Erdite R070139



Name: Erdite
RRUFF ID: R070139
Ideal Chemistry: NaFeS2·2H2O
Locality: Coyote Peak, Orick, Humboldt County, California, USA
Source: Michael Scott S100558 [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Deep red massive, underneath the weathering product of parallel light brown fibers (goethite), associated with submetallic bartonite, phlogopite, and barytolamprophyllite (R120087); co-type specimen
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction.
RAMAN SPECTRUM 
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
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RRUFF ID: R070139
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
Instrument settings: Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 50% of 150mW
POWDER DIFFRACTION 
RRUFF ID: R070139.9
Sample Description: Single crystal, powder profile is calculated
Cell Refinement Output: a: 10.79(2)Å    b: 9.10(2)Å    c: 5.510(9)Å
alpha: 90°    beta: 92.29(9)°    gamma: 90°   Volume: 540.2(3)Å3    Crystal System: monoclinic
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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 Erdite

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]

Czamanske G K, Leonard B F, Clark J R (1980) Erdite, a new hydrated sodium iron sulfide mineral, American Mineralogist, 65, 509-515   [view file]

Konnert J A, Evans H T (1980) The crystal structure of erdite, NaFeS2·2H2O, American Mineralogist, 65, 516-521   [view file]