Meneghinite R070093
Name: Meneghinite
RRUFF ID: R070093
Ideal Chemistry: Pb13CuSb7S24
Locality: Kalkar Quarry, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz County, California, USA
Source: James Shigley [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Elongated silver-gray metallic crystals embedded in quartz and associated with calcite
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis
Mineral Group: [ Meneghinite (7) ]
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CHEMISTRY 
RRUFF ID: R070093.2
Sample Description: Microprobe Fragment
Measured Chemistry: (Pb12.20Sn0.80)Σ=13Cu1.00(Sb6.97As0.03)Σ=7S24.00
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RAMAN SPECTRUM 
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
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RRUFF ID: R070093
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
Instrument settings: Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 30% of 150mW
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INFRARED SPECTRUM (Attenuated Total Reflectance) 
RRUFF ID: R070093.1
Sample Description: NEW INFRARED RECORD
Instrument settings: SensIR Durascope on a Nicolet Magna 860 FTIR
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POWDER DIFFRACTION 
RRUFF ID: R070093.1
Sample Description: Powder
Cell Refinement Output: a: 11.2747(4)Å    b: 23.3449(6)Å    c: 4.0946(1)Å
alpha: 90°    beta: 90°    gamma: 90°   Volume: 1077.74(5)Å3    Crystal System: orthorhombic
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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 Meneghinite

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]

Meneghini G (1852) Mineralogical notes, American Journal of Science and Arts, 14, 60-65   [view file]

Euler R, Hellner E (1960) Über komplex zusammengesetzte sulfidische erze VI. Zur kristallstruktur des meneghinits, CuPb13Sb7S24, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 113, 345-372   [view file]

Hicks W D, Nuffield E W (1978) Natural and synthetic meneghinite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 16, 393-395   [view file]

Makovicky E (1985) The building principles and classification of sulphosalts based on the SnS archetype, Fortschritte der Mineralogie, 63, 45-89

Pruseth K L, Mishra B, Bernhardt H J (1998) Solid solution in the synthetic zinkenite, robsonite and meneghinite in the system Cu2S-PbS-Sb2S3, The Canadian Mineralogist, 36, 207-213   [view file]

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

Makovicky E (2019) Algorithms for calculations of homologue order N in the homologous series of sulfosalts, European Journal of Mineralogy, 31, 83-97