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Danburite R040013

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Name: Danburite
RRUFF ID: R040013
Ideal Chemistry: CaB2Si2O8
Locality: Charcas, San Luis Potosi, Mexico
Source: Marcus Origlieri
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Colorless prismatic single crystal
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis
Mineral Group: [ Danburite (6) ]
Quick search: [ All Danburite samples (3) ]
CHEMISTRY 
RRUFF ID: R040013.2
Sample Description: Microprobe Fragment
Measured Chemistry: Ca1.00B2.00Si2.00O8
Microprobe Data File: [ Download Excel File ]
RAMAN SPECTRUM 
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Sample Description: Sample is oriented, mounted onto a pin and polished
Pin ID: M00012
Orientation: Laser parallel to  c*  (0 0 1).     Fiducial mark perpendicular to laser is parallel to  a   [1 0 0].
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Raman Mode Analysis
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RRUFF ID: R040013
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
Instrument settings: Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW
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INFRARED SPECTRUM (Attenuated Total Reflectance) 
RRUFF ID: R040013.1
Instrument settings: SensIR Durascope on a Nicolet Magna 860 FTIR
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POWDER DIFFRACTION 
RRUFF ID: R040013.1
Sample Description: Powder
Cell Refinement Output: a: 8.0432(5)Å    b: 8.7644(5)Å    c: 7.739(1)Å
alpha: 90.°    beta: 90.°    gamma: 90.°   Volume: 545.58(6)Å3    Crystal System: orthorhombic
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Calculated diffraction file.

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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 Danburite

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]

Shepard C U (1839) Notice of danburite, a new mineral species, American Journal of Science and Arts, 35, 137-139   [view file]

Shepard C U (1840) Der danburit, eine neue mineralspecies, Annalen der Physik und Chemie, 50, 182-182   [view file]

Dunbar C, Machatschki F (1931) Structure of danburite, CaB2Si2O8, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 76, 133-146   [view file]

Lindbloom J T, Gibbs G V, Ribbe P H (1974) The crystal structure of hurlbutite: A comparison with danburite and anorthite, American Mineralogist, 59, 1267-1271   [view file]

Phillips M W, Gibbs G V, Ribbe P H (1974) The crystal structure of danburite: A comparison with anorthite, albite, reedmergnerite, American Mineralogist, 59, 79-85   [view file]

Sugiyama K, Takéuchi Y (1985) Unusual thermal expansion of a B-O-bond in the structure of danburite CaB2Si2O8, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 173, 293-304   [view file]

Kimata M (1993) Crystal structure of KBSi3O8 isostructural with danburite, Mineralogical Magazine, 57, 157-164   [view file]

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]