Kyanite R050450

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Record 2201 of 4216  


Name: Kyanite
RRUFF ID: R050450
Ideal Chemistry: Al2OSiO4
Locality: Switzerland
Source: Marcus Origlieri
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Blue bladed crystals
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis
Mineral Group: [ Not in a structural group (133) ]
Quick search: [ All Kyanite samples (4) ]
CHEMISTRY 
RRUFF ID: R050450.2
Sample Description: Microprobe Fragment
Measured Chemistry: Al2.00OSi1.00O4
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RAMAN SPECTRUM 
RRUFF ID:
Sample Description: Sample is oriented and mounted on a pin.
Pin ID: M00970
Orientation: Laser parallel to  -a*  (-1 0 0).     Fiducial mark perpendicular to laser is parallel to  b   [0 1 0].
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RRUFF ID: R050450
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample, 780nm spectrum is overwhelmed by fluorescence
Instrument settings: Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 1% of 150mW
INFRARED SPECTRUM (Attenuated Total Reflectance) 
RRUFF ID: R050450.1
Instrument settings: SensIR Durascope on a Nicolet Magna 860 FTIR
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POWDER DIFFRACTION 
RRUFF ID: R050450.1
Sample Description: Powder
Cell Refinement Output: a: 7.1212(2)Å    b: 7.8487(1)Å    c: 5.5733(1)Å
alpha: 89.933(8)°    beta: 101.157(5)°    gamma: 106.007(3)°   Volume: 293.324(7)Å3    Crystal System: triclinic
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Output file from the Bruker D8 Advance instrument. Includes device headers and XY data.

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REFERENCES for Kyanite

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]

Hoffmann C A S (1789) Mineralsystem des Herrn Inspektor Werners mit dessen Erlaubnis herausgegeben von C A S Hoffmann, Bergmannisches Journal, 1, 369-398   [view file]

Hutton C O (1950) Studies of heavy detrital minerals, Bulletin of the Geological Society of America, 61, 635-710   [view file]

de Rango C, Tsoucaris G, Zelwer C, Devaux J (1966) Comparaison de deux affinements de la structure de la cyanite, Bulletin de la Société Française de Minéralogie et de Cristallographie, 89, 419-424   [view file]

Church W R (1967) Abstract of paper presented at the twelfth annual meeting: The occurrence of kyanite, andalusite, pyrophyllite and kaolinite in lower Proterozoic (Huronian) rocks of Ontario, The Canadian Mineralogist, 9, 287-287   [view file]

International Mineralogical Association (1967) Commission on new minerals and mineral names, Mineralogical Magazine, 36, 131-136   [view file]

Faye G H, Nickel E H (1969) On the origin of colour and pleochroism of kyanite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 10, 35-46   [view file]

Ghent E D, Knitter C C, Raeside R P, Stout M Z (1982) Geothermometry and geobarometry of pelitic rocks, upper kyanite and sillimanite zones, Mica Creek area, British Columbia, The Canadian Mineralogist, 20, 295-305   [view file]

Lang H M (1991) Quantitative interpretation of within-outcrop variation in metamorphic assemblage in staurolite-kyanite-grade metapelites, Baltimore, Maryland, The Canadian Mineralogist, 29, 655-671   [view file]

Mernagh T P, Liu L (1991) Raman spectra from the Al2SiO5 polymorphs at high pressure and room temperature, Physics and Chemistry of Minerals, 18, 126-130

Indares A (1997) Garnet-kyanite clinopyroxenites and garnet-kyanite restites from the Manicouagan Imbricate Zone: a case of high-P – high-T metamorphism in the Grenville Province, The Canadian Mineralogist, 35, 1161-1171   [view file]

Pan Y, Fleet M E (1999) Kyanite in the western Superior Province of Ontario: implications for Archean accretionary tectonics, The Canadian Mineralogist, 37, 359-373   [view file]

Shannon R D, Shannon R C, Medenbach O, Fischer R X (2002) Refractive index and dispersion of fluorides and oxides, Journal of Physical and Chemical Reference Data, 31, 931-970   [view file]

Ohuchi F S, Ghose S, Engelhard M H, Baer D R (2006) Chemical bonding and electronic structures of the Al2SiO5 polymorphs, andalusite, sillimanite, and kyanite: X-ray photoelectron- and electron energy loss spectroscopy studies, American Mineralogist, 91, 740-746   [view file]

Mikowski A, Soares P, Wypych F, Lepienski C M (2008) Fracture toughness, hardness, and elastic modulus of kyanite investigated by depth-sensing indentation technique, American Mineralogist, 93, 844-852   [view file]

Whitney D L, Samuelson W J (2019) Crystallization sequences of coexisting andalusite, kyanite, and sillimanite, and a report on a new locality: Lesjaverk, Norway, European Journal of Mineralogy, 31, 731-737