Rheniite R050362



Name: Rheniite
RRUFF ID: R050362
Ideal Chemistry: ReS2
Locality: Kudryaviy Volcano, Iturup Island, Kurilian Chain, Russia
Source: University of Arizona Mineral Museum 16071
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Bright, shiney metallic crystals associated with anhydrite
Status: The identification of this mineral is not yet confirmed.
CHEMISTRY 
RRUFF ID: R050362.2
Sample Description: Microprobe fragment
RAMAN SPECTRUM 
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
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REFERENCES for Rheniite

Znamensky V S, Korzhinsky M A, Steinberg G S, Tkachenko S I, Yakushev A I, Laputina I P, Bryzgalov I A, Samotoin N D, Magazina L O, Kuzmina O V, Organova N I, Rassulov V A, Chaplygin I V (2005) Rheniite, ReS2, the natural rhenium disulfide from fumaroles of Kudryavy volcano, lturup Isl., Kurily Islands, Zapiski Rossiiskogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchetstva, 134, issue 5 32-40   [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]