Ruizite Group

Ruizite, etc.

Cornwall Mines, Cornwall Borough, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, USA

Ruizite, etc.

Christmas Mine, Christmas, Banner Mining District, Gila County, Arizona, USA

Ruizite, etc.

Christmas Mine, Christmas, Banner Mining District, Gila County, Arizona, USA

Ruizite, etc.

Cornwall Mines, Cornwall Borough, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, USA

Ruizite, etc.

Christmas Mine, Christmas, Banner Mining District, Gila County, Arizona, USA

Ruizite, etc.

Christmas Mine, Christmas, Banner Mining District, Gila County, Arizona, USA

Ruizite, etc.

Cornwall Mines, Cornwall Borough, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, USA

Ruizite, etc.

Christmas Mine, Christmas, Banner Mining District, Gila County, Arizona, USA

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Data courtesy of the American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database. Click on an AMCSD ID to view structure

ID	Species	Reference	Link	Year	Locality	Pressure (GPa)	Temp (K)
0000967	Ruizite	Moore P B, Shen J, Araki T (1985) Crystal chemistry of the (M2)3+ phi2 sheet: Structural principles and crystal structures of ruizite, macfallite and orientite American Mineralogist 70 171-181		1985	Nchwaning mine, Kalahari manganese field, South Africa	0	293
0020603	Ruizite	Fendrich K V, Downs R T, Origlieri M J (2016) Redetermination of ruizite, Ca2Mn3+2[Si4O11(OH)](OH)2*2H2O Acta Crystallographica E72 959-963		2016	Wessels mine, Northern Cape Province, South Africa	0	293
0019985	Ruizite	Hawthorne F C (1984) The crystal structure of ruizite, a sorosilicate with an (Si4PHI13) cluster Tschermaks Mineralogische und Petrographische Mitteilungen 33 135-146		1984	Wessels mine, Kalahari manganese fields, South Africa	0	293

CIF Raw Data - click here to closedata_global _chemical_name_mineral 'Ruizite' loop_ _publ_author_name 'Moore P B' 'Shen J' 'Araki T' _journal_name_full 'American Mineralogist' _journal_volume 70 _journal_year 1985 _journal_page_first 171 _journal_page_last 181 _publ_section_title ; Crystal chemistry of the (M2)3+ phi2 sheet: Structural principles and crystal structures of ruizite, macfallite and orientite ; _database_code_amcsd 0000967 _chemical_compound_source 'Nchwaning mine, Kalahari manganese field, South Africa' _chemical_formula_sum 'Mn2 Ca2 Si4 O17 H6' _cell_length_a 9.064 _cell_length_b 6.171 _cell_length_c 11.976 _cell_angle_alpha 90 _cell_angle_beta 91.4 _cell_angle_gamma 90 _cell_volume 669.665 _exptl_crystal_density_diffrn 2.878 _symmetry_space_group_name_H-M 'C 1 2/m 1' loop_ _space_group_symop_operation_xyz 'x,y,z' '1/2+x,1/2+y,z' 'x,-y,z' '1/2+x,1/2-y,z' '-x,y,-z' '1/2-x,1/2+y,-z' '-x,-y,-z' '1/2-x,1/2-y,-z' loop_ _atom_site_label _atom_site_fract_x _atom_site_fract_y _atom_site_fract_z _atom_site_occupancy Mn 0.25000 0.25000 0.00000 1.00000 Ca 0.20540 0.50000 0.25990 1.00000 Si1 0.03550 0.00000 0.15130 1.00000 O1 0.13280 0.21650 0.12910 1.00000 O2 0.37480 0.50000 0.09210 1.00000 O3 -0.00630 0.00000 0.28570 1.00000 Si2 0.10420 0.00000 0.39510 1.00000 O4 0.20560 0.21500 0.39540 0.50000 O-H5 0.20560 0.21500 0.39540 0.50000 O6 0.00000 0.00000 0.50000 1.00000 O-H7 0.36740 0.00000 0.04590 1.00000 O-H8 0.44370 0.00000 0.27810 1.00000 loop_ _atom_site_aniso_label _atom_site_aniso_U_11 _atom_site_aniso_U_22 _atom_site_aniso_U_33 _atom_site_aniso_U_12 _atom_site_aniso_U_13 _atom_site_aniso_U_23 Mn 0.00840 0.00010 0.00750 0.00080 0.00250 0.00000 Ca 0.01570 0.00600 0.01090 0.00000 0.00280 0.00000 Si1 0.00750 0.00190 0.00810 0.00000 0.00100 0.00000 O1 0.01390 0.00260 0.01220 -0.00270 0.00510 -0.00250 O2 0.01410 0.00340 0.01010 0.00000 0.00020 0.00000 O3 0.01730 0.00690 0.00620 0.00000 0.00370 0.00000 Si2 0.01080 0.01230 0.00810 0.00000 0.00080 0.00000 O4 0.06730 0.01730 0.03390 -0.02630 -0.03110 0.01540 O-H5 0.06730 0.01730 0.03390 -0.02630 -0.03110 0.01540 O6 0.01940 0.11970 0.01720 0.00000 0.00780 0.00000 O-H7 0.00830 0.00400 0.01210 0.00000 0.00140 0.00000 O-H8 0.01700 0.02200 0.03320 0.00000 0.00570 0.00000

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