Samsonite R060998
Name: Samsonite
RRUFF ID: R060998
Ideal Chemistry: Ag4MnSb2S6
Locality: Samson Vein, St. Andreasberg, Harz, Germany
Source: Michael Scott S101393 [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Deep red to black metallic elongated and striated prismatic crystals associated with quartz
Status: The identification of this mineral is confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis.
CHEMISTRY 
RRUFF ID: R060998.2
Sample Description: Microprobe Fragment
Measured Chemistry: Ag4.00Mn1.00Sb2.00S6.00; trace amounts of Fe
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RAMAN SPECTRUM 
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
Instrument settings: Thermo Almega XR 785nm @ 10% of 500mW
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POWDER DIFFRACTION 
RRUFF ID: R060998.9
Sample Description: Single crystal, powder profile is calculated
Cell Refinement Output: a: 10.358(1)Å    b: 8.095(1)Å    c: 6.649(1)Å
alpha: 90°    beta: 92.689(9)°    gamma: 90°   Volume: 556.8(1)    Crystal System: monoclinic
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Output file from the Bruker D8 Advance instrument. Includes device headers and XY data.

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REFERENCES for Samsonite

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]

Palache C (1934) Contributions to crystallography: Claudetite; minasragrite; samsonite; native selenium; indium, American Mineralogist, 19, 194-205   [view file]

Edenharter A, Nowacki W (1974) Verfeinerung der kristallstruktur von samsonite, (SbS3)2Ag2IIIAg2IVMnVI, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 140, 87-99   [view file]

Bindi L, Evain M (2007) Gram-Charlier development of the atomic displacement factors into mineral structures: the case of samsonite, Ag4MnSb2S6, American Mineralogist, 92, 886-891   [view file]