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

Moissanite R061083

Name: Moissanite
RRUFF ID: R061083
Ideal Chemistry: SiC
Locality: Synthetic
Source: Los Alamos National Labs
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Colorless fragments from a broken high pressure anvil cell
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction.

CHEMISTRY

RRUFF ID:	R061083.2
Sample Description:	Microprobe Fragment

RAMAN SPECTRUM

RRUFF ID:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

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BROAD SCAN WITH SPECTRAL ARTIFACTS

RRUFF ID:

R061083

Wavelength:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

Instrument settings:

Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW

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POWDER DIFFRACTION

RRUFF ID:

R061083.9

Sample Description:

Single crystal, powder profile is calculated

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 3.0790(5)Å b: 3.0790(5)Å c: 15.116(3)Å
alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 120° Volume: 124.11(4) Crystal System: hexagonal

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 Moissanite
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]
Bauer J, Fiala J, Hřichová R (1963) Natural α-silicon carbide, American Mineralogist, 48, 620-634 [view file]
Fleischer M, Pabst A, Cabri L J (1976) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 61, 1053-1056 [view file]
Jambor J L, Grew E S (1992) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 77, 207-213 [view file]
Xu Y-N, Ching W Y (1993) Electronic, optical, and structural properties of some wurtzite crystals, Physical Review B - Condensed Matter, 48, 4335-4351
Capitani G C, Di Pierro S, Tempesta G (2007) The 6H-SiC structure model: further refinement from SCXRD data from a terrestrial moissanite, American Mineralogist, 92, 403-407 [view file]

REFERENCES for Moissanite

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]

Bauer J, Fiala J, Hřichová R (1963) Natural α-silicon carbide, American Mineralogist, 48, 620-634 [view file]

Fleischer M, Pabst A, Cabri L J (1976) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 61, 1053-1056 [view file]

Jambor J L, Grew E S (1992) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 77, 207-213 [view file]

Xu Y-N, Ching W Y (1993) Electronic, optical, and structural properties of some wurtzite crystals, Physical Review B - Condensed Matter, 48, 4335-4351

Capitani G C, Di Pierro S, Tempesta G (2007) The 6H-SiC structure model: further refinement from SCXRD data from a terrestrial moissanite, American Mineralogist, 92, 403-407 [view file]