Cinnabar R070532 - RRUFF Database: Raman, X-ray, Infrared, and Chemistry

Cinnabar R070532

Name: Cinnabar
RRUFF ID: R070532
Ideal Chemistry: HgS
Locality: Charcas, San Luis Potosi, Mexico
Source: James Shigley [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Red prismatic crystals associated with calcite
Status: The identification of this mineral is confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis.

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CHEMISTRY

RRUFF ID:	R070532.2
Sample Description:	Microprobe Fragment
Measured Chemistry:	Hg_1.00S_1.00

RAMAN SPECTRUM

RRUFF ID:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

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BROAD SCAN WITH SPECTRAL ARTIFACTS

RRUFF ID:

R070532

Wavelength:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

Instrument settings:

Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 30% of 150mW

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POWDER DIFFRACTION

RRUFF ID:

R070532.9

Sample Description:

Single crystal, powder profile is calculated

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 4.185(6)Å b: 4.185(6)Å c: 9.583(9)Å
alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 120° Volume: 145.3(1) Crystal System: hexagonal

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 Cinnabar
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]
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]
Auvray P, Genet F (1973) Affinement de la structure cristalline du cinabre α-HgS, Bulletin de la Société Française de Minéralogie et de Cristallographie, 96, 218-219 [view file]
Potter R W, Barnes H L (1978) Phase relations in the binary Hg-S, American Mineralogist, 63, 1143-1152 [view file]
Frost R L, Martens W N, Kloprogge J T (2002) Raman spectroscopic study of cinnabar (HgS), realgar (As₄S₄), and orpiment (As₂S₃) at 298 and 77K, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Monatshefte, 2002, 469-480
Borisov S V, Magarill S A, Pervukhina N V (2009) Characteristic features of crystal chemistry of natural mercury-containing sulfides and sulfosalts, Journal of Structural Chemistry, 50, 853-860

REFERENCES for Cinnabar

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]

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]

Auvray P, Genet F (1973) Affinement de la structure cristalline du cinabre α-HgS, Bulletin de la Société Française de Minéralogie et de Cristallographie, 96, 218-219 [view file]

Potter R W, Barnes H L (1978) Phase relations in the binary Hg-S, American Mineralogist, 63, 1143-1152 [view file]

Frost R L, Martens W N, Kloprogge J T (2002) Raman spectroscopic study of cinnabar (HgS), realgar (As₄S₄), and orpiment (As₂S₃) at 298 and 77K, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Monatshefte, 2002, 469-480

Borisov S V, Magarill S A, Pervukhina N V (2009) Characteristic features of crystal chemistry of natural mercury-containing sulfides and sulfosalts, Journal of Structural Chemistry, 50, 853-860