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Bobfergusonite R160069

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Name: Bobfergusonite
RRUFF ID: R160069
Ideal Chemistry: ◻Na2Mn2+5Fe3+Al(PO4)6
Locality: Nancy Pegmatite, Chacabuco Dept, San Luis, Argentina
Source: Thomas A. Loomis [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Dark brown massive, associated with dark green dicksonite (R160071)
Status: The identification of this mineral is confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis.
CHEMISTRY 
RRUFF ID: R160069.2
Sample Description: Microprobe Fragment
Measured Chemistry: (Na1.64Ca0.16)(Mn3.27Fe2+1.03Mg0.69)Fe3+1.00(Al0.59Fe3+0.41)(PO4)6 ; Grey phase. Lighter grey phase is dickinsonite (R160071).
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RAMAN SPECTRUM 
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Sample Description: Unoriented Raman on the primary sample
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RRUFF ID: R160069
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Sample Description: Unoriented Raman on the primary sample
Instrument settings: Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW
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POWDER DIFFRACTION 
RRUFF ID: R160069.9
Sample Description: Single crystal, powder profile is calculated
Cell Refinement Output: a: 12.8010(9)Å    b: 12.4838(8)Å    c: 11.0192(8)Å
alpha: 90°    beta: 97.3641(39)°    gamma: 90°   Volume: 1746.39(32)Å3    Crystal System: monoclinic
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Output file from the Bruker D8 Advance instrument. Includes device headers and XY data.

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REFERENCES for Bobfergusonite

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]

Ercit T S, Anderson A J, Černý P, Hawthorne F C (1986) Bobfergusonite: A new primary phosphate mineral from Cross Lake, Manitoba, The Canadian Mineralogist, 24, 599-604   [view file]

Ercit T S, Hawthorne F C, Černý P (1986) The crystal structure of bobfergusonite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 24, 605-614   [view file]

Hawthorne F C, Burke E A J, Ercit T S, Grew E S, Grice J D, Jambor J L, Puziewicz J, Roberts A C, Vanko D A (1988) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 73, 189-199   [view file]

Tait K T, Hawthorne F C, Černý P, Galliski M A (2004) Bobfergusonite from the Nancy pegmatite, San Luis Range, Argentina: crystal-structure refinement and chemical composition, The Canadian Mineralogist, 42, 705-716   [view file]

Roda-Robles E, Galliski M A, Roquet M B, Hatert F, Parseval P (2012) Phosphate nodules containing two distinct assemblages in the Cema granitic pegmatite, San Luis province, Argentina: paragenesis, composition and significance, The Canadian Mineralogist, 50, 913-931

Hatert F (2019) A new nomenclature scheme for the alluaudite supergroup, European Journal of Mineralogy, 31, 807-822   [view file]