R060516 - RRUFF Database: Raman, X-ray, Infrared, and Chemistry

Valentinite R060516

Name: Valentinite
RRUFF ID: R060516
Ideal Chemistry: Sb₂O₃
Locality: Sombrerete, Zacatecas, Mexico
Source: Michael Scott S100020 [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Colorless prismatic single crystals, adamantine luster, associated with pyrite and black metallic, elongated jamesonite.
Status: The identification of this mineral is confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis.

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CHEMISTRY

RRUFF ID:	R060516.2
Sample Description:	Microprobe Fragment
Measured Chemistry:	Sb_2.00O₃
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:

R060516

Wavelength:

Sample Description:

Unoriented Raman on the primary sample

Instrument settings:

Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW

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POWDER DIFFRACTION

RRUFF ID:

R060516.9

Sample Description:

Single crystal, powder profile is calculated

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 4.9152(9)Å b: 12.475(3)Å c: 5.415(1)Å
alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 90° Volume: 332.0(2)Å³ Crystal System: orthorhombic

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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REFERENCES for Valentinite
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 (1845) Zweite Klasse: Geogenide. II. Ordnung. Baryte VIII. Antimonbaryt. Valentinit., in Handbuch der Bestimmenden Mineralogie Bei Braumüller and Seidel Wien 499-506 [view file]
Buerger M J, Hendricks S B (1938) The crystal structure of valentinite (orthorhombic Sb₂O₃), Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 98, 1-30 [view file]
Mason B, Vitaliano C J (1952) The mineralogy of the antimony oxides and antimonates, Mineralogical Magazine, 30, 100-112 [view file]
Svensson C (1974) The crystal structure of orthorhombic antimony trioxide, Sb₂O₃, Acta Crystallographica, B30, 458-461
International Mineralogical Association (1980) International Mineralogical Association: Commission on new minerals and mineral names, Mineralogical Magazine, 43, 1053-1055 [view file]
Whitten AE, Dittrich B, Spackman MA, Turner P, Brown TC (2004) Charge density analysis of two polymorphs of antimony(III) oxide, Dalton Transactions, 2004, 23-29
Kolitsch U, Rieck B, Brandstätter F, Schreiber F, Fabritz K H, Blaß G, Gröbner J (2014) Neufunde aus dem altem Bergbau und den Schlacken von Lavrion (II), Mineralien Welt, 25, 82-95
Moseley D H, Bridges C A, Daemen L L, Zhang Q, McGuire M A, Cakmak E, Hermann R P (2023) Structure and anharmonicity of α- and β-Sb₂O₃ at low temperature, Crystals, 13, 752 [link] [view file]

REFERENCES for Valentinite

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 (1845) Zweite Klasse: Geogenide. II. Ordnung. Baryte VIII. Antimonbaryt. Valentinit., in Handbuch der Bestimmenden Mineralogie Bei Braumüller and Seidel Wien 499-506 [view file]

Buerger M J, Hendricks S B (1938) The crystal structure of valentinite (orthorhombic Sb₂O₃), Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 98, 1-30 [view file]

Mason B, Vitaliano C J (1952) The mineralogy of the antimony oxides and antimonates, Mineralogical Magazine, 30, 100-112 [view file]

Svensson C (1974) The crystal structure of orthorhombic antimony trioxide, Sb₂O₃, Acta Crystallographica, B30, 458-461

International Mineralogical Association (1980) International Mineralogical Association: Commission on new minerals and mineral names, Mineralogical Magazine, 43, 1053-1055 [view file]

Whitten AE, Dittrich B, Spackman MA, Turner P, Brown TC (2004) Charge density analysis of two polymorphs of antimony(III) oxide, Dalton Transactions, 2004, 23-29

Kolitsch U, Rieck B, Brandstätter F, Schreiber F, Fabritz K H, Blaß G, Gröbner J (2014) Neufunde aus dem altem Bergbau und den Schlacken von Lavrion (II), Mineralien Welt, 25, 82-95

Moseley D H, Bridges C A, Daemen L L, Zhang Q, McGuire M A, Cakmak E, Hermann R P (2023) Structure and anharmonicity of α- and β-Sb₂O₃ at low temperature, Crystals, 13, 752 [link] [view file]