Tridymite R040143 - RRUFF Database: Raman, X-ray, Infrared, and Chemistry

Tridymite R040143

Name: Tridymite
RRUFF ID: R040143
Ideal Chemistry: SiO₂
Locality: Big Lue Mountain, Highway 78, Greenlee County, Arizona, USA
Source: University of Arizona Mineral Museum 12643 [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Colorless thin hexagonal plates
Status: The identification of this mineral is confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis.

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CHEMISTRY

RRUFF ID:	R040143.2
Sample Description:	Microprobe Fragment
Measured Chemistry:	(Si_0.99Al_0.01)O₂

RAMAN SPECTRUM

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Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

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BROAD SCAN WITH SPECTRAL ARTIFACTS

RRUFF ID:

R040143

Wavelength:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

Instrument settings:

Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW

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POWDER DIFFRACTION

RRUFF ID:

R040143.9

Sample Description:

Single crystal, powder profile is calculated

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 9.9222(4)Å b: 17.1967(8)Å c: 81.890(6)Å
alpha: 89.992(5)° beta: 90.039(4)° gamma: 89.971(3)° Volume: 13973(1) Crystal System: triclinic

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REFERENCES for Tridymite
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]
vom Rath G (1868) Ueber den Tridymit, eine neue krystallisirte Modification der Kieselsäure, Annalen der Physik und Chemie, 135, 437-454 [view file]
Fleischer M (1954) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 39, 402-408 [view file]
Friedlaender C G I (1970) Entaxy of tridymite in the gangue of a Pb-Cu-Zn occurrence, The Canadian Mineralogist, 10, 704-709 [view file]
Bailey S W (1977) Report of the I.M.A-I.U.Cr. Joint Committee on Nomenclature, American Mineralogist, 62, 411-415 [view file]
Konnert J H, Appleman D E (1978) The crystal structure of low tridymite, Acta Crystallographica, B34, 391-403
Graetsch H, Topalovic-Dierdorf I (1996) ²⁹Si MAS NMR spectrum and superstructure of modulated tridymite L3-To(MX-1), European Journal of Mineralogy, 8, 103-113
Graetsch H (2001) X-ray powder diffraction study on the modulated high temperature forms of SiO₂ tridymite between 110 and 220 C, Physics and Chemistry of Minerals, 28, 313-321
Hirose T, Kihara K, Okuno M, Fujinami S, Shinoda K (2005) X-ray, DTA and Raman studies of monoclinic tridymite and its higher temperature orthorhombic modification with varying temperature, Journal of Mineralogical and Petrological Sciences, 100, 55-69 [view file]
Kihara K, Hirose T, Shinoda K (2005) Raman spectra, normal modes and disorder in monoclinic tridymite and its higher temperature orthorhombic modification, Journal of Mineralogical and Petrological Sciences, 100, 91-103 [view file]

REFERENCES for Tridymite

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]

vom Rath G (1868) Ueber den Tridymit, eine neue krystallisirte Modification der Kieselsäure, Annalen der Physik und Chemie, 135, 437-454 [view file]

Fleischer M (1954) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 39, 402-408 [view file]

Friedlaender C G I (1970) Entaxy of tridymite in the gangue of a Pb-Cu-Zn occurrence, The Canadian Mineralogist, 10, 704-709 [view file]

Bailey S W (1977) Report of the I.M.A-I.U.Cr. Joint Committee on Nomenclature, American Mineralogist, 62, 411-415 [view file]

Konnert J H, Appleman D E (1978) The crystal structure of low tridymite, Acta Crystallographica, B34, 391-403

Graetsch H, Topalovic-Dierdorf I (1996) ²⁹Si MAS NMR spectrum and superstructure of modulated tridymite L3-To(MX-1), European Journal of Mineralogy, 8, 103-113

Graetsch H (2001) X-ray powder diffraction study on the modulated high temperature forms of SiO₂ tridymite between 110 and 220 C, Physics and Chemistry of Minerals, 28, 313-321

Hirose T, Kihara K, Okuno M, Fujinami S, Shinoda K (2005) X-ray, DTA and Raman studies of monoclinic tridymite and its higher temperature orthorhombic modification with varying temperature, Journal of Mineralogical and Petrological Sciences, 100, 55-69 [view file]

Kihara K, Hirose T, Shinoda K (2005) Raman spectra, normal modes and disorder in monoclinic tridymite and its higher temperature orthorhombic modification, Journal of Mineralogical and Petrological Sciences, 100, 91-103 [view file]