Polybasite R060689 - RRUFF Database: Raman, X-ray, Infrared, and Chemistry

Polybasite R060689

Name: Polybasite
RRUFF ID: R060689
Ideal Chemistry: Cu(Ag,Cu)₆Ag₉Sb₂S₁₁
Locality: Clara mine, Rankach Valley, Oberwolfach, Wolfach, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Source: Michael Scott S101152 [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Black tabular hexagonal prism in quartz, polytype polybasite-Tac, previously known as antimonpearceite
Status: The identification of this mineral is not yet confirmed.

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Unoriented sample

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REFERENCES for Polybasite
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]
Frondel C (1963) Isodimorphism of the polybasite and pearceite series, American Mineralogist, 48, 565-572 [view file]
Fleischer M (1965) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 50, 1504-1508 [view file]
Harris D C, Nuffield E W, Frohberg M H (1965) Studies of mineral sulpho-salts: XIX-selenian polybasite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 8, 172-184 [view file]
Hall H T (1967) The pearceite and polybasite series, American Mineralogist, 52, 1311-1321 [view file]
Edenharter A, Koto K, Nowacki W (1971) Über pearceit, polybasit und binnit, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Monatshefte, 1971, 337-341
Bailey S W (1977) Report of the I.M.A-I.U.Cr. Joint Committee on Nomenclature, American Mineralogist, 62, 411-415 [view file]
Evain M, Bindi L, Menchetti S (2006) Structural compexity in minerals: twinning, polytypism and disorder in the crystal structure of polybasite, (Ag,Cu)₁₆(Sb,As)₂S₁₁, Acta Crystallographica, B62, 447-456
Locock A J, Ercit T S, Kjellman J, Piilonen C (2006) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 91, 1945-1954 [view file]
Bindi L, Evain M, Spry P G, Menchetti S (2007) The pearceite-polybasite group of minerals: crystal chemistry and new nomenclature rules, American Mineralogist, 92, 918-925

REFERENCES for Polybasite

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]

Frondel C (1963) Isodimorphism of the polybasite and pearceite series, American Mineralogist, 48, 565-572 [view file]

Fleischer M (1965) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 50, 1504-1508 [view file]

Harris D C, Nuffield E W, Frohberg M H (1965) Studies of mineral sulpho-salts: XIX-selenian polybasite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 8, 172-184 [view file]

Hall H T (1967) The pearceite and polybasite series, American Mineralogist, 52, 1311-1321 [view file]

Edenharter A, Koto K, Nowacki W (1971) Über pearceit, polybasit und binnit, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Monatshefte, 1971, 337-341

Bailey S W (1977) Report of the I.M.A-I.U.Cr. Joint Committee on Nomenclature, American Mineralogist, 62, 411-415 [view file]

Evain M, Bindi L, Menchetti S (2006) Structural compexity in minerals: twinning, polytypism and disorder in the crystal structure of polybasite, (Ag,Cu)₁₆(Sb,As)₂S₁₁, Acta Crystallographica, B62, 447-456

Locock A J, Ercit T S, Kjellman J, Piilonen C (2006) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 91, 1945-1954 [view file]

Bindi L, Evain M, Spry P G, Menchetti S (2007) The pearceite-polybasite group of minerals: crystal chemistry and new nomenclature rules, American Mineralogist, 92, 918-925