Polydymite R050609

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Name: Polydymite
RRUFF ID: R050609
Ideal Chemistry: Ni2+Ni3+2S4
Locality: Dry Nickel mine, Bindura, South Rhodesia, Rhodesia
Source: University of Arizona Mineral Museum [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Reddish-bronze tarnished metallic fragment associated with green clinochlore and white actinolite
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction.
Mineral Group: [ Spinel (66) ]
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CHEMISTRY 
RRUFF ID: R050609.2
Sample Description: Microprobe Fragment
Measured Chemistry: (Ni0.85Fe0.15)Ni2.00S4.00
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RAMAN SPECTRUM 
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
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RRUFF ID: R050609
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
Instrument settings: Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW
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INFRARED SPECTRUM (Attenuated Total Reflectance) 
RRUFF ID: R050609.1
Instrument settings: SensIR Durascope on a Nicolet Magna 860 FTIR
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POWDER DIFFRACTION 
RRUFF ID: R050609.1
Sample Description: Powder
Cell Refinement Output: a: 9.4788(2)Å    b: 9.4788(2)Å    c: 9.4788(2)Å
alpha: 90.°    beta: 90.°    gamma: 90.°   Volume: 851.65(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 Polydymite

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]

Laspeyres H (1876) Chemische Untersuchungen von Nickelerzen; 1. Polydymit, ein neues Nickelerz, Journal für Praktische Chemie, 122, 397-413   [view file]

Lundqvist D (1947) X-ray studies on the binary system Ni-S, Arkiv för Kemi, Mineralogi och Geologi, 24A, issue 21 1-12

Vaughan D J, Craig J R (1985) The crystal chemistry of iron-nickel thiospinels, American Mineralogist, 70, 1036-1043   [view file]

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