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Name: Aurostibite RRUFF ID: R060923 Ideal Chemistry: AuSb2 Locality: Krásná Hora, Czech Republic Source: Michael Scott S100862 [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Gray massive crystals tarnished to gold color Status: The identification of this mineral is confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis. |
| Mineral Group: [ Pyrite (16) ] | ||
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| RRUFF ID: | R060923.9 | ||||||
| Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
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a: 6.6518(8)Å b: 6.6518(8)Å c: 6.6518(8)Å alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 90° Volume: 294.3(1)Å3 Crystal System: cubic |
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| REFERENCES for Aurostibite | |
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American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database Record: [view record] |
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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] |
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Oftedal I (1928) Über die Kristallstrukturen der verbindungen RuS2, OsS2, MnTe2 und AuSb2. Mit einem Anhang über die Gitterkonstant von Pyrit, Zeitschrift für Physikalische Chemie, 135, 291-299 [view file] |
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Graham A R, Kaiman S (1952) Aurostibite, AuSb2; a new mineral in the pyrite group, American Mineralogist, 37, 461-469 [view file] |
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Pearson W B (1964) Electrical resistivity, Hall coefficient, and thermoelectric power of AuSb2 AND Cu2Sb*, Canadian Journal of Physics, 42, 519-525 |
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Furuseth S, Selte K, Kjekshus A (1967) On the solid solubility and structural properties of PdAs2-xSbx, PtP2-xAsx, PtP2-xSbx, PtP2-xBix, PtAs2-xSbx, PtAs2-xBix, PtSb2-xBix, Pdl-mPtmAs2, Pdl-mPtmSb2, Pdl-mAumSb2, and Ptl-mAumSb2, Acta Chemica Scandinavica, 21, 527-536 |
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Freund G A, Kirby R D, Sellmyer D J (1977) Raman scattering from pyrite structure AuSb2, Solid State Communications, 22, 5-7 |
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Ashley P M, Cook N D J, Hill R L (1990) Occurrence and significance of aurostibite in Sb-Au ore from Hillgrove, New South Wales, Australia, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Monatshefte, 1990, 537-551 |
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Cook N J (1992) Antimony-rich mineral parageneses and their association with Au minerals within massive sulfide deposits at Sulitjelma, Norway, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Monatshefte, 1992, 97-106 |
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Jedwab J, Chuva J M, Poot E (1992) Reflected-light microscope and SEM/EMP observations on the behaviour of aurostibite (AuSb2) during amalgamation, Mineralogical Magazine, 56, 561-565 [view file] |
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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] |
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Zachariáš, Němec (2017) Gold to aurostibite transformation and formation of Au-Ag-Sb phases: the Krásná Hora deposit, Czech Republic, Mineralogical Magazine, 81, 987-999 |
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