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General Tausonite Information

Help on Chemical  Formula: Chemical Formula: SrTiO3
Help on Composition: Composition: Molecular Weight = 183.50 gm
   Strontium  47.75 %  Sr   56.47 % SrO
   Titanium   26.09 %  Ti   43.53 % TiO2
   Oxygen     26.16 %  O
             ______        ______ 
             100.00 %      100.00 % = TOTAL OXIDE
Help on Empirical Formula: Empirical Formula: SrTiO3
Help on Environment: Environment: Alkalic igneous rocks. Close to loparite unit cell.
Help on IMA Status: IMA Status: Approved IMA 1984
Help on Locality: Locality: Murunskii massif, Aldan, Siberia, Russia. Link to MinDat.org Location Data.
Help on Name Origin: Name Origin: Named for L. V. Tauson (1917-1989), Russian geochemist.
Help on Synonym: Synonym: ICSD 201256
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Tausonite

Comments: Brown crystal of tausonite in matrix.
Location: Murun massif, Chara River, Davan, Torgo River Basin, Aldan Shield, Saha (Sakha) Republic (Yakutia), Eastern-Siberian Region, Russia. Scale: Picture size 3 mm.
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Tausonite Crystallography

Help on Cell Dimensions: Cell Dimensions: a = 3.9048, Z = 1; V = 59.54 Den(Calc)= 5.12
Help on Crystal System: Crystal System: Isometric - HexoctahedralH-M Symbol (4/m 3 2/m) Space Group: P m3m
Help on X Ray Diffraction: X Ray Diffraction: By Intensity(I/Io): 2.76(1), 2.77(1), 1.952(0.5),
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Yamanaka T , Hirai M , Komatsu Y , American Mineralogist , 87 (2002) p.1183-1189, Structure change of Ca1-xSrxTiO3 perovskite with composition and pressure, Sample: Ca.4Sr.6TiO3, x = 0.6

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Physical Properties of Tausonite

Help on Cleavage: Cleavage: None
Help on Color: Color: Brown red, Gray, Dark red, Red, Reddish brown.
Help on Density: Density: 4.88
Help on Diaphaniety: Diaphaniety: Translucent to Opaque
Help on Fracture: Fracture: Conchoidal - Fractures developed in brittle materials characterized by smoothly curving surfaces, (e.g. quartz).
Help on Habit: Habit: Cubic Crystals - Occurs as cubic shaped crystals.
Help on Habit: Habit: Octahedral Crystals - Occurs as octahedral shaped crystals.
Help on Hardness: Hardness: 6-6.5 - Orthoclase-Pyrite
Help on Luster: Luster: Adamantine
Help on Streak: Streak: brownish white
 

Optical Properties of Tausonite

Help on Optical Data: Optical Data: Isotropic.
  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 Tausonite

Help on Electron Density: Electron Density:

relectron=4.69 gm/cc
note: rTausonite =5.12 gm/cc.

Help on Fermion Index Fermion Index Fermion Index = 0.06728
Boson Index = 0.93272
Help on Photoelectric: Photoelectric:

PETausonite = 59.62 barns/electron
U=PETausonite x relectron= 279.47 barns/cc.

Help on Radioactivity: Radioactivity: GRapi = 0 (Gamma Ray American Petroleum Institute Units)

Tausonite is Not Radioactive

 

Tausonite Classification

Help on  Dana Class: Dana Class: 4.3.3.5 (4)Simple Oxides
  (4.3)with a cation charge of 3+ (A+++2 O3)
  (4.3.3)Dana Group
 
4.3.3.1 Perovskite CaTiO3 P nma 2/m 2/m 2/m
 
4.3.3.2 Latrappite (Ca,Na)(Nb,Ti,Fe)O3 Pcmn 2/m 2/m 2/m
 
4.3.3.3 Loparite-(Ce) (Ce,Na,Ca)2(Ti,Nb)2O6 P m3m 4/m 3 2/m
 
4.3.3.4 Lueshite NaNbO3 P 2221 2 2 2
 
4.3.3.5 Tausonite SrTiO3 P m3m 4/m 3 2/m
 
4.3.3.6 Isolueshite! (Na,La,Ca)(Nb,Ti)O3 P m3m 4/m 3 2/m
Help on  Strunz Class: Strunz Class: IV/C.10-40 IV - Oxides
  IV/C - Oxides with metal : oxygen = 2:3 (M2O3 and related compounds)
  IV/C.10 - Perowskite series
 
IV/C.10-10 Uhligite Ca3(Ti,Al,Zr)9O20 Unk Cubic
 
IV/C.10-20 Perovskite CaTiO3 P nma 2/m 2/m 2/m
 
IV/C.10-30 Latrappite (Ca,Na)(Nb,Ti,Fe)O3 Pcmn 2/m 2/m 2/m
 
IV/C.10-40 Tausonite SrTiO3 P m3m 4/m 3 2/m
 
IV/C.10-50 Loparite-(Ce) (Ce,Na,Ca)2(Ti,Nb)2O6 P m3m 4/m 3 2/m
 
IV/C.10-55 Isolueshite! (Na,La,Ca)(Nb,Ti)O3 P m3m 4/m 3 2/m
 
IV/C.10-60 Lueshite NaNbO3 P 2221 2 2 2
 
IV/C.10-70 Natroniobite NaNbO3 Mono
 
IV/C.10-80 Macedonite PbTiO3 P 4/mmm 4/m 2/m 2/m
 

Other Tausonite Information

Help on References: References: NAME( Dana8) PHYS. PROP.(Enc. of Minerals,2nd ed.,1990)
Help on See Also: See Also: 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

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Tausonite

SrTiO3
Dana No: 4.3.3.5 Strunz No: IV/C.10-40
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