W(OH, F, Cl)-dominant amphibole R060588 - RRUFF Database: Raman, X-ray, Infrared, and Chemistry

Greifensteinite R060588

Name: Greifensteinite
RRUFF ID: R060588
Ideal Chemistry: Ca₂Be₄Fe²⁺₅(PO₄)₆(OH)₄·6H₂O
Locality: João Teodoro mine, Linópolis district, Divino das Laranjeiras, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Source: Michael Scott S100786 [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Light brown elongated prismatic crystals, associated with dark-brown prismatic childrenite (R140428), radiating green gormanite (R080075), and white fine-grained leucophosphite.
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed only by single crystal X-ray diffraction.

Mineral Group: [ roscherite (9) ]

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RAMAN SPECTRUM

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Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

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RRUFF ID:

R060588

Wavelength:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

Instrument settings:

Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 65% of 150mW

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POWDER DIFFRACTION

RRUFF ID:

R060588.9

Sample Description:

Single crystal, powder profile is calculated

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 15.856(8)Å b: 11.850(7)Å c: 6.693(3)Å
alpha: 90° beta: 94.95(3)° gamma: 90° Volume: 1252.9(9)Å³ Crystal System: monoclinic

File Type Information

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 Greifensteinite
American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database Record: [view record]
Chukanov N V, Möckel S, Rastsvetaeva R K, Zadov A E (2002) Greifensteinite Ca₂Be₄(Fe²⁺,Mn)₅(PO₄)₆(OH)₄·6H₂O — a new mineral from Greifenstein, Saxony, Zapiski Vserossijskogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva, 131, issue 4 47-52 [view file]
Chukanov N V, Pekov I V, Zadov A E, Azarova Y V, Semenov E I (2002) Kuzmenkoite-Zn, K₂Zn(Ti,Nb)₄(Si₄O₁₂)₂(OH,O)₄·6-8H₂O, a new mineral of the labuntsovite group from Lovozero Massif, Kola Peninsula, Zapiski Vserossijskogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva, 131, issue 2 45-50 [view file]
Rastsvetaeva R K, Gurbanova O A, Chukanov N V (2002) Crystal structure of greifensteinite Ca₂Be₄(Fe²⁺,Mn)₅(PO₄)₆(OH)₄·6H₂O, Doklady Chemistry, 383, 78-81
Grew E S, Pertsev N N, Roberts A C (2003) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 88, 1175-1180 [view file]
Barinova A V, Rastsvetaeva R K, Chukanov N V, Pietraszko A (2004) Refinement of the crystal structure of Zn-containing greifensteinite, Crystallography Reports, 49, 942-945 [view file]
Mandarino J A (2004) New minerals, The Canadian Mineralogist, 42, 215-234 [view file]
Rastsvetaeva R K, Barinova A V, Chukanov N V, Pietraszko A (2004) Crystal structure of a magnesium-rich triclinic analogue of greifensteinite, Doklady Chemistry, 398, 191-195 [view file]
Atencio D, Coutinho J M V, Menezes L A D (2005) Roscherite-group minerals from Brazil, Axis, 1, Mineralogical Record www.MineralogicalRecord.com 1-18

REFERENCES for Greifensteinite

American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database Record: [view record]

Chukanov N V, Möckel S, Rastsvetaeva R K, Zadov A E (2002) Greifensteinite Ca₂Be₄(Fe²⁺,Mn)₅(PO₄)₆(OH)₄·6H₂O — a new mineral from Greifenstein, Saxony, Zapiski Vserossijskogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva, 131, issue 4 47-52 [view file]

Chukanov N V, Pekov I V, Zadov A E, Azarova Y V, Semenov E I (2002) Kuzmenkoite-Zn, K₂Zn(Ti,Nb)₄(Si₄O₁₂)₂(OH,O)₄·6-8H₂O, a new mineral of the labuntsovite group from Lovozero Massif, Kola Peninsula, Zapiski Vserossijskogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva, 131, issue 2 45-50 [view file]

Rastsvetaeva R K, Gurbanova O A, Chukanov N V (2002) Crystal structure of greifensteinite Ca₂Be₄(Fe²⁺,Mn)₅(PO₄)₆(OH)₄·6H₂O, Doklady Chemistry, 383, 78-81

Grew E S, Pertsev N N, Roberts A C (2003) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 88, 1175-1180 [view file]

Barinova A V, Rastsvetaeva R K, Chukanov N V, Pietraszko A (2004) Refinement of the crystal structure of Zn-containing greifensteinite, Crystallography Reports, 49, 942-945 [view file]

Mandarino J A (2004) New minerals, The Canadian Mineralogist, 42, 215-234 [view file]

Rastsvetaeva R K, Barinova A V, Chukanov N V, Pietraszko A (2004) Crystal structure of a magnesium-rich triclinic analogue of greifensteinite, Doklady Chemistry, 398, 191-195 [view file]

Atencio D, Coutinho J M V, Menezes L A D (2005) Roscherite-group minerals from Brazil, Axis, 1, Mineralogical Record www.MineralogicalRecord.com 1-18