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Tausonite X090004


Name: Tausonite
RRUFF ID: X090004
Ideal Chemistry: SrTiO3
Locality: Synthetic
Source: Gemological Institute of America 37794
Owner: GIA
Description: Faceted colorless stone, cell parameters indicate a disordered structure
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed only by single crystal X-ray diffraction.
Mineral Group: [ Perovskite (44) ]
RAMAN SPECTRUM 
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
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RRUFF ID: X090004
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
Instrument settings: Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW
POWDER DIFFRACTION 
RRUFF ID: X090004.9
Sample Description: Single crystal, powder profile is calculated
Cell Refinement Output: a: 7.806(4)Å    b: 7.806(4)Å    c: 7.806(4)Å
alpha: 90°    beta: 90°    gamma: 90°   Volume: 475.57(7)Å3    Crystal System: cubic
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REFERENCES for Tausonite

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]

Vorob´ev E I, Konev A A, Malyshonok Y V, Afonina G F, Sapozhnikov A N (1984) Tausonite, SrTiO3, a new mineral of the perovskite group, Zapiski Vsesoyuznogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva, 113, issue 1 86-89   [view file]

Dunn P J, Chao G Y, Fleischer M, Ferraiolo J A, Langley R H, Pabst A, Zilczer J A (1985) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 70, 214-221   [view file]

Mitchell R H, Welch M D, Chakhmouradian A R (2017) Nomenclature of the perovskite supergroup: A hierarchical system of classification based on crystal structure and composition, Mineralogical Magazine, 81, 411-461   [view file]