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Vaesite R070763
Name: Vaesite
RRUFF ID: R070763
Ideal Chemistry: NiS2
Locality: Shaba (Katanga), Congo (Zaïre)
Source: Michael Scott S101616 [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Metallic black micro-octahedra in massive aggregates associated with pyrite
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction.
Mineral Group: [ Pyrite (16) ]
RAMAN SPECTRUM 
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
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RRUFF ID: R070763
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
Instrument settings: Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW
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POWDER DIFFRACTION 
RRUFF ID: R070763.9
Sample Description: Single crystal, powder profile is calculated
Cell Refinement Output: a: 5.674(2)Å    b: 5.674(2)Å    c: 5.674(2)Å
alpha: 90°    beta: 90°    gamma: 90°   Volume: 182.69(3)Å3    Crystal System: cubic
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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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REFERENCES for Vaesite

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]

Kerr P F (1945) Cattierite and vaesite: New Co-Ni minerals from the Belgian Congo, American Mineralogist, 30, 483-497   [view file]

Lundqvist D (1947) X-ray studies on the binary system Ni-S, Arkiv för Kemi, Mineralogi och Geologi, 24A, issue 21 1-12

Furuseth S, Kjekshus A, Andresen A F (1969) On the magnetic properties of CoSe2, NiS2, and NiSe2, Acta Chemica Scandinavica, 23, 2325-2334

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

Nowack E, Schwarzenbach D, Gonschorek W, Hahn T (1989) Deformationsdichten in CoS2 und NiS2 mit pyritstruktur, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 186, 213-216   [view file]

Nowack E, Schwarzenbach D, Hahn T (1991) Charge densities in CoS2 and NiS2 (pyrite structure), Acta Crystallographica, B47, 650-659

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]

Gibbs G V, Downs R T, Prewitt C T, Rosso K M, Ross N L, Cox D F (2005) Electron density distributions calculated for the nickel sulfides millerite, vaesite, and heazlewoodite and nickel metal: A case for the importance of Ni-Ni bond paths for electron transport, Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 109, 21788-21795   [view file]

Birkholz M (2014) Modeling the shape of ions in pyrite-type crystals, Crystals, 4, 390-403   [link]

Liu S, Li Y, Liu J, Shi Y (2015) First-principles study of sulfur isotope fractionation in pyrite-type disulfides, American Mineralogist, 100, 203-208