Bustamite R040014


Name: Bustamite
RRUFF ID: R040014
Ideal Chemistry: Mn2Ca2MnCa(Si3O9)2
Locality: Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia
Source: University of Arizona Mineral Museum 13651 [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Orange fragment
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis
Mineral Group: [ Wollastonite (6) ]
CHEMISTRY 
RRUFF ID: R040014.2
Sample Description: Microprobe Fragment
Measured Chemistry: (Ca0.90Mn0.10)Σ=1(Mn2+0.78Fe2+0.19Fe3+0.02Mg0.01)Σ=1(Si1.98Fe3+0.02)Σ=2O6
Microprobe Data File: [ Download Excel File ]
RAMAN SPECTRUM 
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Sample Description: Sample is oriented, mounted onto a pin and polished
Pin ID: L00268
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: R040014
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
Instrument settings: Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW
INFRARED SPECTRUM (Attenuated Total Reflectance) 
RRUFF ID: R040014.1
Sample Description: Powder
Instrument settings: SensIR Durascope on a Nicolet Magna 860 FTIR
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POWDER DIFFRACTION 
RRUFF ID: R040014.1
Sample Description: Powder
Cell Refinement Output: a: 9.844(1)Å    b: 10.755(1)Å    c: 7.128(2)Å
alpha: 99.58(2)°    beta: 99.76(2)°    gamma: 83.878(9)°   Volume: 731.0(2)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 Bustamite

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]

Brongniart A (1826) Sur la bustamite, bisilicate de manganèse et de chaux du Mexique, Anneles des Sciences Naturelles, 8, 411-418   [view file]

Larsen E S, Shannon E V (1922) Bustamite from Franklin Furnace, New Jersey, American Mineralogist, 7, 95-100   [view file]

Hutton C O (1956) Manganpyrosmalite, bustamite, ferroan johannsenite from Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia, American Mineralogist, 41, 581-591   [view file]

Peacor D R, Buerger M J (1962) Determination and refinement of the crystal structure of bustamite, CaMnSi2O6, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 117, 331-343   [view file]

Manning P G (1968) Absorption spectra of the manganese-bearing chain silicates pyroxmangite, rhodonite, bustamite and serandite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 9, 348-357   [view file]

Welin E (1968) Notes on the mineralogy of Sweden 6. X-ray powder data for minerals from Långban and the related mineral deposits of Central Sweden, Arkiv för Mineralogi och Geologi, 4, 499-541

Rapoport P A, Burnham C W (1973) Ferrobustamite: The crystal structures of two Ca,Fe bustamite-type pyroxenoids, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 138, 419-438   [view file]

Ohashi Y, Finger L W (1978) The role of octahedral cations in pyroxenoid crystal chemistry. I. Bustamite, wollastonite, and the pectolite–schizolite–serandite series, American Mineralogist, 63, 274-288   [view file]

Viswanathan K, Harneit O (1986) Lattice expansion and ionic substitution in common pyroxenoids, Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 94, 238-244

Hybler J, Petrícek V, Jurek K, Skála R, Císarová I (1997) Structure determination of vistepite SnMn4B2Si4O16(OH)2: isotypism with bustamite, revised crystallographic data and composition, The Canadian Mineralogist, 35, 1283-1292   [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]

Makreski P, Jovanovski G, Gajović A, Biljan T, Angelovski D, Jaćimović R (2006) Minerals from Macedonia. XVI. Vibrational spectra of some common appearing pyroxenes and pyroxenoids, Journal of Molecular Structure, 788, 102-114

Aksenov S M, Shipalkina N V, Rastsvetaeva R K, Rusakov R V, Pekov I V, Chukanov N V, Yapaskurt V O (2015) Iron-rich bustamite from Broken Hill, Australia: the crystal structure and cation-ordering features, Crystallography Reports, 60, 340-345