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Graulay (Graulai; Graulei; Grauley), Hillesheim, Eifel Mts, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
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Formula:
Ba[Ti
 
2
Fe
3+
8
Fe
2+
2
]O
 
19
System:HexagonalColour:Black
Lustre:Sub-MetallicHardness:5½ - 6
Member of:Magnetoplumbite Group
Name:Named in allusion to its chemical composition, containing BArium, TItanium and iron (Latin = FERRium).


Magnetoplumbite Group.

Classification of Batiferrite

IMA status:Approved
Nickel-Strunz 10th (pending) edition ID:4.CC.45

4 : OXIDES (Hydroxides, V[5,6] vanadates, arsenites, antimonites, bismuthites, sulfites, selenites, tellurites, iodates)
C : Metal: Oxygen = 2: 3,3: 5, and similar
C : With large and medium-sized cations
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Type Occurrence of Batiferrite

Co-type Localities:Altburg, Schalkenmehren, Daun, Eifel Mts, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Löhley (Liley; Meerfeld Quarry; Slabik Quarry; Scheerer Quarry), Üdersdorf, Daun, Eifel Mts, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Graulay (Graulai; Graulei; Grauley), Hillesheim, Eifel Mts, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

Physical Properties of Batiferrite

Lustre:Sub-Metallic
Colour:Black
Streak:Dark brown
Hardness (Mohs):5½ - 6

Crystallography of Batiferrite

Crystal System:Hexagonal

Chemical Properties of Batiferrite

Formula:
Ba[Ti
 
2
Fe
3+
8
Fe
2+
2
]O
 
19
Essential elements:Ba, Fe, O, Ti
All elements listed in formula:Ba, Fe, O, Ti

Relationship of Batiferrite to other Species

Member of:Magnetoplumbite Group
Other Members of Group:

- +
Barioferrite
BaFe
3+
12
O
 
19
Haggertyite
Ba[Fe
2+
6
Ti
 
5
Mg]O
 
19
Hawthorneite
Ba(MgTi
 
3
Cr
 
4
Fe
 
4
)O
 
19
Hibonite
(Ca,Ce)Al
 
12
O
 
19
IMA2009-027
(Fe,Mg)Al
 
12
O
 
19
Magnetoplumbite
(Pb,Mn)(Fe,Mn)
 
12
O
 
19
Nežilovite
PbZn
 
2
(Mn
4+
 
,Ti
4+
 
)
 
2
Fe
3+
8
O
 
19
Plumboferrite
Pb
 
2
Fe
3+
11-x
Mn
2+
x
O
 
19-2x
, x = 1/3
Yimengite
K(Cr,Ti,Fe,Mg)
 
12
O
 
19
Related Minerals - Nickel-Strunz Grouping):

- +
4.CC.05Chrombismite
Bi
 
16
CrO
 
27
4.CC.10Freudenbergite
Na
 
2
(Ti,Fe)
 
8
O
 
16
4.CC.15Grossite
CaAl
 
4
O
 
7
4.CC.20Mayenite
Ca
 
12
Al
 
14
O
 
33
4.CC.25Yafsoanite
Ca
 
3
Zn
 
3
(TeO
 
6
)
 
2
4.CC.30Latrappite
(Ca,Na)(Nb,Ti,Fe)O
 
3
4.CC.30Lueshite
NaNbO
 
3
4.CC.30Natroniobite
NaNbO
 
3
4.CC.30Perovskite
CaTiO
 
3
4.CC.30Barioperovskite
BaTiO
 
3
4.CC.30Lakargiite
Ca(Zr,Sn,Ti)O
 
3
4.CC.30Megawite
CaSnO
 
3
4.CC.35Loparite-(Ce)
(Na,Ce,Ca,Sr,Th)(Ti,Nb,Fe)O
 
3
4.CC.35Macedonite
PbTiO
 
3
4.CC.35Tausonite
SrTiO
 
3
4.CC.35Isolueshite
(Na,La,Ca)(Nb,Ti)O
 
3
4.CC.40Crichtonite
(Sr,La,Ce,Y)(Ti,Fe
3+
 
,Mn)
 
21
O
 
38
4.CC.40Davidite-(Ce)
(Ce,La)(Y,U,Fe)(Ti,Fe)
 
20
(O,OH)
 
38
4.CC.40Davidite-(La)
(La,Ce)(Y,U,Fe)(Ti,Fe)
 
20
(O,OH)
 
38
4.CC.40Davidite-(Y)
(Y,La,Ce,Na,Ca,Pb)(Y,Fe
2+
 
,◻)(Fe
2+
 
,Mn
2+
 
)
 
2
(Ti,Fe
3+
 
,Nb,Zr)
 
18
O
 
38
 (hypothetical)
4.CC.40Landauite
NaMnZn
 
2
(Ti,Fe)
 
6
Ti
 
12
O
 
38
4.CC.40Lindsleyite
(Ba,Sr)(Ti,Zr,Fe,Cr)
 
21
O
 
38
4.CC.40Loveringite
(Ca,Ce)(Ti,Fe,Cr,Mg)
 
21
O
 
38
4.CC.40Mathiasite
K(Ti,Cr,Fe,Mg,Zr)
 
21
O
 
38
4.CC.40Senaite
Pb(Ti,Fe,Mn)
 
21
O
 
38
4.CC.40Dessauite-(Y)
(Sr,Pb)(Y,U)(Ti,Fe
3+
 
)
 
20
O
 
38
4.CC.40Cleusonite
(Pb,Sr)(U
4+
 
,U
6+
 
)(Fe
2+
 
,Zn)
 
2
(Ti,Fe
2+
 
,Fe
3+
 
)
 
18
(O,OH)
 
38
4.CC.40Gramaccioliite-(Y)
(Pb,Sr)(Y,Mn)Fe
3+
2
(Ti,Fe
3+
 
)
 
18
O
 
38
4.CC.45Diaoyudaoite
NaAl
 
11
O
 
17
4.CC.45Hawthorneite
Ba(MgTi
 
3
Cr
 
4
Fe
 
4
)O
 
19
4.CC.45Hibonite
(Ca,Ce)Al
 
12
O
 
19
4.CC.45Lindqvistite
Pb
 
2
(Mg,Fe)Fe
 
16
O
 
27
4.CC.45Magnetoplumbite
(Pb,Mn)(Fe,Mn)
 
12
O
 
19
4.CC.45Plumboferrite
Pb
 
2
Fe
3+
11-x
Mn
2+
x
O
 
19-2x
, x = 1/3
4.CC.45Yimengite
K(Cr,Ti,Fe,Mg)
 
12
O
 
19
4.CC.45Haggertyite
Ba[Fe
2+
6
Ti
 
5
Mg]O
 
19
4.CC.45Nežilovite
PbZn
 
2
(Mn
4+
 
,Ti
4+
 
)
 
2
Fe
3+
8
O
 
19
4.CC.45IMA2009-027
(Fe,Mg)Al
 
12
O
 
19
4.CC.45Barioferrite
BaFe
3+
12
O
 
19
4.CC.50Jeppeite
(K,Ba)
 
2
(Ti,Fe)
 
6
O
 
13
4.CC.55Zenzénite
Pb
 
3
(Fe,Mn)
 
4
Mn
 
3
O
 
13
4.CC.60Mengxianminite
(Ca,Na)
 
3
(Fe,Mn)
 
2
Mg
 
2
(Sn,Zn)
 
5
Al
 
8
O
 
29

Other Names for Batiferrite

Synonyms:
IMA1997-038
Other Languages:
German:Batiferrit
Russian:Батиферрит
Spanish:Batiferrita

Other Information

Health Warning:No information on health risks for this material has been entered into the database. You should always treat mineral specimens with care.

References for Batiferrite

Reference List:

- +
Lengauer, C. L., Tillmanns, E., Hentschel, G. (2001), "Batiferrite, Ba[Ti2Fe10]O19, a new ferrimagnetic magnetoplumbite-type mineral from the Quaternary volcanic rocks of the western Eifel area, Germany" : Mineralogy and Petrology: 71: 1-19.

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    Germany
     
    • Rhineland-Palatinate
      • Eifel Mts
        • Daun
          • Schalkenmehren
    		C. L. Lengauer et al.: Mineral. Petrol. 71:1-19 (2001)
          • Üdersdorf
    		C. L. Lengauer et al.: Mineral. Petrol. 71:1-19 (2001)
        • Hillesheim
    		C. L. Lengauer et al.: Mineral. Petrol. 71:1-19 (2001)
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