Jeppeite

Jeppeite

Walgidee Hills, Noonkanbah Station, Derby-West Kimberley Shire, Western Australia, Australia

Jeppeite

Walgidee Hills, Noonkanbah Station, Derby-West Kimberley Shire, Western Australia, Australia

Jeppeite

Walgidee Hills, Noonkanbah Station, Derby-West Kimberley Shire, Western Australia, Australia

Jeppeite

Walgidee Hills, Noonkanbah Station, Derby-West Kimberley Shire, Western Australia, Australia

Jeppeite

Walgidee Hills, Noonkanbah Station, Derby-West Kimberley Shire, Western Australia, Australia

Jeppeite

Walgidee Hills, Noonkanbah Station, Derby-West Kimberley Shire, Western Australia, Australia

Jeppeite

Walgidee Hills, Noonkanbah Station, Derby-West Kimberley Shire, Western Australia, Australia

Jeppeite

Walgidee Hills, Noonkanbah Station, Derby-West Kimberley Shire, Western Australia, Australia

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Classification of JeppeiteHide

Physical Properties of JeppeiteHide

Optical Data of JeppeiteHide

Type:

Biaxial

RI values:

n_α = 2.130 n_β = 2.210 n_γ = 2.350

Max Birefringence:

δ = 0.220

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and does not take into account mineral colouration.

Surface Relief:

Very High

Dispersion:

strong

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ID	Species	Reference	Link	Year	Locality	Pressure (GPa)	Temp (K)
0010602	Jeppeite	Cid-Dresdner H, Buerger M J (1962) The crystal structure of potassium hexatitanate K2Ti6O13 Zeitschrift fur Kristallographie 117 411-430		1962	synthetic	0	293

CIF Raw Data - click here to closedata_global _chemical_name_mineral 'Jeppeite' loop_ _publ_author_name 'Cid-Dresdner H' 'Buerger M J' _journal_name_full 'Zeitschrift fur Kristallographie' _journal_volume 117 _journal_year 1962 _journal_page_first 411 _journal_page_last 430 _publ_section_title ; The crystal structure of potassium hexatitanate K2Ti6O13 ; _database_code_amcsd 0010602 _chemical_compound_source 'Synthetic' _chemical_formula_sum 'K2 Ti6 O13' _cell_length_a 15.582 _cell_length_b 3.82 _cell_length_c 9.112 _cell_angle_alpha 90 _cell_angle_beta 99.764 _cell_angle_gamma 90 _cell_volume 534.519 _exptl_crystal_density_diffrn 3.563 _symmetry_space_group_name_H-M 'C 1 2/m 1' loop_ _space_group_symop_operation_xyz 'x,y,z' '1/2+x,1/2+y,z' 'x,-y,z' '1/2+x,1/2-y,z' '-x,y,-z' '1/2-x,1/2+y,-z' '-x,-y,-z' '1/2-x,1/2-y,-z' loop_ _atom_site_label _atom_site_fract_x _atom_site_fract_y _atom_site_fract_z _atom_site_U_iso_or_equiv K 0.45400 0.00000 0.24740 0.01406 Ti1 0.11420 0.00000 0.09800 0.00595 Ti2 0.17160 0.00000 0.43860 0.00760 Ti3 0.23250 0.00000 -0.22380 0.00633 O1 0.00000 0.00000 0.00000 0.00760 O2 0.23700 0.00000 0.23700 0.00760 O3 0.07640 0.00000 0.29100 0.00760 O4 0.29640 0.00000 -0.42800 0.00253 O5 0.13300 0.00000 -0.38400 0.00507 O6 0.35910 0.00000 -0.10900 0.00507 O7 0.16770 0.00000 -0.08300 0.00760

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- This locality has map coordinates listed. - This locality has estimated coordinates. ⓘ - Click for further information on this occurrence. ? - Indicates mineral may be doubtful at this locality. - Good crystals or important locality for species. - World class for species or very significant. (TL) - Type Locality for a valid mineral species. (FRL) - First Recorded Locality for everything else (eg varieties). Struck out - Mineral was erroneously reported from this locality. Faded * - Never found at this locality but inferred to have existed at some point in the past (eg from pseudomorphs.)

All localities listed without proper references should be considered as questionable.

Australia (TL)
Western Australia Derby-West Kimberley Shire Noonkanbah Station ⓘ Walgidee Hills (TL)	Pryce, M.W, Hodge, L.C., Criddle, A.J. (1984) Jeppeite, a new K-Ba-Fe titanite from Walgidee Hills, Western Australia. Mineralogical Magazine, 48: 263-266. ; Jaques, A. L. (2017) The Walgidee Hills zoned lamproite intrusion, West Kimberley Province, Western Australia. 11th International Kimberlite Conference Extended Abstract No. 11IKC-4489; Dept of Mines WA (1990), Geology and Mineral Resources of WA, GSWA, State Government of WA, 1990
Wyndham-East Kimberley Shire Lake Argyle area ⓘ Argyle Diamond Mine (Argyle AK1 pipe)	[MinRec 21:561]
Ivory Coast
Woroba Worodougou Séguéla department Toubabouko ⓘ Toubabouko diamond field	Pouclet A. et al. (2004) C.R.Geoscience 336, 9-17
USA
Arkansas Pike Co. Murfreesboro ⓘ Crater of Diamonds State Park (Prairie Creek Lamproite)	AmMin 85:420–429 (2000); Am. Mineral. 83:1323-1329 (1998)