Tephroite R100105 - RRUFF Database: Raman, X-ray, Infrared, and Chemistry

Tephroite R100105

Name: Tephroite
RRUFF ID: R100105
Ideal Chemistry: Mn²⁺₂(SiO₄)
Locality: Franklin, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA
Source: American Museum of Natural History 27450 [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Translucent gray massives, associated with reddish zincite and metallic franklinite.
Status: The identification of this mineral is confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis.

Mineral Group: [ Olivine (61) ]

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CHEMISTRY

RRUFF ID:	R100105.2
Sample Description:	Microprobe Fragment
Measured Chemistry:	(Mn⁺²_1.716Zn_0.124Mg_0.080Ca_0.078Fe⁺²_0.003Al_0.001)_Σ=2.002Si_0.998O₄
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:

R100105

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:

R100105.9

Sample Description:

Single crystal, powder profile is calculated

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 4.889(2)Å b: 10.690(7)Å c: 6.271(4)Å
alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 90° Volume: 327.8(1)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 Tephroite
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]
Breithaupt J F A (1823) Tephroit, in Vollständige Charakteristik des Mineral-Systems Arnoldischen Buchhandlung Dresden 278-279 [view file]
Greer W L C (1932) Mix - crystals of Ca₂SiO₄ and Mn₂SiO₄, American Mineralogist, 17, 135-142
Ross C S, Kerr P F (1932) The manganese minerals of a vein near Bald Knob, North Carolina, American Mineralogist, 17, 1-18 [view file]
Bradley R S, Engel P, Munro D C (1966) Subsolidus solubility between R₂^..SiO₄ and LiR^..PO₄: a hydrothermal investigation, Mineralogical Magazine, 35, 742-755 [view file]
Fisher G W (1967) Fe-Mg olivine solid solutions, Carnegie Institution of Washington Year book, 66, 209-217
Welin E (1968) Notes on the mineralogy of Sweden 6. X-ray powder data for minerals from Långban and the related mineral deposits of Central Sweden, Arkiv för Mineralogi och Geologi, 4, 499-541
Burns R G, Huggins F E (1972) Cation determinative curves for Mg-Fe-Mn olivines from vibrational spectra, American Mineralogist, 57, 967-985 [view file]
Mossman D J, Pawson D J (1976) X-ray and optical characterization of the forsterite-fayalite-tephroite series with comments on knebelite from Bluebell mine, British Columbia, The Canadian Mineralogist, 14, 479-486 [view file]
Takei H (1976) Czochralski growth of Mn₂SiO₄ (tephroite) single crystal and its properties, Journal of Crystal Growth, 34, 125-131
Bayliss P (1977) X-ray and optical characterization of the forsterite-fayalite-tephroite series with comments on knebelite from Bluebell Mine, Britich Columbia: discussion, The Canadian Mineralogist, 15, 267-267 [view file]
Francis C A, Ribbe P H (1980) The forsterite-tephroite series: I. crystal structure refinements, American Mineralogist, 65, 1263-1269 [view file]
Fujino K, Sasaki S, Takéuchi Y, Sadanaga R (1981) X-ray determination of electron distributions in forsterite, fayalite and tephroite, Acta Crystallographica, B37, 513-518
Annersten H, Ericsson T, Filippidis A (1982) Cation ordering in Ni-Fe olivines, American Mineralogist, 67, 1212-1217 [view file]
Annersten H, Adetunji J, Filippidis A (1984) Cation ordering in Fe-Mn silicate olivines, American Mineralogist, 69, 1110-1115 [view file]
Annersten H, Filippidis A (1984) Cation ordering in Ni-Fe olivines: reply, American Mineralogist, 69, 164-164 [view file]
Urusov V S, Lapina I V, Kravchuk I F, Kabalov Y K (1984) Isomorphism in the forsterite-tephroite series [in Russian], Geokhimiya, 7, 1047-1055 [view file]
Francis C A (1985) New data on the forsterite-tephroite series, American Mineralogist, 70, 568-575 [view file]
Urusov V S, Lapina I V, Kabalov Y K, Kravchuk I F (1985) Isomorphism in the forsterite-tephroite series [in English], Geochemistry International, 22, 80-88
Ballet O, Fuess H, Fritzsche T (1987) Magnetic structure and cation distribution in (Fe,Mn)₂SiO₄ (olivine) by neutron diffraction, Physics and Chemistry of Minerals, 15, 54-58
Ashley P M (1989) Geochemistry and mineralogy of tephroite-bearing rocks from the Hoskins manganese mine, New South Wales, Australia, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Abhandlungen, 161, 85-111
Lucchetti G (1991) Tephroite from the Val Graveglia metacherts (Liguria, Italy) : mineral data and reactions for Mn-silicates and Mn-Ca carbonates, European Journal of Mineralogy, 3, 63-68
Redfern S A T, Knight K S, Henderson C M B, Wood B J (1998) Fe-Mn cation ordering in fayalite-tephroite (Fe_xMn_1-X)₂SiO₄ olivines: a neutron diffraction study, Mineralogical Magazine, 62, 607-615 [view file]
Zhang L (1998) Single crystal hydrostatic compression of (Mg,Mn,Fe,Co)₂SiO₄ olivines, Physics and Chemistry of Minerals, 25, 308-312
Yamazaki S, Toraya H (1999) Rietveld refinement of site-occupancy parameters of Mg_2-xMn_xSiO₄ using a new weight function in least-squares fitting, Journal of Applied Crystallography, 32, 51-59
Shannon R D, Shannon R C, Medenbach O, Fischer R X (2002) Refractive index and dispersion of fluorides and oxides, Journal of Physical and Chemical Reference Data, 31, 931-970 [view file]
Mohapatra B K, Nayak B (2003) Mn-olivine from Gangpur group of rocks, Orissa, Journal of the Geological Society of India, 61, 581-587
Mouri T, Enami M (2008) Raman spectroscopic study of olivine-group minerals, Journal of Mineralogical and Petrological Sciences, 103, 100-104 [view file]

REFERENCES for Tephroite

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]

Breithaupt J F A (1823) Tephroit, in Vollständige Charakteristik des Mineral-Systems Arnoldischen Buchhandlung Dresden 278-279 [view file]

Greer W L C (1932) Mix - crystals of Ca₂SiO₄ and Mn₂SiO₄, American Mineralogist, 17, 135-142

Ross C S, Kerr P F (1932) The manganese minerals of a vein near Bald Knob, North Carolina, American Mineralogist, 17, 1-18 [view file]

Bradley R S, Engel P, Munro D C (1966) Subsolidus solubility between R₂^..SiO₄ and LiR^..PO₄: a hydrothermal investigation, Mineralogical Magazine, 35, 742-755 [view file]

Fisher G W (1967) Fe-Mg olivine solid solutions, Carnegie Institution of Washington Year book, 66, 209-217

Welin E (1968) Notes on the mineralogy of Sweden 6. X-ray powder data for minerals from Långban and the related mineral deposits of Central Sweden, Arkiv för Mineralogi och Geologi, 4, 499-541

Burns R G, Huggins F E (1972) Cation determinative curves for Mg-Fe-Mn olivines from vibrational spectra, American Mineralogist, 57, 967-985 [view file]

Mossman D J, Pawson D J (1976) X-ray and optical characterization of the forsterite-fayalite-tephroite series with comments on knebelite from Bluebell mine, British Columbia, The Canadian Mineralogist, 14, 479-486 [view file]

Takei H (1976) Czochralski growth of Mn₂SiO₄ (tephroite) single crystal and its properties, Journal of Crystal Growth, 34, 125-131

Bayliss P (1977) X-ray and optical characterization of the forsterite-fayalite-tephroite series with comments on knebelite from Bluebell Mine, Britich Columbia: discussion, The Canadian Mineralogist, 15, 267-267 [view file]

Francis C A, Ribbe P H (1980) The forsterite-tephroite series: I. crystal structure refinements, American Mineralogist, 65, 1263-1269 [view file]

Fujino K, Sasaki S, Takéuchi Y, Sadanaga R (1981) X-ray determination of electron distributions in forsterite, fayalite and tephroite, Acta Crystallographica, B37, 513-518

Annersten H, Ericsson T, Filippidis A (1982) Cation ordering in Ni-Fe olivines, American Mineralogist, 67, 1212-1217 [view file]

Annersten H, Adetunji J, Filippidis A (1984) Cation ordering in Fe-Mn silicate olivines, American Mineralogist, 69, 1110-1115 [view file]

Annersten H, Filippidis A (1984) Cation ordering in Ni-Fe olivines: reply, American Mineralogist, 69, 164-164 [view file]

Urusov V S, Lapina I V, Kravchuk I F, Kabalov Y K (1984) Isomorphism in the forsterite-tephroite series [in Russian], Geokhimiya, 7, 1047-1055 [view file]

Francis C A (1985) New data on the forsterite-tephroite series, American Mineralogist, 70, 568-575 [view file]

Urusov V S, Lapina I V, Kabalov Y K, Kravchuk I F (1985) Isomorphism in the forsterite-tephroite series [in English], Geochemistry International, 22, 80-88

Ballet O, Fuess H, Fritzsche T (1987) Magnetic structure and cation distribution in (Fe,Mn)₂SiO₄ (olivine) by neutron diffraction, Physics and Chemistry of Minerals, 15, 54-58

Ashley P M (1989) Geochemistry and mineralogy of tephroite-bearing rocks from the Hoskins manganese mine, New South Wales, Australia, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Abhandlungen, 161, 85-111

Lucchetti G (1991) Tephroite from the Val Graveglia metacherts (Liguria, Italy) : mineral data and reactions for Mn-silicates and Mn-Ca carbonates, European Journal of Mineralogy, 3, 63-68

Redfern S A T, Knight K S, Henderson C M B, Wood B J (1998) Fe-Mn cation ordering in fayalite-tephroite (Fe_xMn_1-X)₂SiO₄ olivines: a neutron diffraction study, Mineralogical Magazine, 62, 607-615 [view file]

Zhang L (1998) Single crystal hydrostatic compression of (Mg,Mn,Fe,Co)₂SiO₄ olivines, Physics and Chemistry of Minerals, 25, 308-312

Yamazaki S, Toraya H (1999) Rietveld refinement of site-occupancy parameters of Mg_2-xMn_xSiO₄ using a new weight function in least-squares fitting, Journal of Applied Crystallography, 32, 51-59

Shannon R D, Shannon R C, Medenbach O, Fischer R X (2002) Refractive index and dispersion of fluorides and oxides, Journal of Physical and Chemical Reference Data, 31, 931-970 [view file]

Mohapatra B K, Nayak B (2003) Mn-olivine from Gangpur group of rocks, Orissa, Journal of the Geological Society of India, 61, 581-587

Mouri T, Enami M (2008) Raman spectroscopic study of olivine-group minerals, Journal of Mineralogical and Petrological Sciences, 103, 100-104 [view file]