R090057 - RRUFF Database: Raman, X-ray, Infrared, and Chemistry

Braunite R090057

Name: Braunite
RRUFF ID: R090057
Ideal Chemistry: Mn²⁺Mn³⁺₆O₈(SiO₄)
Locality: N'Chwaning III Mine, N'Chwaning Mines, Kalahari manganese field, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
Source: Marshall Sussman
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Blocky lustrous black crystals on fine-grained matrix of the same material. Note that this is braunite II, as defined in de Villiers (1980)
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction.

Mineral Group: [ Braunite (5) ]

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RAMAN SPECTRUM

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Sample Description:

Unoriented Raman on the primary sample

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BROAD SCAN WITH SPECTRAL ARTIFACTS

RRUFF ID:

R090057

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:

R090057.1

Sample Description:

Powder

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 9.431(1)Å b: 9.431(1)Å c: 37.80(1)Å
alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 90° Volume: 3361.9(8)Å³ Crystal System: tetragonal

File Type Information

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

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REFERENCES for Braunite
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]
Haidinger W (1826) On the crystalline forms and properties of the manganese ores, The Edinburgh Journal of Science, 4, 41-50 [view file]
Haidinger W (1828) Mineralogische Beschreibung der Manganerze IV. Brachytypes Manganerz, Braunit, Annalen der Physik und Chemie, 14, 197-211 [view file]
Turner E (1828) Chemical examination of the oxides of manganese. Part II. On the composition of the ores of manganese described by Mr. Haidinger, The Philosophical Magazine, 4, 96-104 [view file]
Aminoff G (1931) Lattice dimensions and space-group of braunite, Kunglig Svenska Vetenskapsakademiens Handlingar, 9, 14-22 [view file]
Abs-Wurmbach I, Langer K (1975) Synthetic Mn³⁺ kyanite and viridine, Al_2-xMn³⁺_x) SiO₅, in the system Al₂O₃--MnO--MnO₂--SiO₂, Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 49, 21-38
Moore P B, Araki T (1976) Braunite: its structure and relationship to bixbyite, and some insights on the genealogy of fluorite derivative structures, American Mineralogist, 61, 1226-1240 [view file]
de Villiers J P R (1980) The crystal structure of braunite II and its relation to bixbyite and braunite, American Mineralogist, 65, 756-765 [view file]
Bhattacharyya P K, Dasgupta S, Fukuoka M, Roy S (1984) Geochemistry of braunite and associated phases in metamorphosed non-calcareous manganese ores of India, Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 87, 65-71
Robie R A, Huebner J S, Hemingway B S (1995) Heat capacities and thermodynamic properties of braunite (Mn₇SiO₁₂) and rhodonite (MnSiO₃), American Mineralogist, 80, 560-575 [view file]
Marescotti P, Frezzotti M L (2000) Alteration of braunite ores from Eastern Ligeria (Italy) during syntectonic veining processes: mineralogy and fluid inclusions, European Journal of Mineralogy, 12, 341-356
Bevan D J M, Martin R L (2008) The role of the coordination defect: A new structural description of four fluorite-related sesquioxide minerals, bixbyite (Mn₂O₃), braunite (Mn₇SiO₁₂), braunite II (CaMn₁₄SiO₂₄), parwelite (Mn₁₀Sb₂As₂Si₂O₂₄), and their structural relationships, Journal of Solid State Chemistry, 181, 2250-2259

REFERENCES for Braunite

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]

Haidinger W (1826) On the crystalline forms and properties of the manganese ores, The Edinburgh Journal of Science, 4, 41-50 [view file]

Haidinger W (1828) Mineralogische Beschreibung der Manganerze IV. Brachytypes Manganerz, Braunit, Annalen der Physik und Chemie, 14, 197-211 [view file]

Turner E (1828) Chemical examination of the oxides of manganese. Part II. On the composition of the ores of manganese described by Mr. Haidinger, The Philosophical Magazine, 4, 96-104 [view file]

Aminoff G (1931) Lattice dimensions and space-group of braunite, Kunglig Svenska Vetenskapsakademiens Handlingar, 9, 14-22 [view file]

Abs-Wurmbach I, Langer K (1975) Synthetic Mn³⁺ kyanite and viridine, Al_2-xMn³⁺_x) SiO₅, in the system Al₂O₃--MnO--MnO₂--SiO₂, Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 49, 21-38

Moore P B, Araki T (1976) Braunite: its structure and relationship to bixbyite, and some insights on the genealogy of fluorite derivative structures, American Mineralogist, 61, 1226-1240 [view file]

de Villiers J P R (1980) The crystal structure of braunite II and its relation to bixbyite and braunite, American Mineralogist, 65, 756-765 [view file]

Bhattacharyya P K, Dasgupta S, Fukuoka M, Roy S (1984) Geochemistry of braunite and associated phases in metamorphosed non-calcareous manganese ores of India, Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 87, 65-71

Robie R A, Huebner J S, Hemingway B S (1995) Heat capacities and thermodynamic properties of braunite (Mn₇SiO₁₂) and rhodonite (MnSiO₃), American Mineralogist, 80, 560-575 [view file]

Marescotti P, Frezzotti M L (2000) Alteration of braunite ores from Eastern Ligeria (Italy) during syntectonic veining processes: mineralogy and fluid inclusions, European Journal of Mineralogy, 12, 341-356

Bevan D J M, Martin R L (2008) The role of the coordination defect: A new structural description of four fluorite-related sesquioxide minerals, bixbyite (Mn₂O₃), braunite (Mn₇SiO₁₂), braunite II (CaMn₁₄SiO₂₄), parwelite (Mn₁₀Sb₂As₂Si₂O₂₄), and their structural relationships, Journal of Solid State Chemistry, 181, 2250-2259