Tapiolite-(Fe) R050358


 Name: Tapiolite-(Fe)
RRUFF ID: R050358
Ideal Chemistry: Fe2+Ta2O6
Locality: Musgrave Ranges, South Australia, Australia
Source: University of Arizona Mineral Museum 13767 [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Brown fragments
Status: The identification of this mineral is confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis.
CHEMISTRY 
RRUFF ID: R050358.2
Sample Description: Microprobe Fragment
Measured Chemistry: (Fe2+0.79Mn2+0.18Fe3+0.03)Σ=1(Ta1.89Nb0.08Ti0.03)Σ=2O6 ; Fe2+ and Fe3+ estimated by charge balance
Microprobe Data File: [ Download Excel File ]
RAMAN SPECTRUM 
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
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RRUFF ID: R050358
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
Instrument settings: Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW
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INFRARED SPECTRUM (Attenuated Total Reflectance) 
RRUFF ID: R050358.9
Instrument settings: SensIR Durascope on a Nicolet Magna 860 FTIR
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POWDER DIFFRACTION 
RRUFF ID: R050358.9
Sample Description: Single crystal, powder profile is calculated
Cell Refinement Output: a: 4.7495(8)Å    b: 4.7495(8)Å    c: 9.205(2)Å
alpha: 90°    beta: 90°    gamma: 90°   Volume: 207.65(8)    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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REFERENCES for Tapiolite-(Fe)

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]

Simpson E S (1917) On tapiolite in the Pilbara goldfield, Western Australia, Mineralogical Magazine, 18, 107-121   [view file]

Byström A, Hök B, Mason B (1942) The crystal structure of zinc metantimonate and similar compounds, Arkiv för Kemi, Mineralogi och Geologi, 15B4, 1-8

Dunn P J, Chao G Y, Fleischer M, Ferraiolo J A, Langley R H, Pabst A, Zilczer J A (1985) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 70, 214-221   [view file]

Eicher S M, Greedan J E, Lushington K J (1986) The magnetic properties of FeTa2O6. Magnetic structure and low-dimensional behavior, Journal of Solid State Chemistry, 62, 220-230

Wise M A, Cerný P (1996) The crystal chemistry of the tapiolite series, The Canadian Mineralogist, 34, 631-647   [view file]

Novák M, Cerný P, Cempírek J, Srein V, Filip J (2004) Ferrotapiolite as a pseudomorph of stibiotantalite from the Laštovičky lepidolite pegmatite, Czech Republic: an example of hydrothermal alteration at constant Ta/(Ta + Nb), The Canadian Mineralogist, 42, 1117-1128   [view file]

Burke E A J (2008) Tidying up mineral names: an IMA-CNMNC scheme for suffixes, hyphens and diacritical marks, The Mineralogical Record, 39, 131-135   [view file]