Guanajuatite - RRUFF Database: Raman, X-ray, Infrared, and Chemistry

Guanajuatite R080140

Name: Guanajuatite
RRUFF ID: R080140
Ideal Chemistry: Bi₂Se₃
Locality: Falun, Dalarna, Sweden
Source: James Shigley [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Compact mass of silver flattened crystals, exhibiting metallic luster
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed only by single crystal X-ray diffraction.

RAMAN SPECTRUM

RRUFF ID:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

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BROAD SCAN WITH SPECTRAL ARTIFACTS

RRUFF ID:

R080140

Wavelength:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

Instrument settings:

Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 65% of 150mW

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POWDER DIFFRACTION

RRUFF ID:

R080140.9

Sample Description:

Single crystal, powder profile is calculated

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 11.491(5)Å b: 4.021(2)Å c: 11.253(6)Å
alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 90° Volume: 520.0(2) Crystal System: orthorhombic

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 Guanajuatite
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]
Dana E S (1877) Scientific intelligence. Guanajuatite, The American Journal of Science and Arts, 113, 319-319 [view file]
Ramdohr P (1948) Las especies mineralogicas guanajuatita y paraguanajuatita, Comite Directivo Investido recursos Minerales de Mexico Boletin, 20, 1-15 [view file]
Earley J W (1950) Description and synthesis of the selenide minerals, American Mineralogist, 35, 337-364 [view file]
Berry L G, Thompson R M (1962) X-ray powder data for the ore minerals, Geological Society of America Memoires, 85, 85-85
Atabaeva E Y, Mashkov S A, Popova S V (1973) The crystal structure of a new modification of Bi₂Se₃II, Kristallografiya, 18, 173-174 [view file]
Caracas R, Gonze X (2005) First-principles study of the electronic properties of A₂B₃ minerals, with A=Bi,Sb and B=S,Se, Physics and Chemistry of Minerals, 32, 295-300

REFERENCES for Guanajuatite

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]

Dana E S (1877) Scientific intelligence. Guanajuatite, The American Journal of Science and Arts, 113, 319-319 [view file]

Ramdohr P (1948) Las especies mineralogicas guanajuatita y paraguanajuatita, Comite Directivo Investido recursos Minerales de Mexico Boletin, 20, 1-15 [view file]

Earley J W (1950) Description and synthesis of the selenide minerals, American Mineralogist, 35, 337-364 [view file]

Berry L G, Thompson R M (1962) X-ray powder data for the ore minerals, Geological Society of America Memoires, 85, 85-85

Atabaeva E Y, Mashkov S A, Popova S V (1973) The crystal structure of a new modification of Bi₂Se₃II, Kristallografiya, 18, 173-174 [view file]

Caracas R, Gonze X (2005) First-principles study of the electronic properties of A₂B₃ minerals, with A=Bi,Sb and B=S,Se, Physics and Chemistry of Minerals, 32, 295-300