Osbornite Mineral Data

General Osbornite Information

Chemical Formula:

TiN

Composition:

Molecular Weight = 61.89 gm

Titanium 77.37 % Ti

Nitrogen 22.63 % N

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100.00 %

Empirical Formula:

TiN

Environment:

Embedded in oldmanite in an achondrite meteorite, as inclusions in corundum, in weathered detritus from a breccia pipe cemented with an alkalic ultramafic cement. Synthetic material used for golden metallic coatings on

IMA Status:

Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1870

Locality:

In the Bustee meteorite. In Russia, from an undefined locality "near the junction of the Azov block with the Donbas." Link to MinDat.org Location Data.

Name Origin:

For George Osborn, who sent to London the meteorite in which the species was found.

Name Pronunciation:

Osbornite + Pronunciation

Synonym:

ICSD 1547

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Osbornite Image

Images:

Osbornite

Comments: BSE image of osbornite (osb colored yellow) TiN; me = Fe(Ni)-metal; px = pyroxene; ol = olivine.
Location: Isheyevo carbonaceous chondrite (CB3b), Ishimbai region of Bashkortostan, Russia. Discovered 2003. Scale: See Image.
© Annual Meteoritical Society Meeting

Osbornite Crystallography

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By Intensity(I/I_o): 2.12(1), 2.4492(0.72), 1.4997(0.45),1.2789(0.19), 0.9485(0.14), 0.8658(0.12), 1.2245(0.12),

Crystal Structure:

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Wyckoff R W G , Crystal Structures , 1 (1963) p.85-237, Second edition. Interscience Publishers, New York, New York, rocksalt structure

Physical Properties of Osbornite

Color:

Golden yellow.

Optical Properties of Osbornite

Reflectivity

**Standardized Intensity (100%) Reflection Spectra of Osbornite in Air**
λ	R	∑ R(λ)
440 nm	20.30
460 nm	25.00
480 nm	31.60
500 nm	38.60
520 nm	45.30
540 nm	45.30
560 nm	55.70
580 nm	60.00
600 nm	63.50
620 nm	66.40
640 nm	68.80
660 nm	70.80
680 nm	72.60
700 nm	74.30

**Calculated Relative Intensity Colors of Osbornite in Air**
Relative Intensity	0%	40%	80%	100%	120%	160%	200%	240%	280%	320%
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Calculated Properties of Osbornite

Electron Density:

Bulk Density (Electron Density)=5.07 gm/cc
note: Specific Gravity of Osbornite =5.41 gm/cc.

Fermion Index:

Fermion Index = 0.32
Boson Index = 0.68

Photoelectric:

PE_Osbornite= 12.97 barns/electron
U=PE_Osbornite x rElectron Density= 65.76 barns/cc.

Radioactivity:

GRapi = 0 (Gamma Ray American Petroleum Institute Units)
Osbornite is Not Radioactive

Osbornite Classification

Dana Class:

01.01.19.01 (01)Native Elements

(01.01)with metallic elements other than the platinum group

(01.01.19)Osbornite group carbides and nitrides

01.01.19.01 Osbornite TiN F m3m 4/m 3 2/m

01.01.19.02 Khamrabaevite (Ti,V,Fe)C F m3m 4/m 3 2/m

01.01.19.03 Niobocarbide! (Nb,Ta)C F m3m 4/m 3 2/m

01.01.19.04 Tantalcarbide! TaC F m3m 4/m 3 2/m

Strunz Class:

01.BC.15 01 - ELEMENTS (Metals and intermetallic alloys; metalloids and nonmetals; carbides, silicides, nitrides, phosphides)

01.B - Metallic Carbides, Silicides, Nitrides and Phosphides

01.BC -Nitrides

01.BC.15 Carlsbergite CrN F m3m 4/m 3 2/m

01.BC.15 Osbornite TiN F m3m 4/m 3 2/m

Other Osbornite Information

See Also:

Links to other databases for Osbornite :
1 - Am. Min. Crystal Structure Database
2 - Amethyst Galleries' Mineral Gallery
3 - Athena
4 - EUROmin Project
5 - Ecole des Mines de Paris
6 - GeoScienceWorld
7 - Google Images
8 - Google Scholar
9 - Handbook of Mineralogy (MinSocAm)
10 - Handbook of Mineralogy (UofA)
11 - MinDAT
12 - Mineralienatlas (Deutsch)
13 - Online Mineral Museum
14 - QUT Mineral Atlas
15 - Ruff.Info
16 - WWW-MINCRYST

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Osbornite

TiN
Dana No: 01.01.19.01 Strunz No: 01.BC.15
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