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Malayaite R061106

Name: Malayaite
RRUFF ID: R061106
Ideal Chemistry: CaSnO(SiO₄)
Locality: Meldon, Dartmoor, Devon, England
Source: Michael Scott S100848 [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Dark yellow massive associated with wollastonite and garnet
Status: The identification of this mineral is confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis.

Mineral Group: [ Titanite (17) ]

Quick search: [ All Malayaite samples (3) ]

CHEMISTRY

RRUFF ID:	R061106.2
Sample Description:	Microprobe Fragment
Measured Chemistry:	Ca_1.00Sn_1.00O(Si_1.00O₄)
Microprobe Data File:	[ Download Excel File ]

RAMAN SPECTRUM

RRUFF ID:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

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BROAD SCAN WITH SPECTRAL ARTIFACTS

RRUFF ID:

R061106

Wavelength:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

Instrument settings:

Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW

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POWDER DIFFRACTION

RRUFF ID:

R061106.9

Sample Description:

Single crystal, powder profile is calculated

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 7.147(1)Å b: 8.888(2)Å c: 6.660(1)Å
alpha: 90° beta: 113.36(1)° gamma: 90° Volume: 388.4(1)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 Malayaite
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]
Alexander J B, Flinter B H (1965) A note on varlamoffite and associated minerals from the Batang Padang district, Perak, Malaya, Malaysia, Mineralogical Magazine, 35, 622-627 [view file]
Fleischer M (1966) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 51, 1546-1553 [view file]
Higgins J B, Ribbe P H (1977) The structure of malayaite, CaSnOSiO₄, a tin analog of titanite, American Mineralogist, 62, 801-806 [view file]
Mulholland I R (1984) Malayaite and tin-bearing garnet from a skarn at Gumble, NSW, Australia, Mineralogical Magazine, 48, 27-30 [view file]
Groat L A, Kek S, Bismayer U, Schmidt C, Krane H G, Meyer H, Nistor L, Van Tendeloo G (1996) A synchrotron radiation, HRTEM, X-ray powder diffraction, and Raman spectroscopic study of malayaite, CaSnSiO₅, American Mineralogist, 81, 595-602 [view file]
Malcherek T, Paulenz B, Fischer M, Paulmann C (2020) The modulated low-temperature structure of malayaite, CaSnOSiO₄, Acta Crystallographica, B76, 316-321

REFERENCES for Malayaite

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]

Alexander J B, Flinter B H (1965) A note on varlamoffite and associated minerals from the Batang Padang district, Perak, Malaya, Malaysia, Mineralogical Magazine, 35, 622-627 [view file]

Fleischer M (1966) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 51, 1546-1553 [view file]

Higgins J B, Ribbe P H (1977) The structure of malayaite, CaSnOSiO₄, a tin analog of titanite, American Mineralogist, 62, 801-806 [view file]

Mulholland I R (1984) Malayaite and tin-bearing garnet from a skarn at Gumble, NSW, Australia, Mineralogical Magazine, 48, 27-30 [view file]

Groat L A, Kek S, Bismayer U, Schmidt C, Krane H G, Meyer H, Nistor L, Van Tendeloo G (1996) A synchrotron radiation, HRTEM, X-ray powder diffraction, and Raman spectroscopic study of malayaite, CaSnSiO₅, American Mineralogist, 81, 595-602 [view file]

Malcherek T, Paulenz B, Fischer M, Paulmann C (2020) The modulated low-temperature structure of malayaite, CaSnOSiO₄, Acta Crystallographica, B76, 316-321