Fresnoite - RRUFF Database: Raman, X-ray, Infrared, and Chemistry

Fresnoite R050595

Name: Fresnoite
RRUFF ID: R050595
Ideal Chemistry: Ba₂TiO(Si₂O₇)
Locality: Junnila claim, Clear Creek area, New Idria district, San Benito County, California, USA
Source: Scott Kleine
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Pink to yellow massive fragment
Status: The identification of this mineral is confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis.

Mineral Group: [ Melilite (7) ]

CHEMISTRY

RRUFF ID:	R050595.2
Sample Description:	Microprobe Fragment
Measured Chemistry:	Ba_2.00Ti_1.00O(Si_2.00O₇)
Microprobe Data File:	[ Download Excel File ]

RAMAN SPECTRUM

RRUFF ID:

Sample Description:

Unoriented Sample

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BROAD SCAN WITH SPECTRAL ARTIFACTS

RRUFF ID:

R050595

Wavelength:

Sample Description:

Unoriented Sample

Instrument settings:

Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW

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POWDER DIFFRACTION

RRUFF ID:

R050595.9

Sample Description:

Single crystal, powder profile is calculated

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 8.5146(9)Å b: 8.5146(9)Å c: 5.2041(8)Å
alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 90° Volume: 377.29(5)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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REFERENCES for Fresnoite
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, 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]
Masse R, Grenier J C, Durif A (1967) Structure cristalline de la fresnoïte, Bulletin de la Société Française de Minéralogie et de Cristallographie, 90, 20-23 [view file]
Moore P B, Louisnathan S J (1969) The crystal structure of fresnoite, Ba₂(TiO)Si₂O₇, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 130, 438-448 [view file]
Haussühl S, Eckstein J, Recker K, Wallrafen F (1977) Growth and physical properties of fresnoite Ba₂TiSi₂O₈, Journal of Crystal Growth, 40, 200-204
Chukanov N V, Kazheva O N, Fischer R X, Aksenov S M (2023) Refinement of the crystal structure of fresnoite, Ba₂TiSi₂O₈, from Löhley (Eifel district, Germany); Gladstone-Dale compatibility, electronic polarizability and vibrational spectroscopy of minerals and inorganic compounds with pentacoordinated Ti^IV and a titanyl bond, Acta Crystallographica, B79, 184-194 [link]

REFERENCES for Fresnoite

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, 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]

Masse R, Grenier J C, Durif A (1967) Structure cristalline de la fresnoïte, Bulletin de la Société Française de Minéralogie et de Cristallographie, 90, 20-23 [view file]

Moore P B, Louisnathan S J (1969) The crystal structure of fresnoite, Ba₂(TiO)Si₂O₇, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 130, 438-448 [view file]

Haussühl S, Eckstein J, Recker K, Wallrafen F (1977) Growth and physical properties of fresnoite Ba₂TiSi₂O₈, Journal of Crystal Growth, 40, 200-204

Chukanov N V, Kazheva O N, Fischer R X, Aksenov S M (2023) Refinement of the crystal structure of fresnoite, Ba₂TiSi₂O₈, from Löhley (Eifel district, Germany); Gladstone-Dale compatibility, electronic polarizability and vibrational spectroscopy of minerals and inorganic compounds with pentacoordinated Ti^IV and a titanyl bond, Acta Crystallographica, B79, 184-194 [link]