W(OH, F, Cl)-dominant amphibole R050516 - RRUFF Database: Raman, X-ray, Infrared, and Chemistry

Potassic-arfvedsonite R050516

Name: Potassic-arfvedsonite
RRUFF ID: R050516
Ideal Chemistry: KNa₂(Fe²⁺₄Fe³⁺)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂
Locality: Red Wine complex, Labrador, Newfoundland, Canada
Source: Frank Hawthorne
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Black fragments, structure is published in Can Min 14 (1976) 346-356
Status: The identification of this mineral is confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis.

Mineral Group: [ amphibole (107) ]

CHEMISTRY

RRUFF ID:	R050516.2
Sample Description:	Microprobe Fragment
Measured Chemistry:	(K_0.72Na_0.25◻_0.03)Na_2.00(Fe²⁺_3.75Ca_0.15Mg_0.10)_Σ=4(Fe³⁺_0.55Al_0.30Ti_0.10Mn_0.05)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂
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RAMAN SPECTRUM

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Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

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BROAD SCAN WITH SPECTRAL ARTIFACTS

RRUFF ID:

R050516

Wavelength:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

Instrument settings:

Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW

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POWDER DIFFRACTION

RRUFF ID:

R050516.9

Sample Description:

Single crystal, powder profile is calculated

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 10.007(2)Å b: 18.077(2)Å c: 5.332(1)Å
alpha: 90° beta: 104.101(7)° gamma: 90° Volume: 935.48Å³ Crystal System: monoclinic

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Calculated diffraction file.

File Type Information

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

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REFERENCES for Potassic-arfvedsonite
American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database Record: [view record]
Nickel E H, Mark E (1965) Arfvedsonite and aegirine–augite from Seal Lake, Labrador, The Canadian Mineralogist, 8, 185-197 [view file]
Hawthorne F C (1976) The crystal chemistry of amphiboles: V. The structure and chemistry of arfvedsonite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 14, 346-356 [view file]
Burke E A J, Leake B E (2004) "Named amphiboles": a new category of amphiboles recognized by the International Mineralogical Association (IMA), and the proper order of prefixes to be used in amphibole names, The Canadian Mineralogist, 42, 1881-1883 [view file]
Pekov I V, Chukanov N V, Lebedeva Y S, Pushcharovsky D Y, Ferraris G, Gula A, Zadov A E, Novakova A A, Petersen O V (2004) Potassicarfvedsonite, KNa₂Fe²⁺₄Fe³⁺Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂, a K-dominant amphibole of the arfvedsonite series from agpaitic pegmatites - Mineral data, structure refinement and disorder in the A site, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Monatshefte, 2004, 555-574
Piilonen P C, Ercit T S (2005) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 90, 1466-1469 [view file]
Pekov I V (2007) New minerals from former Soviet Union countries, 1998-2006: new minerals approved by the IMA commission on new minerals and mineral names, Mineralogical Almanac, 11, 9-51 [view file]
Hawthorne F C, Oberti R, Harlow G E, Maresch W V, Martin R F, Schumacher J C, Welch M D (2012) Nomenclature of the amphibole supergroup, American Mineralogist, 97, 2031-2048 [view file]

REFERENCES for Potassic-arfvedsonite

American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database Record: [view record]

Nickel E H, Mark E (1965) Arfvedsonite and aegirine–augite from Seal Lake, Labrador, The Canadian Mineralogist, 8, 185-197 [view file]

Hawthorne F C (1976) The crystal chemistry of amphiboles: V. The structure and chemistry of arfvedsonite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 14, 346-356 [view file]

Burke E A J, Leake B E (2004) "Named amphiboles": a new category of amphiboles recognized by the International Mineralogical Association (IMA), and the proper order of prefixes to be used in amphibole names, The Canadian Mineralogist, 42, 1881-1883 [view file]

Pekov I V, Chukanov N V, Lebedeva Y S, Pushcharovsky D Y, Ferraris G, Gula A, Zadov A E, Novakova A A, Petersen O V (2004) Potassicarfvedsonite, KNa₂Fe²⁺₄Fe³⁺Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂, a K-dominant amphibole of the arfvedsonite series from agpaitic pegmatites - Mineral data, structure refinement and disorder in the A site, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Monatshefte, 2004, 555-574

Piilonen P C, Ercit T S (2005) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 90, 1466-1469 [view file]

Pekov I V (2007) New minerals from former Soviet Union countries, 1998-2006: new minerals approved by the IMA commission on new minerals and mineral names, Mineralogical Almanac, 11, 9-51 [view file]

Hawthorne F C, Oberti R, Harlow G E, Maresch W V, Martin R F, Schumacher J C, Welch M D (2012) Nomenclature of the amphibole supergroup, American Mineralogist, 97, 2031-2048 [view file]