R050665 - RRUFF Database: Raman, X-ray, Infrared, and Chemistry

Humite R050665

Name: Humite
RRUFF ID: R050665
Ideal Chemistry: Mg₇(SiO₄)₃F₂
Locality: Tilly Foster mine, Brewster, Putnam County, New York, USA
Source: University of Arizona Mineral Museum [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Granular aggregate of reddish-orange crystals
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis

Mineral Group: [ Humite (21) ]

Quick search: [ All Humite samples (2) ]

CHEMISTRY

RRUFF ID:	R050665.2
Sample Description:	Microprobe Fragment
Measured Chemistry:	(Mg_0.91Fe²⁺_0.09)₇(Si_1.00O₄)₃(F_0.56(OH)_0.44)₂

RAMAN SPECTRUM

RRUFF ID:

Sample Description:

Sample is oriented and mounted on a pin.

Pin ID:

M01664

Orientation:

Laser parallel to a* (1 0 0). Fiducial mark perpendicular to laser is parallel to b [0 1 0].

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BROAD SCAN WITH SPECTRAL ARTIFACTS

RRUFF ID:

R050665

Wavelength:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

Instrument settings:

Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW

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INFRARED SPECTRUM (Attenuated Total Reflectance)

RRUFF ID:

R050665.1

Sample Description:

Powder

Instrument settings:

SensIR Durascope on a Nicolet Magna 860 FTIR

Resolution:

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POWDER DIFFRACTION

RRUFF ID:

R050665.1

Sample Description:

Powder

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 4.7426(4)Å b: 10.2722(4)Å c: 20.881(1)Å
alpha: 90.° beta: 90.° gamma: 90.° Volume: 1017.32(8)Å³ Crystal System: orthorhombic

File Type Information

Calculated diffraction file.

File Type Information

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

File Type Information

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

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REFERENCES for Humite
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]
Bournon J L (1813) Humite, in Catalogue de la Collection Minéralogique du Compte de Bournon De l'imprimetie de R. Juigné London 52-54 [view file]
Bournon J L (1817) Humite, in Catalogue de la Collection Minéralogique Particulière du Roi De l'Imprimerie d'Abel Lanoe Paris 52-54 [view file]
Heuland H, Lévy A (1837) Cinquième Espece. Humite, in Description d'une collection de Minéraux Volume 2 Adolphe Richter et Compagnie London 281-282 [view file]
Valkenburg A V (1961) Synthesis of the humites nMg₂SiO₄·Mg(F, OH)₂, Journal of Research of the National Bureau of Standards - A. Physics and Chemistry, 65A, 415-428 [view file]
Ribbe P H, Gibbs G V (1971) Crystal structures of the humite minerals: III. Mg/Fe ordering in humite and its relation to other ferromagnesian silicates, American Mineralogist, 56, 1155-1173 [view file]
Winter G A, Essene E J, Peacor D R (1983) Mn-humites from Bald Knob, North Carolina: Mineralogy and phase equilibria, American Mineralogist, 68, 951-959 [view file]
Lin C C, Liu L G, Mernagh T P, Irifune T (2000) Raman spectroscopic study of hydroxyl-clinohumite at various pressures and temperatures, Physics and Chemistry of Minerals, 27, 320-331 [link]
Tracy R J, Beard J S (2003) Manganoan kinoshitalite in Mn-rich marble and skarn from Virginia, American Mineralogist, 88, 740-747 [view file]
Frost R L, Palmer S J, Bouzaid J M, Reddy B J (2007) A Raman spectroscopic study of humite minerals, Journal of Raman Spectroscopy, 38, 68-77
Galuskin E V, Lazic B, Armbruster T, Galuskina I O, Pertsev N N, Gazeev V M, Włodyka R, Dulski M, Dzierżanowski P, Zadov A E, Dubrovinsky L S (2012) Edgrewite Ca₉(SiO₄)₄F₂-hydroxyledgrewite Ca₉(SiO₄)₄(OH)₂, a new series of calcium humite-group minerals from altered xenoliths in the ignimbrite of Upper Chegem caldera, Northern Caucasus, Kabardino-Balkaria, Russia, American Mineralogist, 97, 1998-2006 [view file]
Liu D, Hirner S M, Smyth J R, Zhang J, Shi X, Wang X, Zhu X, Ye Y (2021) Crystal chemistry and high-temperature vibrational spectra of humite and norbergite: Fluorine and titanium in humite-group minerals, American Mineralogist, 106, 1153-1162
Miyawaki R, Hatert F, Pasero M, Mills S J (2021) IMA Commission on New Minerals, Nomenclature and Classification (CNMNC) Newsletter 63, Mineralogical Magazine, 85, 910-915 [view file]

REFERENCES for Humite

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]

Bournon J L (1813) Humite, in Catalogue de la Collection Minéralogique du Compte de Bournon De l'imprimetie de R. Juigné London 52-54 [view file]

Bournon J L (1817) Humite, in Catalogue de la Collection Minéralogique Particulière du Roi De l'Imprimerie d'Abel Lanoe Paris 52-54 [view file]

Heuland H, Lévy A (1837) Cinquième Espece. Humite, in Description d'une collection de Minéraux Volume 2 Adolphe Richter et Compagnie London 281-282 [view file]

Valkenburg A V (1961) Synthesis of the humites nMg₂SiO₄·Mg(F, OH)₂, Journal of Research of the National Bureau of Standards - A. Physics and Chemistry, 65A, 415-428 [view file]

Ribbe P H, Gibbs G V (1971) Crystal structures of the humite minerals: III. Mg/Fe ordering in humite and its relation to other ferromagnesian silicates, American Mineralogist, 56, 1155-1173 [view file]

Winter G A, Essene E J, Peacor D R (1983) Mn-humites from Bald Knob, North Carolina: Mineralogy and phase equilibria, American Mineralogist, 68, 951-959 [view file]

Lin C C, Liu L G, Mernagh T P, Irifune T (2000) Raman spectroscopic study of hydroxyl-clinohumite at various pressures and temperatures, Physics and Chemistry of Minerals, 27, 320-331 [link]

Tracy R J, Beard J S (2003) Manganoan kinoshitalite in Mn-rich marble and skarn from Virginia, American Mineralogist, 88, 740-747 [view file]

Frost R L, Palmer S J, Bouzaid J M, Reddy B J (2007) A Raman spectroscopic study of humite minerals, Journal of Raman Spectroscopy, 38, 68-77

Galuskin E V, Lazic B, Armbruster T, Galuskina I O, Pertsev N N, Gazeev V M, Włodyka R, Dulski M, Dzierżanowski P, Zadov A E, Dubrovinsky L S (2012) Edgrewite Ca₉(SiO₄)₄F₂-hydroxyledgrewite Ca₉(SiO₄)₄(OH)₂, a new series of calcium humite-group minerals from altered xenoliths in the ignimbrite of Upper Chegem caldera, Northern Caucasus, Kabardino-Balkaria, Russia, American Mineralogist, 97, 1998-2006 [view file]

Liu D, Hirner S M, Smyth J R, Zhang J, Shi X, Wang X, Zhu X, Ye Y (2021) Crystal chemistry and high-temperature vibrational spectra of humite and norbergite: Fluorine and titanium in humite-group minerals, American Mineralogist, 106, 1153-1162

Miyawaki R, Hatert F, Pasero M, Mills S J (2021) IMA Commission on New Minerals, Nomenclature and Classification (CNMNC) Newsletter 63, Mineralogical Magazine, 85, 910-915 [view file]