* R120160 - RRUFF Database: Raman, X-ray, Infrared, and Chemistry

Muirite R120160

Name: Muirite
RRUFF ID: R120160
Ideal Chemistry: Ba₁₀Ca₂Mn²⁺TiSi₁₀O₃₀(OH,Cl,F)₁₀
Locality: Gun Claim, MacMillian Pass, Itsy Mts, Watson Lake Mining District, Yukon Territory, Canada
Source: Donald Doell [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Orange-red massive, associated with colorless sanbornite with good cleavage, diopside, and witherite.
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction.

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RAMAN SPECTRUM

RRUFF ID:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

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BROAD SCAN WITH SPECTRAL ARTIFACTS

RRUFF ID:

R120160

Wavelength:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

Instrument settings:

Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW

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	Raman Data (Processed)
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POWDER DIFFRACTION

RRUFF ID:

R120160.9

Sample Description:

Single crystal, powder profile is calculated

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 14.019(1)Å b: 14.019(1)Å c: 5.6393(7)Å
alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 90° Volume: 1108.3(1)Å³ Crystal System: tetragonal

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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	DIF File
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REFERENCES for Muirite
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]
Alfors J T, Putman G W (1965) Revised chemical analyses of traskite, verplanckite and muirite from Fresno County, California, American Mineralogist, 50, 1500-1503 [view file]
Alfors J T, Stinson M C, Matthews R A, Pabst A (1965) Seven new barium minerals from eastern Fresno County, California, American Mineralogist, 50, 314-340 [view file]
Khan A A, Baur W H (1971) Eight-membered cyclosilicate rings in muirite, Science, 173, 916-918
Malinovskii Y A, Pobedimskaya E A, Belov N V (1975) Crystal structure of muirite Ba₉(Ca,Ba)(Ca,Ti)₄(OH)₈[Si₈O₂₄](Cl,OH)₈, Soviet Physics - Doklady, 20, 163-164 [view file]

REFERENCES for Muirite

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]

Alfors J T, Putman G W (1965) Revised chemical analyses of traskite, verplanckite and muirite from Fresno County, California, American Mineralogist, 50, 1500-1503 [view file]

Alfors J T, Stinson M C, Matthews R A, Pabst A (1965) Seven new barium minerals from eastern Fresno County, California, American Mineralogist, 50, 314-340 [view file]

Khan A A, Baur W H (1971) Eight-membered cyclosilicate rings in muirite, Science, 173, 916-918

Malinovskii Y A, Pobedimskaya E A, Belov N V (1975) Crystal structure of muirite Ba₉(Ca,Ba)(Ca,Ti)₄(OH)₈[Si₈O₂₄](Cl,OH)₈, Soviet Physics - Doklady, 20, 163-164 [view file]