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Proustite R060356


 Name: Proustite
RRUFF ID: R060356
Ideal Chemistry: Ag3AsS3
Locality: Chanarcillo, Atacama Province, Chile
Source: Herb Obodda 040 [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Red scalenohedral crystal
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis
CHEMISTRY 
RRUFF ID: R060356.2
Sample Description: Microprobe fragment
Measured Chemistry: Ag3.01As0.99S3.00
RAMAN SPECTRUM 
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Sample Description: Unoriented Raman on the primary sample
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Sample Description: Unoriented Raman on the primary sample
Instrument settings: Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW
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POWDER DIFFRACTION 
RRUFF ID: R060356.1
Sample Description: Powder
Cell Refinement Output: a: 10.8418(8)Å    b: 10.8418(8)Å    c: 8.720(1)Å
alpha: 90.°    beta: 90.°    gamma: 120.°   Volume: 887.7(1)Å3    Crystal System: hexagonal
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Calculated diffraction file.

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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 Proustite

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]

Beudant F S (1832) Proustite, argent antimonié sulfuré en partie, in Traité Élémentaire de Minéralogie, 2nd Edition Paris 445-447   [view file]

Engel P, Nowacki W (1966) Die verfeinerung der kristallstruktur von proustit, Ag3AsS3, und pyrargyrit, Ag3SbS3, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Monatshefte, 1966, 181-184

Allen S (1985) Phase transitions in proustite I. Structural studies, Phase Transitions, 6, 1-24

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]

Kharbish S, Libowitzky E, Beran A (2007) The effect of As-Sb substitution in the Raman spectra of tetrahedrite-tennantite and pyrargyrite-proustite solid solutions, European Journal of Mineralogy, 19, 567-574