[Minerals] [Gems] [Sale Items] [Gold Rings] [Big Stuff] [Main Page] Shop early for Holiday Season and get the best stuff. You can put it on layaway for up to six weeks! General Tausonite InformationSrTiO3 |
Molecular Weight = 183.50 gm |
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Strontium 47.75 % Sr 56.47 % SrO |
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Titanium 26.09 % Ti 43.53 % TiO2 |
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Oxygen 26.16 % O |
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100.00 % 100.00 % = TOTAL OXIDE |
SrTiO3 |
Alkalic igneous rocks. Close to loparite unit cell. |
Approved IMA 1984 |
Murunskii massif, Aldan, Siberia, Russia. Link to MinDat.org Location Data. |
Named for L. V. Tauson (1917-1989), Russian geochemist. |
Tausonite + Pronunciation |
ICSD 201256 |
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PDF 35-734 |
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Tausonite Crystallographya = 3.9048, Z = 1; V = 59.54 Den(Calc)= 5.12 |
Isometric - HexoctahedralH-M Symbol (4/m 3 2/m) Space Group: P m3m |
By Intensity(I/Io): 2.76(1), 2.77(1), 1.952(0.5), |
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| Physical Properties of TausoniteNone |
Brown red, Gray, Dark red, Red, Reddish brown. |
4.88 |
Translucent to Opaque |
Conchoidal - Fractures developed in brittle materials characterized by smoothly curving surfaces, (e.g. quartz). |
Cubic Crystals - Occurs as cubic shaped crystals. |
Octahedral Crystals - Occurs as octahedral shaped crystals. |
6-6.5 - Orthoclase-Pyrite |
Adamantine |
brownish white |
| Optical Properties of TausoniteIsotropic. |
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NCalc= 2.3 - from Gladstone-Dale relationship (KC = 0.253) where Ncalc=Dcalc*KC+1 |
NCalc= 2.23 - from Gladstone-Dale relationship (KC = 0.253) where Ncalc=Dmeas*KC+1 | Calculated Properties of TausoniteBulk Density (Electron Density)=4.69 gm/cc |
note: Specific Gravity of Tausonite =5.12 gm/cc. Fermion Index = 0.06 |
Boson Index = 0.94 PETausonite = 59.62 barns/electron |
U=PETausonite x rElectron Density= 279.47 barns/cc. GRapi = 0 (Gamma Ray American Petroleum Institute Units) |
Tausonite is Not Radioactive | Tausonite Classification04.03.03.05 (04)Simple Oxides |
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(04.03)with a cation charge of 3+ (A+++2 O3) |
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(04.03.03)Perovskite Group |
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04.CC.35 04 - OXIDES (Hydroxides, V[5,6] vanadates, arsenites, antimonites, bismuthites, sulfites, selenites, tellurites, iodate |
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04.C - Metal:Oxygen = 2:3, 3:5, and Similar |
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04.CC -With large and medium-sized cations |
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| Other Tausonite InformationNAME( Dana8) PHYS. PROP.(Enc. of Minerals,2nd ed.,1990) |
Links to other databases for Tausonite : |
1 - Am. Min. Crystal Structure Database 2 - Athena 3 - EUROmin Project 4 - Ecole des Mines de Paris 5 - Google Images 6 - Google Scholar 7 - Handbook of Mineralogy (MinSocAm) 8 - Handbook of Mineralogy (UofA) 9 - MinDAT 10 - MinMax(Deutsch) 11 - MinMax(English) 12 - Mineralienatlas (Deutsch) 13 - QUT Mineral Atlas 14 - Ruff.Info Search for Tausonite using: Visit our Advertisers for Tausonite : AA Mineral SpecimensB & L Fine Minerals Crystalarium.com Dan Weinrich Fine Minerals Dan Weinrich Auctions Dakota Matrix Desert Winds Gems and Minerals Excalibur Minerals Exceptional Minerals Fabre Minerals Heliodor John Betts Fine Minerals Mason's Minerals Mineral News Mineral of the Month Club Wrights Rock Shop Translate Tausonite Mineral Data : Ask about Tausonite here : Print or Cut-and-Paste your Tausonite Specimen Label here :
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