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

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:	(Ni_0.96Co_0.03Fe_0.01)_Σ=1As_2.00 ; trace amounts of S
Microprobe Data File:	[ Download Excel File ]

RAMAN SPECTRUM

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Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

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BROAD SCAN WITH SPECTRAL ARTIFACTS

RRUFF ID:

R061021

Wavelength:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

Instrument settings:

Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW

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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

File Type Information

Calculated diffraction file.

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Output file from the Bruker D8 Advance instrument. Includes device headers and XY data.

File Type Information

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 Cr_tFe_1-tAs₂, Cr_tFe_1-tSb₂, Fe_1-tNi_tAs₂ and Fe_1-t Ni_tSb₂, 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]

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 Cr_tFe_1-tAs₂, Cr_tFe_1-tSb₂, Fe_1-tNi_tAs₂ and Fe_1-t Ni_tSb₂, 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]