Bixbyite - RRUFF Database: Raman, X-ray, Infrared, and Chemistry

Bixbyite R050395

Name: Bixbyite
RRUFF ID: R050395
Ideal Chemistry: Mn³⁺₂O₃
Locality: Thomas Range, Juab County, Utah, USA
Source: Marcus Origlieri
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Black cube modified with octahedral corners
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis

Mineral Group: [ Bixbyite (2) ]

CHEMISTRY

RRUFF ID:	R050395.2
Sample Description:	Microprobe Fragment
Measured Chemistry:	(Fe³⁺_1.09Mn³⁺_0.83Al_0.04Ti_0.03 _0.01)_Σ=2O₃
Microprobe Data File:	[ Download Excel File ]

RAMAN SPECTRUM

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

Instrument settings:

Thermo Almega XR 785nm @ 100% of 500 mW

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	Raman Data (Processed)
	RRUFF File
	Raman Data (RAW)
	RRUFF File

INFRARED SPECTRUM (Attenuated Total Reflectance)

RRUFF ID:

R050395.1

Instrument settings:

SensIR Durascope on a Nicolet Magna 860 FTIR

Resolution:

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	Infrared Data (Processed)
	RRUFF File

POWDER DIFFRACTION

RRUFF ID:

R050395.1

Sample Description:

Powder

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 9.4124(3)Å b: 9.4124(3)Å c: 9.4124(3)Å
alpha: 90.° beta: 90.° gamma: 90.° Volume: 833.88(7)Å³ Crystal System: cubic

File Type Information

Calculated diffraction file.

File Type Information

Output file from the Bruker D8 Advance instrument. Includes device headers and XY data.

File Type Information

Output file from the Bruker D8 Advance instrument. Includes device headers and XY data.

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	Cell Refinement Data
	Cell Refinement Output Data
	DIF File
	X-ray Data (XY - Processed)
	RRUFF File
	X-ray Data (XY - RAW)
	RRUFF File

REFERENCES for Bixbyite
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]
Penfield S L, Foote H W (1897) On bixbyite, a new mineral, and notes on the associated topaz, American Journal of Science, 154, 105-108 [view file]
Dachs H (1956) Die kristallstruktur des bixbyits (Fe,Mn)₂O₃, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 107, 370-395 [view file]
Moore P B, Araki T (1976) Braunite: its structure and relationship to bixbyite, and some insights on the genealogy of fluorite derivative structures, American Mineralogist, 61, 1226-1240 [view file]
de Villiers J P R (1980) The crystal structure of braunite II and its relation to bixbyite and braunite, American Mineralogist, 65, 756-765 [view file]
Bevan D J M, Martin R L (2008) The role of the coordination defect: A new structural description of four fluorite-related sesquioxide minerals, bixbyite (Mn₂O₃), braunite (Mn₇SiO₁₂), braunite II (CaMn₁₄SiO₂₄), parwelite (Mn₁₀Sb₂As₂Si₂O₂₄), and their structural relationships, Journal of Solid State Chemistry, 181, 2250-2259
Post J E, McKeown D A, Heaney, P J (2020) Raman spectroscopy study of manganese oxides: Tunnel structures, American Mineralogist, 105, 1175-1190

REFERENCES for Bixbyite

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]

Penfield S L, Foote H W (1897) On bixbyite, a new mineral, and notes on the associated topaz, American Journal of Science, 154, 105-108 [view file]

Dachs H (1956) Die kristallstruktur des bixbyits (Fe,Mn)₂O₃, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 107, 370-395 [view file]

Moore P B, Araki T (1976) Braunite: its structure and relationship to bixbyite, and some insights on the genealogy of fluorite derivative structures, American Mineralogist, 61, 1226-1240 [view file]

de Villiers J P R (1980) The crystal structure of braunite II and its relation to bixbyite and braunite, American Mineralogist, 65, 756-765 [view file]

Bevan D J M, Martin R L (2008) The role of the coordination defect: A new structural description of four fluorite-related sesquioxide minerals, bixbyite (Mn₂O₃), braunite (Mn₇SiO₁₂), braunite II (CaMn₁₄SiO₂₄), parwelite (Mn₁₀Sb₂As₂Si₂O₂₄), and their structural relationships, Journal of Solid State Chemistry, 181, 2250-2259

Post J E, McKeown D A, Heaney, P J (2020) Raman spectroscopy study of manganese oxides: Tunnel structures, American Mineralogist, 105, 1175-1190