Sanbornite Mineral Data

General Sanbornite Information

Chemical Formula:

BaSi2O5

Composition:

Molecular Weight = 273.50 gm

Barium 50.21 % Ba 56.06 % BaO

Silicon 20.54 % Si 43.94 % SiO₂

Oxygen 29.25 % O

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100.00 % 100.00 % = TOTAL OXIDE

Empirical Formula:

Ba(Si₂O₅)

Environment:

beta-BaSi2O5 is a high temperature phase. Major component of Ba-silicate assemblages at or near fringes of large granite intrusives.

IMA Status:

Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1932

Locality:

Incline sanbornite deposit, Truball Peak, 4 miles WNW of Incline, Mariposa Co, California. Link to MinDat.org Location Data.

Name Origin:

Named for Frank B. Sanborn, (1862-1936), Mineralogist, California Department of Natural Resources.

Name Pronunciation:

Sanbornite + Pronunciation

Synonym:

ICSD 100313

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Sanbornite Image

Images:

Muirite Sanbornite

Comments: Translucent orange crystalline muirite in sanbornite.
Location: Big Creek, Fresno County, California, USA. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Images:

Sanbornite

Comments: Micaceous sanbornite.
Location: Esquire No. 1 Mine, Big Creek, Fresno County, California, USA. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Images:

Traskite Sanbornite

Comments: Orange translucent crystalline traskite in white sanbornite.
Location: Rush Creek, Fresno County, California, USA. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Images:

Bazirite Sanbornite

Comments: Clear glassy minute grains of bazinite to 1mm through out matrix of milky-white sanbornite. The bazirite fluoresces light blue.
Location: Snow Cap mine, Rush Creek, Fresno Co., California, USA. Scale: 6.5 x 3 x 2.5cm.
© Tom Loomis / Dakota Matrix

Images:

Bigcreekite Gillespite Sanbornite

Comments: Tiny white, spherical patterns, halo-like crystals of bigcreekite to about 0.5mm and reddish gillespite in a matrix of pale yellowish sanbornite.
Location: Trumbull Peak, Mariposa Co., California, United States. Scale: 2.5 x 2 x 2cm.
© Tom Loomis / Dakota Matrix

Images:

Alforsite Titantaramellite Sanbornite Celsian

Comments: SEM image showing alforsite (al). Matrix composed by lamellar sanbornite (sa) and granular quartz (q). Rectangular crystal in the upper right corner is titantaramellite (ti) and isometric crystals included in sanbornite are celsian (ce).
Location: Trumbull Peak, near Incline, Mariposa Co., California, USA. Scale: See Image.
© Pavel M. Kartashov

Sanbornite Crystallography

Axial Ratios:

a:b:c =0.602:1:1.7594

Cell Dimensions:

a = 4.63, b = 7.69, c = 13.53, Z = 4; V = 481.73 Den(Calc)= 3.77

Crystal System:

Orthorhombic - Dipyramidal H-M Symbol (2/m 2/m 2/m) Space Group: Pmnb

Physical Properties of Sanbornite

Cleavage:

{???} Perfect

Color:

Colorless, White.

Density:

3.74

Diaphaneity:

Transparent to Translucent

Habit:

Platy - Sheet forms (e.g. micas).

Hardness:

5 - Apatite

Luster:

Vitreous (Glassy)

Streak:

white

Optical Properties of Sanbornite

Gladstone-Dale:

CI meas= -0.004 (Superior) - where the CI = (1-KPDmeas/KC)
CI calc= 0.004 (Superior) - where the CI = (1-KPDcalc/KC)
KPDcalc= 0.1624,KPDmeas= 0.1637,KC= 0.1632
Ncalc = 1.61 - 1.62

Optical Data:

Biaxial (-), a=1.597, b=1.616, g=1.624, bire=0.0270, 2V(Calc)=64, 2V(Meas)=66.

Calculated Properties of Sanbornite

Electron Density:

Bulk Density (Electron Density)=3.42 gm/cc
note: Specific Gravity of Sanbornite =3.77 gm/cc.

Fermion Index:

Fermion Index = 0.09
Boson Index = 0.91

Photoelectric:

PE_Sanbornite= 222.81 barns/electron
U=PE_Sanbornite x rElectron Density= 761.70 barns/cc.

Radioactivity:

GRapi = 0 (Gamma Ray American Petroleum Institute Units)
Sanbornite is Not Radioactive

Sanbornite Classification

Dana Class:

74.03.04.01 (74)Phyllosilicate Modulated Layers

(74.03)with joined strips

(74.03.04)Ba phyllosilicates

74.03.04.01 Sanbornite BaSi2O5 Pmnb 2/m 2/m 2/m

74.03.04.02 Krauskopfite BaSi2O4(OH)2•2(H2O) P 2₁/a 2/m

Strunz Class:

09.EF.10 09 - SILICATES (Germanates)

09.E - Phyllosilicates

09.EF -Single nets with 6-membered rings, ï¿½ other rings

09.EF.10 Sanbornite BaSi2O5 Pmnb 2/m 2/m 2/m

Other Sanbornite Information

References:

NAME( MinRec) PHYS. PROP.(Larousse des Mineraux,1981) OPTIC PROP.(Dana8)

See Also:

Links to other databases for Sanbornite :
1 - Am. Min. Crystal Structure Database
2 - Amethyst Galleries' Mineral Gallery
3 - Athena
4 - EUROmin Project
5 - Ecole des Mines de Paris
6 - GeoScienceWorld
7 - Google Images
8 - Google Scholar
9 - Handbook of Mineralogy (MinSocAm)
10 - Handbook of Mineralogy (UofA)
11 - MinDAT
12 - Mineralienatlas (Deutsch)
13 - Online Mineral Museum
14 - QUT Mineral Atlas
15 - Ruff.Info
16 - WWW-MINCRYST

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Sanbornite

BaSi2O5
Dana No: 74.03.04.01 Strunz No: 09.EF.10
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