Bixbyite R050395


 Name: Bixbyite
RRUFF ID: R050395
Ideal Chemistry: Mn3+2O3
Locality: Thomas Range, Juab County, Utah, USA
Source: Marcus Origlieri
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Black cube modified with octahedral corners
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis
CHEMISTRY 
RRUFF ID: R050395.2
Sample Description: Microprobe Fragment
Measured Chemistry: (Fe3+1.09Mn3+0.83Al0.04Ti0.03   0.01)Σ=2O3
Microprobe Data File: [ Download Excel File ]
RAMAN SPECTRUM 
Sample Description: Unoriented sample
Instrument settings: Thermo Almega XR 785nm @ 100% of 500 mW
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INFRARED SPECTRUM (Attenuated Total Reflectance) 
RRUFF ID: R050395.1
Instrument settings: SensIR Durascope on a Nicolet Magna 860 FTIR
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POWDER DIFFRACTION 
RRUFF ID: R050395.1
Sample Description: powder
Cell Refinement Output: a: 9.4124(3)Å    b: 9.4124(3)Å    c: 9.4124(3)Å
alpha: 90.°    beta: 90.°    gamma: 90.°   Volume: 833.88(7)    Crystal System: cubic
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Calculated diffraction file.

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Output file from the Bruker D8 Advance instrument. Includes device headers and XY data.

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Output file from the Bruker D8 Advance instrument. Includes device headers and XY data.

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REFERENCES for Bixbyite

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]

Penfield S L, Foote H W (1897) On bixbyite, a new mineral, and notes on the associated topaz, The American Journal of Science, 154, 105-108   [view file]

Dachs H (1956) Die kristallstruktur des bixbyits (Fe,Mn)2O3, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 107, 370-395   [view file]

Moore P B, Araki T (1976) Braunite: its structure and relationship to bixbyite, and some insights on the genealogy of fluorite derivative structures, American Mineralogist, 61, 1226-1240   [view file]

de Villiers J P R (1980) The crystal structure of braunite II and its relation to bixbyite and braunite, American Mineralogist, 65, 756-765   [view file]