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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) ] |
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POWDER DIFFRACTION | |||||||
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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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REFERENCES for Colinowensite | |
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American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database Record: [view record] |
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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] |
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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 |
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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] |
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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 |
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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] |
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Belakovskiy D I, Cámara F, Gagné O C (2016) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 101, 2355-2360 [view file] |
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