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Name: Pseudobrookite RRUFF ID: R120173 Ideal Chemistry: (Fe3+2Ti)O5 Locality: Nuestra SeƱora del Carmen Mines, La Celia, Jumilla, Murcia, Spain Source: Bob Jenkins Owner: RRUFF Description: Dark brown tabular, associated with R120174 enstatite Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. |
Mineral Group: [ Pseudobrookite (6) ] | ||
Quick search: [ All Pseudobrookite samples (3) ] |
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POWDER DIFFRACTION | |||||||
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RRUFF ID: | R120173.9 | ||||||
Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 9.760(2)Å b: 9.980(3)Å c: 3.730(1)Å alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 90° Volume: 363.3(1)Å3 Crystal System: tetragonal |
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REFERENCES for Pseudobrookite | |
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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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Koch A (1878) Neue Minerale. Pseudobrookite und Szabóit, Mineralogische und Petrographische Mittheilungen, 1, 77-79 [view file] |
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Cleveland J J, Bradt R C (1978) Grain size/microcracking relations for pseudobrookite oxides, Journal of the American Ceramic Society, 61, 478-481 |
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Bowles J F W (1988) Definition and range of composition of naturally occurring minerals with the pseudobrookite structure, American Mineralogist, 73, 1377-1383 [view file] |
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Teller R G, Antonio M R, Grau A E, Gueguin M, Kostiner E (1990) Structural analysis of metastable pseudobrookite ferrous titanium oxides with neutron diffraction and Mossbauer spectroscopy, Journal of Solid State Chemistry, 88, 334-350 |
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Yang H, Hazen R M (1998) Crystal chemistry of cation order-disorder in pseudobrookite-type MgTi2O5, Journal of Solid State Chemistry, 138, 238-244 |
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Yang H, Hazen R M (1999) Comparative high-pressure crystal chemistry karrooite, MgTi2O5, with different ordering states, American Mineralogist, 84, 130-137 [view file] |
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Liermann H-P, Downs R T, Yang H (2006) Site disorder revealed through Raman spectra from oriented single crystals: a case study on karooite (MgTi2O5), American Mineralogist, 91, 790-793 [view file] |
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Sevillano G C, Viñals J, Rebollar M C (2009) Minerales de la vesículas de las Rocas lamproíticas del Afloramiento de la Aljorra (Murcia), Revista de la Sociedad Española de Mineralogia, 11, 43-44 [view file] |
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