Andorite VI R060673


 Name: Andorite VI
RRUFF ID: R060673
Ideal Chemistry: AgPbSb3S6
Locality: San Jose mine, Oruro, Bolivia
Source: Michael Scott S101092 [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Dark steel gray metallic prismatic crystals with striation parallel to the c-axis. About ten percent of the volume is andorite IV, as determined by X-ray diffraction.
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction.
CHEMISTRY 
RRUFF ID: R060673.2
Sample Description: Microprobe Fragment
RAMAN SPECTRUM 
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
Instrument settings: Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 30% of 150mW
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POWDER DIFFRACTION 
RRUFF ID: R060673.1
Sample Description: Powder, about ten percent of volume is andorite IV, a = 13.0128(9), b = 19.175(2), c = 17.090(2), V = 4264.3(6) as determined on a single-crystal.
Cell Refinement Output: a: 13.0225(9)Å    b: 19.187(1)Å    c: 25.645(2)Å
alpha: 90°    beta: 90°    gamma: 90°   Volume: 6407.8(0)    Crystal System: orthorhombic
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Output file from the Bruker D8 Advance instrument. Includes device headers and XY data.

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REFERENCES for Andorite VI

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]

Krenner J A (1894) Andorit, ein neues ungarisches silbererz, Zeitschrift für Krystallographie und Mineralogie, 23, 497-499   [view file]

Donnay J D H, Donnay G (1954) Syntaxic intergrowths in the andorite series, American Mineralogist, 39, 161-171   [view file]

Kawada I, Hellner E (1971) Die kristallstruktur der pseudozelle (sub cell) von andorit VI (ramdohrit), Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Monatshefte, 1971, 551-560

Bailey S W (1977) Report of the I.M.A-I.U.Cr. Joint Committee on Nomenclature, American Mineralogist, 62, 411-415   [view file]

Kaspar P, Mrazek Z, Ridkosil T (1983) Andorite, fizelyite and miargyrite: a decomposition of a natural solid solution?, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Abhandlungen, 147, 47-57

Moëlo Y, Makovicky E, Karup-Møller S (1984) New data on the minerals of the andorite series, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Monatshefte, 1984, 175-182

Dunn P J, Chao G Y, Fleischer M, Ferraiolo J A, Langley R H, Pabst A, Zilczer J A (1985) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 70, 214-221   [view file]

Sawada H, Kawada I, Hellner E, Tokonami M (1987) The crystal structure of senandorite (andorite VI): PbAgSb3S6, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 180, 141-150   [view file]