R050332 - RRUFF Database: Raman, X-ray, Infrared, and Chemistry

Benitoite R050332

Name: Benitoite
RRUFF ID: R050332
Ideal Chemistry: BaTiSi₃O₉
Locality: Benitoite Gem mine, Santa Rita Peak, San Benito County, California, USA
Source: California Institute of Technology W-1863
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Pale blue fragment
Status: The identification of this mineral is confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis.

Mineral Group: [ Benitoite (4) ]

Quick search: [ All Benitoite samples (3) ]

CHEMISTRY

RRUFF ID:	R050332.2
Sample Description:	Microprobe fragment
Measured Chemistry:	Ba_1.00Ti_1.00Si_3.00O₉
Microprobe Data File:	[ Download Excel File ]

RAMAN SPECTRUM

RRUFF ID:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

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BROAD SCAN WITH SPECTRAL ARTIFACTS

RRUFF ID:

R050332

Wavelength:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

Instrument settings:

Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW

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POWDER DIFFRACTION

RRUFF ID:

R050332.9

Sample Description:

Single crystal, powder profile is calculated

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 6.647(1)Å b: 6.647(1)Å c: 9.750(2)Å
alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 120° Volume: 373.12(6)Å³ Crystal System: hexagonal

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 - Processed)
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REFERENCES for Benitoite
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]
Louderback G D, Blasdale W C (1907) Benitoite, a new California gem mineral, University of California Publications. Bulletin of the Department of Geology, 5, 149-153 [view file]
Louderback G D, Blasdale W C (1909) Benitoite, its paragenesis and mode of occurrence, University of California Publications. Bulletin of the Department of Geology, 5, 331-380 [view file]
Zachariasen W H (1930) The crystal structure of benitoite, BaTiSi₃O₉, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 74, 139-146 [view file]
Fischer C (1969) Verfeinerung der Kristallstruktur von Benitoit BaTi[Si₃O₉], Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 129, 222-243 [view file]
Laird J, Albee A L (1972) Chemical composition and physical, optical, and structural properties of benitoite, neptunite and joaquinite, American Mineralogist, 57, 85-102 [view file]
Hawthorne F C (1987) The crystal chemistry of the benitoite group minerals and structural relations in (Si₃O₉) ring structures, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Monatshefte, 1987, 16-30
Kim C C, Bell M I, McKeown D A (1993) Vibrational analysis of benitoite (BaTiSi₃O₉) and the Si₃O₉ ring, Physical Review B, 47, 7869- 7877
McDonald A M, Chao G Y (2005) Bobtraillite, (Na,Ca)₁₃Sr₁₁(Zr,Y,Nb)₁₄Si₄₂B₆O₁₃₂(OH)₁₂·12H₂O, a new mineral species from Mont Saint-Hilaire, Quebec: description, structure determination and relationship to benitoite and wadeite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 43, 747-758 [view file]
Hejny C, Miletich R, Jasser A, Schouwink P, Crichton W, Kahlenberg V (2012) Second-order P6c2-P31c transition and structural crystallography of the cyclosilicate benitoite, BaTiSi₃O₉, at high pressure, American Mineralogist, 97, 1749-1763 [view file]

REFERENCES for Benitoite

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]

Louderback G D, Blasdale W C (1907) Benitoite, a new California gem mineral, University of California Publications. Bulletin of the Department of Geology, 5, 149-153 [view file]

Louderback G D, Blasdale W C (1909) Benitoite, its paragenesis and mode of occurrence, University of California Publications. Bulletin of the Department of Geology, 5, 331-380 [view file]

Zachariasen W H (1930) The crystal structure of benitoite, BaTiSi₃O₉, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 74, 139-146 [view file]

Fischer C (1969) Verfeinerung der Kristallstruktur von Benitoit BaTi[Si₃O₉], Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 129, 222-243 [view file]

Laird J, Albee A L (1972) Chemical composition and physical, optical, and structural properties of benitoite, neptunite and joaquinite, American Mineralogist, 57, 85-102 [view file]

Hawthorne F C (1987) The crystal chemistry of the benitoite group minerals and structural relations in (Si₃O₉) ring structures, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Monatshefte, 1987, 16-30

Kim C C, Bell M I, McKeown D A (1993) Vibrational analysis of benitoite (BaTiSi₃O₉) and the Si₃O₉ ring, Physical Review B, 47, 7869- 7877

McDonald A M, Chao G Y (2005) Bobtraillite, (Na,Ca)₁₃Sr₁₁(Zr,Y,Nb)₁₄Si₄₂B₆O₁₃₂(OH)₁₂·12H₂O, a new mineral species from Mont Saint-Hilaire, Quebec: description, structure determination and relationship to benitoite and wadeite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 43, 747-758 [view file]

Hejny C, Miletich R, Jasser A, Schouwink P, Crichton W, Kahlenberg V (2012) Second-order P6c2-P31c transition and structural crystallography of the cyclosilicate benitoite, BaTiSi₃O₉, at high pressure, American Mineralogist, 97, 1749-1763 [view file]