Acanthite R080016

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Name: Acanthite
RRUFF ID: R080016
Ideal Chemistry: Ag2S
Locality: Imiter mine, Djebel Sarhro, near Quarzazate, Anti Atlas Mountains, Morocco
Source: William W. Pinch [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Group of black poorly formed crystals
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed only by X-ray diffraction
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RAMAN SPECTRUM 
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample, sample burns under any power
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RRUFF ID: R080016
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample, sample burns under any power
Instrument settings: Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 1% of 150mW
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POWDER DIFFRACTION 
RRUFF ID: R080016.1
Sample Description: Powder
Cell Refinement Output: a: 4.2244(9)Å    b: 6.9297(7)Å    c: 7.8653(6)Å
alpha: 90°    beta: 99.65(1)°    gamma: 90°   Volume: 226.99(4)    Crystal System: monoclinic
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Output file from the Bruker D8 Advance instrument. Includes device headers and XY data.

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

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REFERENCES for Acanthite

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]

Kenngott A (1855) Ueber den akanthit, eine neue species in dem geschlechte der silber-glanze, Annalen der Physik und Chemie, 95, 462-464   [view file]

Dana J D, Brush G J (1868) Acanthite, in A System of Mineralogy, Fifth Edition John Wiley and Sons New York 51-52   [view file]

Frueh A J (1957) The crystal structure, polymorphism and twinning of acanthite (Ag2S), Acta Crystallographica, 10, 764-764

Frueh A J (1958) The crystallography of silver sulfide, Ag2S, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 110, 136-144   [view file]

Petruk W, Owens D R, Stewart J M, Murray E J (1974) Observations on acanthite, aguilarite and naumannite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 12, 365-369   [view file]

Cava R J, Reidinger F, Wuensch B J (1980) Single-crystal neutron diffraction study of the fast-ion conductor β-Ag2S between 186 and 325°C, Journal of Solid State Chemistry, 31, 69-80

Ondruš P, Veselovský F, Gabašová A, Hloušek J, Šrein V, Vavrín I, Skála R, Sejkora J, Drábek M (2003) Primary minerals of the Jáchymov ore district, Journal of the Czech Geological Society, 48, 19-147   [view file]