R060477 - RRUFF Database: Raman, X-ray, Infrared, and Chemistry

Uvarovite R060477

Name: Uvarovite
RRUFF ID: R060477
Ideal Chemistry: Ca₃Cr₂(SiO₄)₃
Locality: Saranovskiy mine, Sarany, Ural Mountains, Russia
Source: Michael Scott S100206 [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: A druse of green dodecahedral crystals
Status: The identification of this mineral is confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis.

Mineral Group: [ garnet (97) ]

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CHEMISTRY

RRUFF ID:	R060477.2
Sample Description:	Microprobe fragment
Measured Chemistry:	Ca_3.00(Cr_1.15Al_0.82Ti_0.03)_Σ=2((Si_0.99Al_0.01)_Σ=1O₄)₃
Microprobe Data File:	[ Download Excel File ]

RAMAN SPECTRUM

RRUFF ID:

Sample Description:

Sample is oriented and mounted on a pin

Pin ID:

M01260

Orientation:

Laser parallel to a* (1 0 0). Fiducial mark perpendicular to laser is parallel to -c [0 0 -1].

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BROAD SCAN WITH SPECTRAL ARTIFACTS

RRUFF ID:

R060477

Wavelength:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

Instrument settings:

Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW

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POWDER DIFFRACTION

RRUFF ID:

R060477.9

Sample Description:

Single crystal, powder profile is calculated

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 11.9204(8)Å b: 11.9204(8)Å c: 11.9204(8)Å
alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 90° Volume: 1693.8(1)Å³ Crystal System: cubic

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 Uvarovite
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]
Hess H (1832) Ueber den Uwarowit, eine neue Mineralspecies, Annalen der Physik und Chemie, 24, 388-389 [view file]
Frankel J J (1959) Uvarovite garnet and South African jade (hydrogrossular) from the Bushveld Complex, Transvaal, American Mineralogist, 44, 565-591 [view file]
Sastri G G K (1963) Note on a chrome and two menganese garnets from India, Mineralogical Magazine, 33, 508-511 [view file]
Grubb P L C (1965) An unusual occurrence of diopside and uvarovite near Thetford, Quebec, The Canadian Mineralogist, 8, 241-248 [view file]
International Mineralogical Association (1967) Commission on new minerals and mineral names, Mineralogical Magazine, 36, 131-136 [view file]
Manning P G (1969) Optical absorption studies of grossular, andradite (var. colophonite) and uvarovite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 9, 723-729 [view file]
Novak G A, Gibbs G V (1971) The crystal chemistry of the silicate garnets, American Mineralogist, 56, 791-825 [view file]
Challis A, Grapes R, Palmer K (1995) Chromian muscovite, uvarovite, and zincian chromite: products of regional metasomatism in northwest Nelson, New Zealand, The Canadian Mineralogist, 33, 1263-1284 [view file]
Kolesov B A, Geiger C A (1997) Raman scattering in silicate garnets an investigation of their resonance intensities, Journal of Raman Spectroscopy, 28, 659-662 [link]
Kolesov B A, Geiger C A (1998) Raman spectra of silicate garnets, Physics and Chemistry of Minerals, 25, 142-151 [link]
Proenza J, Solé J, Melgarejo J C (1999) Uvarovite in podiform chromitite: the Moa–Baracoa ophiolitic massif, Cuba, The Canadian Mineralogist, 37, 679-690 [view file]
Milman V, Winkler B, Nobes R H, Akhmatchaya E V, Pickard C J, White J A (2000) Garnets: structure, compressibility, dynamics, and disorder, Journal of the Minerals, Metals and Materials Society, 52, issue 7 22-25
Manoun B, de Waal D, Merkle R (2001) The crystal chemistry and Raman spectroscopy of kimberlitic G-9 garnets, Crystal Engineering, 4, 283-291 [link]
Klemme S, Van Miltenburg J C, Javorsky P, Wastin F (2005) Thermodynamic properties of uvarovite garnet (Ca₃Cr₂Si₃O₁₂), American Mineralogist, 90, 663-666 [view file]
Teertstra D K (2006) Index-of-refraction and unit-cell constraints on cation valence and pattern of order in garnet-group minerals, The Canadian Mineralogist, 44, 341-346 [view file]
Moroz T, Ragozin A, Salikhov D, Belikova G, Puchkov V, Kagi H (2009) Micro-Raman spectra of ugrandite garnet, Spectrochimica Acta Part A-Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy, 73, 436-439
Righter K, Sutton S, Danielson L, Pando K, Schmidt G, Yang H, Berthet S, Newville M, Choi Y, Downs R T, Malavergne V (2011) The effect of f_O2 on the partitioning and valence of V and Cr in garnet/melt pairs and the relation to terrestrial mantle V and Cr content., American Mineralogist, 96, 1278-1290 [view file]
Grew E S, Locock A J, Mills S J, Galuskina I O, Galuskin E V, Hålenius U (2013) Nomenclature of the garnet supergroup, American Mineralogist, 98, 785-811 [view file]
Fan D, Xu J, Ma M, Wei S, Zhang B, Liu J, Xie H (2015) P-V-T equation of state of Ca₃Cr₂Si₃O₁₂ uvarovite garnet by using a diamond-anvil cell and in-situ synchrotron X-ray diffraction, American Mineralogist, 100, 588-597
Caporuscio F A, Oberti R, Smyth J R (2019) X-site control on rare earth elements in eclogitic garnets – an XRD study, European Journal of Mineralogy, 31, 453-463

REFERENCES for Uvarovite

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]

Hess H (1832) Ueber den Uwarowit, eine neue Mineralspecies, Annalen der Physik und Chemie, 24, 388-389 [view file]

Frankel J J (1959) Uvarovite garnet and South African jade (hydrogrossular) from the Bushveld Complex, Transvaal, American Mineralogist, 44, 565-591 [view file]

Sastri G G K (1963) Note on a chrome and two menganese garnets from India, Mineralogical Magazine, 33, 508-511 [view file]

Grubb P L C (1965) An unusual occurrence of diopside and uvarovite near Thetford, Quebec, The Canadian Mineralogist, 8, 241-248 [view file]

International Mineralogical Association (1967) Commission on new minerals and mineral names, Mineralogical Magazine, 36, 131-136 [view file]

Manning P G (1969) Optical absorption studies of grossular, andradite (var. colophonite) and uvarovite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 9, 723-729 [view file]

Novak G A, Gibbs G V (1971) The crystal chemistry of the silicate garnets, American Mineralogist, 56, 791-825 [view file]

Challis A, Grapes R, Palmer K (1995) Chromian muscovite, uvarovite, and zincian chromite: products of regional metasomatism in northwest Nelson, New Zealand, The Canadian Mineralogist, 33, 1263-1284 [view file]

Kolesov B A, Geiger C A (1997) Raman scattering in silicate garnets an investigation of their resonance intensities, Journal of Raman Spectroscopy, 28, 659-662 [link]

Kolesov B A, Geiger C A (1998) Raman spectra of silicate garnets, Physics and Chemistry of Minerals, 25, 142-151 [link]

Proenza J, Solé J, Melgarejo J C (1999) Uvarovite in podiform chromitite: the Moa–Baracoa ophiolitic massif, Cuba, The Canadian Mineralogist, 37, 679-690 [view file]

Milman V, Winkler B, Nobes R H, Akhmatchaya E V, Pickard C J, White J A (2000) Garnets: structure, compressibility, dynamics, and disorder, Journal of the Minerals, Metals and Materials Society, 52, issue 7 22-25

Manoun B, de Waal D, Merkle R (2001) The crystal chemistry and Raman spectroscopy of kimberlitic G-9 garnets, Crystal Engineering, 4, 283-291 [link]

Klemme S, Van Miltenburg J C, Javorsky P, Wastin F (2005) Thermodynamic properties of uvarovite garnet (Ca₃Cr₂Si₃O₁₂), American Mineralogist, 90, 663-666 [view file]

Teertstra D K (2006) Index-of-refraction and unit-cell constraints on cation valence and pattern of order in garnet-group minerals, The Canadian Mineralogist, 44, 341-346 [view file]

Moroz T, Ragozin A, Salikhov D, Belikova G, Puchkov V, Kagi H (2009) Micro-Raman spectra of ugrandite garnet, Spectrochimica Acta Part A-Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy, 73, 436-439

Righter K, Sutton S, Danielson L, Pando K, Schmidt G, Yang H, Berthet S, Newville M, Choi Y, Downs R T, Malavergne V (2011) The effect of f_O2 on the partitioning and valence of V and Cr in garnet/melt pairs and the relation to terrestrial mantle V and Cr content., American Mineralogist, 96, 1278-1290 [view file]

Grew E S, Locock A J, Mills S J, Galuskina I O, Galuskin E V, Hålenius U (2013) Nomenclature of the garnet supergroup, American Mineralogist, 98, 785-811 [view file]

Fan D, Xu J, Ma M, Wei S, Zhang B, Liu J, Xie H (2015) P-V-T equation of state of Ca₃Cr₂Si₃O₁₂ uvarovite garnet by using a diamond-anvil cell and in-situ synchrotron X-ray diffraction, American Mineralogist, 100, 588-597

Caporuscio F A, Oberti R, Smyth J R (2019) X-site control on rare earth elements in eclogitic garnets – an XRD study, European Journal of Mineralogy, 31, 453-463