Arsenic R050653


Name: Arsenic
RRUFF ID: R050653
Ideal Chemistry: As
Locality: Japan
Source: University of Arizona Mineral Museum 1237 [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Gray massive
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis
Mineral Group: [ Arsenic (7) ]
CHEMISTRY 
RRUFF ID: R050653.2
Sample Description: Microprobe Fragment
Measured Chemistry: As
Microprobe Data File: [ Download Excel File ]
RAMAN SPECTRUM 
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
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RRUFF ID: R050653
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
Instrument settings: Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW
INFRARED SPECTRUM (Attenuated Total Reflectance) 
RRUFF ID: R050653.1
Sample Description: Powder
Instrument settings: SensIR Durascope on a Nicolet Magna 860 FTIR
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POWDER DIFFRACTION 
RRUFF ID: R050653.1
Sample Description: Powder, with sharp diffraction peaks from pyrite (a = 5.4195(1))
Cell Refinement Output: a: 4.131(1)Å    b: 4.131(1)Å    c: 4.131(1)Å
alpha: 54.15(2)°    beta: 54.15(2)°    gamma: 54.15(2)°   Volume: 43.05(2)Å3    Crystal System: rhombohedral
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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 Arsenic

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]

Cronstadt A F (1758) in Försök till en Mineralogie, eller Mineral-Rikets Upställning Wildiska Stockholm 204-210   [view file]

Hoffmann C A S (1789) Mineralsystem des Herrn Inspektor Werners mit dessen Erlaubnis herausgegeben von C A S Hoffmann, Bergmannisches Journal, 1, 369-398   [view file]

Papezik V S (1966) Abstract of paper presented at the eleventh meeting: Native arsenic in Newfoundland, The Canadian Mineralogist, 8, 670-671   [view file]

Papezik V S (1967) Native arsenic in Newfoundland, The Canadian Mineralogist, 9, 101-108   [view file]

Schiferl D, Barrett C S (1969) The crystal structure of arsenic at 4.2, 78 and 299 K, Journal of Applied Crystallography, 2, 30-36   [link]

Gait R I, Harris D C (1972) Hauchecornite — antimonian, arsenian and tellurian varieties, The Canadian Mineralogist, 11, 819-825   [view file]

Watkinson D H, Heslop J B, Ewert W D (1975) Nickel sulphide-arsenide assemblages associated with uranium mineralization, Zimmer Lake area, northern Saskatchewan, The Canadian Mineralogist, 13, 198-204   [view file]

Hattori K H, Arai S, Clarke D B (2002) Selenium, tellurium, arsenic and antimony contents of primary mantle sulfides, The Canadian Mineralogist, 40, 637-650   [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]

Degtyareva O (2010) Crystal structure of simple metals at high pressures, High Pressure Research, 30, 343-371

Đorđević T, Kolitsch U, Serafimovski T, Tasev G, Tepe N, Stöger-Pollach M, Hofmann T, Boev B, (2019) Mineralogy and weathering of realgar-rich tailings at a former As-Sb-Cr mine at Lojane, North Macedonia, The Canadian Mineralogist, 57, 403-423