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Name: Rutile RRUFF ID: R060745 Ideal Chemistry: TiO2 Locality: Zagi Mountain near Hammedabad, Knaffor Dehri, NW Frontier Provence, Pakistan Source: Herb Obodda 091 [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Group of black prismatic crystals Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis |
Mineral Group: [ Rutile (23) ] | ||
Quick search: [ All Rutile samples (7) ] |
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RRUFF ID: | R060745.1 | |||||||
Sample Description: | Powder | |||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 4.6134(5)Å b: 4.6134(5)Å c: 2.9748(4)Å alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 90° Volume: 63.31(1)Å3 Crystal System: tetragonal |
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REFERENCES for Rutile | |
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American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database Record: [view record] |
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Schoβberger, F. (1942) Über die umwandlungen des titandioxyds, Journal of Solid State Chemistry, 104, 358-374 |
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Baur W H (1956) Über die verfeinerung der kristallstrukturbestimmung einiger vertreter des rutiltyps: TiO2, SnO2, GeO2 und MgF2, Acta Crystallographica, 9, 515-520 [link] |
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Bond W L (1965) Measurement of the refractive indices of several crystals, Journal of Applied Physics, 36, 1674-1677 [view file] |
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Papezik V S, De Witt M J (1973) Shorter communications: Coarse-grained rutile from northern Newfoundland, The Canadian Mineralogist, 12, 224-225 [view file] |
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Černý P, Paul B J, Hawthorne F C, Chapman R (1981) A niobian rutile – disordered columbite intergrowth from the Huron Claim pegmatite, southeastern Manitoba, The Canadian Mineralogist, 19, 541-548 [view file] |
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Spear F S (1982) Phase equilibria of amphibolites from the post pond volcanics, Mt. cube quadrangle, Vermont, Journal of Petrology, 23, 383-426 |
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Kudoh Y, Takeda H (1986) Single crystal X-ray diffraction study on the bond compressibility of fayalite, Fe2SiO4 and rutile, TiO2 under high pressure, Physica B, 139, 333-336 |
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Howard C J, Sabine T M, Dickson F (1991) Structural and thermal parameters for rutile and anatase, Acta Crystallographica, B47, 462-468 |
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Sugiyama K, Takéuchi Y (1991) The crystal structure of rutile as a function of temperature up to 1600°C, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 194, 305-313 [view file] |
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Bursill (1996) Boron incorporation into rutile. phase equilibria and structure considerations, Journal of Solid State Chemistry, 127, 240-247 |
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Gesenhues U, Rentschler T (1999) Crystal growth and defect structure of Al3+-doped rutile, Journal of Solid State Chemistry, 143, 210-218 |
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Bokhimi X, Morales A, Pedraza F (2002) Crystallography and crystallite morphology of rutile synthesized at low temperature, Journal of Solid State Chemistry, 169, 176-181 |
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Clarke D B, Carruzzo S (2007) Assimilation of country-rock ilmenite and rutile in the South Mountain batholith, Nova Scotia, Canada, The Canadian Mineralogist, 45, 31-42 [view file] |
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Daneu N, Rečnik A, Mader W (2014) Atomic structure and formation mechanism of (101) rutile twins from Diamantina (Brazil), American Mineralogist, 99, 612-624 |
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