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Osbornite

A valid IMA mineral species - grandfathered

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Osbornite

Verkhnyaya Salda, Verkhnesaldinsky District, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia

Osbornite

Verkhnyaya Salda, Verkhnesaldinsky District, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia

Osbornite

Verkhnyaya Salda, Verkhnesaldinsky District, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia

Osbornite

Verkhnyaya Salda, Verkhnesaldinsky District, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia

Osbornite

Verkhnyaya Salda, Verkhnesaldinsky District, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia

Osbornite

Verkhnyaya Salda, Verkhnesaldinsky District, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia

Osbornite

Verkhnyaya Salda, Verkhnesaldinsky District, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia

Osbornite

Verkhnyaya Salda, Verkhnesaldinsky District, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia

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About OsborniteHide

Formula:

TiN

Colour:

golden yellow

Lustre:

Metallic

Hardness:

8½

Crystal System:

Isometric

Member of:

Osbornite Group

Name:

Named for George Osborne, Bustee Station, India, who provided the meteorite in which the species was found, in the mid 1800s.

Type Locality:

ⓘ Bustee meteorite, Gorakhpur, Basti District, Uttar Pradesh, India

Isostructural with:

Carlsbergite, Uakitite

A very rare natural nitride, originally formed in star dust and now almost exclusively found in meteorites. The Ti analogue of both carslbergite and uakitite. The only approved Ti-N mineral to date.

Synthetic titanium nitride is a very important high-performance ceramic.

Unique IdentifiersHide

Mindat ID:

3035

Long-form identifier:

mindat:1:1:3035:5

IMA Classification of OsborniteHide

IMA status:

Approved, 'Grandfathered' (first described prior to 1959)

IMA Formula:

Ti³⁺N^3-

First published:

1870

Classification of OsborniteHide

Strunz-mindat (2026):

1.BC.15

1 : ELEMENTS (Metals and intermetallic alloys; metalloids and nonmetals; carbides, silicides, nitrides, phosphides)
B : Metallic Carbides, Silicides, Nitrides, Phosphides and Hydrides
C : Nitrides

Dana 7th ed.:

1.1.28.1

Dana 8th ed.:

1.1.19.1

1 : NATIVE ELEMENTS AND ALLOYS
1 : Metals, other than the Platinum Group

Hey's CIM Ref.:

2.3

2 : Carbides, Nitrides, Silicides and Phosphides

Mineral SymbolsHide

As of 2021 there are now IMA–CNMNC approved mineral symbols (abbreviations) for each mineral species, useful for tables and diagrams.

Symbol	Source	Reference for Standard
Obn	IMA–CNMNC	Warr, L.N. (2021). IMA–CNMNC approved mineral symbols. Mineralogical Magazine, 85(3), 291-320. doi:10.1180/mgm.2021.43

Physical Properties of OsborniteHide

Lustre:

Metallic

Transparency:

Opaque

Colour:

Golden yellow

Streak:

Yellow

Hardness:

8½ on Mohs scale

Hardness:

VHN₂₀=1372 kg/mm² - Vickers

Tenacity:

Brittle

Optical Data of OsborniteHide

Reflectivity:

Wavelength	R₁ (%)
440nm	20.3%
460nm	25.0%
480nm	31.6%
500nm	38.6%
520nm	45.3%
540nm	45.3%
560nm	55.7%
580nm	60.0%
600nm	63.5%
620nm	66.4%
640nm	68.8%
660nm	70.8%
680nm	72.6%
700nm	74.3%

Graph shows reflectance levels at different wavelengths (in nm). Peak reflectance is 74.3%.

Chemistry of OsborniteHide

Mindat Formula:

TiN

Element Weights:

Element	% weight
Ti	77.362 %
N	22.638 %

Calculated from ideal end-member formula.

Elements listed:

N, Ti - search for minerals with similar chemistry

Crystallography of OsborniteHide

Crystal System:

Isometric

Class (H-M):

m3m(4/m32/m) - Hexoctahedral

Space Group:

Fm3m

Setting:

F4/m32/m

Cell Parameters:

a = 4.24173 Å

Unit Cell V:

76.32 Å³ (Calculated from Unit Cell)

Comment:

on synthetic material

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ID	Species	Reference	Year	Temp (K)
0018282	Osbornite	Christensen A (1978) The temperature factor parameters of some transition metal carbides and nitrides by single crystal X-ray and neutron diffraction _cod_database_code 1101046 Acta Physicochimica (USSR) 32 89-90	1978	293
0018230	Osbornite	Christensen A (1978) The temperature factor parameters of some transition metal carbides and nitrides by single crystal X-ray and neutron diffraction _cod_database_code 1100037 Acta Chemica Scandinavica 32 89-90	1978	293
0011426	Osbornite	Wyckoff R W G (1963) Second edition. Interscience Publishers, New York, New York rocksalt structure Crystal Structures 1 85-237	1963	293
0018281	Osbornite	Ehrlich P, Juza R (1948) Review of German Science, 1939-1946, Inorganic Chemistry. _cod_database_code 1101045 Fiat Review of German Science 2 64-64	1948	293
0018229	Osbornite	Bannister F (1941) Osbornite, meteoric titanium nitride. _cod_database_code 1100034 Mineralogical Magazine 26 36-44	1941	293
0017995	Osbornite	Brager A (1939) An X-ray examination of titanium nitride. I _cod_database_code 1011100 Acta Physicochimica 10 593-600	1939	293
0017994	Osbornite	Brager A (1939) An X-ray examination of titanium nitride III _cod_database_code 1011099 Acta Physicochimica 9 617-632	1939	293
0017997	Osbornite	Hofmann W, Schrader A (1936) Titancarbid in grauem Gusseisen _cod_database_code 1011102 Archiv fur das Eisenhuettenwesen 10 65-66	1936	293
0018158	Osbornite	Becker K, Ebert F (1925) Die Kristallstrukturen einiger binaerer Carbide und Nitride. _cod_database_code 1011316 Zeitschrift fur Physik 31 268-272	1925	293
0017996	Osbornite	van Arkel A (1924) An X-ray examination of titanium nitride. I _cod_database_code 1011101 Physica 4 286-301	1924	293

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Ti   0.00000   0.00000   0.00000   1.00000
N   0.50000   0.50000   0.50000   0.90000

X-Ray Powder DiffractionHide

Powder Diffraction Data:

d-spacing	Intensity
2.1207 Å	(100)
2.4492 Å	(72)
1.4997 Å	(45)
1.2789 Å	(19)
0.9485 Å	(14)
1.2245 Å	(12)
0.8658 Å	(12)

Geological EnvironmentHide

Paragenetic Mode(s):

Paragenetic Mode	Earliest Age (Ga)
Stage 1: Primary nebular phases	4.567-4.561
3 : Solar nebular condensates (CAIs, AOAs, URIs)	>4.565
Stage 2: Planetesimal differentiation and alteration	4.566-4.550
5 : Primary asteroid phases	4.566–4.560
Stage 3a: Earth’s earliest Hadean crust	>4.50
7 : Ultramafic igneous rocks
Stage 4b: Highly evolved igneous rocks	>3.0
36 : Carbonatites, kimberlites, and related igneous rocks
Stage 5: Initiation of plate tectonics	<3.5-2.5
38 : Ophiolites

Type Occurrence of OsborniteHide

Type Locality:

ⓘ Bustee meteorite, Gorakhpur, Basti District, Uttar Pradesh, India

General Appearance of Type Material:

octahedra to 0.1mm

Place of Conservation of Type Material:

The Natural History Museum, London, England, 32100.

Geological Setting of Type Material:

inclusions in oldhamite in aubrite meteorite

Associated Minerals at Type Locality:

Diopside

Oldhamite

Other Language Names for OsborniteHide

Dutch:Osborniet

German:Osbornit

Russian:Осборнит

Simplified Chinese:陨氮钛石
奥斯朋矿

Spanish:Osbornita

Relationship of Osbornite to other SpeciesHide

Member of:

Osbornite Group

Other Members of Osbornite Group:

Carlsbergite	CrN	Iso. m3m(4/m32/m) : Fm3m
Uakitite	VN	Iso. m3m(4/m32/m) : Fm3m

Common AssociatesHide

Associations Based on Photo Data:

3 photos of Osbornite associated with Corundum	Al₂O₃
2 photos of Osbornite associated with 'Glass'
2 photos of Osbornite associated with Hibonite	CaAl₁₂O₁₉
1 photo of Osbornite associated with Sassite	Ti³⁺₂Ti⁴⁺O₅
1 photo of Osbornite associated with Magnéliite	Ti³⁺₂Ti⁴⁺₂O₇
1 photo of Osbornite associated with Zirconolite	CaZrTi₂O₇
1 photo of Osbornite associated with Jingsuiite	TiB₂
1 photo of Osbornite associated with Alabandite	MnS
1 photo of Osbornite associated with Toledoite	TiFeSi
1 photo of Osbornite associated with Gupeiite	Fe₃Si

Related Minerals - Strunz-mindat Grouping Hide

1.BC.	Qingsongite	BN	Iso. 43m : F43m
1.BC.	'UM2007-16-N:Ti'	Ti₇N₃
1.BC.	Oreillyite	Cr₂N	Trig. 3m(32/m) : P31m
1.BC.05	Roaldite	(Fe,Ni)₄N	Iso. m3m(4/m32/m) : Pm3n
1.BC.10	Siderazot	FeN_x to Fe₃N_1.33	Hex. 622 : P6₃22
1.BC.15	Carlsbergite	CrN	Iso. m3m(4/m32/m) : Fm3m
1.BC.15	Uakitite	VN	Iso. m3m(4/m32/m) : Fm3m
1.BC.20	'UM2006-34-N:Ga'	GaN	Hex. 6mm : P6₃mc

Other InformationHide

Health Risks:

No information on health risks for this material has been entered into the database. You should always treat mineral specimens with care.

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References for OsborniteHide

Reference List:

Maskelyne N S (1870) On the mineral constituents of meteorites. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London 18, 146-157

Bannister, F. A. (1941) Osbornite, meteoritic titanium nitride. Mineralogical Magazine and Journal of the Mineralogical Society, 26 (173) 36-44 doi:10.1180/minmag.1941.026.173.02

Palache, Charles, Berman, Harry, Frondel, Clifford (1944) The System of Mineralogy (7th ed.) Vol. 1 - Elements, Sulfides, Sulfosalts, Oxides. John Wiley and Sons, New York.

Khodakovsky, I.L., Petaev, M.I. (1981) Thermodinamicheskie svoict va I usloviya obrazovaniya osbornita, sinoita i karlsbergita v meteoritakh. Geokhimiya: 3: 329-340.

Bashir, J., Nasir Khan, M., Waheed, A., Butt, N. M., Heger, G. (1996) Atomic thermal parameters of TiN by powder elastic neutron diffraction. Journal of Applied Crystallography, 29 (4). 471-473 doi:10.1107/s0021889895012490

Li, Xijun; Kobayashi, Takamichi; Sekine, Toshimori (2004) Stability of TiN and fast synthesis of rutile from TiN and CuO by shock compression. Solid State Communications, 130 (1-2). 79-82 doi:10.1016/j.ssc.2004.01.020

(2005) Osbornite. Handbook of Mineralogy. Mineralogical Society of America

Galuskin, Evgeny; Galuskina, Irina O.; Kamenetsky, Vadim; Vapnik, Yevgeny; Kusz, Joachim; Zieliński, Grzegorz (2022) First In Situ Terrestrial Osbornite (TiN) in the Pyrometamorphic Hatrurim Complex, Israel. Lithosphere, 2022 (1). 8127747 doi:10.2113/2022/8127747

Localities for OsborniteHide

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Locality ListHide

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- 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 (e.g. from pseudomorphs).

All localities listed without proper references should be considered as questionable.


Algeria
Bordj Badji Mokhtar Province Bordj Badji Mokhtar District Bordj Badji Mokhtar ⓘ Ilafegh 009 meteorite	McCoy (1995)

Antarctica
East Antarctica Queen Maud Land Queen Fabiola Mountains ⓘ Yamato 691 meteorite	Nakamura-Messenger et al. (2011)
Victoria Land Allan Hills ⓘ Allan Hills 85085 meteorite	Edward R. D. Scott (1988)

Australia
Western Australia Coolgardie Shire Kambalda ⓘ Yilmia meteorite	Buseck et al. (1972)

Brazil
ⓘ Bahia	Parthasarathy et al. (2005)

Canada
Alberta Sturgeon County ⓘ Abee meteorite	Ramdohr (1972)

China
Tibet Shannan Prefecture (Lhokha Prefecture; Lhoka Prefecture) Qusum Co. (Qusong Co.) Luobusha ophiolite ("Luobusa ophiolite") Kangjinla Cr deposit ⓘ Orebody CR-11	Mugnaioli et al. (2022) +1 other reference
Luobusha Mine ("Luobusa" Mine) ⓘ Orebody 31 (Chromite deposit 31)	Dobrzhinetskaya et al. (2014) +1 other reference

Estonia
Viljandi County Pillistfer (Pilistvere) ⓘ Pillistfer meteorite	Ramdohr (1972)

Finland
Satakunta Huittinen ⓘ Hvittis meteorite	Ramdohr (1972) +1 other reference

India (TL)
Uttar Pradesh Basti District Gorakhpur ⓘ Bustee meteorite (TL)	Min Mag 26 (1941)

Israel
Haifa District Kishon river Kishon Mid Reach zone 2 ⓘ Mount Carmel	Ma et al. (2023)
ⓘ Rakefet magmatic complex	Griffin et al. (2016) +1 other reference
Southern District Beersheba Subdistrict Tamar Regional Council Hatrurim Basin ⓘ Wadi Halamish	Galuskin et al. (2023) +1 other reference
Wadi Zohar ⓘ Roadside Arad – Dead Sea	Galuskin et al. (2022) +1 other reference

Kenya
Tharaka-Nithi County ⓘ ~~Kithiori~~	Waweru (2020)

Pakistan
Punjab Province Bahawalpur District ⓘ Khairpur meteorite	Ramdohr (1972)
Khushab District ⓘ Adhi Kot meteorite	Lavrentjeva (2001)

Russia
Bashkortostan Gafuriysky District ⓘ Isheyevo meteorite	Grokhovsky (2006)
Kurgan Oblast Vargashinsky District ⓘ Pesyanoe meteorite	Brian Mason (1966)
Sverdlovsk Oblast Sysertsky District Dvurechensk ⓘ Klyuchevskii Zavod slag locality	Ерохин Ю.В.
Verkhnesaldinsky District ⓘ Verkhnyaya Salda	Pavel M. Kartashov analytical data

Sudan
Kassala Gash delta ⓘ Khor Temiki meteorite	Keil (1969)

Ukraine
Donetsk Oblast ⓘ Azov Sea Region	Yatsenko et al. (2021)
Khmelnytskyi Oblast Shepetivka Raion ⓘ Putrinci	Yatsenko et al. (2017)
Zaporizhia Oblast Berdyansk Raion ⓘ Mriya lamproite pipe	YATSENKO et al. (2020) +1 other reference

USA
Louisiana Winn Parish ⓘ Atlanta meteorite	Ramdohr (1972)
South Carolina Lee County Bishopville ⓘ Bishopville meteorite	Watters et al. (1979)
Texas Armstrong County ⓘ Happy Canyon meteorite	McCoyet al. (1995)

Outer Space
ⓘ Comet Wild 2 (Comet 81P)	www.llnl.gov/pao/news/news_releases/2006/NR-06-12-03.html (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratories) +1 other reference

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