Tellurite R050285

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Name: Tellurite
RRUFF ID: R050285
Ideal Chemistry: TeO2
Locality: Mina Bambollita, Moctezuma, Sonora, Mexico
Source: Marcus Origlieri
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Orange acicular crystals filling a fracture
Status: The identification of this mineral is confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis.
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CHEMISTRY 
RRUFF ID: R050285.2
Sample Description: Microprobe fragment
Measured Chemistry: Te1.00O2
Microprobe Data File: [ Download Excel File ]
RAMAN SPECTRUM 
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
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RRUFF ID: R050285
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
Instrument settings: Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW
POWDER DIFFRACTION 
RRUFF ID: R050285.9
Sample Description: Single crystal, powder profile is calculated
Cell Refinement Output: a: 12.02(1)Å    b: 5.451(7)Å    c: 5.588(5)Å
alpha: 90°    beta: 90°    gamma: 90°   Volume: 366.2(5)Å3    Crystal System: orthorhombic
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Output file from the Bruker D8 Advance instrument. Includes device headers and XY data.

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REFERENCES for Tellurite

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]

Haidinger W (1845) Zweite Klasse: Geogenide. II. Ordnung. Baryte. VIII. Antimonbaryt. Tellurit., in Handbuch der Bestimmenden Mineralogie Bei Braumüller and Seidel Wien 499-506   [view file]

Genth F A (1877) On some tellurium and vanadium minerals, Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society, 17, 113-123   [view file]

Mandarino J A, Williams S J, Mitchell R S (1963) Denningite, a new tellurite mineral from Moctezuma, Sonora, Mexico, The Canadian Mineralogist, 7, 443-452   [view file]

Beyer H (1967) Verfeinerung der kristallstruktur von tellurit, dem rhombischen TeO2, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 124, 228-237   [view file]

Gait R I, Harris D C (1972) Hauchecornite — antimonian, arsenian and tellurian varieties, The Canadian Mineralogist, 11, 819-825   [view file]

Pertlik F (1984) Kristallchemie natürlicher Telluride I: Verfeinerung der Kristallstruktur des Sylvanits, AuAgTe4, Tschermaks Mineralogische und Petrographische Mitteilungen, 33, 203-212

Powell D W, Thomas R G, Williams P A, Birch W D, Plimer I R (1994) Choloalite: synthesis and revised chemical formula, Mineralogical Magazine, 58, 505-508   [view file]

Christy A G, Mills S J, Kampf A R, Housley R M, Thorne B, Marty J (2016) The relationship between mineral composition, crystal structure and paragenetic sequence: the case of secondary Te mineralization at the Bird Nest drift, Otto Mountain, California, USA, Mineralogical Magazine, 80, 291-310

Missen O P, Mills S J, Spratt J (2019) Crystal chemistry of zemannite-type structures: II. Synthetic sodium zemannite, European Journal of Mineralogy, 31, 529-536   [view file]