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Osbornite

Formula:
TiN
Hardness:8½
Name:Named for George Osborn, who provided the meteorite in which the species was found.
This page provides mineralogical data about Osbornite.

Classification of Osbornite

IMA status:Valid - first described prior to 1959 (pre-IMA) - "Grandfathered"
Strunz 8th edition ID:1/A.10-10
Nickel-Strunz 10th (pending) edition ID:1.BC.15

1 : ELEMENTS (Metals and intermetallic alloys; metalloids and nonmetals; carbides, silicides, nitrides, phosphides)
B : Metallic Carbides, Silicides, Nitrides and Phosphides
C : Nitrides
Dana 7th edition ID:1.1.28.1
Dana 8th edition ID:1.1.19.1

1 : NATIVE ELEMENTS AND ALLOYS
1 : Metals, other than the Platinum Group
Hey's CIM Ref.:2.3

2 : Carbides, Nitrides, Silicides and Phosphides
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Type Occurrence of Osbornite

Type Locality:The Bustee meteorite, Gorakhpur, Basti District, Basti Division, Uttar Pradesh, India
Year of Discovery:1870

Physical Properties of Osbornite

Hardness (Mohs):8½

Chemical Properties of Osbornite

Formula:
TiN
Essential elements:N, Ti
All elements listed in formula:N, Ti

Relationship of Osbornite to other Species

Related Minerals - Nickel-Strunz Grouping):

- +
1.BC.05Roaldite
(Fe,Ni)
 
4
N
1.BC.10Siderazot
Fe
 
5
N
 
2
1.BC.15Carlsbergite
CrN
1.BC.20Unnamed (Gallium nitride)
GaN
Related Minerals - Hey's Index Grouping:

- +
2.1Moissanite
SiC
2.2Sinoite
Si
 
2
N
 
2
O
2.4Tongbaite
Cr
 
3
C
 
2
2.5Carlsbergite
CrN
2.6Siderazot
Fe
 
5
N
 
2
2.7Gupeiite
Fe
 
3
Si
2.8Xifengite
Fe
 
5
Si
 
3
2.9Khamrabaevite
(Ti,V,Fe)C
2.10Haxonite
(Fe,Ni)
 
23
C
 
6
2.11Cohenite
(Fe,Ni,Co)
 
3
C
2.12Roaldite
(Fe,Ni)
 
4
N
2.13Suessite
(Fe,Ni)
 
3
Si
2.14Schreibersite
(Fe,Ni)
 
3
P
2.15Barringerite
(Fe,Ni)
 
2
P
2.16Perryite
(Ni,Fe)
 
5
(Si,P)
 
2
Related Minerals - Dana Grouping):

- +
1.1.28.2Khamrabaevite
(Ti,V,Fe)C

Other Names for Osbornite

Other Languages:
German:Osbornit
Russian:Осборнит
Spanish:Osbornita

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 Osbornite

Reference List:Story-Maskelyne (1870), Royal Society of London, Phil. Trans.: 198.

Palache, Charles, Harry Berman & Clifford Frondel (1944), The System of Mineralogy of James Dwight Dana and Edward Salisbury Dana Yale University 1837-1892, Volume I: Elements, Sulfides, Sulfosalts, Oxides. John Wiley and Sons, Inc., New York. 7th edition, revised and enlarged, 834pp.: 124.

Mineralogical Magazine: 26: 36-44.

Khodakovsky, I.L. and Petaev, M.I. (1981) Thermodinamicheskie svoict va I usloviya obrazovaniya osbornita, sinoita i karlsbergita v meteoritakh. Geokhimiya: 3: 329-340.

Journal of Applied Crystallography (1996): 471.

Li, X.J., Kobayashi, T., and Sekine, T. (2004) Stability of TiN and fast synthesis of rutile from TiN and CuO by shock compression. Solid State Communications: 130: 79-82.

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    Localities for Osbornite

    (TL) indicates type locality. ? indicates mineral may be doubtful at this locality. All other localities listed without reference should be considered as uncertain and unproven until references can be found.
    India
     
    • Uttar Pradesh
      • Basti Division
        • Basti District
          • Gorakhpur
    		Min Mag 26 (1941), 36
    Solar System
     
    www.llnl.gov/pao/news/news_releases/2006/NR-06-12-03.html (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratories).
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