Galkhaite R070394
Name: Galkhaite
RRUFF ID: R070394
Ideal Chemistry: (Hg5Cu)CsAs4S12
Locality: Getchell Mine, Adam Peak, Potosi District, Humboldt County, Nevada, USA
Source: Michael Scott S104412 [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Dark red cubes associated with quartz
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction.
Mineral Groups: [ Galkhaite (1) ] [ Tetrahedrite (11) ] [ Tennantite (1) ]
CHEMISTRY 
RRUFF ID: R070394.2
Sample Description: Microprobe Fragment
RAMAN SPECTRUM 
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
Instrument settings: Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW
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POWDER DIFFRACTION 
RRUFF ID: R070394.1
Sample Description: Powder
Cell Refinement Output: a: 10.3906(2)Å    b: 10.3906(2)Å    c: 10.3906(2)Å
alpha: 90°    beta: 90°    gamma: 90°   Volume: 1121.81(6)Å3    Crystal System: cubic
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Output file from the Bruker D8 Advance instrument. Includes device headers and XY data.

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Output file from the Bruker D8 Advance instrument. Includes device headers and XY data.

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REFERENCES for Galkhaite

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]

Grudzen V S, Stepanov V I, Shumkova N G, Chernitsova M M, Yudin R N, Bryzgalov I A (1972) Galkhaite, HgAsS2, a new mineral from arsenic-antimony-mercury deposits of the USSR, Doklady Akademii Nauk SSSR, 205, 1194-1197   [view file]

Fleischer M (1974) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 59, 208-212   [view file]

Divjakovic V, Nowacki W (1975) Die kristallstruktur von galchait [Hg0.76(Cu,Zn)0.24]12Tl0.96(AsS3)8, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Monatshefte, 1975, 291-293

Kaplunnik L N, Pobedimskaya E A, Belov N V (1975) The crystal structure of galkhaite, HgAsS2, Soviet Physics - Doklady, 20, 723-724

Kaplunnik L N, Pobedimskaya E A, Belov N V (1975) The crystal structure of galkhaite HgAsS2, Doklady Akademii Nauk SSSR, 225, 561-563   [view file]

Chen T T, Szymanski J T (1981) The structure and chemistry of galkhaite, a mercury sulfosalt containing Cs and Tl, The Canadian Mineralogist, 19, 571-581   [view file]

Chen T T, Szymanski J T (1982) A comparison of galkhaite from Nevada and from the type locality, Khaydarkan, Kirgizia, U.S.S.R., The Canadian Mineralogist, 20, 575-577   [view file]

Dunn P J, Fleischer M, Burns R G, Pabst A (1983) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 68, 471-475   [view file]

Pekov I V, Bryzgalov I A (2006) New data on galkhaite, New Data on Minerals. Moscow, 41, 26-32   [view file]

Pekov I V, Bryzgalov I A (2006) New data on galkhaite (Russian), New Data on Minerals. Moscow, 41, 26-32   [view file]

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

Vasil'ev V I, Pervukhina N V, Borisov S V, Magarill S A (2010) New data on the composition and crystal structure of galkhaite, (Hg,Cu)6(Cs,Tl)(As,Sb)4S12, Geology of Ore Deposits, 52, 662-668   [view file]

Biagioni C, Bindi L, Zaccarini F (2014) Crystal chemistry of mercury sulfosalts – galkhaite, (Hg5+xCu1-x)Cs1-xAs4S12 (x≈0): crystal structure and revision of the chemical formula, The Canadian Mineralogist, 52, 873-882   [view file]