Danburite X050050

Name: Danburite
RRUFF ID: X050050
Ideal Chemistry: CaB2Si2O8
Locality: Charcas, San Luis Potosi, Mexico
Source: RD Shannon 49022- 44
Owner: Caltech
Description:
Status: The identification of this mineral has been determined only by Raman spectroscopy
Mineral Group: [ Danburite (6) ]
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Sample Description: de-polarized laser oriented parallel to the c axis
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REFERENCES for Danburite

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]

Shepard C U (1839) Notice of danburite, a new mineral species, American Journal of Science and Arts, 35, 137-139   [view file]

Shepard C U (1840) Der danburit, eine neue mineralspecies, Annalen der Physik und Chemie, 50, 182-182   [view file]

Dunbar C, Machatschki F (1931) Structure of danburite, CaB2Si2O8, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 76, 133-146   [view file]

Lindbloom J T, Gibbs G V, Ribbe P H (1974) The crystal structure of hurlbutite: A comparison with danburite and anorthite, American Mineralogist, 59, 1267-1271   [view file]

Phillips M W, Gibbs G V, Ribbe P H (1974) The crystal structure of danburite: A comparison with anorthite, albite, reedmergnerite, American Mineralogist, 59, 79-85   [view file]

Sugiyama K, Takéuchi Y (1985) Unusual thermal expansion of a B-O-bond in the structure of danburite CaB2Si2O8, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 173, 293-304   [view file]

Kimata M (1993) Crystal structure of KBSi3O8 isostructural with danburite, Mineralogical Magazine, 57, 157-164   [view file]

Shannon R D, Shannon R C, Medenbach O, Fischer R X (2002) Refractive index and dispersion of fluorides and oxides, Journal of Physical and Chemical Reference Data, 31, 931-970   [view file]