Rammelsbergite R061021



Name: Rammelsbergite
RRUFF ID: R061021
Ideal Chemistry: NiAs2
Locality: Schneckenstei, Vogtland, Saxony, Germany
Source: Michael Scott S101275 [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Tin-white metallic massive
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis
Mineral Group: [ Lollingite (8) ]
CHEMISTRY 
RRUFF ID: R061021.2
Sample Description: Microprobe Fragment
Measured Chemistry: (Ni0.96Co0.03Fe0.01)Σ=1As2.00 ; trace amounts of S
Microprobe Data File: [ Download Excel File ]
RAMAN SPECTRUM 
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
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RRUFF ID: R061021
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
Instrument settings: Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW
POWDER DIFFRACTION 
RRUFF ID: R061021.1
Sample Description: Powder
Cell Refinement Output: a: 4.7761(9)Å    b: 5.7931(5)Å    c: 3.5209(9)Å
alpha: 90°    beta: 90°    gamma: 90°   Volume: 97.42(2)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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REFERENCES for Rammelsbergite

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]

Haidinger W (1845) Zweite Klasse: Geogenide. XIII. Ordnung. Kiese III. Kobaltkies. Rammelsbergit., in Handbuch der Bestimmenden Mineralogie Bei Braumüller and Seidel Wien 559-562   [view file]

Peacock M A, Dadson A S (1940) On rammelsbergite and pararammelsbergite: distinct forms of nickel diarsenide, American Mineralogist, 25, 561-577   [view file]

Radcliffe D (1967) Some properties of rammelsbergite and pararammelsbergite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 9, 128-131   [view file]

Holseth H, Kjekshus A (1968) Compounds with the marcasite type crystal structure. I. Compositions of the binary pnictides, Acta Chemica Scandinavica, 22, 3273-3283

Nickel E H (1969) The application of ligand-field concepts to an understanding of the structural stabilities and solid-solution limits of sulphides and related minerals, Chemical Geology, 5, 233-241

Petruk W, Harris D C, Stewart J M (1971) Characteristics of the arsenides, sulpharsenides, and antimonides, The Canadian Mineralogist, 11, 150-186   [view file]

Kjekshus A, Rakke T, Andresen A (1974) Compounds of the marcasite type crystal structure. IX. Structural data for FeAs2, FeSe2, NiAs2, NiSb2, and CuSe2, Acta Chemica Scandinavica, A28, 996-1000

Kjekshus A, Peterzéns P G, Rakke T, Andresen A F (1979) Compounds with the marcasite type crystal structure. XIII. Structural and magnetic properties of CrtFe1-tAs2, CrtFe1-tSb2, Fe1-tNitAs2 and Fe1-t NitSb2, Acta Chemica Scandinavica, A33, 469-480

Wagner T, Lerenz J (2002) Mineralogy of complex Co-Ni-Bi vein mineralization, Bieber deposit, Spessart, Germany, Mineralogical Magazine, 66, 385-407   [view file]

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]

Gritzenko Y D, Spiridonov E M (2005) Minerals of continuous series rammelsbergite—loellingite and rammelsbergite—safflorite in metamorphic—hydrothermal veins of Norilsk ore field, Zapiski Rossiiskogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchetstva, 134, issue 1 53-68   [view file]