R100171 - RRUFF Database: Raman, X-ray, Infrared, and Chemistry

Baddeleyite R100171

Name: Baddeleyite
RRUFF ID: R100171
Ideal Chemistry: ZrO₂
Locality: Palabora Mine, Phalaborwa, Transvaal, Republic of South Africa
Source: Mauricio Ibanez-Mejia [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Fragments of black prismatic crystals
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction.

Mineral Group: [ Baddeleyite (3) ]

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RAMAN SPECTRUM

RRUFF ID:

Sample Description:

Unoriented Raman on the primary sample

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BROAD SCAN WITH SPECTRAL ARTIFACTS

RRUFF ID:

R100171

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:

R100171.9

Sample Description:

Single crystal, powder profile is calculated

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 5.150(2)Å b: 5.210(3)Å c: 5.322(2)Å
alpha: 90° beta: 99.36(3)° gamma: 90° Volume: 140.91(5)Å³ Crystal System: monoclinic

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 Baddeleyite
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]
Fletcher L (1893) On baddeleyite (native zirconia), a new mineral, from Rakawana, Ceylon, Mineralogical Magazine, 10, 148-160 [view file]
Hiemstra S A (1955) Baddeleyite from Phalaborwa, Eastern Transvaal, American Mineralogist, 40, 275-282 [view file]
McCullough J D, Trueblood K N (1959) The crystal structure of baddeleyite (monoclinic ZrO₂), Acta Crystallographica, 12, 507-511
Smith D K, Newkirk W (1965) The crystal structure of baddeleyite (monoclinic ZrO₂) and its relation to the polymorphism of ZrO₂, Acta Crystallographica, A18, 983-991
Keramidas V G, White W B (1974) Raman scattering study of the crystallization and phase transformations of ZrO₂, Journal of the American Ceramic Society, 57, 22-24
Andrews A J, Masliwec A, Morris W A, Owsiacki L, York D (1986) The silver deposits at Cobalt and Gowganda, Ontario. II: An experiment in age determinations employing radiometric and paleomagnetic measurements, Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, 23, 1507-1518
Naslund H R (1987) Lamellae of baddeleyite and Fe–Cr-spinel in ilmenite from the Basistoppen sill, east Greenland, The Canadian Mineralogist, 25, 91-96 [view file]
Howard C J, Hill R J, Reichert B E (1988) Structures of the ZrO₂ polymorphs at room temperature by high-resolution neutron powder diffraction, Acta Crystallographica, B44, 116-120
Cabella R, Gazzotti M, Lucchetti G (1997) Loveringite and baddeleyite in layers of chromian spinel from the Bracco ophiolitic unit, northern Apennines, Italy, The Canadian Mineralogist, 35, 899-908 [view file]
Torres F J, Amigo J M, Alarcon J (2003) X-ray powder diffraction study of monoclinic V⁴⁺–ZrO₂ solid solutions obtained from gels, Journal of Solid State Chemistry, 173, 40-44
Swamy V, Dubrovinsky L S, Dubrovinskaia N A, Langenhorst F, Simionovici A S, Drakopoulos M, Dmitriev V, Weber H P (2005) Size effects on the structure and phase transition behavior of baddeleyite TiO₂, Solid State Communications, 134, 541-546
Glass B P, Fries M (2008) Micro-Raman spectroscopic study of fine-grained, shock-metamorphosed rock fragments from the Australasian microtektite layer, Meteoritics and Planetary Science, 43, 1487-1496 [view file]
Giebel R J, Gauert C D K, Marks M A W, Costin G, Markl G (2017) Multi-stage formation of REE minerals in the Palabora Carbonatite Complex, South Africa, American Mineralogist, 102, 1218-1233

REFERENCES for Baddeleyite

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]

Fletcher L (1893) On baddeleyite (native zirconia), a new mineral, from Rakawana, Ceylon, Mineralogical Magazine, 10, 148-160 [view file]

Hiemstra S A (1955) Baddeleyite from Phalaborwa, Eastern Transvaal, American Mineralogist, 40, 275-282 [view file]

McCullough J D, Trueblood K N (1959) The crystal structure of baddeleyite (monoclinic ZrO₂), Acta Crystallographica, 12, 507-511

Smith D K, Newkirk W (1965) The crystal structure of baddeleyite (monoclinic ZrO₂) and its relation to the polymorphism of ZrO₂, Acta Crystallographica, A18, 983-991

Keramidas V G, White W B (1974) Raman scattering study of the crystallization and phase transformations of ZrO₂, Journal of the American Ceramic Society, 57, 22-24

Andrews A J, Masliwec A, Morris W A, Owsiacki L, York D (1986) The silver deposits at Cobalt and Gowganda, Ontario. II: An experiment in age determinations employing radiometric and paleomagnetic measurements, Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, 23, 1507-1518

Naslund H R (1987) Lamellae of baddeleyite and Fe–Cr-spinel in ilmenite from the Basistoppen sill, east Greenland, The Canadian Mineralogist, 25, 91-96 [view file]

Howard C J, Hill R J, Reichert B E (1988) Structures of the ZrO₂ polymorphs at room temperature by high-resolution neutron powder diffraction, Acta Crystallographica, B44, 116-120

Cabella R, Gazzotti M, Lucchetti G (1997) Loveringite and baddeleyite in layers of chromian spinel from the Bracco ophiolitic unit, northern Apennines, Italy, The Canadian Mineralogist, 35, 899-908 [view file]

Torres F J, Amigo J M, Alarcon J (2003) X-ray powder diffraction study of monoclinic V⁴⁺–ZrO₂ solid solutions obtained from gels, Journal of Solid State Chemistry, 173, 40-44

Swamy V, Dubrovinsky L S, Dubrovinskaia N A, Langenhorst F, Simionovici A S, Drakopoulos M, Dmitriev V, Weber H P (2005) Size effects on the structure and phase transition behavior of baddeleyite TiO₂, Solid State Communications, 134, 541-546

Glass B P, Fries M (2008) Micro-Raman spectroscopic study of fine-grained, shock-metamorphosed rock fragments from the Australasian microtektite layer, Meteoritics and Planetary Science, 43, 1487-1496 [view file]

Giebel R J, Gauert C D K, Marks M A W, Costin G, Markl G (2017) Multi-stage formation of REE minerals in the Palabora Carbonatite Complex, South Africa, American Mineralogist, 102, 1218-1233