Tienshanite Mineral Data

General Tienshanite Information

Chemical Formula:

BaNa2MnTiB2Si6O20

Composition:

Molecular Weight = 796.25 gm

Barium 17.25 % Ba 19.26 % BaO

Sodium 5.77 % Na 7.78 % Na₂O

Titanium 6.01 % Ti 10.03 % TiO₂

Manganese 6.90 % Mn 8.91 % MnO

Silicon 21.16 % Si 45.28 % SiO₂

Boron 2.72 % B 8.74 % B₂O₃

Oxygen 40.19 % O

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100.00 % 100.00 % = TOTAL OXIDE

Empirical Formula:

BaNa₂Mn²⁺TiB₂Si₆O₂₀

Environment:

Pegmatite cutting alkalic syenite.

IMA Status:

Approved IMA 1967

Locality:

Dara-i-pioz massif, Tien Shan, southern Tajikistan. Link to MinDat.org Location Data.

Name Origin:

Named for the locality.

Name Pronunciation:

Tienshanite + Pronunciation

Synonym:

ICSD 76913

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Tienshanite Image

Images:

Tienshanite Kupletskite-(Cs)

Comments: Dark olive-green colored crystalline tienshanite with cesium-kupletskite in microcline.
Location: Dara-Pioz, Tien-Shan, Tadzhikistan. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Tienshanite Crystallography

Axial Ratios:

a:c = 1:0.62216

Cell Dimensions:

a = 16.772, c = 10.435, Z = 6; V = 2,542.10 Den(Calc)= 3.12

Crystal System:

Hexagonal - Dipyramidal H-M Symbol (6/m) Space Group: P 6/m

$Help on X Ray Diffraction:$ X Ray Diffraction:

By Intensity(I/I_o): 4.19(1), 3.177(0.9), 3.474(0.8),

Physical Properties of Tienshanite

Cleavage:

{0001} Distinct

Color:

Pistachio green.

Density:

3.29

Fracture:

Brittle - Generally displayed by glasses and most non-metallic minerals.

Hardness:

6-6.5 - Orthoclase-Pyrite

Luster:

Vitreous (Glassy)

Optical Properties of Tienshanite

Gladstone-Dale:

CI meas= 0.043 (Good) - where the CI = (1-KPDmeas/KC)
CI calc= -0.01 (Superior) - where the CI = (1-KPDcalc/KC)
KPDcalc= 0.2114,KPDmeas= 0.2005,KC= 0.2094
Ncalc = 1.65 - 1.69

Optical Data:

Uniaxial (-), e=1.653, w=1.666, bire=0.0130.

Calculated Properties of Tienshanite

Electron Density:

Bulk Density (Electron Density)=2.97 gm/cc
note: Specific Gravity of Tienshanite =3.12 gm/cc.

Fermion Index:

Fermion Index = 0.05
Boson Index = 0.95

Photoelectric:

PE_Tienshanite= 76.38 barns/electron
U=PE_Tienshanite x rElectron Density= 226.87 barns/cc.

Radioactivity:

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

Tienshanite Classification

Dana Class:

64.04.01.01 (64)Cyclosilicates

(64.04)6-membered rings with [Si2O7] dimers

(64.04.01)Dana Group

64.04.01.01 Tienshanite BaNa2MnTiB2Si6O20 P 6/m 6/m

Strunz Class:

09.CL.05 09 - SILICATES (Germanates)

09.C - Cyclosilicates

09.CL -[Si6O18]12- branched 6-membered single rings

09.CL.05 Tienshanite BaNa2MnTiB2Si6O20 P 6/m 6/m

Other Tienshanite Information

References:

NAME( Dana8) PHYS. PROP.(Dana8) OPTIC PROP.(Enc. of Minerals,2nd ed.,1990)

See Also:

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

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Tienshanite

BaNa2MnTiB2Si6O20
Dana No: 64.04.01.01 Strunz No: 09.CL.05
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