Molybdenite R060124

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Name: Molybdenite
RRUFF ID: R060124
Ideal Chemistry: MoS2
Locality: Crown Point mine, near Chelan, Washington, USA
Source: University of Arizona Mineral Museum 11966 [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Steel gray distorted hexagonal tablet on quartz
Status: The identification of this mineral is confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis.
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CHEMISTRY 
RRUFF ID: R060124.2
Sample Description: Microprobe Fragment
Measured Chemistry: Mo1.00S2.00
RAMAN SPECTRUM 
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample.
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RRUFF ID: R060124
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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: R060124.9
Sample Description: Single crystal, powder profile is calculated
Cell Refinement Output: a: 3.153(3)Å    b: 3.153(3)Å    c: 12.27(1)Å
alpha: 90°    beta: 90°    gamma: 120°   Volume: 105.6(1)    Crystal System: hexagonal
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Output file from the Bruker D8 Advance instrument. Includes device headers and XY data.

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REFERENCES for Molybdenite

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]

Kirwan R (1796) Chapter XIX. Molybdenite, in Elements of Mineralogy, Volume 2 P. Elmsly London 319-323   [view file]

Brongniart A (1807) 3e Genre. Molybdène. Esp. Molybdène sulfuré, in Traité Élémentaire de Minéralogie, Volume 2 Deterville Paris 91-93   [view file]

Semiletov S A (1961) The crystalline structure of rhombohedral MoS2, Soviet Physics - Crystallography, 6, 428-431   [view file]

Fleischer M (1963) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 48, 1413-1421   [view file]

Traill R J (1963) A rhombohedral polytype of molybdenite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 7, 524-526   [view file]

Mandarino J A, Gait R I (1970) Shorter communications: Molybdenite polytypes in the Royal Ontario Museum, The Canadian Mineralogist, 10, 723-729   [view file]

Bailey S W (1977) Report of the I.M.A-I.U.Cr. Joint Committee on Nomenclature, American Mineralogist, 62, 411-415   [view file]