Devitoite R130083

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Name: Devitoite
RRUFF ID: R130083
Ideal Chemistry: Ba6Fe2+7Fe3+2(Si4O12)2(PO4)2(CO3)O2(OH)4
Locality: Big Creek in eastern Fresno County, California, USA
Source: George R. Rossman
Owner: Anthony R. Kampf
Description: Cream to pale brown streak, a silky luster. Data from Kampf et al (2010)
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis
Mineral Groups: [ astrophyllite (11) ] [ Devitoite (2) ]
CHEMISTRY 
RRUFF ID: R130083.2
Sample Description: Microprobe Fragment
Measured Chemistry: [(Ba5.45Ca0.19)Σ=5.64(PO4)1.47O0.30(CO3)][(Fe2+6.60Mg0.40)Σ=7(Fe3+1.64Ti4+0.22Al3+0.14)Σ=2(Si7.51Al0.49)Σ=8O26(OH)4]
RAMAN SPECTRUM 
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Sample Description: Oriented sample on the (001) face
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BROAD SCAN WITH SPECTRAL ARTIFACTS
RRUFF ID: R130083
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Sample Description: Oriented sample on the (001) face
Instrument settings: Renishaw M1000 514nm @ 100% of 50mW
POWDER DIFFRACTION 
RRUFF ID: R130083.9
Sample Description: Single crystal, powder profile is calculated
Cell Refinement Output: a: 5.3437(7)Å    b: 11.6726(15)Å    c: 14.680(2)Å
alpha: 91.337(4)°    beta: 96.757(4)°    gamma: 103.233(4)°   Volume: 884.0(2)Å3    Crystal System: triclinic
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Calculated diffraction file.

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Output file from the Bruker D8 Advance instrument. Includes device headers and XY data.

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REFERENCES for Devitoite

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]

Williams P A, Hatert F, Pasero M (2009) New minerals approved in 2009, in International Mineralogical Association 1-34   [view file]

Kampf A R, Rossman G R, Steele I M, Pluth J J, Dunning G E, Walstrom R E (2010) Devitoite, a new heterophyllosilicate mineral with astrophyllite-like layers from eastern Fresno County, California, The Canadian Mineralogist, 48, 29-40   [view file]

Piilonen P C, Poirier G, Ercit T S, Rowe R, Tait K T (2010) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 95, 1594-1600   [view file]

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

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