Eugenite R070463

Name: Eugenite
RRUFF ID: R070463
Ideal Chemistry: Ag₁₁Hg₂
Locality: Tsumeb mine, Tsumeb, Otavi District, Oshikoto, Namibia
Source: Michael Scott S104479 [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Silvery gold metallic blebs
Status: The identification of this mineral has only been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction.

CHEMISTRY

RRUFF ID:	R070463.2
Sample Description:	Microprobe Fragment

RAMAN SPECTRUM

RRUFF ID:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

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BROAD SCAN WITH SPECTRAL ARTIFACTS

RRUFF ID:

R070463

Wavelength:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

Instrument settings:

Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 80% of 150mW

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	Raman Data (RAW)
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POWDER DIFFRACTION

RRUFF ID:

R070463.9

Sample Description:

Single crystal, powder profile is calculated

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 4.094(9)Å b: 4.094(9)Å c: 4.094(9)Å
alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 90° Volume: 68.48(3) Crystal System: cubic

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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	DIF File
	X-ray Data (XY - RAW)
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REFERENCES for Eugenite
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]
Owen E A, O'Donnell Roberts E A (1945) The solubility of certain metals in gold, Journal of the Institute of Metals, 71, 213-254
Kucha H (1986) Eugenite, Ag₁₁Hg₂ - A new mineral from Zechstein copper deposits in Poland, Mineralogia Polonica, 17, 3-10
Jambor J L, Pertsev N N, Roberts A C (1995) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 80, 845-850 [view file]