Tinzenite R050251
Name: Tinzenite
RRUFF ID: R050251
Ideal Chemistry: Ca2Mn2+4Al4[B2Si8O30](OH)2
Locality: Tinzen, Sursass Valley, Switzerland
Source: Marcus Origlieri
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Aggregate of yellowish orange prismatic crystals associated with quartz
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis
Mineral Group: [ Axinite (12) ]
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CHEMISTRY 
RRUFF ID: R050251.2
Sample Description: Microprobe Fragment
Measured Chemistry: (Ca2.96Mn2.84Fe2+0.14Mg0.06)Σ=6Al4.00[B2.00Si8.00O30](OH)2; H2O assumed ideal from stoichiometry; B2O3 estimated by difference
Microprobe Data File: [ Download Excel File ]
RAMAN SPECTRUM 
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
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RRUFF ID: R050251
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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: R050251.1
Sample Description: Powder
Instrument settings: SensIR Durascope on a Nicolet Magna 860 FTIR
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RRUFF ID: R050251.1
Sample Description: Powder
Instrument settings: PIKE GladiATR - Far-IR on a Nicolet Magna 860 FTIR
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POWDER DIFFRACTION 
RRUFF ID: R050251.1
Sample Description: Powder
Cell Refinement Output: a: 7.1636(8)Å    b: 9.137(2)Å    c: 8.964(2)Å
alpha: 91.88(2)°    beta: 98.65(1)°    gamma: 77.15(1)°   Volume: 565.5(1)Å3    Crystal System: triclinic
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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 Tinzenite

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]

Jakob J (1923) Vier Mangansilikate aus dem Val d'Err (Kt. Graubünden), Schweizerische Mineralogische und Petrographische Mitteilungen, 3, 227-237   [view file]

Foshag W F (1928) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 13, 201-202   [view file]

Milton C A, Hildebrand F A, Sherwood A M (1953) The identity of tinzenite with manganoan axinite, American Mineralogist, 38, 1148-1158   [view file]

Sanero E, Gottardi G (1968) Nomenclature and crystal-chemistry of axinites, American Mineralogist, 53, 1407-1411   [view file]

Basso R, Della Giusta A, Vlaic G (1973) La struttura della tinzenite, Periodico di Mineralogia, 425, 369-379

Belokoneva E L, Goryunova A N, Pletnev P A, Spiridonov É M (2001) Crystal structure of high-manganese tinzenite from the Falotta deposit in Switzerland, Crystallography Reports, 46, 30-32

Roth P (2007) Tinzenite, in Minerals first discovered in Switzerland and minerals named after Swiss individuals Kristallografik Verlag Achberg Germany 146-147

Hålenius U, Hatert F, Pasero M, Mills S J (2016) IMA Commission on New Minerals, Nomenclature and Classification (CNMNC) Newsletter 32. New minerals and nomenclature modifications approved in 2016, Mineralogical Magazine, 80, 915-922   [view file]

Grew E S (2018) Tinzenite, a member of the axinite group with formula revised to Ca2Mn42+Al4[B2Si8O30](OH)2, European Journal of Mineralogy, 30, 177-182   [view file]