Dufrénoysite R070579
Name: Dufrénoysite
RRUFF ID: R070579
Ideal Chemistry: Pb2As2S5
Locality: Lengenbach Quarry, Imfeld, Binnental, Valais, Switzerland
Source: James Shigley [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Lead gray metallic prismatic crystals associated with pyrite and dolomite
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis
Mineral Group: [ Sartorite (5) ]
CHEMISTRY 
RRUFF ID: R070579.2
Sample Description: Microprobe Fragment
Measured Chemistry: (Pb1.71Tl0.08Sb0.04Ag0.03)Σ1.86As2.05S5.00
Microprobe Data File: [ Download Excel File ]
RAMAN SPECTRUM 
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
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RRUFF ID: R070579
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
Instrument settings: Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 20% of 150mW
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POWDER DIFFRACTION 
RRUFF ID: R070579.9
Sample Description: Single crystal, powder profile is calculated
Cell Refinement Output: a: 7.910(1)Å    b: 25.691(6)Å    c: 8.344(3)Å
alpha: 90°    beta: 90.41(1)°    gamma: 90°   Volume: 1695.5(7)Å3    Crystal System: monoclinic
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Output file from the Bruker D8 Advance instrument. Includes device headers and XY data.

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REFERENCES for Dufrénoysite

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]

Damour A A (1845) Sur le sulfo-arséniure de plomb du mont Saint-Gothard (Nouvelle espèce minérale), Annales de Chimie et de Physique, 14, 379-383   [view file]

Descloizeaux P M (1855) Sur les formes cristallines de la dufrénoysite, Annales des Mines, 5, 389-398   [view file]

Marumo F, Nowacki W (1967) The crystal structure of dufrenoysite, Pb16As16S40, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 124, 409-419   [view file]

Ribár B, Nicca C, Nowacki W (1969) Dreidimensionale verfeinerung der kristallstruktur von dufrenoysit, Pb8As8S20, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 130, 15-40   [view file]

Pring A (1990) Disordered intergrowths in lead-arsenic sulfide minerals and the paragenesis of the sartorite-group minerals, American Mineralogist, 75, 289-294   [view file]

Pring A (2001) The crystal chemistry of the sartorite group minerals from Lengenbach, Binntal, Switzerland - a HRTEM study, Schweizerische Mineralogische und Petrographische Mitteilungen, 81, 69-87

Berlepsch P, Armbruster T, Topa D (2002) Structural and chemical variations in rathite, Pb8Pb4-x(Tl2As2)x(Ag2As2)As16S40: modulations of a parent structure, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 217, 581-590

Shimizu M, Ishizaki Y, Honma T, Matsubara S, Miyawaki R (2005) Dufrenoysite and marumoite from the Okoppe mine, Japan, in Mineral Deposit Research: Meeting the Global Challenge. Proceedings of the Eighth Biennial SGA Meeting Beijing, China, 18–21 August 2005. Session 6. Springer Berlin 695-697   [view file]

Roth P (2007) Dufrénoysite, in Minerals first discovered in Switzerland and minerals named after Swiss individuals Kristallografik Verlag Achberg Germany 56-57