[Newest Minerals] [Equipment] [Analytical Services] [About Us] [Mineral Gallery] [eBay Store] See Also: [Diamond Crystals] [Mineral News] [Hudson Institute] [Minerals on CDROM] Rare Minerals, Meteorites, Equipment and Analytical Services Excalibur Mineral Company, World leaders in the supply of rare species Serving the scientific and collector communities since 1974 General Winstanleyite InformationTiTe++++3O8 |
Molecular Weight = 558.68 gm |
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Titanium 8.57 % Ti 14.30 % TiO2 |
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Tellurium 68.52 % Te 85.70 % TeO2 |
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Oxygen 22.91 % O |
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100.00 % 100.00 % = TOTAL OXIDE |
TiTe3O8 |
Found in a silicified granodiorite dike associated with jarosite, chlorargyrite, and rodalquilarite. |
Approved IMA 1979 |
Grand Central mine, Tumbstone, Arizona. Link to MinDat.org Location Data. |
Named for Betty Jo Winstanley (1934-), amateur mineralogist, who found the first specimen. |
Winstanleyite + Pronunciation |
ICSD 9076 |
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PDF 34-1485 |
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Winstanleyite Crystallographya = 10.963, Z = 8; V = 1,317.61 Den(Calc)= 5.63 |
Isometric - DiploidalH-M Symbol (2/m 3) Space Group: I 21/a3 |
By Intensity(I/Io): 3.165(1), 1.938(0.8), 2.741(0.7), |
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| Physical Properties of WinstanleyiteNone |
Yellow, Light brown. |
5.57 |
Transparent |
Tough - Difficult to break apart as shown by fibrous minerals and most metals. |
Cubic Crystals - Occurs as cubic shaped crystals. |
Octahedral Crystals - Occurs as octahedral shaped crystals. |
4 - Fluorite |
Adamantine |
light yellow |
| Optical Properties of WinstanleyiteCI meas= -0.053 (Good) - where the CI = (1-KPDmeas/KC) |
CI calc= -0.042 (Good) - where the CI = (1-KPDcalc/KC) KPDcalc= 0.238,KPDmeas= 0.2406,KC= 0.2285 Ncalc = 2.27 - 2.29 Isotropic, n=2.34. |
| Calculated Properties of WinstanleyiteBulk Density (Electron Density)=4.88 gm/cc |
note: Specific Gravity of Winstanleyite =5.63 gm/cc. Fermion Index = 0.06 |
Boson Index = 0.94 PEWinstanleyite = 244.25 barns/electron |
U=PEWinstanleyite x rElectron Density=1,191.31 barns/cc. GRapi = 0 (Gamma Ray American Petroleum Institute Units) |
Winstanleyite is Not Radioactive | Winstanleyite Classification34.05.02.01 (34)Selenites - Tellurites - Sulfites |
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(34.05)Dana Type |
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(34.05.02)Dana Group |
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04.JK.05 04 - OXIDES (Hydroxides, V[5,6] vanadates, arsenites, antimonites, bismuthites, sulfites, selenites, tellurites, iodate |
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04.J - Arsenites, Antimonites, Bismuthites, Sulfites, |
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04.JK -Tellurites without additional anions, without H2O |
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| Other Winstanleyite InformationNAME( Dana8) PHYS. PROP.(Enc. of Minerals,2nd ed.,1990) OPTIC PROP.(Enc. of Minerals,2nd ed.,1990) |
Links to other databases for Winstanleyite : |
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 Winstanleyite using: Visit our Advertisers for Winstanleyite : 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 Winstanleyite Mineral Data : Ask about Winstanleyite here : Print or Cut-and-Paste your Winstanleyite Specimen Label here :
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