Erdite R070139

Name: Erdite
RRUFF ID: R070139
Ideal Chemistry: NaFeS₂·2H₂O
Locality: Coyote Peak, Orick, Humboldt County, California, USA
Source: Michael Scott S100558 [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Deep red massive, underneath the weathering product of parallel light brown fibers (goethite), associated with submetallic bartonite, phlogopite, and barytolamprophyllite (R120087); co-type specimen
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction.

RAMAN SPECTRUM

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Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

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BROAD SCAN WITH SPECTRAL ARTIFACTS

RRUFF ID:

R070139

Wavelength:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

Instrument settings:

Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 50% of 150mW

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	Raman Data (RAW)
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POWDER DIFFRACTION

RRUFF ID:

R070139.9

Sample Description:

Single crystal, powder profile is calculated

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 10.79(2)Å b: 9.10(2)Å c: 5.510(9)Å
alpha: 90° beta: 92.29(9)° gamma: 90° Volume: 540.2(3)Å³ Crystal System: monoclinic

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 Erdite
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]
Czamanske G K, Leonard B F, Clark J R (1980) Erdite, a new hydrated sodium iron sulfide mineral, American Mineralogist, 65, 509-515 [view file]
Konnert J A, Evans H T (1980) The crystal structure of erdite, NaFeS₂·2H₂O, American Mineralogist, 65, 516-521 [view file]