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

Pyrophanite R070211

Name: Pyrophanite
RRUFF ID: R070211
Ideal Chemistry: Mn²⁺TiO₃
Locality: Harstigen Mine, Pajsberg, Filipstad, Varmland, Sweden
Source: Michael Scott S104979 [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Red-brown platy crystals with deep red internal hints, associated with barite
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed only by single crystal X-ray diffraction.

Mineral Group: [ Corundum (38) ]

RAMAN SPECTRUM

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Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

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RRUFF ID:

R070211

Wavelength:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

Instrument settings:

Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW

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POWDER DIFFRACTION

RRUFF ID:

R070211.9

Sample Description:

Single crystal, powder profile is calculated

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 5.1451(7)Å b: 5.1451(7)Å c: 14.293(4)Å
alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 120° Volume: 327.6(1)Å³ 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 Pyrophanite
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]
Hamberg A (1890) Mineralogische Studien. 10. Über Pyrophanit, eine mit dem Titaneisen isomorphe Verbindung der Zusammensetzung MnTiO₃, von Harstigen, Geologiska Föreningens i Stockholm Förhandlingar, 12, 567-637 [view file]
Larsen E S (1921) The microscopic determination of the nonopaque minerals, U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin, 679, 204 [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
Craig J R, Sandhaus D J, Guy R E (1985) Pyrophanite MnTiO₃ from Sterling Hill, New Jersey, The Canadian Mineralogist, 23, 491-494 [view file]
Mitchell R H, Liferovich R P (2004) Ecandrewsite — zincian pyrophanite from lujavrite, Pilansberg alkaline complex, South Africa, The Canadian Mineralogist, 42, 1169-1178 [view file]
Mitchell R H, Liferovich R P (2004) The pyrophanite-ecandrewsite solid-solution: crystal structures of the Mn_1-xZn_xTiO₃ series (0.1 ≤ x ≤ 0.8), The Canadian Mineralogist, 42, 1871-1880 [view file]
Zaccarini F, Garuti G, Ortiz-Suarez A, Carugno-Duran A (2004) The paragenesis of pyrophanite from Sierra de Comechingones, Córdoba, Argentina, The Canadian Mineralogist, 42, 155-168 [view file]
Liferovich R P, Mitchell R H (2005) Rhombohedral ilmenite group nickel titanates with Zn, Mg, and Mn: synthesis and crystal structures, Physics and Chemistry of Minerals, 32, 444-449
Liferovich R P, Mitchell R H (2006) The pyrophanite–geikielite solid-solution series: crystal structures of the Mn_1-xMg_xTiO₃ series (0 < x < 0.7), The Canadian Mineralogist, 44, 1099-1107 [view file]

REFERENCES for Pyrophanite

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]

Hamberg A (1890) Mineralogische Studien. 10. Über Pyrophanit, eine mit dem Titaneisen isomorphe Verbindung der Zusammensetzung MnTiO₃, von Harstigen, Geologiska Föreningens i Stockholm Förhandlingar, 12, 567-637 [view file]

Larsen E S (1921) The microscopic determination of the nonopaque minerals, U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin, 679, 204 [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

Craig J R, Sandhaus D J, Guy R E (1985) Pyrophanite MnTiO₃ from Sterling Hill, New Jersey, The Canadian Mineralogist, 23, 491-494 [view file]

Mitchell R H, Liferovich R P (2004) Ecandrewsite — zincian pyrophanite from lujavrite, Pilansberg alkaline complex, South Africa, The Canadian Mineralogist, 42, 1169-1178 [view file]

Mitchell R H, Liferovich R P (2004) The pyrophanite-ecandrewsite solid-solution: crystal structures of the Mn_1-xZn_xTiO₃ series (0.1 ≤ x ≤ 0.8), The Canadian Mineralogist, 42, 1871-1880 [view file]

Zaccarini F, Garuti G, Ortiz-Suarez A, Carugno-Duran A (2004) The paragenesis of pyrophanite from Sierra de Comechingones, Córdoba, Argentina, The Canadian Mineralogist, 42, 155-168 [view file]

Liferovich R P, Mitchell R H (2005) Rhombohedral ilmenite group nickel titanates with Zn, Mg, and Mn: synthesis and crystal structures, Physics and Chemistry of Minerals, 32, 444-449

Liferovich R P, Mitchell R H (2006) The pyrophanite–geikielite solid-solution series: crystal structures of the Mn_1-xMg_xTiO₃ series (0 < x < 0.7), The Canadian Mineralogist, 44, 1099-1107 [view file]