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Name: Benitoite RRUFF ID: R050332 Ideal Chemistry: BaTiSi3O9 Locality: Benitoite Gem mine, Santa Rita Peak, San Benito County, California, USA Source: California Institute of Technology W-1863 Owner: RRUFF Description: Pale blue fragment Status: The identification of this mineral is confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis. |
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Mineral Group: [ Benitoite (4) ] | ||
Quick search: [ All Benitoite samples (3) ] |
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RRUFF ID: | R050332.9 | ||||||
Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 6.647(1)Å b: 6.647(1)Å c: 9.750(2)Å alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 120° Volume: 373.12(6)Å3 Crystal System: hexagonal |
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REFERENCES for Benitoite | |
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American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database Record: [view record] |
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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] |
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Louderback G D, Blasdale W C (1907) Benitoite, a new California gem mineral, University of California Publications. Bulletin of the Department of Geology, 5, 149-153 [view file] |
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Louderback G D, Blasdale W C (1909) Benitoite, its paragenesis and mode of occurrence, University of California Publications. Bulletin of the Department of Geology, 5, 331-380 [view file] |
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Zachariasen W H (1930) The crystal structure of benitoite, BaTiSi3O9, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 74, 139-146 [view file] |
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Fischer C (1969) Verfeinerung der Kristallstruktur von Benitoit BaTi[Si3O9], Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 129, 222-243 [view file] |
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Laird J, Albee A L (1972) Chemical composition and physical, optical, and structural properties of benitoite, neptunite and joaquinite, American Mineralogist, 57, 85-102 [view file] |
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Hawthorne F C (1987) The crystal chemistry of the benitoite group minerals and structural relations in (Si3O9) ring structures, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Monatshefte, 1987, 16-30 |
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Kim C C, Bell M I, McKeown D A (1993) Vibrational analysis of benitoite (BaTiSi3O9) and the Si3O9 ring, Physical Review B, 47, 7869- 7877 |
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McDonald A M, Chao G Y (2005) Bobtraillite, (Na,Ca)13Sr11(Zr,Y,Nb)14Si42B6O132(OH)12·12H2O, a new mineral species from Mont Saint-Hilaire, Quebec: description, structure determination and relationship to benitoite and wadeite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 43, 747-758 [view file] |
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Hejny C, Miletich R, Jasser A, Schouwink P, Crichton W, Kahlenberg V (2012) Second-order P6c2-P31c transition and structural crystallography of the cyclosilicate benitoite, BaTiSi3O9, at high pressure, American Mineralogist, 97, 1749-1763 [view file] |
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