Topaz R050200 - RRUFF Database: Raman, X-ray, Infrared, and Chemistry

Topaz R050200

Name: Topaz
RRUFF ID: R050200
Ideal Chemistry: Al₂SiO₄F₂
Locality: Jos Plateau, Nigeria
Source: Marcus Origlieri
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Colorless water-worn single crystal
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis

Mineral Group: [ Topaz (9) ]

Quick search: [ All Topaz samples (9) ]

CHEMISTRY

RRUFF ID:	R050200.2
Sample Description:	Micoprobe Fragment
Measured Chemistry:	Al_2.000Si_1.000O_4.000F_1.488(OH)_0.512

RAMAN SPECTRUM

RRUFF ID:

Sample Description:

Sample is oriented, mounted onto a pin and polished.

Pin ID:

L00468

Orientation:

Laser parallel to b* (0 1 0). Fiducial mark perpendicular to laser is parallel to c [0 0 1].

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Raman Mode Analysis

BROAD SCAN WITH SPECTRAL ARTIFACTS

RRUFF ID:

R050200

Wavelength:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

Instrument settings:

Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW

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INFRARED SPECTRUM (Attenuated Total Reflectance)

RRUFF ID:

R050200.1

Sample Description:

Powder

Instrument settings:

SensIR Durascope on a Nicolet Magna 860 FTIR

Resolution:

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RRUFF ID:

R050200.1

Sample Description:

Powder

Instrument settings:

PIKE GladiATR - Far-IR on a Nicolet Magna 860 FTIR

Resolution:

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POWDER DIFFRACTION

RRUFF ID:

R050200.1

Sample Description:

Powder

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 4.64881(8)Å b: 8.7952(2)Å c: 8.3913(2)Å
alpha: 90.° beta: 90.° gamma: 90.° Volume: 343.104(8)Å³ Crystal System: orthorhombic

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

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REFERENCES for Topaz
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]
Pliny [translated by Hardouin, 1685] (77) Topazion, in Caii Plinii secundi Naturalis historiae libri XXXVII interpretatione et notis illustravit Joannes Harduinus in usum Delphini Franciscum Muguet Paris 364-364 [view file]
Gesner C (1565) Gemmis, quae erant in veste Aaronis, Liber Graecus, & e regione Latinus, Iola Hierotarantino interprete: cum Corollario Conradi Gesneri, in Sancti Patris Epiphanii Episcopi Cypri ad Diodorum Tyri episcopum, De XII 1-29 [view file]
Henkel J F (1737) De topasio vera Saxonum, orientali non inferiore, Acta Physico-medica Academiae Caesareae Leopoldino-Carolinae Naturae Curiosorum, 4, 316-320 [view file]
Wallerius J G (1747) in Mineralogia, eller Mineralriket Stockholm [view file]
Pardee J T, Glass J J, Stevens R E (1937) Massive low-fluorine topaz from the Brewer Mine, South Carolina, American Mineralogist, 22, 1058-1064 [view file]
Hutton C O (1950) Studies of heavy detrital minerals, Bulletin of the Geological Society of America, 61, 635-710 [view file]
Chaudhry M N, Howie R A (1970) Topaz from the Meldon aplite, Devonshire, Mineralogical Magazine, 37, 717-720 [view file]
Ribbe P H, Rosenberg P E (1971) Optical and x-ray determinative methods for fluorine in topaz, American Mineralogist, 56, 1812-1821 [view file]
Carman M F (1981) A spindle stage study of the optical properties of a topaz, Boletín de Mineralogía, 104, 742-749 [view file]
Beny J M, Piriou B (1987) Vibrational spectra of single-crystal topaz, Physics and Chemistry of Minerals, 15, 148-154
Kontak D J (1990) The East Kemptville topaz-muscovite leucogranite, Nova Scotia. I. Geological setting and whole-rock geochemistry, The Canadian Mineralogist, 28, 787-825 [view file]
Kontak D J (1991) The East Kemptville topaz-muscovite leucogranite, Nova Scotia. II. Mineral chemistry, The Canadian Mineralogist, 29, 37-60 [view file]
Wunder B, Rubie D C, Ross C R, Medenbach O, Seifert F, Schreyer W (1993) Synthesis, stability, and properties of Al₂SiO₄(OH)₂: a fully hydrated analogue of topaz, American Mineralogist, 78, 285-297 [view file]
Northrup P A, Leinenweber K, Parise J B (1994) The location of H in the high-pressure synthetic Al₂SiO₄(OH)₂ topaz analogue, American Mineralogist, 79, 401-404 [view file]
Kloprogge J T, Frost R L (2000) Raman microscopic study at 300 and 77 K of some pegmatite minerals from the Iveland-Evje area, Aust-Agder, Southern Norway, Spectrochimica Acta Part A-Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy, 56, 501-513 [link]
Wang B, Tu J (2000) The spectroscopic study of topaz, Spectroscopy and Spectral Analysis, 20, 40-43
Pinheiro M V B, Fantini C, Krambrock K, Persiano A I C, Dantas M S S, Pimenta M A (2002) OH/F substitution in topaz studied by Raman spectroscopy, Physical Review B, 65, 1-6
Shannon R D, Shannon R C, Medenbach O, Fischer R X (2002) Refractive index and dispersion of fluorides and oxides, Journal of Physical and Chemical Reference Data, 31, 931-970 [view file]
Souza D N, de Lima J F, Valerio M E G, Fantini C, Pimenta M A, Moreira R L, Caldas L V E (2002) Influence of thermal treatment on the Raman, infrared and TL responses of natural topaz, Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research B, 191, 230-235 [link]
Alberico A, Ferrando S, Ivaldi G, Ferraris G (2003) X-ray single-crystal structure refinement of an OH-rich topaz from Sulu UHP terrane (Eastern China) - Structural foundation of the correlation between cell parameters and fluorine content, European Journal of Mineralogy, 15, 875-881
Komatsu K, Kuribayashi T, Kudoh Y (2003) Effect of temperature and pressure on the crystal structure of topaz, Al₂SiO₄(OH,F)₂, Journal of Mineralogical and Petrological Sciences, 98, 167-180 [view file]
Komatsu K, Kagi H, Okada T, Kuribayashi T, Parise J B, Kudoh Y (2005) Pressure dependence of the OH-stretching mode in F-rich natural topaz and topaz-OH, American Mineralogist, 90, 266-270 [view file]
Gatta G D, Nestola F, Ballaran T B (2006) Elastic behaviour and structural evolution of topaz at high pressure, Physics and Chemistry of Minerals, 33, 235-242
Gatta G D, Nestola F, Bromiley G D, Loose A (2006) New insight into crystal chemistry of topaz: A multi-methodological study, American Mineralogist, 91, 1839-1846 [view file]
Xue X, Kanzaki M, Fukui H, Ito E, Hashimoto T (2006) Cation order and hydrogen bonding of high-pressure phases in the Al₂O₃-SiO₂-H₂O system: An NMR and Raman study, American Mineralogist, 91, 850-861 [view file]
Komatsu K, Kagi H, Marshall W G, Kuribayashi T, Parise J B, Kudoh Y (2008) Pressure dependence of the hydrogen-bond geometry in topaz-OD from neutron powder diffraction, American Mineralogist, 93, 217-227 [view file]
Kanzaki M (2010) Crystal structure of a new high-pressure polymorph of topaz-OH, American Mineralogist, 95, 1349-1352 [view file]
Xue X, Kanzaki M, Fukui H (2010) Unique crystal chemistry of two polymorphs of topaz-OH: A multi-nuclear NMR and Raman study, American Mineralogist, 95, 1276-1293 [view file]
Agangi A, Gucsik A, Nishido H, Ninagawa K, Kamenetsky V S (2016) Relation between cathodoluminescence and trace-element distribution of magmatic topaz from the Ary-Bulak massif, Russia, Mineralogical Magazine, 80, 881-899
Ulian G, Valdrè G (2017) Effects of fluorine content on the elastic behavior of topaz [Al₂SiO₄(F,OH)₂], American Mineralogist, 102, 347-356
Gauzzi T, Martins Graça L , Lagoeiro L, De Castro Mendes I, Nascimento Queiroga G (2018) The fingerprint of imperial topaz from Ouro Preto region (Minas Gerais state, Brazil) based on cathodoluminescence properties and composition, Mineralogical Magazine, 82, 943-960
O'Bannon ΙΙΙ E F, Williams Q (2019) A Cr³⁺ luminescence study of natural topaz Al₂SiO₄(F,OH)₂ up to 60 GPa, American Mineralogist, 104, 1656-1662
Aradachi K, Hamada M, Tsuge K, Watanabe T (2022) The influence of OH content on elastic constants of topaz [Al₂SiO₄(F,OH)₂], American Mineralogist, 107, 2075-2083
Loges A, Scholz G, de Sousa Amadeu N, Shao J, Schultze D, Fuller J, Paulus B, Emmerling F, Braun T, John T (2022) Studies on the local structure of the F/OH site in topaz by magic angle spinning nuclear magnetic resonance and Raman spectroscopy, European Journal of Mineralogy, 34, 507-521

REFERENCES for Topaz

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]

Pliny [translated by Hardouin, 1685] (77) Topazion, in Caii Plinii secundi Naturalis historiae libri XXXVII interpretatione et notis illustravit Joannes Harduinus in usum Delphini Franciscum Muguet Paris 364-364 [view file]

Gesner C (1565) Gemmis, quae erant in veste Aaronis, Liber Graecus, & e regione Latinus, Iola Hierotarantino interprete: cum Corollario Conradi Gesneri, in Sancti Patris Epiphanii Episcopi Cypri ad Diodorum Tyri episcopum, De XII 1-29 [view file]

Henkel J F (1737) De topasio vera Saxonum, orientali non inferiore, Acta Physico-medica Academiae Caesareae Leopoldino-Carolinae Naturae Curiosorum, 4, 316-320 [view file]

Wallerius J G (1747) in Mineralogia, eller Mineralriket Stockholm [view file]

Pardee J T, Glass J J, Stevens R E (1937) Massive low-fluorine topaz from the Brewer Mine, South Carolina, American Mineralogist, 22, 1058-1064 [view file]

Hutton C O (1950) Studies of heavy detrital minerals, Bulletin of the Geological Society of America, 61, 635-710 [view file]

Chaudhry M N, Howie R A (1970) Topaz from the Meldon aplite, Devonshire, Mineralogical Magazine, 37, 717-720 [view file]

Ribbe P H, Rosenberg P E (1971) Optical and x-ray determinative methods for fluorine in topaz, American Mineralogist, 56, 1812-1821 [view file]

Carman M F (1981) A spindle stage study of the optical properties of a topaz, Boletín de Mineralogía, 104, 742-749 [view file]

Beny J M, Piriou B (1987) Vibrational spectra of single-crystal topaz, Physics and Chemistry of Minerals, 15, 148-154

Kontak D J (1990) The East Kemptville topaz-muscovite leucogranite, Nova Scotia. I. Geological setting and whole-rock geochemistry, The Canadian Mineralogist, 28, 787-825 [view file]

Kontak D J (1991) The East Kemptville topaz-muscovite leucogranite, Nova Scotia. II. Mineral chemistry, The Canadian Mineralogist, 29, 37-60 [view file]

Wunder B, Rubie D C, Ross C R, Medenbach O, Seifert F, Schreyer W (1993) Synthesis, stability, and properties of Al₂SiO₄(OH)₂: a fully hydrated analogue of topaz, American Mineralogist, 78, 285-297 [view file]

Northrup P A, Leinenweber K, Parise J B (1994) The location of H in the high-pressure synthetic Al₂SiO₄(OH)₂ topaz analogue, American Mineralogist, 79, 401-404 [view file]

Kloprogge J T, Frost R L (2000) Raman microscopic study at 300 and 77 K of some pegmatite minerals from the Iveland-Evje area, Aust-Agder, Southern Norway, Spectrochimica Acta Part A-Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy, 56, 501-513 [link]

Wang B, Tu J (2000) The spectroscopic study of topaz, Spectroscopy and Spectral Analysis, 20, 40-43

Pinheiro M V B, Fantini C, Krambrock K, Persiano A I C, Dantas M S S, Pimenta M A (2002) OH/F substitution in topaz studied by Raman spectroscopy, Physical Review B, 65, 1-6

Shannon R D, Shannon R C, Medenbach O, Fischer R X (2002) Refractive index and dispersion of fluorides and oxides, Journal of Physical and Chemical Reference Data, 31, 931-970 [view file]

Souza D N, de Lima J F, Valerio M E G, Fantini C, Pimenta M A, Moreira R L, Caldas L V E (2002) Influence of thermal treatment on the Raman, infrared and TL responses of natural topaz, Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research B, 191, 230-235 [link]

Alberico A, Ferrando S, Ivaldi G, Ferraris G (2003) X-ray single-crystal structure refinement of an OH-rich topaz from Sulu UHP terrane (Eastern China) - Structural foundation of the correlation between cell parameters and fluorine content, European Journal of Mineralogy, 15, 875-881

Komatsu K, Kuribayashi T, Kudoh Y (2003) Effect of temperature and pressure on the crystal structure of topaz, Al₂SiO₄(OH,F)₂, Journal of Mineralogical and Petrological Sciences, 98, 167-180 [view file]

Komatsu K, Kagi H, Okada T, Kuribayashi T, Parise J B, Kudoh Y (2005) Pressure dependence of the OH-stretching mode in F-rich natural topaz and topaz-OH, American Mineralogist, 90, 266-270 [view file]

Gatta G D, Nestola F, Ballaran T B (2006) Elastic behaviour and structural evolution of topaz at high pressure, Physics and Chemistry of Minerals, 33, 235-242

Gatta G D, Nestola F, Bromiley G D, Loose A (2006) New insight into crystal chemistry of topaz: A multi-methodological study, American Mineralogist, 91, 1839-1846 [view file]

Xue X, Kanzaki M, Fukui H, Ito E, Hashimoto T (2006) Cation order and hydrogen bonding of high-pressure phases in the Al₂O₃-SiO₂-H₂O system: An NMR and Raman study, American Mineralogist, 91, 850-861 [view file]

Komatsu K, Kagi H, Marshall W G, Kuribayashi T, Parise J B, Kudoh Y (2008) Pressure dependence of the hydrogen-bond geometry in topaz-OD from neutron powder diffraction, American Mineralogist, 93, 217-227 [view file]

Kanzaki M (2010) Crystal structure of a new high-pressure polymorph of topaz-OH, American Mineralogist, 95, 1349-1352 [view file]

Xue X, Kanzaki M, Fukui H (2010) Unique crystal chemistry of two polymorphs of topaz-OH: A multi-nuclear NMR and Raman study, American Mineralogist, 95, 1276-1293 [view file]

Agangi A, Gucsik A, Nishido H, Ninagawa K, Kamenetsky V S (2016) Relation between cathodoluminescence and trace-element distribution of magmatic topaz from the Ary-Bulak massif, Russia, Mineralogical Magazine, 80, 881-899

Ulian G, Valdrè G (2017) Effects of fluorine content on the elastic behavior of topaz [Al₂SiO₄(F,OH)₂], American Mineralogist, 102, 347-356

Gauzzi T, Martins Graça L , Lagoeiro L, De Castro Mendes I, Nascimento Queiroga G (2018) The fingerprint of imperial topaz from Ouro Preto region (Minas Gerais state, Brazil) based on cathodoluminescence properties and composition, Mineralogical Magazine, 82, 943-960

O'Bannon ΙΙΙ E F, Williams Q (2019) A Cr³⁺ luminescence study of natural topaz Al₂SiO₄(F,OH)₂ up to 60 GPa, American Mineralogist, 104, 1656-1662

Aradachi K, Hamada M, Tsuge K, Watanabe T (2022) The influence of OH content on elastic constants of topaz [Al₂SiO₄(F,OH)₂], American Mineralogist, 107, 2075-2083

Loges A, Scholz G, de Sousa Amadeu N, Shao J, Schultze D, Fuller J, Paulus B, Emmerling F, Braun T, John T (2022) Studies on the local structure of the F/OH site in topaz by magic angle spinning nuclear magnetic resonance and Raman spectroscopy, European Journal of Mineralogy, 34, 507-521