Scottyite R141116 - RRUFF Database: Raman, X-ray, Infrared, and Chemistry

Scottyite R141116

Name: Scottyite
RRUFF ID: R141116
Ideal Chemistry: BaCu₂Si₂O₇
Locality: Wessels mine, Kalahari manganese field, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
Source: Jaco and Tania Janse van Nieuwenhuizen [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Dark blue granular or blocky crystals associated with light-blue platy lavinskyite (R141115) and blue wesselsite.
Status: The identification of this mineral is confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis.

Mineral Group: [ Not in a structural group (133) ]

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CHEMISTRY

RRUFF ID:	R141116.2
Sample Description:	Microprobe Fragment
Measured Chemistry:	Ba_1.01Sr_0.02Cu_2.03Na_0.01Si_1.97O₇; (Scottyite is light grey material in image, associated with dark grey R141115 lavinskyite)
Microprobe Data File:	[ Download Excel File ]

RAMAN SPECTRUM

RRUFF ID:

Sample Description:

Unoriented Raman on the primary sample

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BROAD SCAN WITH SPECTRAL ARTIFACTS

RRUFF ID:

R141116

Wavelength:

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:

R141116.9

Sample Description:

Single crystal, powder profile is calculated

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 6.846(2)Å b: 13.144(4)Å c: 6.877(2)Å
alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 90° Volume: 618.86(9)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.

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REFERENCES for Scottyite
American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database Record: [view record]
Janczak J, Kubiak R, Glowiak T (1990) Structure of barium copper pyrosilicate at 300 K, Acta Crystallographica, C4146, 1383-1385
Hentschel G (1993) Die Lavaströme der Graulai: eine neue Fundstelle in der Westeifel. Unsichere und unbekannte Minerale. B. Unbekanntes Ba-Cu-Silikat, Lapis, 18, 23-23
Yamada T, Hiroi Z, Takano M (2001) Spin-1/2 quantum antiferromagnetic chains with tunable superexchange interactions found in BaCu₂(Si_1-xGe_x)₂O₇, Journal of Solid State Chemistry, 156, 101-109
Sologubenko A V, Ott H R, Dhalenne G, Revcolevschi A (2003) Universal behavior of spin-mediated energy transport in S=1/2 chain cuprates: BaCu₂Si₂O₇ as an example, Europhysics Letters, 62, 540-546
Glazkov V N, Smirnov A I, Revcolevschi A, Dhalenne G (2005) Magnetic resonance study of the spin-reorientation transitions in the quasi-one-dimensional antiferromagnet BaCu₂Si₂O₇, Physical Review B, 72, 104401-8
Blaβ G, Schüller E, Schüller W (2011) „Unglaubliche" Kupfermineralien aus der Vulkaneifel: Auf'm Kopp bei Neroth, Lapis, 22, 21-28, 90
Williams P A, Hatert F, Pasero M, Mills S J (2012) IMA Commission on New Minerals, Nomenclature and Classification (CNMNC) Newsletter 14, New minerals and nomenclature modifications approved in 2012, Mineralogical Magazine, 76, 1281-1288 [view file]
Yang H, Downs R T, Evans S H, Pinch W W (2013) Scottyite, the natural analog of synthetic BaCu₂Si₂O₇, a new mineral from the Wessels mine, Kalahari Manganese Fields, South Africa, American Mineralogist, 98, 478-484 [view file]
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
Lee P L, Huang E, Kung J (2021) High-pressure Raman spectroscopy and X-ray diffraction study on scottyite, BaCu₂Si₂O₇, Minerals, 11, 608 [view file]

REFERENCES for Scottyite

American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database Record: [view record]

Janczak J, Kubiak R, Glowiak T (1990) Structure of barium copper pyrosilicate at 300 K, Acta Crystallographica, C4146, 1383-1385

Hentschel G (1993) Die Lavaströme der Graulai: eine neue Fundstelle in der Westeifel. Unsichere und unbekannte Minerale. B. Unbekanntes Ba-Cu-Silikat, Lapis, 18, 23-23

Yamada T, Hiroi Z, Takano M (2001) Spin-1/2 quantum antiferromagnetic chains with tunable superexchange interactions found in BaCu₂(Si_1-xGe_x)₂O₇, Journal of Solid State Chemistry, 156, 101-109

Sologubenko A V, Ott H R, Dhalenne G, Revcolevschi A (2003) Universal behavior of spin-mediated energy transport in S=1/2 chain cuprates: BaCu₂Si₂O₇ as an example, Europhysics Letters, 62, 540-546

Glazkov V N, Smirnov A I, Revcolevschi A, Dhalenne G (2005) Magnetic resonance study of the spin-reorientation transitions in the quasi-one-dimensional antiferromagnet BaCu₂Si₂O₇, Physical Review B, 72, 104401-8

Blaβ G, Schüller E, Schüller W (2011) „Unglaubliche" Kupfermineralien aus der Vulkaneifel: Auf'm Kopp bei Neroth, Lapis, 22, 21-28, 90

Williams P A, Hatert F, Pasero M, Mills S J (2012) IMA Commission on New Minerals, Nomenclature and Classification (CNMNC) Newsletter 14, New minerals and nomenclature modifications approved in 2012, Mineralogical Magazine, 76, 1281-1288 [view file]

Yang H, Downs R T, Evans S H, Pinch W W (2013) Scottyite, the natural analog of synthetic BaCu₂Si₂O₇, a new mineral from the Wessels mine, Kalahari Manganese Fields, South Africa, American Mineralogist, 98, 478-484 [view file]

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

Lee P L, Huang E, Kung J (2021) High-pressure Raman spectroscopy and X-ray diffraction study on scottyite, BaCu₂Si₂O₇, Minerals, 11, 608 [view file]