Aramayoite R061071
Name: Aramayoite
RRUFF ID: R061071
Ideal Chemistry: Ag3Sb2(Bi,Sb)S6
Locality: Animas mine, Potosi, Bolivia
Source: Michael Scott S101420 [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Black platy submetallic
Status: The identification of this mineral is not yet confirmed.
RAMAN SPECTRUM 
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
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RRUFF ID: R061071
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
Instrument settings: Thermo Almega XR 785nm @ 10% of 500mW
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REFERENCES for Aramayoite

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]

Spencer L J, Mountain E D (1926) Aramayoite, a new mineral, from Bolivia, Mineralogical Magazine, 21, 156-162   [view file]

Foshag W F (1927) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 12, 265-266   [view file]

Mullen D J E, Nowacki W (1974) The crystal structure of aramayoite Ag(Sb,Bi)S2, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 139, 54-69   [view file]

Effenberger H, Paar W H, Topa D, Criddle A J, Fleck M (2002) The new mineral baumstarkite and a structural reinvestigation of aramayoite and miargyrite, American Mineralogist, 87, 753-764   [view file]