W(OH, F, Cl)-dominant amphibole R130055 - RRUFF Database: Raman, X-ray, Infrared, and Chemistry

Whiteite-(CaFeMg) R130055

Name: Whiteite-(CaFeMg)
RRUFF ID: R130055
Ideal Chemistry: CaFe²⁺Mg₂Al₂(PO₄)₄(OH)₂·8H₂O
Locality: Tip Top mine, Custer, South Dakota, USA
Source: Thomas A. Loomis TL-22 [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Colorless to pale yellow blocky hexagonal crystals, associated with R130054, roscherite
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed only by single crystal X-ray diffraction.

Mineral Group: [ Jahnsite (7) ]

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RAMAN SPECTRUM

RRUFF ID:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

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RRUFF ID:

R130055

Wavelength:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

Instrument settings:

Almega 532nm @ 100% of 150mW

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POWDER DIFFRACTION

RRUFF ID:

R130055.9

Sample Description:

Single crystal, powder profile is calculated

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 14.991(3)Å b: 7.022(1)Å c: 10.002(2)Å
alpha: 90° beta: 110.28(3)° gamma: 90° Volume: 987.6(5)Å³ Crystal System: monoclinic

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 Whiteite-(CaFeMg)
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]
Moore P B, Ito J (1978) I. Whiteite, a new species, and a proposed nomenclature for the jahnsite-whiteite complex series. II. New data on xanthoxenite. III. Salmonsite discredited, Mineralogical Magazine, 42, 309-323 [view file]
Fleischer M, Chao G Y, Pabst A (1979) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 64, 464-467 [view file]
Capitelli F, Chita G, Cavallo A, Bellatreccia F, Ventura G D (2011) Crystal structure of whiteite-(CaFeMg) from Crosscut Creek, Canada, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 226, 731-738
Dyar M D, Jawin E R, Breves E, Marchand G, Nelms M, Lane M D, Mertzman S A, Bish D L and Bishop J L (2014) Mössbauer parameters of iron in phosphate minerals: Implications for interpretation of martian data, American Mineralogist, 99, 914-942 [view file]

REFERENCES for Whiteite-(CaFeMg)

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]

Moore P B, Ito J (1978) I. Whiteite, a new species, and a proposed nomenclature for the jahnsite-whiteite complex series. II. New data on xanthoxenite. III. Salmonsite discredited, Mineralogical Magazine, 42, 309-323 [view file]

Fleischer M, Chao G Y, Pabst A (1979) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 64, 464-467 [view file]

Capitelli F, Chita G, Cavallo A, Bellatreccia F, Ventura G D (2011) Crystal structure of whiteite-(CaFeMg) from Crosscut Creek, Canada, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 226, 731-738

Dyar M D, Jawin E R, Breves E, Marchand G, Nelms M, Lane M D, Mertzman S A, Bish D L and Bishop J L (2014) Mössbauer parameters of iron in phosphate minerals: Implications for interpretation of martian data, American Mineralogist, 99, 914-942 [view file]