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

Polkanovite R070076

Name: Polkanovite
RRUFF ID: R070076
Ideal Chemistry: Rh₁₂As₇
Locality: Miass River, Urals, Russia
Source: Michael Scott S105051 [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Dark bluish-gray semimetallic inclusion in Os,Ir,Ru matrix. The sample is a polished fragment embedded in epoxy
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed only by chemical analysis

CHEMISTRY

RRUFF ID:	R070076.2
Sample Description:	Microprobe Fragment
Measured Chemistry:	dark phase: (Rh_8.66Ni_2.10Pd_0.85Ru_0.23Pt_0.08Cu_0.02)_Σ=12As_7.00 ; trace amounts of Os and Sb ; grey inclusion in the dark phase: (Pt_1.98Ir_0.01Rh_0.01)_Σ=2(Fe_0.74Ni_0.05Cu_0.21)_Σ=1Cu_1.00 (tulameenite)
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:

R070076

Wavelength:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

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Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW

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REFERENCES for Polkanovite
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]
Lambert-Andron B, Dhahri E, Chaüdouet P, Madar R (1985) Crystal structure of Rh₁₂As₇, Journal of the Less-Common Metals, 108, 353-358
Pivan J Y, Guérin R, Sergent M (1985) Rh₁₂As₇, a host structure for rare earth elements: Crystal structures of Rh₁₂As₇ and Ho₂Rh₁₂As₇, Journal of the Less-Common Metals, 107, 249-258
Britvin S N, Rudashevsky N S, Bogdanova A N, Shcherbachov D K (1998) Polkanovite Rh₁₂As₇ — the new mineral from a placer at the Miass River (the South Urals), Zapiski Vserossijskogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva, 127, issue 2 60-62 [view file]
Jambor J L, Roberts A C (1999) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 84, 193-198 [view file]
Pekov I V (2007) New minerals from former Soviet Union countries, 1998-2006: new minerals approved by the IMA commission on new minerals and mineral names, Mineralogical Almanac, 11, 9-51 [view file]

REFERENCES for Polkanovite

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]

Lambert-Andron B, Dhahri E, Chaüdouet P, Madar R (1985) Crystal structure of Rh₁₂As₇, Journal of the Less-Common Metals, 108, 353-358

Pivan J Y, Guérin R, Sergent M (1985) Rh₁₂As₇, a host structure for rare earth elements: Crystal structures of Rh₁₂As₇ and Ho₂Rh₁₂As₇, Journal of the Less-Common Metals, 107, 249-258

Britvin S N, Rudashevsky N S, Bogdanova A N, Shcherbachov D K (1998) Polkanovite Rh₁₂As₇ — the new mineral from a placer at the Miass River (the South Urals), Zapiski Vserossijskogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva, 127, issue 2 60-62 [view file]

Jambor J L, Roberts A C (1999) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 84, 193-198 [view file]

Pekov I V (2007) New minerals from former Soviet Union countries, 1998-2006: new minerals approved by the IMA commission on new minerals and mineral names, Mineralogical Almanac, 11, 9-51 [view file]