Tausonite
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Formula:
SrTiO3
System:
Isometric
Colour:
Red, red-brown, orange, ...
Lustre:
Adamantine
Hardness:
6 - 6½
Name:
Named after Lev Vladimirovich Tauson (Oct 27, 1917, in Kamyshlov, Sverdlovsk Oblast - 1989), Geochemist and petrologist. Director, Geochemical Institute, Irkutsk (Russia).
Classification of Tausonite
Approved
Approval Year:
1982
4/C.10-40
4.CC.35
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
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
4.3.3.5
4 : SIMPLE OXIDES
3 : A2X3
4 : SIMPLE OXIDES
3 : A2X3
7.9.8
7 : Oxides and Hydroxides
9 : Oxides of Ti
7 : Oxides and Hydroxides
9 : Oxides of Ti
Physical Properties of Tausonite
Adamantine
Diaphaneity (Transparency):
Translucent
Colour:
Red, red-brown, orange, dark gray
Hardness (Mohs):
6 - 6½
Density:
4.88 g/cm3 (Measured) 4.84(1) g/cm3 (Calculated)
Optical Data of Tausonite
Type:
Isotropic
RI values:
n = 2.40
Max Birefringence:
δ = 0.000 - Isotropic minerals have no birefringence
Surface Relief:
Very High
Colour in reflected light:
white
Chemical Properties of Tausonite
Formula:
SrTiO3
Elements listed in formula:
Crystallography of Tausonite
Crystal System:
Isometric
Class (H-M):
4 3m - Hextetrahedral
Cell Parameters:
a = 3.909(4) Å
Unit Cell Volume:
V 59.73 ų (Calculated from Unit Cell)
Z:
1
Comment:
Pm3m
Type Occurrence of Tausonite
Relationship of Tausonite to other Species
Other Members of Group:
| Barioperovskite | BaTiO3 |
| Isolueshite | (Na,La)NbO3 |
| Loparite-(Ce) | (Na,REE)Ti2O6 |
| Lueshite | NaNbO3 |
| Macedonite | PbTiO3 |
| Megawite | CaSnO3 |
| Perovskite | CaTiO3 |
| 4.CC. | Allendeite | Sc4Zr3O12 |
| 4.CC. | Yttriaite-(Y) | Y2O3 |
| 4.CC.05 | Chrombismite | Bi16CrO27 |
| 4.CC.10 | Freudenbergite | Na2(Ti,Fe)8O16 |
| 4.CC.15 | Grossite | CaAl4O7 |
| 4.CC.20 | Chlormayenite | Ca12Al14O32[◻4Cl2] |
| 4.CC.25 | Yafsoanite | Ca3Zn3(TeO6)2 |
| 4.CC.30 | Latrappite | Ca2NbFe3+O6 |
| 4.CC.30 | Lueshite | NaNbO3 |
| 4.CC.30 | Natroniobite | NaNbO3 |
| 4.CC.30 | Perovskite | CaTiO3 |
| 4.CC.30 | Barioperovskite | BaTiO3 |
| 4.CC.30 | Lakargiite | Ca(Zr,Sn,Ti)O3 |
| 4.CC.30 | Megawite | CaSnO3 |
| 4.CC.35 | Loparite-(Ce) | (Na,REE)Ti2O6 |
| 4.CC.35 | Macedonite | PbTiO3 |
| 4.CC.35 | Isolueshite | (Na,La)NbO3 |
| 4.CC.40 | Crichtonite | Sr(Mn,Y,U)Fe2(Ti,Fe,Cr,V)18(O,OH)38 |
| 4.CC.40 | Davidite-(Ce) | (Ce,La)(Y,U,Fe)(Ti,Fe)20(O,OH)38 |
| 4.CC.40 | Davidite-(La) | (La,Ce)(Y,U,Fe)(Ti,Fe)20(O,OH)38 |
| 4.CC.40 | Davidite-(Y) | (La,Ce,Na,Ca,Pb)(Y,Fe2+,◻)(Fe2+,Mn2+)2(Ti,Fe3+,Nb,Zr)18O38 (hypothetical) |
| 4.CC.40 | Landauite | NaMnZn2(Ti,Fe)6Ti12O38 |
| 4.CC.40 | Lindsleyite | (Ba,Sr)(Zr,Ca)(Fe,Mg)2(Ti,Cr,Fe)18O38 |
| 4.CC.40 | Loveringite | (Ca,Ce,La)(Zr,Fe)(Mg,Fe)2(Ti,Fe,Cr,Al)18O38 |
| 4.CC.40 | Mathiasite | (K, Ba, Sr)(Zr, Fe)(Mg,Fe)2 (Ti,Cr,Fe)18O38 |
| 4.CC.40 | Senaite | Pb(Mn,Y,U)(Fe,Zn)2(Ti,Fe,Cr,V)18(O,OH)38 |
| 4.CC.40 | Dessauite-(Y) | (Sr,Pb)(Y,U)(Ti,Fe3+)20O38 |
| 4.CC.40 | Cleusonite | (Pb,Sr)(U4+,U6+)(Fe2+,Zn)2(Ti,Fe2+,Fe3+)18(O,OH)38 |
| 4.CC.40 | Gramaccioliite-(Y) | (Pb,Sr)(Y,Mn)Fe23+(Ti,Fe3+)18O38 |
| 4.CC.45 | Diaoyudaoite | NaAl11O17 |
| 4.CC.45 | Hawthorneite | BaMgTi3Cr4Fe22+Fe23+O19 |
| 4.CC.45 | Hibonite | (Ca,Ce)(Al,Ti,Mg)12O19 |
| 4.CC.45 | Lindqvistite | Pb2Mn2+Fe16O27 |
| 4.CC.45 | Magnetoplumbite | (Pb,Mn)(Fe,Mn)12O19 |
| 4.CC.45 | Plumboferrite | Pb2(Fe3+,Mn2+,Mg)11O19 |
| 4.CC.45 | Yimengite | K(Cr,Ti,Fe,Mg)12O19 |
| 4.CC.45 | Haggertyite | BaFe42+Fe23+Ti5MgO19 |
| 4.CC.45 | Nežilovite | PbZn2Mn24+Fe83+O19 |
| 4.CC.45 | Batiferrite | BaTi2Fe83+Fe22+O19 |
| 4.CC.45 | Hibonite-(Fe) | (Fe,Mg)Al12O19 |
| 4.CC.45 | Barioferrite | BaFe123+O19 |
| 4.CC.50 | Jeppeite | (K,Ba)2(Ti,Fe)6O13 |
| 4.CC.55 | Zenzénite | Pb3Fe4Mn3O15 |
| 4.CC.60 | Mengxianminite (of Huang et al.) | (Ca,Na)3(Fe,Mn)2Mg2(Sn,Zn)5Al8O29 |
| 7.9.1 | Hongquiite | TiO |
| 7.9.2 | Rutile | TiO2 |
| 7.9.3 | Anatase | TiO2 |
| 7.9.4 | Brookite | TiO2 |
| 7.9.5 | Geikielite | MgTiO3 |
| 7.9.6 | Perovskite | CaTiO3 |
| 7.9.7 | Kassite | CaTi2O4(OH)2 |
| 7.9.9 | Crichtonite | Sr(Mn,Y,U)Fe2(Ti,Fe,Cr,V)18(O,OH)38 |
| 7.9.10 | Lucasite-(Ce) | CeTi2(O,OH)6 |
| 7.9.11 | Hibonite | (Ca,Ce)(Al,Ti,Mg)12O19 |
| 7.9.12 | Yttrocrasite-(Y) | (Y,Th,Ca,U)(Ti,Fe)2(O,OH)6 |
| 7.9.13 | Pyrophanite | Mn2+TiO3 |
| 7.9.14 | Iwakiite | Mn2+Fe23+O4 |
| 7.9.15 | Ilmenite | Fe2+TiO3 |
| 7.9.16 | Pseudobrookite | Fe2TiO5 |
| 7.9.17 | Ulvöspinel | Fe2TiO4 |
| 7.9.18 | Pseudorutile | Fe2Ti3O9 |
| 7.9.19 | Freudenbergite | Na2(Ti,Fe)8O16 |
| 7.9.20 | Kennedyite | Fe2TiO5 |
| 7.9.21 | Armalcolite | (Mg,Fe2+)Ti2O5 |
| 7.9.22 | Högbomite | (Mg,Fe)2(Al,Ti)5O10 |
| 7.9.23 | Qandilite | (Mg,Fe3+)2(Ti,Fe3+,Al)O4 |
| 7.9.24 | Cafetite | CaTi2O5 · H2O |
| 7.9.25 | Loveringite | (Ca,Ce,La)(Zr,Fe)(Mg,Fe)2(Ti,Fe,Cr,Al)18O38 |
| 7.9.26 | Lindsleyite | (Ba,Sr)(Zr,Ca)(Fe,Mg)2(Ti,Cr,Fe)18O38 |
| 7.9.27 | Priderite | K(Ti74+Fe3+)O16 |
| 7.9.28 | Jeppeite | (K,Ba)2(Ti,Fe)6O13 |
| 7.9.29 | Ankangite | Ba(Ti,V3+,Cr)8O16 |
| 7.9.30 | Ecandrewsite | (Zn,Fe2+,Mn2+)TiO3 |
| 7.9.31 | Landauite | NaMnZn2(Ti,Fe)6Ti12O38 |
Other Names for Tausonite
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Health Risks:
No information on health risks for this material has been entered into the database. You should always treat mineral specimens with care.
References for Tausonite
Reference List:
Vorob’ev, E.I., A.A. Konev, Y.V. Malyshonok, G.F. Afonina, and A.N. Sapozhnikov (1984) Tausonite, SrTiO3, a new mineral of the perovskite group. Zapiski Vserossiyskogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva (1984): 113: 86-89.
American Mineralogist (1985): 70: 218.
International Geology Review: 26: 462-465.
American Mineralogist (1985): 70: 218.
International Geology Review: 26: 462-465.
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China | |
| Daogan Tai and Peiying Lin (1987): Geoscience 1(1), 86-94 |
Japan | |
| European Journal of Mineralogy (2002):1119-1128. |
Paraguay | |
| Haggerty, S. E., & Mariano, A. N. (1983). Strontian-loparite and strontio-chevkinite: Two new minerals in rheomorphic fenites from the Parana Basin carbonatites, South America. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 84(4), 365-381. |
Russia (TL) | |
| Konev, A.A., Vorobyev, E.I., and Lazebnik, K.A. (1996) The Mineralogy of the Murun Massif. Russian Academy of Science Press, Siberian Branch, Novosbirsk, Russia (in Russian).; Pekov, I. (1998) Minerals First discovered on the territory of the former Soviet Union 369p. Ocean Pictures, Moscow; Vorob'yev, Y. I., Konev, A. A., Malyshonok, Y. V., Afonina, G. F., & Sapozhnikov, A. N. (1984). Tausonite, SrTiO3, a new mineral of the perovskite group. International Geology Review, 26(4), 462-465. |
Tausonitovaya Gorka, Ditmar stream, Murunskii Massif, Chara and Tokko Rivers Confluence, Aldan Shield, Sakha Republic, Eastern-Siberian Region, Russia