Tinzenite R110064

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Name: Tinzenite
RRUFF ID: R110064
Ideal Chemistry: Ca2Mn2+4Al4[B2Si8O30](OH)2
Locality: Gambatesa mine, Val Graveglia, Genova, Italy
Source: Renato & Adriana Pagano [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Parallel aggregates of orange platy crystals
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction.
Mineral Group: [ Axinite (12) ]
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RAMAN SPECTRUM 
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Sample Description: Unoriented Raman on the primary sample
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RRUFF ID: R110064
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Sample Description: Unoriented Raman on the primary sample
Instrument settings: Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 10% of 150mW
POWDER DIFFRACTION 
RRUFF ID: R110064.9
Sample Description: Single crystal, powder profile is calculated
Cell Refinement Output: a: 7.154(7)Å    b: 9.119(9)Å    c: 8.941(7)Å
alpha: 92.09(3)°    beta: 98.66(3)°    gamma: 76.89(3)°   Volume: 561.6(4)Å3    Crystal System: triclinic
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Output file from the Bruker D8 Advance instrument. Includes device headers and XY data.

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REFERENCES for Tinzenite

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]

Jakob J (1923) Vier Mangansilikate aus dem Val d'Err (Kt. Graubünden), Schweizerische Mineralogische und Petrographische Mitteilungen, 3, 227-237   [view file]

Foshag W F (1928) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 13, 201-202   [view file]

Milton C A, Hildebrand F A, Sherwood A M (1953) The identity of tinzenite with manganoan axinite, American Mineralogist, 38, 1148-1158   [view file]

Sanero E, Gottardi G (1968) Nomenclature and crystal-chemistry of axinites, American Mineralogist, 53, 1407-1411   [view file]

Basso R, Della Giusta A, Vlaic G (1973) La struttura della tinzenite, Periodico di Mineralogia, 425, 369-379

Belokoneva E L, Goryunova A N, Pletnev P A, Spiridonov É M (2001) Crystal structure of high-manganese tinzenite from the Falotta deposit in Switzerland, Crystallography Reports, 46, 30-32

Roth P (2007) Tinzenite, in Minerals first discovered in Switzerland and minerals named after Swiss individuals Kristallografik Verlag Achberg Germany 146-147

Hålenius U, Hatert F, Pasero M, Mills S J (2016) IMA Commission on New Minerals, Nomenclature and Classification (CNMNC) Newsletter 32. New minerals and nomenclature modifications approved in 2016, Mineralogical Magazine, 80, 915-922   [view file]

Grew E S (2018) Tinzenite, a member of the axinite group with formula revised to Ca2Mn42+Al4[B2Si8O30](OH)2, European Journal of Mineralogy, 30, 177-182   [view file]