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Titantaramellite from
Madrelena Mine, Tres Pozos, Baja California, Mexico


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Titantaramellite
Formula:Ba4(Ti,Fe3+,Fe2+,Mg)4(B2Si8O27)O2Clx
Comments:Representative chemical analysis of titantaramellite from this locality.
(unpublished EPMA data; analyst: F. Mazdab; sample: thin section FKM-53):

wt%
SiO2 33.42
TiO2 9.21 (corrected for interference of Ba on Ti)
ZrO2 0.02
SnO2 0.14
B2O3 4.09 (calculated by stoichiometry)
Al2O3 0.31
V2O3 0.40 (corrected for interferences of Ba and Ti on V)
Cr2O3 0.19
Sc2O3 0.01
Fe2O3 5.54 (calculated from total Fe based from charge balance)
FeO 0.82
MnO 0.23
MgO 2.05
SrO 0.10
BaO 41.04 (corrected for interference of Ti on Ba)
Na2O 0.05
F 0.29
Cl 1.75
TOTAL 99.49 (includes ∑(minor elements) and -O=(F+Cl))

sought but below detection limit: S, P, Ga, Co, Ni, Zn, Ca, K

normalized to ∑cations = 18:
(Ba4.00Na0.03Sr0.01)∑4.04(Ti1.73Fe[III]1.03Mg0.75Fe[II]0.17Al0.09V0.08Mn[II]0.05Cr0.04Sn0.01)∑3.96(B1.74Si8.26)∑10.00O29(Cl0.73F0.23)∑0.96
Confirmation
Validity:Valid - Type Locality
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Sanbornite6 photos of Titantaramellite associated with Sanbornite at this locality.
Cerchiaraite-(Fe)4 photos of Titantaramellite associated with Cerchiaraite-(Fe) at this locality.
Quartz4 photos of Titantaramellite associated with Quartz at this locality.
Gillespite2 photos of Titantaramellite associated with Gillespite at this locality.
Alforsite2 photos of Titantaramellite associated with Alforsite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Titantaramellite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Madrelena Mine, Tres Pozos, Baja California, Mexico
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:357181
Long-form Identifier:1:3:357181:1
GUID (UUID V4):a3cba554-a789-4d29-aa34-e1d12fae5a20
Nearest other occurrences of Titantaramellite
78.1km (48.6 miles) El Rosario Mine, El Alamo, Ensenada Municipality, Baja California, Mexico
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Report (issue)
Fe 3+; Fe 2+ ; Mg)4 (B2 Si8 O27 )O2 Cl x Titantaramellite ° c 2001 Mineral Data Publishing, ver sion...< 0.01 < 0.01 0.41 100.20 3+ (1) Rush Creek, California, USA; corresponds to Ba 3:86 (Ti 1:94 Fe2+ 0:96...pabstite, bazirite (Rush Creek and Big Creek areas, California, USA); tremolite, celsian, pabstite, galena,...quartz (Kalkar quarry, California, USA). Distribution: In the USA, in California, at Rush Creek and Big...Territory, Canada. In the La Madrelena mine, Tres Pozos, Baja California, Mexico. Name: For its TITANium
Report (issue)
79 Total [101.7] [98.1] 100.00 (1) Big Creek, California, USA; by electron microprobe, corresponding to...]Σ=2.95 (Cl0.93 F0.14 )Σ=1.07 . (2) Incline, California, USA; by electron microprobe, Ba by difference...gillespite, fresnoite, fluorapatite, walstromite, titantaramellite, quartz, tourmaline, pyrite. Distribution:...Mariposa Co., California, USA. From the La Madrelena mine, Tres Pozos, Baja California, Mexico. Name: To...honor Dr. John T. Alfors (1930– ), geologist, California Division of Mines, for his work on the type locality
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
America JosN T. Arrons California Division of Mines and Geology Sacramento, California 95814 eNo Aoorp Passr...Department of Geology and Geophysics University of California, Berkeley, Califurnia 94720 Abstract Taramellite...in which TilFe exceeds unity may be called titantaramellite. Contrary to the formerly current description...BaSi2O5,is dominant. At one locality in Santa Cruz, California, taramellite has been found in large, ragged...a large ultramafic body in San Benito County, California. Analyses and properties of taramellites at all
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minerals from Trumbull Peak, Mariposa County, California................................................will be published as an update of Minerals o f California, Bulletin 189 (last published in 1966), but will...include the data from Pemberton’s Minerals o f California, pub­ lished independently by Van Nostrand Reinhold...per book will apply. New Minerals of California The California Department of Conservation has announced... revised and updated edition of Minerals o f California. They are asking for the assistance of mineralogists
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Brazil, H Page 13: Gold, 35 mm.Eagle's est Mine, California, G Publi!>hed by Grdllit.u.o. Stefanikova43... at the Questa mine, Taos co., New 1994. Abernathyite K2[(UOJ 2l(AsO_J2]•6HzO Mexico, at Kellogg, Shoshone...Harding Co .. South Dakota. and at the Fuemrole No2 mine, Emery co .. Utah. Also at Menzenschwand Scbwarzwald...weakly = = l = = = = brerete, Zacatecas, Mexico. In small crystals at Jachymov, Bohemia, Czech...mainly in crystals to 5 cm at the Himmelsftirst mine, Freiberg, both Saxony, Germany. In the subtropical
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Book (edition)
Cisneros: Minerological Research Co., San Jose, California. Andrew M. Clark: Dept. of Mineralogy, Natural...Currier: Jewel Tunnel Imports, Baldwin Park, California. Stanley Dyl: Seaman Mineralogical Museum, Michigan...Canada. Richard C. Erd: U.S.G.S., Menlo Park, California. Howard T. Evans: U.S.G.S., Reston, Virginia...Claren N. (‘‘Si’’) and Ann Frazier: Berkeley, California. Carl Francis: Mineralogical Museum, Harvard...Paris, France. Legrand A. Gould: Pebble Beach, California. George E. Harlow: Dept. of Min. Sci., American
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