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Muirite R150098

Name: Muirite
RRUFF ID: R150098
Ideal Chemistry: Ba₁₀Ca₂Mn²⁺TiSi₁₀O₃₀(OH,Cl,F)₁₀
Locality: Esquire No. 7 mine, Big Creek, Fresno County, California, USA
Source: James Shigley
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Isolated orange granular crystals, associated with quartz and sanbornite. Note that the c-cell edge is doubled relative to the literature
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction.

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RAMAN SPECTRUM

RRUFF ID:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

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BROAD SCAN WITH SPECTRAL ARTIFACTS

RRUFF ID:

R150098

Wavelength:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

Instrument settings:

Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW

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POWDER DIFFRACTION

RRUFF ID:

R150098.9

Sample Description:

Single crystal, powder profile is calculated

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 13.946(2)Å b: 13.946(2)Å c: 11.208(20Å
alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 90° Volume: 2179.9(2)Å³ Crystal System: tetragonal

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REFERENCES for Muirite
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]
Alfors J T, Putman G W (1965) Revised chemical analyses of traskite, verplanckite and muirite from Fresno County, California, American Mineralogist, 50, 1500-1503 [view file]
Alfors J T, Stinson M C, Matthews R A, Pabst A (1965) Seven new barium minerals from eastern Fresno County, California, American Mineralogist, 50, 314-340 [view file]
Khan A A, Baur W H (1971) Eight-membered cyclosilicate rings in muirite, Science, 173, 916-918
Malinovskii Y A, Pobedimskaya E A, Belov N V (1975) Crystal structure of muirite Ba₉(Ca,Ba)(Ca,Ti)₄(OH)₈[Si₈O₂₄](Cl,OH)₈, Soviet Physics - Doklady, 20, 163-164 [view file]

REFERENCES for Muirite

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]

Alfors J T, Putman G W (1965) Revised chemical analyses of traskite, verplanckite and muirite from Fresno County, California, American Mineralogist, 50, 1500-1503 [view file]

Alfors J T, Stinson M C, Matthews R A, Pabst A (1965) Seven new barium minerals from eastern Fresno County, California, American Mineralogist, 50, 314-340 [view file]

Khan A A, Baur W H (1971) Eight-membered cyclosilicate rings in muirite, Science, 173, 916-918

Malinovskii Y A, Pobedimskaya E A, Belov N V (1975) Crystal structure of muirite Ba₉(Ca,Ba)(Ca,Ti)₄(OH)₈[Si₈O₂₄](Cl,OH)₈, Soviet Physics - Doklady, 20, 163-164 [view file]