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Breithauptite R060928
Name: Breithauptite
RRUFF ID: R060928
Ideal Chemistry: NiSb
Locality: Cobalt, Ontario, Canada
Source: Royal Ontario Museum M9968 [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Massive aggregate of pinkish metallic crystals
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis
Mineral Group: [ Nickeline (5) ]
CHEMISTRY 
RRUFF ID: R060928.2
Sample Description: Microprobe Fragment
Measured Chemistry: Ni1.00(Sb0.96As0.04)Σ=1
Microprobe Data File: [ Download Excel File ]
RAMAN SPECTRUM 
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
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RRUFF ID: R060928
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
Instrument settings: Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW
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Raman Data (Processed)
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POWDER DIFFRACTION 
RRUFF ID: R060928.1
Sample Description: Powder
Cell Refinement Output: a: 3.9267(2)Å    b: 3.9267(2)Å    c: 5.1348(6)Å
alpha: 90°    beta: 90°    gamma: 120°   Volume: 68.567(7)Å3    Crystal System: hexagonal
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Calculated diffraction file.

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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 Breithauptite

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]

Stromeyer F, Hausmann J F L (1833) Unter der Aufsicht der Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften, Göttingische Gelehrte Anzeigen, 201, 2001-2008   [view file]

Haidinger W (1845) Zweite Klasse: Geogenide. XIII. Ordnung. Kiese. I. Nickelkies. Breithauptit., in Handbuch der Bestimmenden Mineralogie Bei Braumüller and Seidel Wien 559-562   [view file]

Alsén N (1925) Röntgenographische Untersuchung der Kristallstrukturen von Magnetkies, Breithauptit, Pentlandit, Millerit und verwandten Verbindungen, Geologiska Föreningens i Stockholm Förhandlingar, 47, 19-72   [view file]

Kjekshus A, Walseth K P (1969) On the properties of the Cr1+xSb, Fe1+xSb, Co1+xSb, Ni1+xSb, Pd1+xSb, and Pt1-xSb phases, Acta Chemica Scandinavica, 23, 2621-2630

Petruk W, Harris D C, Stewart J M (1971) Characteristics of the arsenides, sulpharsenides, and antimonides, The Canadian Mineralogist, 11, 150-186   [view file]