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Alloclasite R110002
Name: Alloclasite
RRUFF ID: R110002
Ideal Chemistry: CoAsS
Locality: Bou Azzer, Morocco
Source: Marcus Origlieri [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Aggregate of steel-gray prismatic to platy crystals associated with spherocobaltite
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction.
Mineral Group: [ Lollingite (8) ]
RAMAN SPECTRUM 
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Sample Description: Unoriented Raman on the primary sample
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RRUFF ID: R110002
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Sample Description: Unoriented Raman on the primary sample
Instrument settings: Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 65% of 150mW
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POWDER DIFFRACTION 
RRUFF ID: R110002.9
Sample Description: Single crystal, powder profile is calculated
Cell Refinement Output: a: 4.600(4)Å    b: 5.584(6)Å    c: 3.432(4)Å
alpha: 90°    beta: 90.05(6)°    gamma: 90°   Volume: 88.14(7)Å3    Crystal System: monoclinic
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Calculated diffraction file.

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

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REFERENCES for Alloclasite

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]

Tschermak G (1866) Der Alloklas und der sogenannte Glaukodot von Orawicza, Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, 53, 220-225   [view file]

Kingston P W (1971) On alloclasite, a Co-Fe sulpharsenide, The Canadian Mineralogist, 10, 838-846   [view file]

Petruk W, Harris D C, Stewart J M (1971) Characteristics of the arsenides, sulpharsenides, and antimonides, The Canadian Mineralogist, 11, 150-186   [view file]

Fleischer M (1972) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 57, 1552-1561   [view file]

Scott J D, Nowacki W (1976) The crystal structure of alloclasite, CoAsS, and the alloclasite-cobaltite transformation, The Canadian Mineralogist, 14, 561-566   [view file]

Hem S R, Makovicky E, Gervilla F (2001) Compositional trends in Fe, Co, and Ni sulfarsenides and their crystal-chemical implications: results from the Arroyo de la Cueva deposits, Ronda peridotite, southern Spain, The Canadian Mineralogist, 39, 831-853   [view file]

Wagner T, Lerenz J (2002) Mineralogy of complex Co-Ni-Bi vein mineralization, Bieber deposit, Spessart, Germany, Mineralogical Magazine, 66, 385-407   [view file]

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]

Hem S R, Makovicky E (2004) The system Fe-Co-Ni-As-S. II. Phase relations at in the (Fe,Co,Ni)As1.5S0.5 section at 650° and 500°C, The Canadian Mineralogist, 42, 63-86   [view file]

Hazen R M, Hystad G, Golden J J, Hummer D R, Liu C, Downs R T, Morrison S M, Ralph J, Grew E S (2017) Cobalt mineral ecology, American Mineralogist, 102, 108-116   [view file]