R100163 - RRUFF Database: Raman, X-ray, Infrared, and Chemistry

Sinhalite R100163

Name: Sinhalite
RRUFF ID: R100163
Ideal Chemistry: MgAl(BO₄)
Locality: Ratnapura, Sri Lanka
Source: William W. Pinch [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Pale brown cut gemstone
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction.

Mineral Group: [ Olivine (61) ]

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RAMAN SPECTRUM

RRUFF ID:

Sample Description:

Unoriented Raman on the primary sample

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BROAD SCAN WITH SPECTRAL ARTIFACTS

RRUFF ID:

R100163

Wavelength:

Sample Description:

Unoriented Raman on the primary sample

Instrument settings:

Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 25% of 150mW

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POWDER DIFFRACTION

RRUFF ID:

R100163.9

Sample Description:

Single crystal, powder profile is calculated

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 4.330(1)Å b: 9.881(1)Å c: 5.677(2)Å
alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 90° Volume: 242.83(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.

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	X-ray Data (XY - RAW)
	RRUFF File

REFERENCES for Sinhalite
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]
Claringbull G F, Hey M H (1952) Mineralogical society (London): sinhalite (MgAlBO₄), a new mineral, American Mineralogist, 37, 700-700 [view file]
Claringbull G F, Hey M H (1952) Sinhalite (MgAlBO₄), a new mineral, Mineralogical Magazine, 29, 841-850 [view file]
Fleischer M (1952) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 37, 1070-1073 [view file]
Fang J H, Newnham R E (1965) The crystal structure of sinhalite, Mineralogical Magazine, 35, 196-199 [view file]
Hayward C L, Angel R J, Ross N L (1994) The structural redetermination and crystal chemistry of sinhalite, MgAlBO₄, European Journal of Mineralogy, 6, 313-321
Shannon R D, Shannon R C, Medenbach O, Fischer R X (2002) Refractive index and dispersion of fluorides and oxides, Journal of Physical and Chemical Reference Data, 31, 931-970 [view file]
Weber, S U, Grodzicki M, Lottermoser W, Redhammer G J, Topa D, Tippelt G, Amthauer G (2009) Fe Mössbauer spectroscopy, X-ray single-crystal diffractometry, and electronic structure calculations on natural sinhalites, Physics and Chemistry of Minerals, 36, 259-269 [view file]

REFERENCES for Sinhalite

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]

Claringbull G F, Hey M H (1952) Mineralogical society (London): sinhalite (MgAlBO₄), a new mineral, American Mineralogist, 37, 700-700 [view file]

Claringbull G F, Hey M H (1952) Sinhalite (MgAlBO₄), a new mineral, Mineralogical Magazine, 29, 841-850 [view file]

Fleischer M (1952) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 37, 1070-1073 [view file]

Fang J H, Newnham R E (1965) The crystal structure of sinhalite, Mineralogical Magazine, 35, 196-199 [view file]

Hayward C L, Angel R J, Ross N L (1994) The structural redetermination and crystal chemistry of sinhalite, MgAlBO₄, European Journal of Mineralogy, 6, 313-321

Shannon R D, Shannon R C, Medenbach O, Fischer R X (2002) Refractive index and dispersion of fluorides and oxides, Journal of Physical and Chemical Reference Data, 31, 931-970 [view file]

Weber, S U, Grodzicki M, Lottermoser W, Redhammer G J, Topa D, Tippelt G, Amthauer G (2009) Fe Mössbauer spectroscopy, X-ray single-crystal diffractometry, and electronic structure calculations on natural sinhalites, Physics and Chemistry of Minerals, 36, 259-269 [view file]