Colinowensite R150109



Name: Colinowensite
RRUFF ID: R150109
Ideal Chemistry: BaCuSi2O6
Locality: Synthetic
Source: Yan Chen and Shouhua Feng
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Purple powder
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction.
Mineral Group: [ Not in a structural group (133) ]
RAMAN SPECTRUM 
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Sample Description: Unoriented Raman on the primary sample
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RRUFF ID: R150109
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Sample Description: Unoriented Raman on the primary sample
Instrument settings: Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW
POWDER DIFFRACTION 
RRUFF ID: R150109.9
Sample Description: Single crystal, powder profile is calculated
Cell Refinement Output: a: 9.9751(2)Å    b: 9.9751(2)Å    c: 22.2887(5)Å
alpha: 90°    beta: 90°    gamma: 90°   Volume: 2217.79(7)Å3    Crystal System: tetragonal
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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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REFERENCES for Colinowensite

American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database Record: [view record]

Finger L W, Hazen R M, Hemley R J (1989) BaCuSi2O6: A new cyclosilicate with four-membered tetrahedral rings, American Mineralogist, 74, 952-955   [view file]

Sparta K M, Roth G (2004) Reinvestigation of the structure of BaCuSi2O6 - evidence for a phase transition at high temperature, Acta Crystallographica, B60, 491-495

Williams P A, Hatert F, Pasero M, Mills S J (2013) IMA Commission on new minerals, nomenclature and classification (CNMNC) Newsletter 15. New minerals and nomenclature modifications approved in 2012 and 2013, Mineralogical Magazine, 77, 1-12   [view file]

Chen Y, Zhang Y, Feng S (2014) Hydrothermal synthesis and properties of pigments Chinese purple BaCuSi2O6 and dark blue BaCu2Si2O7, Dyes and Pigments, 105, 167-173

Rieck B, Pristacz H, Giester G (2015) Colinowensite, BaCuSi2O6, a new mineral from the Kalahari Manganese Field, South Africa and new data on wesselsite SrCuSi4O10, Mineralogical Magazine, 79, 1769-1778   [view file]

Belakovskiy D I, Cámara F, Gagné O C (2016) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 101, 2355-2360   [view file]