Topaz R050176 - RRUFF Database: Raman, X-ray, Infrared, and Chemistry

Topaz R050176

Name: Topaz
RRUFF ID: R050176
Ideal Chemistry: Al₂SiO₄F₂
Locality: Jos Plateau, Nigeria
Source: Marcus Origlieri
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Colorless prismatic crystal
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis

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CHEMISTRY

RRUFF ID:	R050176.2
Sample Description:	Microprobe fragment
Measured Chemistry:	Al_2.000Si_1.000O_4.000(F_1.438(OH)_0.562)

RAMAN SPECTRUM

RRUFF ID:

Sample Description:

Sample is oriented, mounted onto a pin and polished

Pin ID:

L00474

Orientation:

Laser parallel to -b* (0 -1 0). Fiducial mark perpendicular to laser is parallel to c [0 0 1].

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Raman Mode Analysis

BROAD SCAN WITH SPECTRAL ARTIFACTS

RRUFF ID:

R050176

Wavelength:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

Instrument settings:

Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW

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INFRARED SPECTRUM (Attenuated Total Reflectance)

RRUFF ID:

R050176.1

Sample Description:

Powder

Instrument settings:

SensIR Durascope on a Nicolet Magna 860 FTIR

Resolution:

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RRUFF ID:

R050176.1

Sample Description:

Powder

Instrument settings:

PIKE GladiATR - Far-IR on a Nicolet Magna 860 FTIR

Resolution:

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POWDER DIFFRACTION

RRUFF ID:

R050176.1

Sample Description:

Powder

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 4.6490(1)Å b: 8.7942(3)Å c: 8.3896(4)Å
alpha: 90.° beta: 90.° gamma: 90.° Volume: 343.01(2) Crystal System: orthorhombic

File Type Information

Calculated diffraction file.

File Type Information

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

File Type Information

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

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REFERENCES for Topaz
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]
Gesner C (1565) Gemmis, quae erant in veste Aaronis, Liber Graecus, & e regione Latinus, Iola Hierotarantino interprete: cum Corollario Conradi Gesneri, in Sancti Patris Epiphanii Episcopi Cypri ad Diodorum Tyri episcopum, De XII 1-29 [view file]
Henkel J F (1737) De topasio vera Saxonum, orientali non inferiore, Acta Physico-medica Academiae Caesareae Leopoldino-Carolinae Naturae Curiosorum, 4, 316-320 [view file]
Beny J M, Piriou B (1987) Vibrational spectra of single-crystal topaz, Physics and Chemistry of Minerals, 15, 148-154
Kontak D J (1990) The East Kemptville topaz-muscovite leucogranite, Nova Scotia. I. Geological setting and whole-rock geochemistry, The Canadian Mineralogist, 28, 787-825 [view file]
Kontak D J (1991) The East Kemptville topaz-muscovite leucogranite, Nova Scotia. II. Mineral chemistry, The Canadian Mineralogist, 29, 37-60 [view file]
Kloprogge J T, Frost R L (2000) Raman microscopic study at 300 and 77 K of some pegmatite minerals from the Iveland-Evje area, Aust-Agder, Southern Norway, Spectrochimica Acta Part A-Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy, 56, 501-513 [link]
Souza D N, de Lima J F, Valerio M E G, Fantini C, Pimenta M A, Moreira R L, Caldas L V E (2002) Influence of thermal treatment on the Raman, infrared and TL responses of natural topaz, Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research B, 191, 230-235 [link]
Alberico A, Ferrando S, Ivaldi G, Ferraris G (2003) X-ray single-crystal structure refinement of an OH-rich topaz from Sulu UHP terrane (Eastern China) - Structural foundation of the correlation between cell parameters and fluorine content, European Journal of Mineralogy, 15, 875-881
Komatsu K, Kuribayashi T, Kudoh Y (2003) Effect of temperature and pressure on the crystal structure of topaz, Al₂SiO₄(OH,F)₂, Journal of Mineralogical and Petrological Sciences, 98, 167-180 [view file]
Komatsu K, Kagi H, Okada T, Kuribayashi T, Parise J B, Kudoh Y (2005) Pressure dependence of the OH-stretching mode in F-rich natural topaz and topaz-OH, American Mineralogist, 90, 266-270 [view file]
Gatta G D, Nestola F, Ballaran T B (2006) Elastic behaviour and structural evolution of topaz at high pressure, Physics and Chemistry of Minerals, 33, 235-242
Gatta G D, Nestola F, Bromiley G D, Loose A (2006) New insight into crystal chemistry of topaz: A multi-methodological study, American Mineralogist, 91, 1839-1846 [view file]
Xue X, Kanzaki M, Fukui H, Ito E, Hashimoto T (2006) Cation order and hydrogen bonding of high-pressure phases in the Al₂O₃-SiO₂-H₂O system: An NMR and Raman study, American Mineralogist, 91, 850-861
Komatsu K, Kagi H, Marshall W G, Kuribayashi T, Parise J B, Kudoh Y (2008) Pressure dependence of the hydrogen-bond geometry in topaz-OD from neutron powder diffraction, American Mineralogist, 93, 217-227 [view file]
Kanzaki M (2010) Crystal structure of a new high-pressure polymorph of topaz-OH, American Mineralogist, 95, 1349-1352
Xue X, Kanzaki M, Fukui H (2010) Unique crystal chemistry of two polymorphs of topaz-OH: A multi-nuclear NMR and Raman study, American Mineralogist, 95, 1276-1293

REFERENCES for Topaz

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]

Gesner C (1565) Gemmis, quae erant in veste Aaronis, Liber Graecus, & e regione Latinus, Iola Hierotarantino interprete: cum Corollario Conradi Gesneri, in Sancti Patris Epiphanii Episcopi Cypri ad Diodorum Tyri episcopum, De XII 1-29 [view file]

Henkel J F (1737) De topasio vera Saxonum, orientali non inferiore, Acta Physico-medica Academiae Caesareae Leopoldino-Carolinae Naturae Curiosorum, 4, 316-320 [view file]

Beny J M, Piriou B (1987) Vibrational spectra of single-crystal topaz, Physics and Chemistry of Minerals, 15, 148-154

Kontak D J (1990) The East Kemptville topaz-muscovite leucogranite, Nova Scotia. I. Geological setting and whole-rock geochemistry, The Canadian Mineralogist, 28, 787-825 [view file]

Kontak D J (1991) The East Kemptville topaz-muscovite leucogranite, Nova Scotia. II. Mineral chemistry, The Canadian Mineralogist, 29, 37-60 [view file]

Kloprogge J T, Frost R L (2000) Raman microscopic study at 300 and 77 K of some pegmatite minerals from the Iveland-Evje area, Aust-Agder, Southern Norway, Spectrochimica Acta Part A-Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy, 56, 501-513 [link]

Souza D N, de Lima J F, Valerio M E G, Fantini C, Pimenta M A, Moreira R L, Caldas L V E (2002) Influence of thermal treatment on the Raman, infrared and TL responses of natural topaz, Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research B, 191, 230-235 [link]

Alberico A, Ferrando S, Ivaldi G, Ferraris G (2003) X-ray single-crystal structure refinement of an OH-rich topaz from Sulu UHP terrane (Eastern China) - Structural foundation of the correlation between cell parameters and fluorine content, European Journal of Mineralogy, 15, 875-881

Komatsu K, Kuribayashi T, Kudoh Y (2003) Effect of temperature and pressure on the crystal structure of topaz, Al₂SiO₄(OH,F)₂, Journal of Mineralogical and Petrological Sciences, 98, 167-180 [view file]

Komatsu K, Kagi H, Okada T, Kuribayashi T, Parise J B, Kudoh Y (2005) Pressure dependence of the OH-stretching mode in F-rich natural topaz and topaz-OH, American Mineralogist, 90, 266-270 [view file]

Gatta G D, Nestola F, Ballaran T B (2006) Elastic behaviour and structural evolution of topaz at high pressure, Physics and Chemistry of Minerals, 33, 235-242

Gatta G D, Nestola F, Bromiley G D, Loose A (2006) New insight into crystal chemistry of topaz: A multi-methodological study, American Mineralogist, 91, 1839-1846 [view file]

Xue X, Kanzaki M, Fukui H, Ito E, Hashimoto T (2006) Cation order and hydrogen bonding of high-pressure phases in the Al₂O₃-SiO₂-H₂O system: An NMR and Raman study, American Mineralogist, 91, 850-861

Komatsu K, Kagi H, Marshall W G, Kuribayashi T, Parise J B, Kudoh Y (2008) Pressure dependence of the hydrogen-bond geometry in topaz-OD from neutron powder diffraction, American Mineralogist, 93, 217-227 [view file]

Kanzaki M (2010) Crystal structure of a new high-pressure polymorph of topaz-OH, American Mineralogist, 95, 1349-1352

Xue X, Kanzaki M, Fukui H (2010) Unique crystal chemistry of two polymorphs of topaz-OH: A multi-nuclear NMR and Raman study, American Mineralogist, 95, 1276-1293