Troilite R070213



Name: Troilite
RRUFF ID: R070213
Ideal Chemistry: FeS
Locality: Bjurbole Borga, Nyland, Finland
Source: Michael Scott S104111 [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Dark gray to tarnished brown metallic grains found in a chondrite meteorite class L4, that fell on March 12, 1899
Status: The identification of this mineral is not yet confirmed.
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CHEMISTRY 
RRUFF ID: R070213.2
Sample Description: Microprobe Fragment
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
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RRUFF ID: R070213
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
Instrument settings: Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW
REFERENCES for Troilite

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 M W (1863) Der Meteorit von Albareto im k. k. Hof-Mineraliencabinet, vom Jahre 1766, und der Troilit, Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, 47, 283-298   [view file]

Keller-Besrest F, Collin G (1990) Structural aspects of the α transition in stoichiometric FeS: identification of the high-temperature phase, Journal of Solid State Chemistry, 84, 194-210

Wang H, Salveson I (2005) A review on the mineral chemistry of the non-stoichiometric iron sulphide, Fe1-xS (0≤x≤0.125): polymorphs, phase relations and transitions, electronic and magnetic structures, Phase Transitions, 78, 547-567

Ono S, Kikegawa T (2006) High-pressure study of FeS, between 20 and 120 GPa, using synchrotron X-ray powder diffraction, American Mineralogist, 91, 1941-1944   [view file]

Skála R, Císarová I, Drábek M (2006) Inversion twinning in troilite, American Mineralogist, 91, 917-921   [view file]

Gibbs G V, Cox D F, Rosso K M, Ross N L, Downs R T, Spackman M A (2007) Theoretical electron density distribution for Fe- and Cu-sulfide Earth materials: A connection between bond length, bond critical point properties, local energy densities, and bonded interactions, Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 111, 1923-1931   [view file]

Avril C, Malavergne V, Caracas R, Zanda B, Reynard B, Charon E, Bobocioiu E, Brunet F, Borensztajn S, Pont S, Tarrida M, Guyot F (2013) Raman spectroscopic properties and Raman identification of CaS-MgS-MnS-FeS-Cr2FeS4 sulfides in meteorites and reduced sulfur-rich systems, Meteoritics and Planetary Science, 48, 1415-1426