Bismuth R070617 - RRUFF Database: Raman, X-ray, Infrared, and Chemistry

Bismuthinite R070617

Name: Bismuthinite
RRUFF ID: R070617
Ideal Chemistry: Bi₂S₃
Locality: Hachita, Grants County, New Mexico, USA
Source: James Shigley [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Steel-gray metallic massive lamellar, associated with quartz.
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed only by single crystal X-ray diffraction.

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RAMAN SPECTRUM

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Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

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RRUFF ID:

R070617

Wavelength:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

Instrument settings:

Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW

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POWDER DIFFRACTION

RRUFF ID:

R070617.9

Sample Description:

Single crystal, powder profile is calculated

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 11.294(4)Å b: 3.975(1)Å c: 11.133(2)Å
alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 90° Volume: 499.9(6) Crystal System: orthorhombic

File Type Information

Calculated diffraction file.

File Type Information

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

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REFERENCES for Bismuthinite
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]
Beudant F S (1832) Sulfures de bismuth. Bismuthine, in Traité Élémentaire de Minéralogie, 2nd Edition Paris 418-421 [view file]
Takeuchi Y, Ozawa T (1975) The structure of Cu₄Bi₄S₉ and its relation to the structures of covellite, CuS and bismuthinite, Bi₂S₃, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 141, 217-232 [view file]
Pring A, Hyde B G (1987) Structural disorder in lindströmite: a bismuthinite - aikinite derivative, The Canadian Mineralogist, 25, 393-399 [view file]
Berlepsch P, Makovicky E, Balić-Žunić T (2001) Crystal chemistry of meneghinite homologues and related sulfosalts, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Monatshefte, 2001, 115-135
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]
Lundegaard L F, Makovicky E, Boffa-Ballaran T, Balić-Žunić T (2005) Crystal structure and cation lone electron pair activity of Bi₂S₃ between 0 and 10 GPa, Physics and Chemistry of Minerals, 32, 578-584
Kharbish S, Libowitzky E, Beran A (2009) Raman spectra of isolated and interconnected pyramidal XS₃ groups (X = Sb, Bi) in stibnite, bismuthinite, kermesite, stephanite and bournonite, European Journal of Mineralogy, 21, 325-333

REFERENCES for Bismuthinite

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]

Beudant F S (1832) Sulfures de bismuth. Bismuthine, in Traité Élémentaire de Minéralogie, 2nd Edition Paris 418-421 [view file]

Takeuchi Y, Ozawa T (1975) The structure of Cu₄Bi₄S₉ and its relation to the structures of covellite, CuS and bismuthinite, Bi₂S₃, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 141, 217-232 [view file]

Pring A, Hyde B G (1987) Structural disorder in lindströmite: a bismuthinite - aikinite derivative, The Canadian Mineralogist, 25, 393-399 [view file]

Berlepsch P, Makovicky E, Balić-Žunić T (2001) Crystal chemistry of meneghinite homologues and related sulfosalts, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Monatshefte, 2001, 115-135

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]

Lundegaard L F, Makovicky E, Boffa-Ballaran T, Balić-Žunić T (2005) Crystal structure and cation lone electron pair activity of Bi₂S₃ between 0 and 10 GPa, Physics and Chemistry of Minerals, 32, 578-584

Kharbish S, Libowitzky E, Beran A (2009) Raman spectra of isolated and interconnected pyramidal XS₃ groups (X = Sb, Bi) in stibnite, bismuthinite, kermesite, stephanite and bournonite, European Journal of Mineralogy, 21, 325-333