Colinowensite - RRUFF Database: Raman, X-ray, Infrared, and Chemistry

Colinowensite R150109

Name: Colinowensite
RRUFF ID: R150109
Ideal Chemistry: BaCuSi₂O₆
Locality: Synthetic
Source: Yan Chen and Shouhua Feng
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Purple powder
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction.

Mineral Group: [ Not in a structural group (133) ]

RAMAN SPECTRUM

RRUFF ID:

Sample Description:

Unoriented Raman on the primary sample

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BROAD SCAN WITH SPECTRAL ARTIFACTS

RRUFF ID:

R150109

Wavelength:

Sample Description:

Unoriented Raman on the primary sample

Instrument settings:

Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW

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POWDER DIFFRACTION

RRUFF ID:

R150109.9

Sample Description:

Single crystal, powder profile is calculated

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 9.9751(2)Å b: 9.9751(2)Å c: 22.2887(5)Å
alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 90° Volume: 2217.79(7)Å³ Crystal System: tetragonal

File Type Information

Calculated diffraction file.

File Type Information

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

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REFERENCES for Colinowensite
American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database Record: [view record]
Finger L W, Hazen R M, Hemley R J (1989) BaCuSi₂O₆: A new cyclosilicate with four-membered tetrahedral rings, American Mineralogist, 74, 952-955 [view file]
Sparta K M, Roth G (2004) Reinvestigation of the structure of BaCuSi₂O₆ - evidence for a phase transition at high temperature, Acta Crystallographica, B60, 491-495
Williams P A, Hatert F, Pasero M, Mills S J (2013) IMA Commission on new minerals, nomenclature and classification (CNMNC) Newsletter 15. New minerals and nomenclature modifications approved in 2012 and 2013, Mineralogical Magazine, 77, 1-12 [view file]
Chen Y, Zhang Y, Feng S (2014) Hydrothermal synthesis and properties of pigments Chinese purple BaCuSi₂O₆ and dark blue BaCu₂Si₂O₇, Dyes and Pigments, 105, 167-173
Rieck B, Pristacz H, Giester G (2015) Colinowensite, BaCuSi₂O₆, a new mineral from the Kalahari Manganese Field, South Africa and new data on wesselsite SrCuSi₄O₁₀, Mineralogical Magazine, 79, 1769-1778 [view file]
Belakovskiy D I, Cámara F, Gagné O C (2016) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 101, 2355-2360 [view file]

REFERENCES for Colinowensite

American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database Record: [view record]

Finger L W, Hazen R M, Hemley R J (1989) BaCuSi₂O₆: A new cyclosilicate with four-membered tetrahedral rings, American Mineralogist, 74, 952-955 [view file]

Sparta K M, Roth G (2004) Reinvestigation of the structure of BaCuSi₂O₆ - evidence for a phase transition at high temperature, Acta Crystallographica, B60, 491-495

Williams P A, Hatert F, Pasero M, Mills S J (2013) IMA Commission on new minerals, nomenclature and classification (CNMNC) Newsletter 15. New minerals and nomenclature modifications approved in 2012 and 2013, Mineralogical Magazine, 77, 1-12 [view file]

Chen Y, Zhang Y, Feng S (2014) Hydrothermal synthesis and properties of pigments Chinese purple BaCuSi₂O₆ and dark blue BaCu₂Si₂O₇, Dyes and Pigments, 105, 167-173

Rieck B, Pristacz H, Giester G (2015) Colinowensite, BaCuSi₂O₆, a new mineral from the Kalahari Manganese Field, South Africa and new data on wesselsite SrCuSi₄O₁₀, Mineralogical Magazine, 79, 1769-1778 [view file]

Belakovskiy D I, Cámara F, Gagné O C (2016) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 101, 2355-2360 [view file]