Taramellite R160011
Name: Taramellite
RRUFF ID: R160011
Ideal Chemistry: Ba4(Fe3+,Ti)4O2[B2Si8O27]Clx
Locality: Gun claim, Yukon Territory, Canada
Source: Gunnar Färber
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Red-brownish crystals in cavity, associated with itsiite, cerchiaraite-(Fe), diopside, pyrite, quartz, sphalerite, and witherite
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed only by single crystal X-ray diffraction.
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RAMAN SPECTRUM 
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Sample Description: Unoriented Raman on the primary sample
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RRUFF ID: R160011
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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: R160011.9
Sample Description: Single crystal, powder profile is calculated
Cell Refinement Output: a: 12.2039(5)Å    b: 13.9582(7)Å    c: 7.1323(7)Å
alpha: 90°    beta: 90°    gamma: 90°   Volume: 1214.95(17)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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REFERENCES for Taramellite

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]

Tacconi E (1908) Taramellite, nuovo silicato di ferro e bario, Rendiconti, Reale Accademia dei Lincei, 5, 810-814   [view file]

Tacconi E (1908) Ueber Taramellit, ein neues Mineral, Centralblatt für Mineralogie, Geologie und Paläontologie, 1908, 506-508   [view file]

Fleischer M (1959) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 44, 464-470   [view file]

Mazzi F, Rossi G (1965) The crystal structure of taramellite Ba2(Fe,Ti,Mg)2H2[O2(Si4O12)], Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 121, 243-257   [view file]

Mazzi F, Rossi G (1980) The crystal structure of taramellite, American Mineralogist, 65, 123-128   [view file]