Itsiite R160010

		Name: Itsiite RRUFF ID: R160010 Ideal Chemistry: Ba₂Ca(BSi₂O₇)₂ Locality: Gun claim, Yukon Territory, Canada Source: Gunnar Färber Owner: RRUFF Description: White milky massive, associated with cerchiaraite-(Fe), diopside, pyrite, quartz, sphalerite, and witherite Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction.
Mineral Group: [ Hyalotekite (1) ]

RAMAN SPECTRUM

RRUFF ID:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

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RRUFF ID:

R160010

Wavelength:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

Instrument settings:

Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 80% of 150mW

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	Raman Data (Processed)
	RRUFF File

POWDER DIFFRACTION

RRUFF ID:

R160010.9

Sample Description:

Single crystal, powder profile is calculated

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 10.9429(11)Å b: 10.9429(11)Å c: 10.2911(11)Å
alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 90° Volume: 1232.34(11)Å³ Crystal System: tetragonal

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 Itsiite
American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database Record: [view record]
Williams P A, Hatert F, Pasero M, Mills S J (2013) IMA Commission on new minerals, nomenclature and classification (CNMNC) Newsletter 18. New minerals and nomenclature modifications approved in 2013, Mineralogical Magazine, 77, 3249-3258 [view file]
Kampf A R, Peterson R C, Joy B R (2014) Itsiite, Ba₂Ca(BSi₂O₇)₂, a new mineral species from Yukon, Canada: Description and crystal structure, The Canadian Mineralogist, 52, 401-407 [view file]
Cámara F, Gagné O C, Belakovskiy D I, Uvarova Y (2015) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 100, 1319-1332 [view file]