Schreibersite R070239
Name: Schreibersite
RRUFF ID: R070239
Ideal Chemistry: (Fe,Ni)3P
Locality: Sao Juliao de Moreira meteorite, Ponte de Lima, Viana do Castelo district, Portugal
Source: Michael Scott S103722 [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Silvery fragments with slightly brassy luster, co-type specimen
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction.
CHEMISTRY 
RRUFF ID: R070239.2
Sample Description: Microprobe Fragment
RAMAN SPECTRUM 
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
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RRUFF ID: R070239
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
Instrument settings: Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW
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INFRARED SPECTRUM (Attenuated Total Reflectance) 
RRUFF ID: R070239.1
Sample Description: Powder
Instrument settings: SensIR Durascope on a Nicolet Magna 860 FTIR
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POWDER DIFFRACTION 
RRUFF ID: R070239.1
Sample Description: Powder
Cell Refinement Output: a: 9.0786(3)Å    b: 9.0786(3)Å    c: 4.4634(2)Å
alpha: 90°    beta: 90°    gamma: 90°   Volume: 367.87(2)Å3    Crystal System: tetragonal
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Output file from the Bruker D8 Advance instrument. Includes device headers and XY data.

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

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REFERENCES for Schreibersite

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]

Haidinger W (1848) Versammlung, am 16. Juli, Berichte Über die Mittheilungen von Freunden der Naturwissenschaften in Wien, 3, 65-83   [view file]

Chao E C T, Dwornik E J, Littler J (1964) New data on the nickel—iron spherules from southeast Asian tektites and their implications, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 28, 971-980

Reed S J B (1965) Electron-probe microanalysis of schreibersite and rhabdite in iron meteorites, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 29, 513-534

Doenitz F D (1970) Die kristallstruktur des meteoritischen rhabdits (Fe,Ni)3P, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 131, 222-236   [view file]

Wasson J T, Wai C M (1970) Composition of the metal, schreibersite and perryite of enstatite achondrites and the origin of enstatite chondrites and achondrites, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 34, 169-184

Cervelle B, Gasperin M, Jeanrot R, Sandrea A (1974) Contribution à l'étude du fer météorique de Morasko (Pologne), Bulletin de la Société Française de Minéralogie et de Cristallographie, 97, 40-47   [view file]

Skála R, Císařová I (2005) Crystal structure of meteoritic schreibersites: determination of absolute structure, Physics and Chemistry of Minerals, 31, 721-732

Mikouchi T, Zolensky M, Tachikawa O, Komatsu M, Ivanova M A, Le L, Gounelle M (2006) Electron back-scatter diffraction (EBSD) analysis of two unusual minerals in carbonaceous chondrites, Lunar and Planetary Science, 37, 1855-1855

Gu T, Fei Y, Wu X, Qin S (2016) Phase stabilities and spin transitions of Fe3(S1-xPx) at high pressure and its implications in meteorites, American Mineralogist, 101, 205-210

Britvin S N, Krzhizhanovskaya M G, Zolotarev A A, Gorelova L A, Obolonskaya E V, Vlasenko N S, Shilovskikh V V, Murashko M N (2021) Crystal chemistry of schreibersite, (Fe,Ni)3P, American Mineralogist, 106, 1520-1529