Gillespite R060060
Name: Gillespite
RRUFF ID: R060060
Ideal Chemistry: BaFe2+Si4O10
Locality: Incline, California, USA
Source: University of Arizona Mineral Museum 9721 [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Salmon-red platelets associated with white sanbornite
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis
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CHEMISTRY 
RRUFF ID: R060060.2
Sample Description: Microprobe fragment
Measured Chemistry: Ba1.00(Fe2+0.99Fe3+0.01)Σ=1(Si3.99Al0.01)Σ=4O10
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
Instrument settings: Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW
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POWDER DIFFRACTION 
RRUFF ID: R060060.1
Sample Description: powder
Cell Refinement Output: a: 7.5169(7)Å    b: 7.5169(7)Å    c: 16.0814(7)Å
alpha: 90°    beta: 90°    gamma: 90°   Volume: 908.7(2)    Crystal System: tetragonal
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Output file from the Bruker D8 Advance instrument. Includes device headers and XY data.

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Output file from the Bruker D8 Advance instrument. Includes device headers and XY data.

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REFERENCES for Gillespite

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]

Wherry E T (1922) New minerals: new species, American Mineralogist, 7, 147-148   [view file]

Schaller W T (1929) The properties and associated minerals of gillespite, American Mineralogist, 14, 319-322   [view file]

McKeown D A, Bell M I (1998) Linked four-membered silicate ring: Vibrational analysis of gillespite BaFeSi4O10 and implications for glass structure, Physics and Chemistry of Minerals, 25, 273-281