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Boralsilite R140759

Name: Boralsilite
RRUFF ID: R140759
Ideal Chemistry: Al₁₆B₆O₃₀(Si₂O₇)
Locality: Larsemann Hills, Prydz Bay, Ingrid Christensen Coast, Princess Elizabeth Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica
Source: Edward S. Grew 121102A [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Radiating fibrous bundles, associated with tourmaline and quartz. A portion of the material from the original study by Grew et al (2008)
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed only by single crystal X-ray diffraction.

POWDER DIFFRACTION

RRUFF ID:

R140759.9

Sample Description:

Single crystal, powder profile is calculated

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 14.781(2)Å b: 5.571(1)Å c: 15.076(3)Å
alpha: 90° beta: 92.03(1)° gamma: 90° Volume: 1240.6(2)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.

DOWNLOADS:

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

REFERENCES for Boralsilite
American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database Record: [view record]
Grew E S, McGee J J, Yates M G, Peacor D R, Rouse R C, Huijsmans J P P, Shearer C K, Weidenbeck M, Thost D E, Su S (1998) Boralsilite (Al₁₆B₆Si₂O₃₇): a new mineral related to sillimanite from pegmatites in granulite-facies rocks, American Mineralogist, 83, 638-651 [view file]
Peacor D R, Rouse R C, Grew E S (1999) Crystal structure of boralsilite and its relation to a family of boroaluminosilicates, sillimanite, and andalusite, American Mineralogist, 84, 1152-1161 [view file]
Fischer R X, Kahlenberg V, Voll D, MacKenzie K J D, Smith M E, Schnetger B, Brumsack H-J, Schneider H (2008) Crystal structure of synthetic Al₄B₂O₉: A member of the mullite family closely related to boralsilite, American Mineralogist, 93, 918-927 [view file]
Grew E S, Graetsch H A, Pöter B, Yates M G, Buick I, Bernhardt H-J, Schreyer W, Werding G, Carson C J, Clarke G L (2008) Boralsilite, Al₁₆B₆Si₂O₃₇, and "boron-mullite:" compositional variations and associated phases in experiment and nature, American Mineralogist, 93, 283-299 [view file]
Cempírek J, Grew E S, Kampf A R, Ma C, Novák M, Gadas P, Škoda R, Galiová M V, Pezzotta F, Groat L A, Krivovichev S V (2016) Vránaite, ideally Al₁₆B₄Si₄O₃₈, a new mineral related to boralsilite, Al₁₆B₆Si₂O₃₇, from the Manjaka pegmatite, Sahatany Valley, Madagascar, American Mineralogist, 101, 2108-2117 [view file]

REFERENCES for Boralsilite

American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database Record: [view record]

Grew E S, McGee J J, Yates M G, Peacor D R, Rouse R C, Huijsmans J P P, Shearer C K, Weidenbeck M, Thost D E, Su S (1998) Boralsilite (Al₁₆B₆Si₂O₃₇): a new mineral related to sillimanite from pegmatites in granulite-facies rocks, American Mineralogist, 83, 638-651 [view file]

Peacor D R, Rouse R C, Grew E S (1999) Crystal structure of boralsilite and its relation to a family of boroaluminosilicates, sillimanite, and andalusite, American Mineralogist, 84, 1152-1161 [view file]

Fischer R X, Kahlenberg V, Voll D, MacKenzie K J D, Smith M E, Schnetger B, Brumsack H-J, Schneider H (2008) Crystal structure of synthetic Al₄B₂O₉: A member of the mullite family closely related to boralsilite, American Mineralogist, 93, 918-927 [view file]

Grew E S, Graetsch H A, Pöter B, Yates M G, Buick I, Bernhardt H-J, Schreyer W, Werding G, Carson C J, Clarke G L (2008) Boralsilite, Al₁₆B₆Si₂O₃₇, and "boron-mullite:" compositional variations and associated phases in experiment and nature, American Mineralogist, 93, 283-299 [view file]

Cempírek J, Grew E S, Kampf A R, Ma C, Novák M, Gadas P, Škoda R, Galiová M V, Pezzotta F, Groat L A, Krivovichev S V (2016) Vránaite, ideally Al₁₆B₄Si₄O₃₈, a new mineral related to boralsilite, Al₁₆B₆Si₂O₃₇, from the Manjaka pegmatite, Sahatany Valley, Madagascar, American Mineralogist, 101, 2108-2117 [view file]