A R100165 - RRUFF Database: Raman, X-ray, Infrared, and Chemistry

Lithiotantite R100165

Name: Lithiotantite
RRUFF ID: R100165
Ideal Chemistry: LiTa₃O₈
Locality: Murundu mine, Jenipapo district, Itinga, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Source: Luiz Menezes
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Brown bladed crystals associated with reddish brown prismatic tantalite, and black cassiterite. Used in the Menezes et al (2012) study.
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction.

Mineral Group: [ Columbite (32) ]

RAMAN SPECTRUM

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Sample Description:

Unoriented Raman on the primary sample

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BROAD SCAN WITH SPECTRAL ARTIFACTS

RRUFF ID:

R100165

Wavelength:

Sample Description:

Unoriented Raman on the primary sample

Instrument settings:

Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW

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POWDER DIFFRACTION

RRUFF ID:

R100165.9

Sample Description:

Single crystal, powder profile is calculated

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 7.4589(7)Å b: 5.0577(5)Å c: 15.269(1)Å
alpha: 90° beta: 107.372(4)° gamma: 90° Volume: 549.7(1)Å³ Crystal System: monoclinic

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 Lithiotantite
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]
Lundberg M (1971) The crystal structure of LiNb₃O₈, Acta Chemica Scandinavica, 25, 3337-3346
Gatehouse B M, Leverett P (1972) Lithium triniobate(V), LiNb₃O₈, Crystal Structure Communications, 1, 83-86
Voloshin A V, Pakhomovskii Y A, Stepanov V I, Tyusheva F N (1983) Lithiotantite Li(Ta,Nb)₃O₈ - a new mineral from granite pegmatites in Eastern Kazakhstan, Mineralogiceskij Zhurnal, 5, issue 1 91-95 [view file]
Dunn P J, Cabri L J, Ferraiolo J A, Grice J D, Jambor J L, Mueller W, Shigley J E, Puziewicz J, Vanko D A (1984) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 69, 1190-1196 [view file]
Menezes L A D, Yang H, Downs R T, Chaves L S C, Persiano A C (2012) Lithiotantite, ideally LiTa₃O₈, Acta Crystallographica, E68, i27-i28 [view file]
Chukanov N, Pasero M, Aksenov S M, Britvin S N, Zubkova N V, Yike L, Witzke T (2023) Columbite supergroup of minerals: nomenclature and classification, Mineralogical Magazine, 87, 18-33

REFERENCES for Lithiotantite

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]

Lundberg M (1971) The crystal structure of LiNb₃O₈, Acta Chemica Scandinavica, 25, 3337-3346

Gatehouse B M, Leverett P (1972) Lithium triniobate(V), LiNb₃O₈, Crystal Structure Communications, 1, 83-86

Voloshin A V, Pakhomovskii Y A, Stepanov V I, Tyusheva F N (1983) Lithiotantite Li(Ta,Nb)₃O₈ - a new mineral from granite pegmatites in Eastern Kazakhstan, Mineralogiceskij Zhurnal, 5, issue 1 91-95 [view file]

Dunn P J, Cabri L J, Ferraiolo J A, Grice J D, Jambor J L, Mueller W, Shigley J E, Puziewicz J, Vanko D A (1984) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 69, 1190-1196 [view file]

Menezes L A D, Yang H, Downs R T, Chaves L S C, Persiano A C (2012) Lithiotantite, ideally LiTa₃O₈, Acta Crystallographica, E68, i27-i28 [view file]

Chukanov N, Pasero M, Aksenov S M, Britvin S N, Zubkova N V, Yike L, Witzke T (2023) Columbite supergroup of minerals: nomenclature and classification, Mineralogical Magazine, 87, 18-33