* R060134 - RRUFF Database: Raman, X-ray, Infrared, and Chemistry

Calaverite R060134

Name: Calaverite
RRUFF ID: R060134
Ideal Chemistry: AuTe₂
Locality: Cripple Creek, Teller County, Colorado, USA
Source: University of Arizona Mineral Museum 5414 [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Silver thick prismatic crystals with gold tarnish associated with quartz
Status: The identification of this mineral is confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis.

Mineral Group: [ Melonite (4) ]

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CHEMISTRY

RRUFF ID:	R060134.2
Sample Description:	Microprobe Fragment
Measured Chemistry:	(Au_1.89Ag_0.11)_Σ=2Te_4.00

RAMAN SPECTRUM

RRUFF ID:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

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BROAD SCAN WITH SPECTRAL ARTIFACTS

RRUFF ID:

R060134

Wavelength:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

Instrument settings:

Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW

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POWDER DIFFRACTION

RRUFF ID:

R060134.9

Sample Description:

Single crystal, powder profile is calculated

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 8.817(7)Å b: 4.438(5)Å c: 14.42(2)Å
alpha: 90° beta: 144.80(5)° gamma: 90° Volume: 325.34(7)Å³ Crystal System: monoclinic

File Type Information

Calculated diffraction file.

File Type Information

Output file from the Bruker D8 Advance instrument. Includes device headers and XY data.

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REFERENCES for Calaverite
American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database Record: [view record]
Anthony J W, Bideaux R A, Bladh K W, and Nichols M C (1990) Handbook of Mineralogy, Mineral Data Publishing, Tucson Arizona, USA, by permission of the Mineralogical Society of America. [view file]
Genth F A (1868) Contributions to mineralogy - No. VII, American Journal of Science and Arts, 95, 305-321 [view file]
Genth F A (1877) On some tellurium and vanadium minerals, Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society, 17, 113-123 [view file]
Hillebrand W F (1895) Calaverite from Cripple Creek, Colorado, American Journal of Science, 150, 128-131 [view file]
Hillebrand W F (1895) Chemical composition of calaverite from Cripple Creek, Colorado, Annual Report of the United States Geological Survey, 16, 133-135 [view file]
Penfield S L, West W E (1902) Ueber den Calaverit, Zeitschrift für Krystallographie und Mineralogie, 35, 430-451 [view file]
Tunell G, Ksanda C J (1935) The crystal structure of calaverite, Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences, 25, 32-33 [view file]
Short M N (1937) Etch tests on calaverite, krennerite, and sylvanite, American Mineralogist, 22, 667-674 [view file]
Thompson R M (1949) The telluride minerals and their occurrence in Canada, American Mineralogist, 34, 342-382 [view file]
Tunell G, Pauling L (1952) The atomic arrangement and bonds of the gold-silver ditellurides, Acta Crystallographica, 5, 375-381
Cabri L J (1965) Phase relations in the Au-Ag-Te system and their mineralogical significance, Economic Geology, 60, 1569-1606
Van Tendeloo G, Gregoriades P, Amelinckx S, (1983) Electron microscopy studies of modulated structures in (Au, Ag)Te₂: Part I. Calaverite AuTe₂, Journal of Solid State Chemistry, 50, 321-334
Pertlik F (1984) Kristallchemie natürlicher telluride III: Die kristallstruktur des minerals calaverit, AuTe₂, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 169, 227-236 [view file]
Dam B, Janner A, Donnay J D H (1985) Incommensurate morphology of calaverite (AuTe₂) crystals, Physical Review Letters, 55, 2301-2304 [view file]
Schutte W J, de Boer J L (1988) Valence fluctuations in the incommensurately modulated structure of calaverite AuTe₂, Acta Crystallographica, B44, 486-494
Reithmayer K, Steurer W, Schulz H, de Boer J L (1993) High-pressure single-crystal structure study on calaverite, AuTe₂, Acta Crystallographica, B49, 6-11
Wagner F E, Sawicki J A, Friedl J, Mandarino J A, Harris D C, Cabri L J (1994) ¹⁹⁷Au Mössbauer study of the gold–silver ditellurides sylvanite, krennerite and calaverite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 32, 189-201 [view file]
Stanek J (1995) ¹⁹⁷Au Mössbauer study of the gold-silver ditellurides sylvanite, krennerite and calaverite: discussion, The Canadian Mineralogist, 33, 185-185 [view file]
Wagner F E, Sawicki J A, Friedl J (1995) ¹⁹⁷Au Mössbauer study of the gold-silver ditellurides sylvanite, krennerite and calaverite: reply, The Canadian Mineralogist, 33, 187-188 [view file]
Chapuis G (2003) Crystallographic excursion in superspace, Crystal Engineering, 6, 187-195 [view file]
Bindi L, Arakcheeva A, Chapuis G (2009) The role of silver on the stabilization of the incommensurately modulated structure in calaverite, AuTe₂, American Mineralogist, 94, 728-736 [view file]

REFERENCES for Calaverite

American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database Record: [view record]

Anthony J W, Bideaux R A, Bladh K W, and Nichols M C (1990) Handbook of Mineralogy, Mineral Data Publishing, Tucson Arizona, USA, by permission of the Mineralogical Society of America. [view file]

Genth F A (1868) Contributions to mineralogy - No. VII, American Journal of Science and Arts, 95, 305-321 [view file]

Genth F A (1877) On some tellurium and vanadium minerals, Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society, 17, 113-123 [view file]

Hillebrand W F (1895) Calaverite from Cripple Creek, Colorado, American Journal of Science, 150, 128-131 [view file]

Hillebrand W F (1895) Chemical composition of calaverite from Cripple Creek, Colorado, Annual Report of the United States Geological Survey, 16, 133-135 [view file]

Penfield S L, West W E (1902) Ueber den Calaverit, Zeitschrift für Krystallographie und Mineralogie, 35, 430-451 [view file]

Tunell G, Ksanda C J (1935) The crystal structure of calaverite, Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences, 25, 32-33 [view file]

Short M N (1937) Etch tests on calaverite, krennerite, and sylvanite, American Mineralogist, 22, 667-674 [view file]

Thompson R M (1949) The telluride minerals and their occurrence in Canada, American Mineralogist, 34, 342-382 [view file]

Tunell G, Pauling L (1952) The atomic arrangement and bonds of the gold-silver ditellurides, Acta Crystallographica, 5, 375-381

Cabri L J (1965) Phase relations in the Au-Ag-Te system and their mineralogical significance, Economic Geology, 60, 1569-1606

Van Tendeloo G, Gregoriades P, Amelinckx S, (1983) Electron microscopy studies of modulated structures in (Au, Ag)Te₂: Part I. Calaverite AuTe₂, Journal of Solid State Chemistry, 50, 321-334

Pertlik F (1984) Kristallchemie natürlicher telluride III: Die kristallstruktur des minerals calaverit, AuTe₂, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 169, 227-236 [view file]

Dam B, Janner A, Donnay J D H (1985) Incommensurate morphology of calaverite (AuTe₂) crystals, Physical Review Letters, 55, 2301-2304 [view file]

Schutte W J, de Boer J L (1988) Valence fluctuations in the incommensurately modulated structure of calaverite AuTe₂, Acta Crystallographica, B44, 486-494

Reithmayer K, Steurer W, Schulz H, de Boer J L (1993) High-pressure single-crystal structure study on calaverite, AuTe₂, Acta Crystallographica, B49, 6-11

Wagner F E, Sawicki J A, Friedl J, Mandarino J A, Harris D C, Cabri L J (1994) ¹⁹⁷Au Mössbauer study of the gold–silver ditellurides sylvanite, krennerite and calaverite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 32, 189-201 [view file]

Stanek J (1995) ¹⁹⁷Au Mössbauer study of the gold-silver ditellurides sylvanite, krennerite and calaverite: discussion, The Canadian Mineralogist, 33, 185-185 [view file]

Wagner F E, Sawicki J A, Friedl J (1995) ¹⁹⁷Au Mössbauer study of the gold-silver ditellurides sylvanite, krennerite and calaverite: reply, The Canadian Mineralogist, 33, 187-188 [view file]

Chapuis G (2003) Crystallographic excursion in superspace, Crystal Engineering, 6, 187-195 [view file]

Bindi L, Arakcheeva A, Chapuis G (2009) The role of silver on the stabilization of the incommensurately modulated structure in calaverite, AuTe₂, American Mineralogist, 94, 728-736 [view file]