00(Fe2+0.55Mn0.32Fe3+0.04Mg0.04Ca0.04)7(Ti0.66Zr0.18Al0.16)2Si8.00O26(OH)4F1.00
Microprobe Data File: [ Download Excel File ]
RAMAN SPECTRUM 
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Sample Description: Sample is oriented and mounted on a pin.
Pin ID: M01031
Orientation: Laser parallel to  c*  (0 0 1).     Fiducial mark perpendicular to laser is parallel to  a   [1 0 0].
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RRUFF ID: R060103
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
Instrument settings: Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW
POWDER DIFFRACTION 
RRUFF ID: R060103.9
Sample Description: Single crystal, powder profile is calculated
Cell Refinement Output: a: 5.386(1)Å    b: 11.907(2)Å    c: 11.703(2)Å
alpha: 113.110(8)°    beta: 94.549(9)°    gamma: 103.110(9)°   Volume: 660.3(2)Å3    Crystal System: triclinic
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Output file from the Bruker D8 Advance instrument. Includes device headers and XY data.

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REFERENCES for Astrophyllite

American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database Record: [view record]

Anthony J W, Bideaux R A, Bladh K W, and Nichols M C (1990) Handbook of Mineralogy, Mineral Data Publishing, Tucson Arizona, USA, by permission of the Mineralogical Society of America. [view file]

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Scheerer T (1854) Verhandlungen des bergmännischen vereins zu Freiberg, Berg- und Huttenmannische Zeitung, 12, 389-392   [view file]

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Woodrow P J (1967) The crystal structure of astrophyllite, Acta Crystallographica, 22, 673-678

Manning P G (1968) On the origin of colour and pleochroism of astrophyllite and brown clintonite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 9, 663-677   [view file]

Fleischer M, Chao G Y, Cabri L J (1975) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 60, 736-739   [view file]

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Piilonen P C, LaLonde A E, McDonald A M, Gault R A, Larsen A O (2003) Insights into astrophyllite–group minerals. I. Nomenclature, composition and development of a standardized general formula, The Canadian Mineralogist, 41, 1-26   [view file]

Piilonen P C, McDonald A M, LaLonde A E (2003) Insights into astrophyllite–group minerals. II. Crystal chemistry, The Canadian Mineralogist, 41, 27-54   [view file]

Sokolova E, Cámara F (2008) Re-investigation of the crystal structure of magnesium astrophyllite, European Journal of Mineralogy, 20, 253-260

Cámara F, Sokolova E, Abdu Y, Hawthorne F C (2010) The crystal structures of niobophyllite, kupletskite-(Cs) and Sn-rich astrophyllite: Revisions to the crystal chemistry of the astrophyllite-group minerals, The Canadian Mineralogist, 48, 1-16   [view file]

Cámara F, Sokolova E, Abdu Y, Hawthorne F C (2010) The crystal structures of niobophyllite, kupletskite-(Cs) and Sn-rich astrophyllite: Revisions to the crystal chemistry of the astrophyllite-group minerals: Erratum, The Canadian Mineralogist, 48, 431-431   [view file]

Sokolova E (2012) Further developments in the structure topology of the astrophyllite-group minerals, Mineralogical Magazine, 76, 863-882   [view file]

Stepanov A V, Bekenova G K, Levin V L, Sokolova E, Hawthorne F C, Dobrovol'skaya E A (2012) Tarbagataite, (K,◻)2(Ca,Na)(Fe2+,Mn)7Ti2(Si4O12)2O2(OH)4(OH,F), a new astrophyllite-group mineral species from the Verkhnee Espe Deposit, Akjailyautas Mountains, Kazakhstan: Description and crystal structure, The Canadian Mineralogist, 50, 159-168   [view file]

Sokolova E, Cámara F, Hawthorne F C, Ciriotti M E (2017) The astrophyllite supergroup: nomenclature and classification, Mineralogical Magazine, 81, 143-153