Tilleyite

Tilleyite

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

Tilleyite, etc.

Fuka mine, Fuka, Bicchu-cho, Takahashi City, Okayama Prefecture, Japan

Tilleyite, etc.

Fuka mine, Fuka, Bicchu-cho, Takahashi City, Okayama Prefecture, Japan

Tilleyite

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

Tilleyite, etc.

Fuka mine, Fuka, Bicchu-cho, Takahashi City, Okayama Prefecture, Japan

Tilleyite, etc.

Fuka mine, Fuka, Bicchu-cho, Takahashi City, Okayama Prefecture, Japan

Tilleyite

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

Tilleyite, etc.

Fuka mine, Fuka, Bicchu-cho, Takahashi City, Okayama Prefecture, Japan

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

Crystal StructureHide

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ID	Species	Reference	Link	Year	Locality	Pressure (GPa)	Temp (K)
0006060	Tilleyite	Grice J D (2005) The structure of spurrite, tilleyite and scawtite, and relationships to other silicate-carbonate minerals The Canadian Mineralogist 43 1489-1500		2005	Cornet Hill, Apuseni Mountains, Romania	0	293
0009150	Tilleyite	Smith J V (1953) The crystal structure of tilleyite Acta Crystallographica 6 9-18		1953		0	293

CIF Raw Data - click here to closedata_global _chemical_name_mineral 'Tilleyite' loop_ _publ_author_name 'Grice J D' _journal_name_full 'The Canadian Mineralogist' _journal_volume 43 _journal_year 2005 _journal_page_first 1489 _journal_page_last 1500 _publ_section_title ; The structure of spurrite, tilleyite and scawtite, and relationships to other silicate-carbonate minerals ; _database_code_amcsd 0006060 _chemical_compound_source 'Cornet Hill, Apuseni Mountains, Romania' _chemical_formula_sum 'Ca5 Si2 C2 O13' _cell_length_a 15.082 _cell_length_b 10.236 _cell_length_c 7.572 _cell_angle_alpha 90 _cell_angle_beta 105.17 _cell_angle_gamma 90 _cell_volume 1128.226 _exptl_crystal_density_diffrn 2.876 _symmetry_space_group_name_H-M 'P 1 21/a 1' loop_ _space_group_symop_operation_xyz 'x,y,z' '1/2+x,1/2-y,z' '1/2-x,1/2+y,-z' '-x,-y,-z' loop_ _atom_site_label _atom_site_fract_x _atom_site_fract_y _atom_site_fract_z _atom_site_U_iso_or_equiv Ca1 0.00343 0.99395 0.75024 0.00896 Ca2 0.17682 0.21349 0.09115 0.00912 Ca3 0.18116 0.20649 0.60855 0.00882 Ca4 0.12417 0.58934 0.04534 0.00810 Ca5 0.13621 0.57880 0.55926 0.00905 Si1 0.20174 0.92086 0.13855 0.00603 Si2 0.20390 0.91414 0.56867 0.00603 C1 0.03010 0.30880 0.33880 0.00930 C2 0.02200 0.30270 0.81760 0.00940 O1 0.07397 0.20810 0.29945 0.01170 O2 0.07153 0.20470 0.78820 0.01040 O3 0.06991 0.37670 0.47990 0.01500 O4 0.05589 0.37600 -0.04240 0.01430 O5 0.05021 0.66550 0.75300 0.01910 O6 0.05884 0.68050 0.27920 0.01590 O7 0.22519 0.77440 0.08760 0.01000 O8 0.22688 0.76420 0.62890 0.01080 O9 0.09944 0.97610 0.05600 0.01230 O10 0.10274 0.97200 0.55340 0.01150 O11 0.22507 0.53060 0.88460 0.01090 O12 0.22205 0.52100 0.32130 0.01120 O13 0.22538 0.91740 0.36510 0.01320 loop_ _atom_site_aniso_label _atom_site_aniso_U_11 _atom_site_aniso_U_22 _atom_site_aniso_U_33 _atom_site_aniso_U_12 _atom_site_aniso_U_13 _atom_site_aniso_U_23 Ca1 0.00960 0.00960 0.00840 -0.00210 0.00370 -0.00120 Ca2 0.00990 0.01000 0.00770 0.00180 0.00270 0.00080 Ca3 0.01000 0.00800 0.00870 0.00100 0.00290 -0.00020 Ca4 0.00900 0.00820 0.00760 0.00030 0.00310 -0.00050 Ca5 0.01080 0.00760 0.00920 -0.00130 0.00350 -0.00040 Si1 0.00770 0.00530 0.00580 0.00030 0.00310 0.00000 Si2 0.00770 0.00540 0.00570 0.00030 0.00310 0.00010 C1 0.01050 0.00910 0.00980 0.00010 0.00550 0.00230 C2 0.01190 0.00790 0.01030 0.00040 0.00640 0.00134 O1 0.01390 0.00830 0.01440 0.00130 0.00660 -0.00059 O2 0.01190 0.00820 0.01210 0.00150 0.00490 -0.00070 O3 0.02100 0.00920 0.01460 -0.00210 0.00440 -0.00250 O4 0.01940 0.00990 0.01370 -0.00020 0.00460 -0.00330 O5 0.01150 0.03400 0.01170 0.00760 0.00300 0.00490 O6 0.01060 0.02490 0.01220 0.00560 0.00300 0.00120 O7 0.01220 0.00690 0.01210 -0.00020 0.00540 -0.00190 O8 0.01180 0.00730 0.01260 -0.00040 0.00190 0.00230 O9 0.01150 0.01490 0.01060 0.00360 0.00320 0.00050 O10 0.01060 0.01320 0.01180 0.00280 0.00450 0.00000 O11 0.01270 0.00780 0.01450 0.00190 0.00760 -0.00090 O12 0.01140 0.00960 0.01230 0.00170 0.00240 0.00300 O13 0.01570 0.01850 0.00630 0.00080 0.00450 0.00000

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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

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References for TilleyiteHide

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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
Leinster Louth County 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
Hiroshima Prefecture Shoubara City ⓘ Kushiro	Kusachi et al (1971) Koubutsugaku Zasshi, 10, 170-180.
ⓘ Hirata	Yamada, S. (2004) Nihonsan-koubutsu Gojuon-hairetsu Sanchi-ichiranhyou (111 pp.)
Iwate Prefecture Kamaishi City ⓘ Kamaishi mine	Anthony, Bideaux, Bladh, Nichols: "Handbook of Mineralogy", Vol. 1, 1990
Oshu City Esashi ward ⓘ Akagane mine	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(172): 141-150.; Dr. Matsuo Nambu ore collection (curated at Geological Survey of Japan).
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.
Jordan
Amman Governorate Hashem region Lisdan-Siwaga Fault Siwaga Tulul al Hammam ⓘ Unnamed marble quarries	Sokol, E.V.; Kokh, S.N.; Seryotkin, Y.V.; Deviatiiarova, A.S.; Goryainov, S.V.; Sharygin, V.V.; Khoury, H.N.; Karmanov, N.S.; Danilovsky, V.A.; Artemyev, D.A. Ultrahigh-Temperature Sphalerite from Zn-Cd-Se-Rich Combustion Metamorphic Marbles, Daba Complex, Central Jordan: Paragenesis, Chemistry, and Structure. Minerals 2020, 10, 822.
ⓘ Jordan Areva Resources	Fleurance, S., Cuney, M., Malartre, F., & Reyx, J. (2013). Origin of the extreme polymetallic enrichment (Cd, Cr, Mo, Ni, U, V, Zn) of the Late Cretaceous–Early Tertiary Belqa Group, central Jordan. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 369, 201-219.
Norway
Vestfold og 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 ⓘ 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 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
Krasnoyarsk Krai Evenkiysky District 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 Ngorongoro District ⓘ 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.
Turkey
Rize Province ⓘ Güneyce-Ikizdere	Taner, M. F., Martin, R. F., & Gault, R. A. (2013). The Mineralogy of Skarns of the Spurrite–Merwinite Subfacies, Sanidinite Facies, Güneyce–Ikizdere Area, Eastern Black Sea, Turkey. The Canadian Mineralogist, 51(6), 893-911.
UK
Scotland Highland Caol and Mallaig Isle of Muck ⓘ Camas Mor Intrusion	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.
Fort William and Ardnamurchan Ardnamurchan ⓘ Kilchoan	Agrell, S.O. (1965) Polythermal metamorphism of limestones at Kilchoan, Ardnamurchan. Mineralogical Magazine: 34: 1-15.
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 Mountains ⓘ 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.