* R120137 - RRUFF Database: Raman, X-ray, Infrared, and Chemistry

Stibnite R120137

Name: Stibnite
RRUFF ID: R120137
Ideal Chemistry: Sb₂S₃
Locality: Green Prospect, Churchill County, Nevada, USA
Source: Benjamin N. Schumer [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Lead-gray prismatic crystals on matrix of senarmontite, sulphur and selenium
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction.

Mineral Group: [ Stibnite (10) ]

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RAMAN SPECTRUM

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Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

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RRUFF ID:

R120137

Wavelength:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

Instrument settings:

Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW

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POWDER DIFFRACTION

RRUFF ID:

R120137.9

Sample Description:

Single crystal, powder profile is calculated

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 11.355(3)Å b: 3.8463(8)Å c: 11.260(3)Å
alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 90° Volume: 491.8(2)Å³ Crystal System: orthorhombic

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 Stibnite
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]
Beudant F S (1832) Stibine, antinoine sulfuré, in Traité Élémentaire de Minéralogie, 2nd Edition Paris 421-424 [view file]
Hofmann W (1933) Die struktur der minerale der animonitgruppe, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 86, 225-245 [view file]
Šćavnicar S (1960) The crystal structure of stibnite. A redetermination of atomic positions, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 114, 85-97 [view file]
Bayliss P, Nowacki W (1972) Refinement of the crystal structure of stibnite, Sb₂S₃, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 135, 308-315 [view file]
McKee D O, McMullan J T (1975) Comment on the structure of antimony trisulfide, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 142, 447-449 [view file]
Olivier-Fourcade J, Maurin M, Philippot E (1983) Étude cristallochimique de système Li₂S-Sb₂S₃, Revue de Chimie Minérale, 20, 196-213
Bonazzi P, Menchetti S, Sabelli C (1987) Structure refinement of kermesite: symmetry, twinning, and comparison with stibnite, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Monatshefte, 1987, 557-567
Arun P, Vedeshwar A G (1996) On the structure of stibnite (Sb₂S₃), Journal of Materials Science, 31, 6507-6510
Lukaszewicz K, Pietraszko A, Stepien-Damm J, Grigas J, Kajokas A (1997) Crystal structure of stibnite Sb₂S₃ in phase II at 320 K, Polish Journal of Chemistry, 71, 390-395
Berlepsch P, Makovicky E, Balić-Žunić T (2001) Crystal chemistry of meneghinite homologues and related sulfosalts, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Monatshefte, 2001, 115-135
Kyono A, Kimata M (2004) Structural variations induced by difference of the inert pair effect in the stibnite-bismuthinite solid solution series (Sb,Bi)₂S₃, American Mineralogist, 89, 932-940 [view file]
Liu J, Liu J, Li J, Xie H, Wang J, Deng J, Feng C, Qi F, Zhang N (2008) Experimental synthesis of the stibnite-antimonselite solid solution series, International Geology Review, 50, 163-176
Kharbish S, Libowitzky E, Beran A (2009) Raman spectra of isolated and interconnected pyramidal XS₃ groups (X = Sb, Bi) in stibnite, bismuthinite, kermesite, stephanite and bournonite, European Journal of Mineralogy, 21, 325-333
Garcia-Guinea J, Gervilla F, Garrido F, Correcher V, Marco J F, Tormo L (2023) A re-investigation on the historical cervantite-type antimony ochres, Estudios Geológicos, 79, e150 [view file]

REFERENCES for Stibnite

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]

Beudant F S (1832) Stibine, antinoine sulfuré, in Traité Élémentaire de Minéralogie, 2nd Edition Paris 421-424 [view file]

Hofmann W (1933) Die struktur der minerale der animonitgruppe, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 86, 225-245 [view file]

Šćavnicar S (1960) The crystal structure of stibnite. A redetermination of atomic positions, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 114, 85-97 [view file]

Bayliss P, Nowacki W (1972) Refinement of the crystal structure of stibnite, Sb₂S₃, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 135, 308-315 [view file]

McKee D O, McMullan J T (1975) Comment on the structure of antimony trisulfide, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 142, 447-449 [view file]

Olivier-Fourcade J, Maurin M, Philippot E (1983) Étude cristallochimique de système Li₂S-Sb₂S₃, Revue de Chimie Minérale, 20, 196-213

Bonazzi P, Menchetti S, Sabelli C (1987) Structure refinement of kermesite: symmetry, twinning, and comparison with stibnite, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Monatshefte, 1987, 557-567

Arun P, Vedeshwar A G (1996) On the structure of stibnite (Sb₂S₃), Journal of Materials Science, 31, 6507-6510

Lukaszewicz K, Pietraszko A, Stepien-Damm J, Grigas J, Kajokas A (1997) Crystal structure of stibnite Sb₂S₃ in phase II at 320 K, Polish Journal of Chemistry, 71, 390-395

Berlepsch P, Makovicky E, Balić-Žunić T (2001) Crystal chemistry of meneghinite homologues and related sulfosalts, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Monatshefte, 2001, 115-135

Kyono A, Kimata M (2004) Structural variations induced by difference of the inert pair effect in the stibnite-bismuthinite solid solution series (Sb,Bi)₂S₃, American Mineralogist, 89, 932-940 [view file]

Liu J, Liu J, Li J, Xie H, Wang J, Deng J, Feng C, Qi F, Zhang N (2008) Experimental synthesis of the stibnite-antimonselite solid solution series, International Geology Review, 50, 163-176

Kharbish S, Libowitzky E, Beran A (2009) Raman spectra of isolated and interconnected pyramidal XS₃ groups (X = Sb, Bi) in stibnite, bismuthinite, kermesite, stephanite and bournonite, European Journal of Mineralogy, 21, 325-333

Garcia-Guinea J, Gervilla F, Garrido F, Correcher V, Marco J F, Tormo L (2023) A re-investigation on the historical cervantite-type antimony ochres, Estudios Geológicos, 79, e150 [view file]