W(OH, F, Cl)-dominant amphibole R060969 - RRUFF Database: Raman, X-ray, Infrared, and Chemistry

Fluor-liddicoatite R060969

Name: Fluor-liddicoatite
RRUFF ID: R060969
Ideal Chemistry: Ca(Li₂Al)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃F
Locality: Antandro Komby mine, Manandona River, Antsirabe, Madagascar
Source: Michael Scott S100388 [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Red and green prismatic striated crystal, we studied the red part.
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed only by single crystal X-ray diffraction.

Mineral Group: [ tourmaline (49) ]

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CHEMISTRY

RRUFF ID:	R060969.2
Sample Description:	Microprobe Fragment

RAMAN SPECTRUM

RRUFF ID:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

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Raman Mode Analysis

BROAD SCAN WITH SPECTRAL ARTIFACTS

RRUFF ID:

R060969

Wavelength:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

Instrument settings:

Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW

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POWDER DIFFRACTION

RRUFF ID:

R060969.9

Sample Description:

Single crystal, powder profile is calculated

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 15.840(2)Å b: 15.840(2)Å c: 7.105(1)Å
alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 120° Volume: 1544.0(2)Å³ Crystal System: hexagonal

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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REFERENCES for Fluor-liddicoatite
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]
Dunn P J, Appleman D E, Nelen J E (1977) Liddicoatite, a new calcium end-member of the tourmaline group, American Mineralogist, 62, 1121-1124 [view file]
Gashrova B, Mihailova B, Konstantinov L (1997) Raman spectra of various types of tourmaline, European Journal of Mineralogy, 9, 935-940
Aurisicchio C, Demartin F, Ottolini L, Pezzotta F (1999) Homogeneous liddicoatite from Madagascar: a possible reference material? First EMPA, SIMS and SREF data, European Journal of Mineralogy, 11, 237-242
Hawthorne F C, Henry D J (1999) Classification of the minerals of the tourmaline group, European Journal of Mineralogy, 11, 201-215 [view file]
Dirlam D M, Laurs B M, Pezzotta F, Simmons W B (2002) Liddicoatite tourmaline from Anjanabonoina, Madagascar, Gems & Gemology, 38, 28-53 [view file]
Ertl A, Hughes J M, Prowatke S, Ludwig T, Prasad P S R, Brandstätter F, Körner W, Schuster R, Pertlik F, Marschall H (2006) Tetrahedrally coordinated boron in tourmalines from the liddicoatite-elbaite series from Madagascar: Structure, chemistry, and infrared spectroscopic studies, American Mineralogist, 91, 1847-1856 [view file]
Shtukenberg A, Rozhdestvenskaya I, Frank-Kamenetskaya O, Bronzova J, Euler H, Kirfel A, Bannova I, Zolotarev A (2007) Symmetry and crystal structure of biaxial elbaite-liddicoatite tourmaline from the Transbaikalia region, Russia, American Mineralogist, 92, 675-686 [view file]
Rozhdestvenskaya I V, Bronzova Y M, Frank-Kamenetskaya O V, Zolotarev A A, Kuznetsova L G, Bannova I I (2008) Refinement of the crystal structure of calcium-lithium-aluminum tourmaline from the pegmatite vein in the Sangilen Upland (Tuva Republic), Crystallography Reports, 53, issue 2 223-227 [view file]
Henry D J, Novák M, Hawthorne F C, Ertl A, Dutrow B L, Uher P, Pezzotta F (2011) Nomenclature of the tourmaline-supergroup minerals, American Mineralogist, 96, 895-913 [view file]
Lussier A J, Abdu Y, Hawthorne F C, Michaelis V K, Aguiar P M, Kroeker S (2011) Oscillatory zoned liddicoatite from Anjanabonoina, central Madigascar. I. Crystal chemistry and structure by SREF and ¹¹B and ²⁷Al MAS NMR spectroscopy, The Canadian Mineralogist, 49, 63-88 [view file]
Kolitsch U, Andresen P, Husdal T A, Ertl A, Haugen A, Ellingsen H V, Larsen A O (2013) Tourmaline-group minerals from Norway, part II: Occurrences of luinaite-(OH) in Tvedalen, Larvik and Porsgrunn, and fluor-liddicoatite, fluor-elbaite and fluor-schorl at Ågskardet, Nordland, Norsk Bergverksmuseum Skrift, 50, 23-41
Watenphul A, Burgdorf M, Schlüter J, Horn I, Malcherek T, Mihailova B (2016) Exploring the potential of Raman spectroscopy for crystallochemical analyses of complex hydrous silicates: II. Tourmalines, American Mineralogist, 101, 970-985
Bosi F (2018) Tourmaline crystal chemistry, American Mineralogist, 103, 298-306 [view file]
Hovis G L, Tribaudino M, Altomare C, Bosi F (2023) Thermal expansion of minerals in the tourmaline supergroup, American Mineralogist, 108, 1053-1063
Lussier A J, Hawthorne F C (2023) Oscillatory zoned liddicoatite from Anjanabonoina, Central Madagascar. III. Trace elements, The Canadian Journal of Mineralogy and Petrology, 61, 825-859
Rizzo F, Bosi F, Tempesta G, Agrosì G (2023) Compositional variation and crystal-chemical characterization of a watermelon variety of tourmaline from Anjanabonoina, Central Madagascar, Crystals, 13, 1290 [link] [view file]

REFERENCES for Fluor-liddicoatite

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]

Dunn P J, Appleman D E, Nelen J E (1977) Liddicoatite, a new calcium end-member of the tourmaline group, American Mineralogist, 62, 1121-1124 [view file]

Gashrova B, Mihailova B, Konstantinov L (1997) Raman spectra of various types of tourmaline, European Journal of Mineralogy, 9, 935-940

Aurisicchio C, Demartin F, Ottolini L, Pezzotta F (1999) Homogeneous liddicoatite from Madagascar: a possible reference material? First EMPA, SIMS and SREF data, European Journal of Mineralogy, 11, 237-242

Hawthorne F C, Henry D J (1999) Classification of the minerals of the tourmaline group, European Journal of Mineralogy, 11, 201-215 [view file]

Dirlam D M, Laurs B M, Pezzotta F, Simmons W B (2002) Liddicoatite tourmaline from Anjanabonoina, Madagascar, Gems & Gemology, 38, 28-53 [view file]

Ertl A, Hughes J M, Prowatke S, Ludwig T, Prasad P S R, Brandstätter F, Körner W, Schuster R, Pertlik F, Marschall H (2006) Tetrahedrally coordinated boron in tourmalines from the liddicoatite-elbaite series from Madagascar: Structure, chemistry, and infrared spectroscopic studies, American Mineralogist, 91, 1847-1856 [view file]

Shtukenberg A, Rozhdestvenskaya I, Frank-Kamenetskaya O, Bronzova J, Euler H, Kirfel A, Bannova I, Zolotarev A (2007) Symmetry and crystal structure of biaxial elbaite-liddicoatite tourmaline from the Transbaikalia region, Russia, American Mineralogist, 92, 675-686 [view file]

Rozhdestvenskaya I V, Bronzova Y M, Frank-Kamenetskaya O V, Zolotarev A A, Kuznetsova L G, Bannova I I (2008) Refinement of the crystal structure of calcium-lithium-aluminum tourmaline from the pegmatite vein in the Sangilen Upland (Tuva Republic), Crystallography Reports, 53, issue 2 223-227 [view file]

Henry D J, Novák M, Hawthorne F C, Ertl A, Dutrow B L, Uher P, Pezzotta F (2011) Nomenclature of the tourmaline-supergroup minerals, American Mineralogist, 96, 895-913 [view file]

Lussier A J, Abdu Y, Hawthorne F C, Michaelis V K, Aguiar P M, Kroeker S (2011) Oscillatory zoned liddicoatite from Anjanabonoina, central Madigascar. I. Crystal chemistry and structure by SREF and ¹¹B and ²⁷Al MAS NMR spectroscopy, The Canadian Mineralogist, 49, 63-88 [view file]

Kolitsch U, Andresen P, Husdal T A, Ertl A, Haugen A, Ellingsen H V, Larsen A O (2013) Tourmaline-group minerals from Norway, part II: Occurrences of luinaite-(OH) in Tvedalen, Larvik and Porsgrunn, and fluor-liddicoatite, fluor-elbaite and fluor-schorl at Ågskardet, Nordland, Norsk Bergverksmuseum Skrift, 50, 23-41

Watenphul A, Burgdorf M, Schlüter J, Horn I, Malcherek T, Mihailova B (2016) Exploring the potential of Raman spectroscopy for crystallochemical analyses of complex hydrous silicates: II. Tourmalines, American Mineralogist, 101, 970-985

Bosi F (2018) Tourmaline crystal chemistry, American Mineralogist, 103, 298-306 [view file]

Hovis G L, Tribaudino M, Altomare C, Bosi F (2023) Thermal expansion of minerals in the tourmaline supergroup, American Mineralogist, 108, 1053-1063

Lussier A J, Hawthorne F C (2023) Oscillatory zoned liddicoatite from Anjanabonoina, Central Madagascar. III. Trace elements, The Canadian Journal of Mineralogy and Petrology, 61, 825-859

Rizzo F, Bosi F, Tempesta G, Agrosì G (2023) Compositional variation and crystal-chemical characterization of a watermelon variety of tourmaline from Anjanabonoina, Central Madagascar, Crystals, 13, 1290 [link] [view file]