Cristobalite X050049 - RRUFF Database: Raman, X-ray, Infrared, and Chemistry

Cristobalite X050049

Name: Cristobalite
RRUFF ID: X050049
Ideal Chemistry: SiO₂
Locality: Utah, USA
Source: Caltech
Owner: Caltech
Description:
Status: The identification of this mineral has been determined only by Raman spectroscopy

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RAMAN SPECTRUM

Sample Description:

de-polarized laser on unoriented sample

Instrument settings:

none 514nm @ 100% of mW

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REFERENCES for Cristobalite
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]
vom Rath G (1887) Ueber cristobalit vom Cerro S. Cristóbal bei Pachuca (Mexico), Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Geologie und Palaontologie, 1887, 198-199 [view file]
Murdoch J (1942) Crystallographic notes: cristobalite, stephanite, natrolite, American Mineralogist, 27, 500-506 [view file]
Dollase W A (1965) Reinvestigation of the structure of low cristobalite, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 121, 369-377 [view file]
Peacor D P (1973) High-temperature single-crystal study of the cristobalite inversion, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 138, 274-298 [view file]
Pluth J J, Smith J V, Faber J (1985) Crystal structure of low cristobalite at 10, 293, and 473 K: Variation of framework geometry with temperature, Journal of Applied Physics, 57, 1045-1049
Hatch D M, Ghose S (1991) The α-ß transition in cristobalite, SiO₂, Physics and Chemistry of Minerals, 17, 554-562
Downs R T, Palmer D C (1994) The pressure behavior of α cristobalite, American Mineralogist, 79, 9-14 [view file]
Palmer D C, Finger L W (1994) Pressure-induced phase transition in cristobalite: An X-ray powder diffraction study to 4.4 GPa, American Mineralogist, 79, 1-8 [view file]
Dove M T, Craig M S, Keen D A, Marshall W G, Redfern S A T, Trachenko K O, Tucker M G (2000) Crystal structure of the high-pressure monoclinic phase-II of cristobalite, SiO₂, Mineralogical Magazine, 64, 569-576 [view file]
Huang L, Durandurdu M, Kieffer J (2006) Transformation pathways of silica under high pressure, Nature Materials, 5, 977-981
Garg N, Sharma S M (2007) Classical molecular dynamical simulations of high pressure behavior of alpha cristobalite (SiO₂), Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, 19, 456201
Liang Y, Miranda C R, Scandolo S (2007) Tuning oxygen packing in silica by nonhydrostatic pressure, Physical Review Letters, 99, 215504, 1-4
Donadio D, Martonak R, Raiteri P, Parrinello M (2008) Influence of temperature and anisotropic pressure on the phase transitions in α-cristobalite, Physical Review Letters, 100, 165502, 1-4

REFERENCES for Cristobalite

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]

vom Rath G (1887) Ueber cristobalit vom Cerro S. Cristóbal bei Pachuca (Mexico), Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Geologie und Palaontologie, 1887, 198-199 [view file]

Murdoch J (1942) Crystallographic notes: cristobalite, stephanite, natrolite, American Mineralogist, 27, 500-506 [view file]

Dollase W A (1965) Reinvestigation of the structure of low cristobalite, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 121, 369-377 [view file]

Peacor D P (1973) High-temperature single-crystal study of the cristobalite inversion, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 138, 274-298 [view file]

Pluth J J, Smith J V, Faber J (1985) Crystal structure of low cristobalite at 10, 293, and 473 K: Variation of framework geometry with temperature, Journal of Applied Physics, 57, 1045-1049

Hatch D M, Ghose S (1991) The α-ß transition in cristobalite, SiO₂, Physics and Chemistry of Minerals, 17, 554-562

Downs R T, Palmer D C (1994) The pressure behavior of α cristobalite, American Mineralogist, 79, 9-14 [view file]

Palmer D C, Finger L W (1994) Pressure-induced phase transition in cristobalite: An X-ray powder diffraction study to 4.4 GPa, American Mineralogist, 79, 1-8 [view file]

Dove M T, Craig M S, Keen D A, Marshall W G, Redfern S A T, Trachenko K O, Tucker M G (2000) Crystal structure of the high-pressure monoclinic phase-II of cristobalite, SiO₂, Mineralogical Magazine, 64, 569-576 [view file]

Huang L, Durandurdu M, Kieffer J (2006) Transformation pathways of silica under high pressure, Nature Materials, 5, 977-981

Garg N, Sharma S M (2007) Classical molecular dynamical simulations of high pressure behavior of alpha cristobalite (SiO₂), Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, 19, 456201

Liang Y, Miranda C R, Scandolo S (2007) Tuning oxygen packing in silica by nonhydrostatic pressure, Physical Review Letters, 99, 215504, 1-4

Donadio D, Martonak R, Raiteri P, Parrinello M (2008) Influence of temperature and anisotropic pressure on the phase transitions in α-cristobalite, Physical Review Letters, 100, 165502, 1-4