W(OH, F, Cl)-dominant amphibole R130389 - RRUFF Database: Raman, X-ray, Infrared, and Chemistry

Clinosafflorite R130389

Name: Clinosafflorite
RRUFF ID: R130389
Ideal Chemistry: CoAs₂
Locality: Ahrbar, Bou Azzer, Morocco
Source: Rock Currier [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Aggregates of metallic platy crystals, associated with arsenopyrite and skutterudite.
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction.

Mineral Group: [ Lollingite (8) ]

RAMAN SPECTRUM

RRUFF ID:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

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BROAD SCAN WITH SPECTRAL ARTIFACTS

RRUFF ID:

R130389

Wavelength:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

Instrument settings:

Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 80% of 150mW

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POWDER DIFFRACTION

RRUFF ID:

R130389.9

Sample Description:

Single crystal, powder profile is calculated

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 5.926(4)Å b: 5.866(4)Å c: 5.942(5)Å
alpha: 90° beta: 116.85(4)° gamma: 90° Volume: 184.3(1)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 Clinosafflorite
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]
Darmon R, Wintenberger M (1966) Structure cristalline de CoAs₂, Bulletin de la Société Française de Minéralogie et de Cristallographie, 89, 213-215 [view file]
Radcliffe D, Berry L G (1971) Clinosafflorite: A monoclinic polymorph of safflorite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 10, 877-881 [view file]
Fleischer M (1972) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 57, 1552-1561 [view file]
Burke E A J, Zakrzewski M A (1983) A cobalt–bearing sulfide — arsenide assemblage from the Nord mine (Finnshytteberg), Sweden: A new occurrence of clinosafflorite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 21, 129-136 [view file]
Ondruš P, Veselovský F, Gabašová A, Hloušek J, Šrein V, Vavrín I, Skála R, Sejkora J, Drábek M (2003) Primary minerals of the Jáchymov ore district, Journal of the Czech Geological Society, 48, 19-147 [view file]
Hazen R M, Hystad G, Golden J J, Hummer D R, Liu C, Downs R T, Morrison S M, Ralph J, Grew E S (2017) Cobalt mineral ecology, American Mineralogist, 102, 108-116 [view file]

REFERENCES for Clinosafflorite

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]

Darmon R, Wintenberger M (1966) Structure cristalline de CoAs₂, Bulletin de la Société Française de Minéralogie et de Cristallographie, 89, 213-215 [view file]

Radcliffe D, Berry L G (1971) Clinosafflorite: A monoclinic polymorph of safflorite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 10, 877-881 [view file]

Fleischer M (1972) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 57, 1552-1561 [view file]

Burke E A J, Zakrzewski M A (1983) A cobalt–bearing sulfide — arsenide assemblage from the Nord mine (Finnshytteberg), Sweden: A new occurrence of clinosafflorite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 21, 129-136 [view file]

Ondruš P, Veselovský F, Gabašová A, Hloušek J, Šrein V, Vavrín I, Skála R, Sejkora J, Drábek M (2003) Primary minerals of the Jáchymov ore district, Journal of the Czech Geological Society, 48, 19-147 [view file]

Hazen R M, Hystad G, Golden J J, Hummer D R, Liu C, Downs R T, Morrison S M, Ralph J, Grew E S (2017) Cobalt mineral ecology, American Mineralogist, 102, 108-116 [view file]