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Holtite R061049

Name: Holtite
RRUFF ID: R061049
Ideal Chemistry: (Ta_0.6◻_0.4)Al₆BSi₃O₁₈
Locality: Kola Peninsula, U.S.S.R.
Source: Michael Scott S100998 [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Blocky crystals; as pseudohexagonal elongated needles, light buff to cream-buff or deep olive-buff in color. Crystals are twinned by a 2-fold rotation around [010].
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed only by single crystal X-ray diffraction.

Mineral Group: [ Dumortierite (5) ]

RAMAN SPECTRUM

RRUFF ID:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

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BROAD SCAN WITH SPECTRAL ARTIFACTS

RRUFF ID:

R061049

Wavelength:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

Instrument settings:

Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW

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	Raman Data (RAW)
	RRUFF File

POWDER DIFFRACTION

RRUFF ID:

R061049.9

Sample Description:

Single crystal, powder profile is calculated

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 4.6918(8)Å b: 11.880(3)Å c: 20.372(5)Å
alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 90° Volume: 1135.5(2)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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	DIF File
	X-ray Data (XY - RAW)
	RRUFF File

REFERENCES for Holtite
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]
Pryce M W (1971) Holtite: a new mineral allied to dumortierite, Mineralogical Magazine, 38, 21-25 [view file]
Fleischer M (1972) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 57, 1552-1561 [view file]
Hoskins B F, Mumme W G, Pryce M W (1989) Holtite, (Si_2.25Sb_0.75)B[Al₆(Al_0.43Ta_0.27◻_0.30)O₁₅(O,OH)_2.25]: crystal structure and crystal chemistry, Mineralogical Magazine, 53, 457-463 [view file]
Jambor J L, Grew E S (1990) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 75, 931-937 [view file]
Kazantsev S S, Pushcharovsky D Y, Pasero M, Merlino S, Zubkova N V, Kabalov Y K ,Voloshin A V (2005) Crystal structure of holtite I, Crystallography Reports, 50, 42-47
Kazantsev S S, Zubkova N V, Voloshin A V (2006) Refinement of composition and structure of holtite I, Crystallography Reports, 51, 412-413
Locock A J, Piilonen P C, Ercit T S, Rowe R (2006) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 91, 216-224 [view file]
Zubkova N V, Pushcharovskii P Y, Kabalov Y K, Kazantsev S S, Voloshin A V (2006) Crystal structure of holtite II, Crystallography Reports, 51, 16-22 [view file]
Groat L A, Grew E S, Evans R J, Pieczka A, Ercit T S (2009) The crystal chemistry of holtite, Mineralogical Magazine, 73, 1033-1050 [view file]
Evans R J, Fyfe C A, Groat L A, Lam A E (2012) MAS NMR measurements and ab initio calculations of the ²⁹Si chemical shifts in dumortierite and holtite, American Mineralogist, 97, 329-340 [view file]
Evans R J, Groat L A (2012) Structure and topology of dumortierite and dumortierite-like materials, The Canadian Mineralogist, 50, 1197-1231 [view file]
Groat L A, Evans R J, Grew E S, Pieczka A (2012) The crystal chemistry of As- and Sb-bearing dumortierite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 50, 855-872 [view file]
Pieczka A, Evans R J, Grew E S, Groat L A, Ma C, Rossman G R (2013) The dumortierite supergroup. I. A new nomenclature for the dumortierite and holtite groups, Mineralogical Magazine, 77, 2825-2839 [view file]

REFERENCES for Holtite

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]

Pryce M W (1971) Holtite: a new mineral allied to dumortierite, Mineralogical Magazine, 38, 21-25 [view file]

Fleischer M (1972) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 57, 1552-1561 [view file]

Hoskins B F, Mumme W G, Pryce M W (1989) Holtite, (Si_2.25Sb_0.75)B[Al₆(Al_0.43Ta_0.27◻_0.30)O₁₅(O,OH)_2.25]: crystal structure and crystal chemistry, Mineralogical Magazine, 53, 457-463 [view file]

Jambor J L, Grew E S (1990) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 75, 931-937 [view file]

Kazantsev S S, Pushcharovsky D Y, Pasero M, Merlino S, Zubkova N V, Kabalov Y K ,Voloshin A V (2005) Crystal structure of holtite I, Crystallography Reports, 50, 42-47

Kazantsev S S, Zubkova N V, Voloshin A V (2006) Refinement of composition and structure of holtite I, Crystallography Reports, 51, 412-413

Locock A J, Piilonen P C, Ercit T S, Rowe R (2006) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 91, 216-224 [view file]

Zubkova N V, Pushcharovskii P Y, Kabalov Y K, Kazantsev S S, Voloshin A V (2006) Crystal structure of holtite II, Crystallography Reports, 51, 16-22 [view file]

Groat L A, Grew E S, Evans R J, Pieczka A, Ercit T S (2009) The crystal chemistry of holtite, Mineralogical Magazine, 73, 1033-1050 [view file]

Evans R J, Fyfe C A, Groat L A, Lam A E (2012) MAS NMR measurements and ab initio calculations of the ²⁹Si chemical shifts in dumortierite and holtite, American Mineralogist, 97, 329-340 [view file]

Evans R J, Groat L A (2012) Structure and topology of dumortierite and dumortierite-like materials, The Canadian Mineralogist, 50, 1197-1231 [view file]

Groat L A, Evans R J, Grew E S, Pieczka A (2012) The crystal chemistry of As- and Sb-bearing dumortierite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 50, 855-872 [view file]

Pieczka A, Evans R J, Grew E S, Groat L A, Ma C, Rossman G R (2013) The dumortierite supergroup. I. A new nomenclature for the dumortierite and holtite groups, Mineralogical Magazine, 77, 2825-2839 [view file]