R100020 - RRUFF Database: Raman, X-ray, Infrared, and Chemistry

Uzonite R100020

Name: Uzonite
RRUFF ID: R100020
Ideal Chemistry: As₄S₅
Locality: Lazaresti, Harghita County, Romania
Source: William Pinch [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Yellow prismatic crystals associated with isolated red crystals of realgar
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction.

RAMAN SPECTRUM

RRUFF ID:

Sample Description:

Unoriented Raman on the primary sample

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BROAD SCAN WITH SPECTRAL ARTIFACTS

RRUFF ID:

R100020

Wavelength:

Sample Description:

Unoriented Raman on the primary sample

Instrument settings:

Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 1% of 150mW

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	Raman Data (Processed)
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	Raman Data (RAW)
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POWDER DIFFRACTION

RRUFF ID:

R100020.9

Sample Description:

Single crystal, powder profile is calculated

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 7.988(4)Å b: 8.112(4)Å c: 7.143(4)Å
alpha: 90° beta: 100.96(2)° gamma: 90° Volume: 454.4(5)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 Uzonite
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]
Whitfield H J (1973) Crystal and molecular structure of tetra-arsenic pentasulphide, Journal of the Chemical Society, Dalton Transactions, Inorganic Chemistry, 1973, 1740-1742
Popova V I, Pol'akov V O (1985) Usonite As₄S₅—a new arsenic sulfide from Kamchatka, Zapiski Vsesoyuznogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva, 114, issue 3 369-373 [view file]
Hawthorne F C, Fleischer M, Grew E S, Grice J D, Jambor J L, Puziewicz J, Roberts A C, Vanko D A, Zilczer J A (1986) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 71, 1277-1282 [view file]
Bindi L, Popova V, Bonazzi P (2003) Uzonite, As₄S₅, from the type locality: single-crystal X-ray study and effects of exposure to light, The Canadian Mineralogist, 41, 1463-1468 [view file]
Bonazzi P, Bindi L (2008) A crystallographic review of arsenic sulfides: Effects of chemical variations and changes induced by exposure to light, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 223, 132-147

REFERENCES for Uzonite

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]

Whitfield H J (1973) Crystal and molecular structure of tetra-arsenic pentasulphide, Journal of the Chemical Society, Dalton Transactions, Inorganic Chemistry, 1973, 1740-1742

Popova V I, Pol'akov V O (1985) Usonite As₄S₅—a new arsenic sulfide from Kamchatka, Zapiski Vsesoyuznogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva, 114, issue 3 369-373 [view file]

Hawthorne F C, Fleischer M, Grew E S, Grice J D, Jambor J L, Puziewicz J, Roberts A C, Vanko D A, Zilczer J A (1986) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 71, 1277-1282 [view file]

Bindi L, Popova V, Bonazzi P (2003) Uzonite, As₄S₅, from the type locality: single-crystal X-ray study and effects of exposure to light, The Canadian Mineralogist, 41, 1463-1468 [view file]

Bonazzi P, Bindi L (2008) A crystallographic review of arsenic sulfides: Effects of chemical variations and changes induced by exposure to light, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 223, 132-147