15 R150016 - RRUFF Database: Raman, X-ray, Infrared, and Chemistry

Moissanite R150016

Name: Moissanite
RRUFF ID: R150016
Ideal Chemistry: SiC
Locality: China
Source: Rob Lavinsky
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Semi-metallic hexagonal plates
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction.

Mineral Group: [ Wurtzite (20) ]

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RAMAN SPECTRUM

RRUFF ID:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

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RRUFF ID:

R150016

Wavelength:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

Instrument settings:

Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW

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POWDER DIFFRACTION

RRUFF ID:

R150016.9

Sample Description:

Single crystal, powder profile is calculated

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 3.082(2)Å b: 3.082(2)Å c: 15.157(8)Å
alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 120° Volume: 124.65(3)Å³ Crystal System: hexagonal

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 Moissanite
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]
Kunz G F (1905) Moissanite, a natural silicon carbide, American Journal of Science, 19, 396-397 [view file]
Moissan H (1905) Étude du siliciure de carbone de la météorite de Cañon Diablo, Les Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des sciences, 140, 405-406 [view file]
Bauer J, Fiala J, Hřichová R (1963) Natural α-silicon carbide, American Mineralogist, 48, 620-634 [view file]
Fleischer M, Pabst A, Cabri L J (1976) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 61, 1053-1056 [view file]
Jambor J L, Grew E S (1992) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 77, 207-213 [view file]
Xu Y-N, Ching W Y (1993) Electronic, optical, and structural properties of some wurtzite crystals, Physical Review B - Condensed Matter, 48, 4335-4351
Lee J S, Yu S C, Tung S F, Bai W J, Yang J S, Fang Q S (2006) The crystal structure of natural 33R moissanite from Tibet, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 221, 213-217
Capitani G C, Di Pierro S, Tempesta G (2007) The 6H-SiC structure model: further refinement from SCXRD data from a terrestrial moissanite, American Mineralogist, 92, 403-407 [view file]
Shiryaev A A, Griffin W L, Stoyanov E (2011) Moissanite (SiC) from kimberlites: Polytypes, trace elements, inclusions and speculations on origin, Lithos, 122, 152-164
Pierro S D, Gnos E (2016) Ca-Al-silicate inclusions in natural moissanite (SiC), American Mineralogist, 101, 71-81
Kidokoro Y, Umemoto K, Hirose K, Ohishi Y (2017) Phase transition in SiC from zinc-blende to rock-salt structure and implications for carbon-rich extrasolar planets, American Mineralogist, 102, 2230-2234
Hazen R M, Morrison S M (2020) An evolutionary system of mineralogy. Part I: Stellar mineralogy (>13 to 4.6 Ga), American Mineralogist, 105, 627-651 [view file]

REFERENCES for Moissanite

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]

Kunz G F (1905) Moissanite, a natural silicon carbide, American Journal of Science, 19, 396-397 [view file]

Moissan H (1905) Étude du siliciure de carbone de la météorite de Cañon Diablo, Les Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des sciences, 140, 405-406 [view file]

Bauer J, Fiala J, Hřichová R (1963) Natural α-silicon carbide, American Mineralogist, 48, 620-634 [view file]

Fleischer M, Pabst A, Cabri L J (1976) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 61, 1053-1056 [view file]

Jambor J L, Grew E S (1992) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 77, 207-213 [view file]

Xu Y-N, Ching W Y (1993) Electronic, optical, and structural properties of some wurtzite crystals, Physical Review B - Condensed Matter, 48, 4335-4351

Lee J S, Yu S C, Tung S F, Bai W J, Yang J S, Fang Q S (2006) The crystal structure of natural 33R moissanite from Tibet, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 221, 213-217

Capitani G C, Di Pierro S, Tempesta G (2007) The 6H-SiC structure model: further refinement from SCXRD data from a terrestrial moissanite, American Mineralogist, 92, 403-407 [view file]

Shiryaev A A, Griffin W L, Stoyanov E (2011) Moissanite (SiC) from kimberlites: Polytypes, trace elements, inclusions and speculations on origin, Lithos, 122, 152-164

Pierro S D, Gnos E (2016) Ca-Al-silicate inclusions in natural moissanite (SiC), American Mineralogist, 101, 71-81

Kidokoro Y, Umemoto K, Hirose K, Ohishi Y (2017) Phase transition in SiC from zinc-blende to rock-salt structure and implications for carbon-rich extrasolar planets, American Mineralogist, 102, 2230-2234

Hazen R M, Morrison S M (2020) An evolutionary system of mineralogy. Part I: Stellar mineralogy (>13 to 4.6 Ga), American Mineralogist, 105, 627-651 [view file]