Tanzanite R050038 - RRUFF Database: Raman, X-ray, Infrared, and Chemistry

Zoisite R050038

Name: Zoisite
RRUFF ID: R050038
Ideal Chemistry: Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)
Locality: Elf Shooting Creek, Clay County, North Carolina, USA
Source: University of Arizona Mineral Museum 4475 [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Tan colored fragments of single crystals
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis

Mineral Group: [ epidote (31) ]

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CHEMISTRY

RRUFF ID:	R050038.2
Sample Description:	Microprobe Fragment
Measured Chemistry:	(Ca_.998Na_.002)₂(Al_.982Fe³⁺_.018)₃(Si_.982Fe³⁺_.018)₃O₁₂(OH)

RAMAN SPECTRUM

RRUFF ID:

Sample Description:

Sample is oriented, mounted onto a pin and polished

Pin ID:

M00498

Orientation:

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

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Raman Mode Analysis

BROAD SCAN WITH SPECTRAL ARTIFACTS

RRUFF ID:

R050038

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:

R050038.1

Instrument settings:

SensIR Durascope on a Nicolet Magna 860 FTIR

Resolution:

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POWDER DIFFRACTION

RRUFF ID:

R050038.1

Sample Description:

Powder

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 16.2133(5)Å b: 5.5576(2)Å c: 10.0414(3)Å
alpha: 90.° beta: 90.° gamma: 90.° Volume: 904.82(4)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 Zoisite
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]
Jameson R (1805) Zoisite, System of Mineralogy, II, Bell and Bradfute Edinburgh, U.K. 597-598 [view file]
Brooke H J (1831) On monticellite, a new species of mineral; on the character of zoizite; and on cupreous sulphate of lead, Philosophical Magazine, 10, 265-268 [view file]
Weinschenk E (1896) Ueber Epidot und Zoisit, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 26, 156-177 [view file]
Hutton C O (1950) Studies of heavy detrital minerals, Bulletin of the Geological Society of America, 61, 635-710 [view file]
Moore P B (1965) Cell data of orientite and its relation to ardennite and zoisite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 8, 262-265 [view file]
Dollase W A (1968) Refinement and comparison of the structures of zoisite and clinozoisite, American Mineralogist, 53, 1882-1898 [view file]
Faye G H, Nickel E H (1971) On the pleochroism of vanadium-bearing zoisite from Tanzania, The Canadian Mineralogist, 10, 812-821 [view file]
Bailey S W (1977) Report of the I.M.A-I.U.Cr. Joint Committee on Nomenclature, American Mineralogist, 62, 411-415 [view file]
Cheng W, Greenwood H J (1989) The stability of the assemblage zoisite + diopside, The Canadian Mineralogist, 27, 657-662 [view file]
Mendenbach O, Shannon R D (1997) Refractive indices and optical dispersion of 103 synthetic and mineral oxides and silicates measured by a small-prism technique, Journal of the Optical Society of America B, 14, 3299-3318
Liebscher A (2004) Spectroscopy of epidote minerals, Reviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry, 56, Mineralogical Society of America 125-170
Dörsam G, Liebscher A, Wunder B, Franz G, Gottschalk M (2007) Crystal chemistry of synthetic Ca₂Al₃Si₃O₁₂OH–Sr₂Al₃O₁₂OH solid-solution series of zoisite and clinozoisite, American Mineralogist, 92, 1133-1147 [view file]
Mao Z, Jiang F, Duffy T S (2007) Single-crystal elasticity of zoisite Ca₂Al₃Si₃O₁₂(OH) by Brillouin scattering, American Mineralogist, 92, 570-576 [view file]
Nagashima M, Geiger C A, Akasaka M (2009) A crystal-chemical investigation of clinozoisite synthesized along the join Ca₂Al₃Si₃O₁₂(OH)-Ca₂Al₂CrSi₃O₁₂(OH), American Mineralogist, 94, 1351-1360 [view file]
Dörsam G, Liebscher A, Wunder B, Franz G, Gottschalk M (2011) Synthesis of Pb-zoisite and Pb-lawsonite, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Abhandlungen, 188, 99-110
Alvaro M, Angel R J, Cámara F (2012) High-pressure behavior of zoisite, American Mineralogist, 97, 1165-1176 [view file]
Weis F A, Lazor P, Skogby H, Stalder R, Eriksson L (2016) Polarized IR and Raman spectra of zoisite: insights into OH-dipole orientation and the luminescence, European Journal of Mineralogy, 28, 537-543
Bačík P, Wildner M, Cempírek J, Škoda R, Cibula P, Vaculovič T (2023) The position of vanadium in the crystal structure of zoisite, variety tanzanite: Structural refinement, optical absorption spectroscopy and bond-valence calculations, Mineralogical Magazine, 87, 599-610

REFERENCES for Zoisite

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]

Jameson R (1805) Zoisite, System of Mineralogy, II, Bell and Bradfute Edinburgh, U.K. 597-598 [view file]

Brooke H J (1831) On monticellite, a new species of mineral; on the character of zoizite; and on cupreous sulphate of lead, Philosophical Magazine, 10, 265-268 [view file]

Weinschenk E (1896) Ueber Epidot und Zoisit, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 26, 156-177 [view file]

Hutton C O (1950) Studies of heavy detrital minerals, Bulletin of the Geological Society of America, 61, 635-710 [view file]

Moore P B (1965) Cell data of orientite and its relation to ardennite and zoisite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 8, 262-265 [view file]

Dollase W A (1968) Refinement and comparison of the structures of zoisite and clinozoisite, American Mineralogist, 53, 1882-1898 [view file]

Faye G H, Nickel E H (1971) On the pleochroism of vanadium-bearing zoisite from Tanzania, The Canadian Mineralogist, 10, 812-821 [view file]

Bailey S W (1977) Report of the I.M.A-I.U.Cr. Joint Committee on Nomenclature, American Mineralogist, 62, 411-415 [view file]

Cheng W, Greenwood H J (1989) The stability of the assemblage zoisite + diopside, The Canadian Mineralogist, 27, 657-662 [view file]

Mendenbach O, Shannon R D (1997) Refractive indices and optical dispersion of 103 synthetic and mineral oxides and silicates measured by a small-prism technique, Journal of the Optical Society of America B, 14, 3299-3318

Liebscher A (2004) Spectroscopy of epidote minerals, Reviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry, 56, Mineralogical Society of America 125-170

Dörsam G, Liebscher A, Wunder B, Franz G, Gottschalk M (2007) Crystal chemistry of synthetic Ca₂Al₃Si₃O₁₂OH–Sr₂Al₃O₁₂OH solid-solution series of zoisite and clinozoisite, American Mineralogist, 92, 1133-1147 [view file]

Mao Z, Jiang F, Duffy T S (2007) Single-crystal elasticity of zoisite Ca₂Al₃Si₃O₁₂(OH) by Brillouin scattering, American Mineralogist, 92, 570-576 [view file]

Nagashima M, Geiger C A, Akasaka M (2009) A crystal-chemical investigation of clinozoisite synthesized along the join Ca₂Al₃Si₃O₁₂(OH)-Ca₂Al₂CrSi₃O₁₂(OH), American Mineralogist, 94, 1351-1360 [view file]

Dörsam G, Liebscher A, Wunder B, Franz G, Gottschalk M (2011) Synthesis of Pb-zoisite and Pb-lawsonite, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Abhandlungen, 188, 99-110

Alvaro M, Angel R J, Cámara F (2012) High-pressure behavior of zoisite, American Mineralogist, 97, 1165-1176 [view file]

Weis F A, Lazor P, Skogby H, Stalder R, Eriksson L (2016) Polarized IR and Raman spectra of zoisite: insights into OH-dipole orientation and the luminescence, European Journal of Mineralogy, 28, 537-543

Bačík P, Wildner M, Cempírek J, Škoda R, Cibula P, Vaculovič T (2023) The position of vanadium in the crystal structure of zoisite, variety tanzanite: Structural refinement, optical absorption spectroscopy and bond-valence calculations, Mineralogical Magazine, 87, 599-610