Dadsonite R060246



Name: Dadsonite
RRUFF ID: R060246
Ideal Chemistry: Pb23Sb25S60Cl
Locality: St. Pons, Barconlette, Haute Alpes, France
Source: William W. Pinch [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Black fibers, resembling steel wool, known as the 4-angstrom structure
Status: The identification of this mineral has been made only by X-ray diffraction.
RAMAN SPECTRUM 
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
Instrument settings: Thermo Almega XR 785nm @ 100% of 500 mW
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POWDER DIFFRACTION 
RRUFF ID: R060246.9
Sample Description: Single crystal, powder profile is calculated
Cell Refinement Output: a: 4.145(5)Å    b: 17.49(3)Å    c: 19.20(3)Å
alpha: 96.97(5)°    beta: 90.08(4)°    gamma: 89.54(5)°   Volume: 1381(2)    Crystal System: triclinic
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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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REFERENCES for Dadsonite

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]

Jambor J L (1969) Dadsonite (minerals Q and QM), a new lead sulphantimonide, Mineralogical Magazine, 37, 437-441   [view file]

Fleischer M (1970) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 55, 1444-1449   [view file]

Cervelle B D, Cesbron F P, Sichère M C, Deitrich J (1979) La chalcostibite et la dadsonite de Saint-Pons, Alpes de Haute Provence, France, The Canadian Mineralogist, 17, 601-605   [view file]

Moëlo Y (1979) Quaternary compounds in the system Pb—Sb—S—Cl: dadsonite and synthetic phases, The Canadian Mineralogist, 17, 595-600   [view file]

Makovicky E, Topa D, Mumme W G (2006) The crystal structure of dadsonite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 44, 1499-1512   [view file]