R050001 - RRUFF Database: Raman, X-ray, Infrared, and Chemistry

Sanbornite R050001

Name: Sanbornite
RRUFF ID: R050001
Ideal Chemistry: BaSi₂O₅
Locality: Empire #1 mine, Fresno County, California, USA
Source: University of Arizona Mineral Museum 9044 [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: An aggregate of white to colorless pearly anhedral plates
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis

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CHEMISTRY

RRUFF ID:	R050001.2
Sample Description:	Microprobe Fragment
Measured Chemistry:	Ba_1.00Si_2.00O₅
Microprobe Data File:	[ Download Excel File ]

RAMAN SPECTRUM

RRUFF ID:

Sample Description:

Sample is oriented, mounted onto a pin and polished

Pin ID:

M00487

Orientation:

Laser parallel to -b* (0 -1 0). Fiducial mark perpendicular to laser is parallel to c [0 0 1].

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BROAD SCAN WITH SPECTRAL ARTIFACTS

RRUFF ID:

R050001

Wavelength:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

Instrument settings:

Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW

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	Raman Data (RAW)
	RRUFF File

INFRARED SPECTRUM (Attenuated Total Reflectance)

RRUFF ID:

R050001.1

Instrument settings:

SensIR Durascope on a Nicolet Magna 860 FTIR

Resolution:

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	Infrared Data (Processed)
	RRUFF File

POWDER DIFFRACTION

RRUFF ID:

R050001.1

Sample Description:

Powder

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 4.6323(8)Å b: 7.6924(7)Å c: 13.5286(4)Å
alpha: 90.° beta: 90.° gamma: 90.° Volume: 482.07(6)Å³ Crystal System: orthorhombic

File Type Information

Calculated diffraction file.

File Type Information

Output file from the Bruker D8 Advance instrument. Includes device headers and XY data.

File Type Information

Output file from the Bruker D8 Advance instrument. Includes device headers and XY data.

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	Cell Refinement Data
	Cell Refinement Output Data
	DIF File
	X-ray Data (XY - Processed)
	RRUFF File
	X-ray Data (XY - RAW)
	RRUFF File

REFERENCES for Sanbornite
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]
Rogers A F (1932) Sanbornite, a new barium silicate mineral from Mariposa County, California, American Mineralogist, 17, 161-172 [view file]
Douglass R M (1958) The crystal structure of sanbornite, BaSi₂O₅, American Mineralogist, 43, 517-536 [view file]
Hesse K F, Liebau F (1980) Crystal chemistry of silica-rich barium silicates. III. Refinement of the crystal structures of the layer silicates Ba₂(Si₄O₁₀) (l) (Sanbornite), and Ba₂(Si₄O₁₀) (h), Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 153, 33-41 [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]

REFERENCES for Sanbornite

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]

Rogers A F (1932) Sanbornite, a new barium silicate mineral from Mariposa County, California, American Mineralogist, 17, 161-172 [view file]

Douglass R M (1958) The crystal structure of sanbornite, BaSi₂O₅, American Mineralogist, 43, 517-536 [view file]

Hesse K F, Liebau F (1980) Crystal chemistry of silica-rich barium silicates. III. Refinement of the crystal structures of the layer silicates Ba₂(Si₄O₁₀) (l) (Sanbornite), and Ba₂(Si₄O₁₀) (h), Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 153, 33-41 [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]