Scottyite R160006 - RRUFF Database: Raman, X-ray, Infrared, and Chemistry

Scottyite R160006

Name: Scottyite
RRUFF ID: R160006
Ideal Chemistry: BaCu₂Si₂O₇
Locality: Graulay Quarry, Eifel, Germany
Source: Bill Pinch [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Aggregates of granular crystals, associated with calcite and grey elongated tabular hedenbergite
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction.

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

Quick search: [ All Scottyite samples (4) ]

RAMAN SPECTRUM

RRUFF ID:

Sample Description:

Unoriented Raman on the primary sample

DOWNLOADS:

To download sample data,
please select a specific
orientation angle.

BROAD SCAN WITH SPECTRAL ARTIFACTS

RRUFF ID:

R160006

Wavelength:

Sample Description:

Unoriented Raman on the primary sample

Instrument settings:

Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW

DOWNLOADS:

	Raman Data (Processed)
	RRUFF File

POWDER DIFFRACTION

RRUFF ID:

R160006.9

Sample Description:

Single crystal, powder profile is calculated

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 6.8693(8)Å b: 13.1923(8)Å c: 6.9006Å
alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 90° Volume: 625.34(12)Å³ 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.

DOWNLOADS:

	DIF File
	X-ray Data (XY - RAW)
	RRUFF File

REFERENCES for Scottyite
American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database Record: [view record]
Janczak J, Kubiak R, Glowiak T (1990) Structure of barium copper pyrosilicate at 300 K, Acta Crystallographica, C4146, 1383-1385
Hentschel G (1993) Die Lavaströme der Graulai: eine neue Fundstelle in der Westeifel. Unsichere und unbekannte Minerale. B. Unbekanntes Ba-Cu-Silikat, Lapis, 18, 23-23
Yamada T, Hiroi Z, Takano M (2001) Spin-1/2 quantum antiferromagnetic chains with tunable superexchange interactions found in BaCu₂(Si_1-xGe_x)₂O₇, Journal of Solid State Chemistry, 156, 101-109
Sologubenko A V, Ott H R, Dhalenne G, Revcolevschi A (2003) Universal behavior of spin-mediated energy transport in S=1/2 chain cuprates: BaCu₂Si₂O₇ as an example, Europhysics Letters, 62, 540-546
Glazkov V N, Smirnov A I, Revcolevschi A, Dhalenne G (2005) Magnetic resonance study of the spin-reorientation transitions in the quasi-one-dimensional antiferromagnet BaCu₂Si₂O₇, Physical Review B, 72, 104401-8
Blaβ G, Schüller E, Schüller W (2011) „Unglaubliche" Kupfermineralien aus der Vulkaneifel: Auf'm Kopp bei Neroth, Lapis, 22, 21-28, 90
Williams P A, Hatert F, Pasero M, Mills S J (2012) IMA Commission on New Minerals, Nomenclature and Classification (CNMNC) Newsletter 14, New minerals and nomenclature modifications approved in 2012, Mineralogical Magazine, 76, 1281-1288 [view file]
Yang H, Downs R T, Evans S H, Pinch W W (2013) Scottyite, the natural analog of synthetic BaCu₂Si₂O₇, a new mineral from the Wessels mine, Kalahari Manganese Fields, South Africa, American Mineralogist, 98, 478-484 [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
Lee P L, Huang E, Kung J (2021) High-pressure Raman spectroscopy and X-ray diffraction study on scottyite, BaCu₂Si₂O₇, Minerals, 11, 608 [view file]

REFERENCES for Scottyite

American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database Record: [view record]

Janczak J, Kubiak R, Glowiak T (1990) Structure of barium copper pyrosilicate at 300 K, Acta Crystallographica, C4146, 1383-1385

Hentschel G (1993) Die Lavaströme der Graulai: eine neue Fundstelle in der Westeifel. Unsichere und unbekannte Minerale. B. Unbekanntes Ba-Cu-Silikat, Lapis, 18, 23-23

Yamada T, Hiroi Z, Takano M (2001) Spin-1/2 quantum antiferromagnetic chains with tunable superexchange interactions found in BaCu₂(Si_1-xGe_x)₂O₇, Journal of Solid State Chemistry, 156, 101-109

Sologubenko A V, Ott H R, Dhalenne G, Revcolevschi A (2003) Universal behavior of spin-mediated energy transport in S=1/2 chain cuprates: BaCu₂Si₂O₇ as an example, Europhysics Letters, 62, 540-546

Glazkov V N, Smirnov A I, Revcolevschi A, Dhalenne G (2005) Magnetic resonance study of the spin-reorientation transitions in the quasi-one-dimensional antiferromagnet BaCu₂Si₂O₇, Physical Review B, 72, 104401-8

Blaβ G, Schüller E, Schüller W (2011) „Unglaubliche" Kupfermineralien aus der Vulkaneifel: Auf'm Kopp bei Neroth, Lapis, 22, 21-28, 90

Williams P A, Hatert F, Pasero M, Mills S J (2012) IMA Commission on New Minerals, Nomenclature and Classification (CNMNC) Newsletter 14, New minerals and nomenclature modifications approved in 2012, Mineralogical Magazine, 76, 1281-1288 [view file]

Yang H, Downs R T, Evans S H, Pinch W W (2013) Scottyite, the natural analog of synthetic BaCu₂Si₂O₇, a new mineral from the Wessels mine, Kalahari Manganese Fields, South Africa, American Mineralogist, 98, 478-484 [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

Lee P L, Huang E, Kung J (2021) High-pressure Raman spectroscopy and X-ray diffraction study on scottyite, BaCu₂Si₂O₇, Minerals, 11, 608 [view file]