Tilleyite

Tilleyite

Crestmore quarries, Crestmore, Riverside Co., California, USA

Tilleyite, etc.

Commercial Quarry, Sky Blue Hill, Crestmore quarries, Crestmore, Riverside Co., California, USA

Tilleyite, etc.

Christmas Mts, Brewster Co., Texas, USA

Tilleyite

Crestmore quarries, Crestmore, Riverside Co., California, USA

Tilleyite, etc.

Commercial Quarry, Sky Blue Hill, Crestmore quarries, Crestmore, Riverside Co., California, USA

Tilleyite, etc.

Christmas Mts, Brewster Co., Texas, USA

Tilleyite

Crestmore quarries, Crestmore, Riverside Co., California, USA

Tilleyite, etc.

Commercial Quarry, Sky Blue Hill, Crestmore quarries, Crestmore, Riverside Co., California, USA

About TilleyiteHide

Cecil Edgar Tilley

Formula:

Ca₅(Si₂O₇)(CO₃)₂

Colour:

Colourless, white

Lustre:

Vitreous

Crystal System:

Monoclinic

Name:

Named after Cecil Edgar Tilley (May 14, 1894 Unley, Adelaide, South Australia - January 24, 1973 Cambridge, UK), Professor of Petrology, University of Cambridge (England).

Type Locality:

ⓘ Crestmore quarries, Crestmore, Riverside Co., California, USA

This page provides mineralogical data about Tilleyite.

Classification of TilleyiteHide

Physical Properties of TilleyiteHide

Optical Data of TilleyiteHide

Type:

Biaxial (+)

RI values:

n_α = 1.612 - 1.617 n_β = 1.632 - 1.635 n_γ = 1.652 - 1.654

2V:

Measured: 85° to 90°, Calculated: 88° to 90°

Max Birefringence:

δ = 0.040

Image shows birefringence interference colour range (at 30µm thickness)
and does not take into account mineral colouration.

Surface Relief:

Moderate

Dispersion:

r < v

Chemical Properties of TilleyiteHide

Crystallography of TilleyiteHide

X-Ray Powder DiffractionHide

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Radiation - Copper Kα

Data Set: Crestmore Quarry, Riverside County, California, USA 1181

Data courtesy of RRUFF project at University of Arizona, used with permission.

Type Occurrence of TilleyiteHide

Other Language Names for TilleyiteHide

Common AssociatesHide

Related Minerals - Nickel-Strunz GroupingHide

Related Minerals - Dana Grouping (8th Ed.)Hide

Related Minerals - Hey's Chemical Index of Minerals GroupingHide

Other InformationHide

References for TilleyiteHide

Internet Links for TilleyiteHide

Localities for TilleyiteHide

This map shows a selection of localities that have latitude and longitude coordinates recorded. Click on the symbol to view information about a locality. The symbol next to localities in the list can be used to jump to that position on the map.

Locality ListHide

- 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
Queensland Mareeba Shire Chillagoe ⓘ Redcap Creek skarn	Rubenach, M.J. and Cuff, C. (1985) Mineralogical Magazine 49, 71-75.
Ireland
Co. Louth Carlingford ⓘ Barnavave	S. R. Nockolds and H. G. C. Vincent (1947) On Tilleyite and Its Associated Minerals from Carlingford, Ireland. Mineralogical Magazine 28:151-158.
Japan
Honshu Island Chugoku Region Hiroshima prefecture Hiba-gun ⓘ Kushiro	Kusachi et al (1971) Koubutsugaku Zasshi, 10, 170-180.
ⓘ Hirata	Yamada, S. (2004) Nihonsan-koubutsu Gojuon-hairetsu Sanchi-ichiranhyou (111 pp.)
Okayama Prefecture Takahashi City Bicchu-cho (Bitchu-cho) Fuka ⓘ Fuka mine	P.M. Kartashov data; Henmi, C., Kusachi, I., Henmi, K., Sabine, P.A., Young, B.R. (1973) A new mineral bicchulite, the natural analogue of gehlenite hydrate, from Fuka, Okayama Prefecture, Japan and Carneal, County Antrim, Northern Ireland. Mineralogical Journal: 7: 243-251.; Henmi, C., Kusachi, I., Kawahara, A., & Henmi, K. (1978) 7T wollastonite from Fuka, Okayama Prefecture. Mineralogical Journal, 9(3), 169-181.
Tohoku Region Iwate Prefecture Kamaishi City ⓘ Kamaishi mine	Anthony, Bideaux, Bladh, Nichols: "Handbook of Mineralogy", Vol. 1, 1990
Ohshuu City Esashi ward ⓘ Akagane mine	Dr. Matsuo Nambu ore collection (curated at Geological Survey of Japan); Bunno, M., Shimazaki, H., & Sato, K. (1982). Occurrence and genesis of bicchulite and tilleyite skarns at the Sakae adit, the Akagane mine, Iwate Prefecture. Mining Geology, 32, 141-150.
Norway
Telemark Skien ⓘ Flekkeren	Jamtveit B., Dahlgren S. and Austrheim H. (1997): High-grade contact metamorphism of calcareous rocks from the Oslo Rift, Southern Norway. American Mineralogist. 82 : 1241 - 1254
Romania
Caraş-Severin Co. Banat Mts ⓘ Oraviţa Skarns	Constantinescu, E., Ilinca, G. & Ilinca, A. (1988b) Dări de Seamă ale Institutului de Geologie şi Geofizică, 72–73(2): 27–45.; Katona, I., Pascal, M.-L., Fonteilles, M. & Verkaeren, J. (2003) Canadian Mineralogist, 41: 1255–1270.; Marincea, S., Dumitraş, D-G., Ghinet, C, Fransolet, A.-M., Hatert, F. & Rondeaux, M. (2011) Gehlenite from three occurrences of high-temperature skarns, Romania: new mineralogical data. Canadian Mineralogist. 49, 1001-1014.; Ilinca, G. (2012) Upper Cretaceous contact metamorphism and related mineralization in Romania. Acta Mineralogica-Petrographica, Abstract Series, Szeged, Vol. 7.
Hunedoara Co. Brad ⓘ Upper Cerboaia Valley	The Canadian Mineralogist Vol. 39, pp. 1405-1434 (2001)
Hunedoara ⓘ Cornet Hill	Canadian Mineralogist: 39: 1435-1453.; The Canadian Mineralogist Vol. 39, pp. 1405-1434 (2001); Marincea, Ş., Dumitraş, D. G., Călin, N., Anason, A. M., Fransolet, A. M., & Hatert, F. (2013). Spurrite, tilleyite and associated minerals in the exoskarn zone from Cornet Hill (Metaliferi Massif, Apuseni Mountains, Romania). The Canadian Mineralogist, 51(3), 359-375.
ⓘ Magureaua Vatei	Marincea, Ş., Bilal, E., Verkaeren, J., Pascal M.-L. & Fonteilles, M. (2001) Canadian Mineralogist, 39: 1435–1453.; Pascal, M.-L., Fonteilles, M., Verkaeren, J., Piret, R. & Marincea, Ş. (2001) Canadian Mineralogist, 39: 1405–1434.; Ilinca, G. (2012) Upper Cretaceous contact metamorphism and related mineralization in Romania. Acta Mineralogica-Petrographica, Abstract Series, Szeged, Vol. 7.
Russia
Eastern-Siberian Region Krasnoyarsk Territory (Krasnoyarsk Kray; Krasnoyarskii Krai) Evenkia (Evenkiyskiy Autonomous okrug) Nizhnyaya Tunguska River Basin (Lower Tunguska River) ⓘ Anakit Creek	Reverdatto, V. V., Pertsev, N. N., & Korolyuk, V. N. (1979). P_ {CO_2}-T-Evolution and origin of zoning in melilite during the regressive stage of contact metamorphism in carbonate-bearing rocks. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 70(2), 203-208
Tanzania
Arusha Region ⓘ Mt Oldoinyo Lengai (Ol Doinyo Lengai) ?	Mineralogical Magazine 1997 61 : 779-789; Mitchell, R. H. (1997). Carbonate-carbonate immiscibility, neighborite and potassium iron sulphide in Oldoinyo Lengai natrocarbonatite. Mineralogical Magazine, 61(6), 779-789.
UK
Scotland North West Highlands Ardnamurchan ⓘ Kilchoan	Mineralogical Magazine 1965 34 : 1-15.
Isle of Muck ⓘ Camas Mor	Tilley, C.E. (1947) The gabbro-limestone contact zone of Camas Mor, Muck, Inverness-shire. Comptes Rendus de la Société geologique de Finlande, No. 140, 97–105.
USA (TL)
California Riverside Co. Crestmore ⓘ Crestmore quarries (TL)	Larsen, E.S. and Dunham, K.C. (1933) Tilleyite, a new mineral from the contact zone at Crestmore, California. American Mineralogist: 18: 469-473.
Sky Blue Hill ⓘ Commercial Quarry	Larsen, Esper Signius & Kingsley C. Dunham (1933), Tilleyite, a new mineral from the contact zone at Crestmore, California: American Mineralogist: 18: 469-473; Woodford, A.O., Crippen, R.A., and Garner, K.B. (1941), Section Across Commercial Quarry, Crestmore, California; American Mineralogist: 26: 367.
New Mexico Sierra Co. ⓘ Iron Mountain No. 2 District	Minerals of New Mexico 3rd ed.
Texas Brewster Co. Christmas Mts ⓘ Unnamed skarn deposit	Rocks & Minerals (1991): 66:3: 196-224.
Culberson Co. Apache Peak area ⓘ Marble Canyon Mine (Texas Agricultural Aggregates Quarry)	Rocks & Minerals: 66(3): 196-224.