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Uchucchacuaite R100213

Name: Uchucchacuaite
RRUFF ID: R100213
Ideal Chemistry: AgMnPb₃Sb₅S₁₂
Locality: Uchuc-Chacua, Lima, Peru
Source: Mark N. Feinglos [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Bright silver metallic massive, associated with quartz
Status: The identification of this mineral is confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis.

Mineral Group: [ Lillianite (17) ]

Quick search: [ All Uchucchacuaite samples (2) ]

CHEMISTRY

RRUFF ID:	R100213.2
Sample Description:	Microprobe Fragment
Measured Chemistry:	Ag_0.99(Mn_0.92Pb_0.03Sb_0.02Bi_0.01)_Σ=0.98Pb_3.00Sb_5.00S_12.00 ; (Note: bright phase is galena, PbS)
Microprobe Data File:	[ Download Excel File ]

RAMAN SPECTRUM

RRUFF ID:

Sample Description:

Unoriented Raman on the primary sample

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BROAD SCAN WITH SPECTRAL ARTIFACTS

RRUFF ID:

R100213

Wavelength:

Sample Description:

Unoriented Raman on the primary sample

Instrument settings:

Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 10% of 150mW

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	Raman Data (RAW)
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POWDER DIFFRACTION

RRUFF ID:

R100213.9

Sample Description:

Single crystal, powder profile is calculated

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 19.365(1)Å b: 12.7287(8)Å c: 8.7571(6)Å
alpha: 90° beta: 90.059(3)° gamma: 90° Volume: 2158.5(4)Å³ Crystal System: monoclinic

File Type Information

Calculated diffraction file.

File Type Information

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

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	DIF File
	X-ray Data (XY - RAW)
	RRUFF File

REFERENCES for Uchucchacuaite
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]
Moëlo Y, Oudin E, Picot P, Caye R (1984) L'uchucchacuaïte, AgMnPb₃Sb₅S₁₂, une nouvelle espèce minérale de la série de l'andorite, Bulletin de Minéralogie, 107, 597-604
Dunn P J, Ferraiolo J A, Fleischer M, Gobel V, Grice J D, Langley R H, Shigley J E, Vanko D A, Zilczer J A (1985) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 70, 1329-1335 [view file]
Liu H, Chang L L Y, Knowles C R (1994) The Mn isotype of andorite and uchucchacuaite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 32, 185-188 [view file]
Yang H, Downs R T, Evans S H, Feinglos M N, Tait K T (2011) Crystal structure of uchucchacuaite, AgMnPb₃Sb₅S₁₂, and its relationship with ramdohrite and fizélyite, American Mineralogist, 96, 1186-1189 [view file]

REFERENCES for Uchucchacuaite

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]

Moëlo Y, Oudin E, Picot P, Caye R (1984) L'uchucchacuaïte, AgMnPb₃Sb₅S₁₂, une nouvelle espèce minérale de la série de l'andorite, Bulletin de Minéralogie, 107, 597-604

Dunn P J, Ferraiolo J A, Fleischer M, Gobel V, Grice J D, Langley R H, Shigley J E, Vanko D A, Zilczer J A (1985) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 70, 1329-1335 [view file]

Liu H, Chang L L Y, Knowles C R (1994) The Mn isotype of andorite and uchucchacuaite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 32, 185-188 [view file]

Yang H, Downs R T, Evans S H, Feinglos M N, Tait K T (2011) Crystal structure of uchucchacuaite, AgMnPb₃Sb₅S₁₂, and its relationship with ramdohrite and fizélyite, American Mineralogist, 96, 1186-1189 [view file]