Hetaerolite R061062
Name: Hetaerolite
RRUFF ID: R061062
Ideal Chemistry: ZnMn3+2O4
Locality: Mohawk mine, San Bernardino County, California, USA
Source: Bob Jenkins [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Dark gray semi-metallic aggregate of pseudo-octahedra, associated with platy chalcophanite.
Status: The identification of this mineral is confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis.
Mineral Group: [ Spinel (66) ]
CHEMISTRY 
RRUFF ID: R061062.2
Sample Description: Microprobe Fragment
Measured Chemistry: Zn1.00Mn3+2.00O4 ; lighter rim: Zn1.00(Mn3+1.84Fe3+0.15)Σ=2O4
Microprobe Data File: [ Download Excel File ]
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: R061062.9
Sample Description: Single crystal, powder profile is calculated
Cell Refinement Output: a: 5.712(3)Å    b: 5.712(3)Å    c: 9.202(5)Å
alpha: 90°    beta: 90°    gamma: 90°   Volume: 300.2(1)Å3    Crystal System: tetragonal
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Output file from the Bruker D8 Advance instrument. Includes device headers and XY data.

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REFERENCES for Hetaerolite

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]

Moore G E (1877) Preliminary notice of the discovery of a new mineral species, American Journal of Science and Arts, 114, 423-423   [view file]

Frondel C, Heinrich E W (1942) New data on hetaerolite, hydrohetaerolite, coronadite, and hollandite, American Mineralogist, 27, 48-56   [view file]

Nogues M, Poix P (1972) Effet Jahn-Teller cooperatif dans le systeme ZnMn2O4Zn2SnO4, Annales de Chimie, 1972, 301-314

Yamamoto N, Kawano S, Achiwa N, Higashi S (1983) Preparation by a wet method and ionic distribution of transition metal-substituted hausmanite spinel, Journal of the Japan Society of Powder Metallurgy, 30, 48-54

Asbrink S, Waskowska A, Gerward L, Olsen J S, Talik E (1999) High Pressure phase transition and properties of spinel ZnMn2O4, Physical Review B, 60, 12651-12656

Kolitsch U, Rieck B, Brandstätter F, Schreiber F, Fabritz K, Blaß G, Gröbner J (2014) Neufunde aus dem alten Bergbau und den Schlacken von Lavrion (I), Mineralien Welt, 1, 60-75

Bosi F, Biagioni C, Pasero M (2019) Nomenclature and classification of the spinel supergroup, European Journal of Mineralogy, 31, 183-192   [view file]