Contributed Data: Mineral Raman Spectra

Contributed by: Caterina Rinaudo, Dipartimento Scienze e Tecnologie Avanzate, Università del Piemonte Orientale, Alessandria, Italy.

Serpentine group minerals

1064 nm excitation incident on unoriented fibers.

Rinaudo, D. Gastaldi and E. Belluso. (2003) Characterization of chrysotile, antigorite and lizardite by FT-Raman spectroscopy - C. Canadian Mineralogist 41, 883-890.

• Chrysotile spectrum;  Data File: data 80 K;   (Mg_11.70Al_0.08Fe_0.22)_12.00(Si_7.98Al_0.02)_8.00O₂₀(OH)₁₆
• Antigorite spectrum;    Data File: data 109 K; (Mg_11.05Fe_0.53Al_0.21)_11.79Si_8.05O₂₀(OH)₁₆
• Lizardite spectrum;      Data File: data 70 K;   (Mg_10.96Fe_0.64Al_0.36)_11.96(Si_7.72Al_0.28)₈O₂₀(OH)₁₆
• Comparison of the serpentine group

Amphibole group minerals

• Actinolite spectrum;      Data File: data 34 K; 
• Amosite spectrum;        Data File: data 38 K; 
• Anthophyllite spectrum; Data File: data 39 K; 
• Crocidolite spectrum;    Data File: data 34 K; 
• Tremolite spectrum;      Data File: data 35 K; 

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