Naumannite R070505
Name: Naumannite
RRUFF ID: R070505
Ideal Chemistry: Ag2Se
Locality: DeLamar mine, Silver City District, Owyhee County, Idaho, USA
Source: James Shigley [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Dark gray metallic massive
Status: The identification of this mineral is not yet confirmed.
Mineral Group: [ Not in a structural group (133) ]
RAMAN SPECTRUM 
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
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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: R070505.9
Sample Description: Powder, using Mo radiation
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REFERENCES for Naumannite

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]

Rose G (1828) Ueber ein neues Selenerz vom Harz, Annalen der Physik und Chemie, 14, 471-473   [view file]

Haidinger W (1845) Zweite Klasse: Geogenide. XIV. Ordnung. Glanze. III. Silberglanz. Naumannit., in Handbuch der Bestimmenden Mineralogie Bei Braumüller and Seidel Wien 563-570   [view file]

Ramsdell L S (1925) The crystal structure of some metallic sulfides, American Mineralogist, 10, 281-304   [view file]

Earley J W (1950) Description and synthesis of the selenide minerals, American Mineralogist, 35, 337-364   [view file]

Pinsker Z G, Ching-Liang C, Imamov R M, Lapidus E L (1965) Determination of the crystal structure of the low-temperature phase α-Ag2Se, Soviet Physics - Crystallography, 10, 225-231   [view file]

Wiegers G A (1971) The crystal structure of the low-temperature form of silver selenide, American Mineralogist, 56, 1882-1888   [view file]

Petruk W, Owens D R, Stewart J M, Murray E J (1974) Observations on acanthite, aguilarite and naumannite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 12, 365-369   [view file]

Pingitore N E, Ponce B F, Eastman M P, Moreno F, Podpora C (1992) Solid solutions in the system Ag2S-Ag2Se, Journal of Material Research, 7, 2219-2224

Stone W E, Fleet M E, Crocket J H, Kingston D M (1992) Platinum-group minerals in pyroxenite from the Boston Creek flow basaltic komatiite, Abitibi greenstone belt, Ontario, The Canadian Mineralogist, 30, 109-119   [view file]

Pingitore N E, Ponce B F, Estrada L, Eastman M P, Yuan H L, Porter L C, Estrada G (1993) Calorimetric analysis of the system Ag2S-Ag2Se between 25 and 250 °C, Journal of Material Research, 8, 3126-3130

Bindi L, Pingitore N E (2013) On the symmetry and crystal structure of aguilarite, Ag4SeS, Mineralogical Magazine, 77, 21-31   [view file]