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

Polybasite R061052

Name: Polybasite
RRUFF ID: R061052
Ideal Chemistry: [Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(Sb,As)₂S₇]
Locality: Elsa, Yukon Territory, Canada
Source: Royal Ontario Museum M52499 [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Metallic, iron-black with reddish hints; pseudohexagonal tabular crystals associated with hexagonal prisms of stephanite
Status: The identification of this mineral is confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis.

Mineral Group: [ Polybasite (6) ]

CHEMISTRY

RRUFF ID:	R061052.2
Sample Description:	Microprobe Fragment
Measured Chemistry:	Cu_1.00Ag_15.00Sb_2.00S_11.00
Microprobe Data File:	[ Download Excel File ]

RAMAN SPECTRUM

RRUFF ID:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

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BROAD SCAN WITH SPECTRAL ARTIFACTS

RRUFF ID:

R061052

Wavelength:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

Instrument settings:

Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 1% of 150mW

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POWDER DIFFRACTION

RRUFF ID:

R061052.9

Sample Description:

Single crystal, powder profile is calculated

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 26.203(2)Å b: 15.133(2)Å c: 23.895(3)Å
alpha: 90° beta: 89.996(5)° gamma: 90° Volume: 9475(3)Å³ Crystal System: monoclinic

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 Polybasite
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]
Rose H (1829) Ueber die in der Natur vorkommenden nicht oxydirten Verbindungen des Antimons und des Arseniks. 2. Polybasit, eine neue Species, Annalen der Physik und Chemie, 15, 573-591 [view file]
Frondel C (1963) Isodimorphism of the polybasite and pearceite series, American Mineralogist, 48, 565-572 [view file]
Fleischer M (1965) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 50, 1504-1508 [view file]
Harris D C, Nuffield E W, Frohberg M H (1965) Studies of mineral sulpho-salts: XIX-selenian polybasite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 8, 172-184 [view file]
Hall H T (1967) The pearceite and polybasite series, American Mineralogist, 52, 1311-1321 [view file]
Edenharter A, Koto K, Nowacki W (1971) Über pearceit, polybasit und binnit, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Monatshefte, 1971, 337-341
Bailey S W (1977) Report of the I.M.A-I.U.Cr. Joint Committee on Nomenclature, American Mineralogist, 62, 411-415 [view file]
Ondruš P, Veselovský F, Gabašová A, Hloušek J, Šrein V, Vavrín I, Skála R, Sejkora J, Drábek M (2003) Primary minerals of the Jáchymov ore district, Journal of the Czech Geological Society, 48, 19-147 [view file]
Evain M, Bindi L, Menchetti S (2006) Structural compexity in minerals: twinning, polytypism and disorder in the crystal structure of polybasite, (Ag,Cu)₁₆(Sb,As)₂S₁₁, Acta Crystallographica, B62, 447-456
Locock A J, Ercit T S, Kjellman J, Piilonen C (2006) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 91, 1945-1954 [view file]
Bindi L, Evain M, Spry P G, Menchetti S (2007) The pearceite-polybasite group of minerals: crystal chemistry and new nomenclature rules, American Mineralogist, 92, 918-925 [view file]
Bindi L, Menchetti S (2009) Adding further complexity to the polybasite structure: The role of Ag in the B layer of the -M2a2b2c polytype, American Mineralogist, 94, 151-155 [view file]
Bindi L, Voudouris P, Spry P G (2013) Structural role of tellurium in the minerals of the pearceite-polybasite group, Mineralogical Magazine, 77, 419-428
Gill S B, Piercey S J, Layton-Matthews D (2016) Mineralogy and metal zoning of the Cambrian Zn-Pb-Cu-Ag-Au Lemarchant volcanogenic massive sulfide (VMS) deposit, Newfoundland, The Canadian Mineralogist, 54, 1307-1344

REFERENCES for Polybasite

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]

Rose H (1829) Ueber die in der Natur vorkommenden nicht oxydirten Verbindungen des Antimons und des Arseniks. 2. Polybasit, eine neue Species, Annalen der Physik und Chemie, 15, 573-591 [view file]

Frondel C (1963) Isodimorphism of the polybasite and pearceite series, American Mineralogist, 48, 565-572 [view file]

Fleischer M (1965) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 50, 1504-1508 [view file]

Harris D C, Nuffield E W, Frohberg M H (1965) Studies of mineral sulpho-salts: XIX-selenian polybasite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 8, 172-184 [view file]

Hall H T (1967) The pearceite and polybasite series, American Mineralogist, 52, 1311-1321 [view file]

Edenharter A, Koto K, Nowacki W (1971) Über pearceit, polybasit und binnit, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Monatshefte, 1971, 337-341

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

Ondruš P, Veselovský F, Gabašová A, Hloušek J, Šrein V, Vavrín I, Skála R, Sejkora J, Drábek M (2003) Primary minerals of the Jáchymov ore district, Journal of the Czech Geological Society, 48, 19-147 [view file]

Evain M, Bindi L, Menchetti S (2006) Structural compexity in minerals: twinning, polytypism and disorder in the crystal structure of polybasite, (Ag,Cu)₁₆(Sb,As)₂S₁₁, Acta Crystallographica, B62, 447-456

Locock A J, Ercit T S, Kjellman J, Piilonen C (2006) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 91, 1945-1954 [view file]

Bindi L, Evain M, Spry P G, Menchetti S (2007) The pearceite-polybasite group of minerals: crystal chemistry and new nomenclature rules, American Mineralogist, 92, 918-925 [view file]

Bindi L, Menchetti S (2009) Adding further complexity to the polybasite structure: The role of Ag in the B layer of the -M2a2b2c polytype, American Mineralogist, 94, 151-155 [view file]

Bindi L, Voudouris P, Spry P G (2013) Structural role of tellurium in the minerals of the pearceite-polybasite group, Mineralogical Magazine, 77, 419-428

Gill S B, Piercey S J, Layton-Matthews D (2016) Mineralogy and metal zoning of the Cambrian Zn-Pb-Cu-Ag-Au Lemarchant volcanogenic massive sulfide (VMS) deposit, Newfoundland, The Canadian Mineralogist, 54, 1307-1344