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

Semseyite R080087

Name: Semseyite
RRUFF ID: R080087
Ideal Chemistry: Pb₉Sb₈S₂₁
Locality: Herja Mine (Kisbánya), Baia Mare (Nagybánya), Maramures County, Romania
Source: Michael Scott S106088 [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Metallic grey tabular crystals, associated with fizelyite
Status: The identification of this mineral is confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis.

CHEMISTRY

RRUFF ID:	R080087.2
Sample Description:	Microprobe Fragment
Measured Chemistry:	Pb_9.11Ag_0.02Sb_8.27S₂₁
Microprobe Data File:	[ Download Excel File ]

RAMAN SPECTRUM

RRUFF ID:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

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BROAD SCAN WITH SPECTRAL ARTIFACTS

RRUFF ID:

R080087

Wavelength:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

Instrument settings:

Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 50% of 150mW

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POWDER DIFFRACTION

RRUFF ID:

R080087.9

Sample Description:

Single crystal, powder profile is calculated

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 13.639(2)Å b: 11.976(2)Å c: 24.582(4)Å
alpha: 90° beta: 105.958(6)° gamma: 90° Volume: 3861(2)Å³ Crystal System: monoclinic

File Type Information

Calculated diffraction file.

File Type Information

Output file from the Bruker D8 Advance instrument. Includes device headers and XY data.

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REFERENCES for Semseyite
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]
Krenner Jósef (1881) Semseyite, Magyar Tudományos Akadémia Értesítője, 15, 111-118 [view file]
Burkart-Baumann I, Ottemann J, Nicolini P (1967) Mineralogische Untersuchungen an Jordanit, Semseyit und Cesarolith von drei tunesischen Blei-Zink-Lagerstätten, Chemie der Erde, 26, 256-270
Kohatsu J J, Wuensch B J (1974) Prediction of structures in the homologous series Pb_3+2nSb₈S_15+2n (the plagionite group), Acta Crystallographica, B30, 2935-2937
Kohatsu J J, Wuensch B J (1974) Semseyite (Pb₉Sb₈S₁₁) and the crystal chemistry of the plagionite group, Pb_3+2nSb₈S_15+2n, American Mineralogist, 59, 1127-1127 [view file]
Matsushita Y (2018) Reexamination of the crystal structure of semseyite, Pb₉Sb₈S₂₁, Zeitschrift für Mineralogie, 233, 279-284

REFERENCES for Semseyite

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]

Krenner Jósef (1881) Semseyite, Magyar Tudományos Akadémia Értesítője, 15, 111-118 [view file]

Burkart-Baumann I, Ottemann J, Nicolini P (1967) Mineralogische Untersuchungen an Jordanit, Semseyit und Cesarolith von drei tunesischen Blei-Zink-Lagerstätten, Chemie der Erde, 26, 256-270

Kohatsu J J, Wuensch B J (1974) Prediction of structures in the homologous series Pb_3+2nSb₈S_15+2n (the plagionite group), Acta Crystallographica, B30, 2935-2937

Kohatsu J J, Wuensch B J (1974) Semseyite (Pb₉Sb₈S₁₁) and the crystal chemistry of the plagionite group, Pb_3+2nSb₈S_15+2n, American Mineralogist, 59, 1127-1127 [view file]

Matsushita Y (2018) Reexamination of the crystal structure of semseyite, Pb₉Sb₈S₂₁, Zeitschrift für Mineralogie, 233, 279-284