Stibnite R050016
Name: Stibnite
RRUFF ID: R050016
Ideal Chemistry: Sb2S3
Locality: Romania
Source: Eugene Schlepp
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Group of lead-gray prismatic crystals
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis
Mineral Group: [ Stibnite (10) ]
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CHEMISTRY 
RRUFF ID: R050016.2
Sample Description: Microprobe Fragment
Measured Chemistry: (Sb.996As.004)2S3
RAMAN SPECTRUM 
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample. The sample burned under the laser.
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RRUFF ID: R050016
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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: R050016.1
Sample Description: Powder
Instrument settings: SensIR Durascope on a Nicolet Magna 860 FTIR
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POWDER DIFFRACTION 
RRUFF ID: R050016.1
Sample Description: Powder
Cell Refinement Output: a: 11.297(1)Å    b: 3.8352(7)Å    c: 11.227(3)Å
alpha: 90.°    beta: 90.°    gamma: 90.°   Volume: 486.4(1)Å3    Crystal System: orthorhombic
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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 Stibnite

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) Stibine, antinoine sulfuré, in Traité Élémentaire de Minéralogie, 2nd Edition Paris 421-424   [view file]

Hofmann W (1933) Die struktur der minerale der animonitgruppe, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 86, 225-245   [view file]

Šćavnicar S (1960) The crystal structure of stibnite. A redetermination of atomic positions, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 114, 85-97   [view file]

Bayliss P, Nowacki W (1972) Refinement of the crystal structure of stibnite, Sb2S3, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 135, 308-315   [view file]

McKee D O, McMullan J T (1975) Comment on the structure of antimony trisulfide, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 142, 447-449   [view file]

Olivier-Fourcade J, Maurin M, Philippot E (1983) Étude cristallochimique de système Li2S-Sb2S3, Revue de Chimie Minérale, 20, 196-213

Bonazzi P, Menchetti S, Sabelli C (1987) Structure refinement of kermesite: symmetry, twinning, and comparison with stibnite, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Monatshefte, 1987, 557-567

Arun P, Vedeshwar A G (1996) On the structure of stibnite (Sb2S3), Journal of Materials Science, 31, 6507-6510

Lukaszewicz K, Pietraszko A, Stepien-Damm J, Grigas J, Kajokas A (1997) Crystal structure of stibnite Sb2S3 in phase II at 320 K, Polish Journal of Chemistry, 71, 390-395

Berlepsch P, Makovicky E, Balić-Žunić T (2001) Crystal chemistry of meneghinite homologues and related sulfosalts, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Monatshefte, 2001, 115-135

Kyono A, Kimata M (2004) Structural variations induced by difference of the inert pair effect in the stibnite-bismuthinite solid solution series (Sb,Bi)2S3, American Mineralogist, 89, 932-940   [view file]

Liu J, Liu J, Li J, Xie H, Wang J, Deng J, Feng C, Qi F, Zhang N (2008) Experimental synthesis of the stibnite-antimonselite solid solution series, International Geology Review, 50, 163-176

Kharbish S, Libowitzky E, Beran A (2009) Raman spectra of isolated and interconnected pyramidal XS3 groups (X = Sb, Bi) in stibnite, bismuthinite, kermesite, stephanite and bournonite, European Journal of Mineralogy, 21, 325-333

Garcia-Guinea J, Gervilla F, Garrido F, Correcher V, Marco J F, Tormo L (2023) A re-investigation on the historical cervantite-type antimony ochres, Estudios Geológicos, 79, e150   [view file]