Takedaite

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Takedaite
General
CategoryBorate
Formula
(repeating unit)		 Ca3 B2 O6
IMA symbol Tkd [1]
Strunz classification 6.AA.40
Crystal system Trigonal
Crystal class 3m
Space group R3c
Unit cell a = 8.638  Å, c = 11.850 Å
Identification
Formula mass 237.85 gm
Colorwhite, pale gray
Crystal habit Granular
Cleavage {110} imperfect
Fracture Brittle
Mohs scale hardness4.5
Luster Vitreous
Streak white
Density 3.10 g/cm3
Optical propertiesuniaxial negative
Refractive index ω=1.726, ε=1.630
Ultraviolet fluorescence non-fluorescent
Absorption spectra 4000 to 250cm−1
Solubility easily soluble in dilute hydrochloric acid
References [2] [3] [4]

Takedaite is a borate mineral that was found in a mine in Fuka, Okayama Prefecture Japan during a mineralogical survey in the year 1994. During the survey, Kusachi and Henmi reported the occurrence of an unidentified anhydrous borate mineral closely associated with nifontovite, olshanskyite, and calcite. By the year 1994 two other minerals in the borate group M3B2O6 had been identified in nature Mg3B2O6 known as kotoite and Mn3B2O6 known as jimboite. Takedaite has the ideal chemical formula of Ca3 B2 O 6. The mineral has been approved by the Commission on New Minerals and Mineral Names, IMA, to be named takedaite after Hiroshi Takeda, a professor at the Mineralogical Institute, University of Tokyo Japan. [2]

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Occurrence

Takedaite is found in association with gehlenite, spurrite, bicchulite, rankinite, kilchoanite, oyelite, and fukalite. It occurs in a vein consisting of borate minerals that developed along the boundary between crystalline limestone and the skarns. The vein it was discovered in was approximately 10 cm in thickness and is closely associated with frolovite and calcite. At the circumference of the expanded area, hydrous borates such as nifontovite, olshanskyite, sibirskite, and pentahydroborite occurred 20 cm to 50 cm in thickness. [2]

Physical properties

Takedaite is a white, or pale gray mineral with a vitreous luster and colorless in thin sections. It exhibits a hardness of 4.5 on the Mohs hardness scale. [3] The density measured by heavy liquids was 3.10(2) g•cm−3, the calculated density being 3.11 g•cm-3. [2]

Optical properties

Takedaite is optically uniaxial Negative. The refractive indices are: ω = 1.726, ε = 1.630, and the Vickers microhardness was 478(429-503) kg mm−2 (25g load). [2] The infrared spectrum of Takedaite measured by the KBr method for the region 4000 to 250 cm-1. The absorption bands at 907, 795, 710, and 618 cm-1 were in close agreement with those of the synthetic 3CaO·B2O3 reported by Wier and Schroeder (1964). The absorption bands at 1275 and 1230cm-1 for takedaite were sharper. [2]

Chemical properties

Takedaite is a borate with the presence of calcium, boron and oxygen. Chemical analysis gave CaO 71.13%, B2O3 28.41%, the H2O content was determined by ignition loss at 900°C and was 0.14%, totaling 99.68%. The empirical formula calculated on the basis of O=6 is therefore Ca3.053B1.965O6 or more ideally Ca3B2O6. [4] Takedaite is also easily soluble in dilute hydrochloric acid. [4]

Chemical composition

Oxidewt%
CaO71.13
B2O328.41
LOI0.14
Total99.68

[4]

X-ray crystallography

The x-ray powder data for takedaite was obtained by an X-ray diffractometer using Ni-filtered Cu-Κα radiation. Single crystals were also studied using the precession and Weissenberg methods. Takedaite is in the trigonal crystal system. The space group is either R3c or R3c. [4] The unit cell dimensions, refined by least squares from the X-ray powder diffraction data of takedaite, were: a = 8.638(1)  Å, c = 11.850(2)  Å. [4]

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References

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