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Mineral contains: alacranite
Ballirano P (2012) Thermal behavior of realgar As4S4, and of arsenolite As2O3 and non-stoichiometric As8S8+x crystals produced from As4S4 melt recrystallization. American Mineralogist 97, 1320-1329
Bonazzi P, Bindi L (2008) A crystallographic review of arsenic sulfides: Effects of chemical variations and changes induced by exposure to light. Zeitschrift für Kristallographie 223, 132-147
Bonazzi P, Bindi L, Olmi F, Menchetti S (2003) How many alacranites do exist? A structural study of non-stoichiometric As8S9-x crystals. European Journal of Mineralogy 15, 283-288
Bonazzi P, Bindi L, Popova V, Pratesi G, Menchetti S (2003) Alacranite, As8S9: structural study of the holotype and re-assignment of the original chemical formula. American Mineralogist 88, 1796-1800
Bonazzi P, Bindi L, Pratesi G, Menchetti S (2006) Light-induced changes in molecular arsenic sulfides: State of the art and new evidence by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. American Mineralogist 91, 1323-1330
Burns P C, Percival J B (2001) Alacranite, As4S4: a new occurrence, new formula, and determination of the crystal structure. The Canadian Mineralogist 39, 809-818
Hawthorne F C, Burke E A J, Ercit T S, Grew E S, Grice J D, Jambor J L, Puziewicz J, Roberts A C, Vanko D A (1988) New mineral names. American Mineralogist 73, 189-199
Jambor J L, Roberts A C (2002) New mineral names. American Mineralogist 87, 355-358
Popova V I, Popov V A, Clark A, Polyakov V O, Borisovski S E (1986) Alacránite As8S9; a new mineral. Zapiski Vsesoyuznogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva 115, issue 3, 360-368
Popova V I, Popov V A, Clark A, Polyakov V O, Borisovskii S E (1986) Alacránite, As8S9a new mineral. Zapiski Vsesoyuznogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva 115, issue 3, 360-368
Pratesi G, Zoppi M (2015) An insight into the inverse transformation of realgar altered by light. American Mineralogist 100, 1222-1229