R061007 - RRUFF Database: Raman, X-ray, Infrared, and Chemistry

Nickelskutterudite R061007

Name: Nickelskutterudite
RRUFF ID: R061007
Ideal Chemistry: (Ni,Co,Fe)As₃
Locality: Hasserode, Harz, Germany
Source: Michael Scott S101444 [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Aggregate of silver-gray cubes, some tarnished to a brassy color
Status: The identification of this mineral is confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis.

Mineral Groups: [ Skutterudite (6) ] [ Perovskite (44) ]

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CHEMISTRY

RRUFF ID:	R061007.2
Sample Description:	Microprobe Fragment
Measured Chemistry:	(Ni_0.48Co_0.36Fe_0.13)_Σ=0.97(As_2.79S_0.21)_Σ=3.00
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:

R061007

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:

R061007.9

Sample Description:

Single crystal, powder profile is calculated

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 8.235(2)Å b: 8.235(2)Å c: 8.235(2)Å
alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 90° Volume: 558.4(4)Å³ Crystal System: cubic

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 Nickelskutterudite
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]
Breithaupt J F A (1845) Ueber das nickel-biarseniet, Annalen der Physik und Chemie, 64, 184-185 [view file]
Waller E, Moses A J (1893) A probably new nickel arsenide (preliminary notice), The School of Mines Quarterly, 14, 49-51 [view file]
Oftedal I (1928) Die Kristallstruktur von Skutterudit und Speiskobalt-Chloanthit, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 66, 517-546
Fleischer M (1943) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 28, 61-64 [view file]
Holmes R J (1947) Higher mineral arsenides of cobalt, nickel, and iron, Geological Society of America Bulletin, 58, 299-392 [view file]
Roseboom E H (1962) Skutterudites (Co,Ni,Fe)As_3-x: Composition and cell dimensions, American Mineralogist, 47, 310-327 [view file]
Kjekshus A, Rakke T (1974) Compounds with the skutterudite type crystal structure. III. Structural data for arsenides and antimonides, Acta Chemica Scandinavica, A28, 99-103
Bayliss P (2001) Dienerite - a mystification, Mineralogical Magazine, 65, 685-687 [view file]
Ondruš P, Veselovský F, Gabašová A, Hloušek J, Šrein V, Vavrín I, Skála R, Sejkora J, Drábek M (2003) Primary minerals of the Jáchymov ore district, Journal of the Czech Geological Society, 48, 19-147 [view file]
Spiridonov E M, Gritsenko Y D (2007) Ferroskutterudite, nickelskutterudite, and skutterudite from the Norilsk ore field, New Data on Minerals. Moscow, 42, 16-27 [view file]
Burke E A J (2008) Tidying up mineral names: an IMA-CNMNC scheme for suffixes, hyphens and diacritical marks, The Mineralogical Record, 39, 131-135 [view file]
Hålenius U, Hatert F, Pasero M, Mills S J (2017) IMA Commission on New Minerals, Nomenclature and Classification (CNMNC) Newsletter 35. New minerals and nomenclature modifications approved in 2016 and 2017, Mineralogical Magazine, 81, 209-213 [view file]
Mitchell R H, Welch M D, Chakhmouradian A R (2017) Nomenclature of the perovskite supergroup: A hierarchical system of classification based on crystal structure and composition, Mineralogical Magazine, 81, 411-461 [view file]
Schumer B N, Andrade M B, Evans S H, Downs R T (2017) A new formula and crystal structure for nickelskutterudite, (Ni,Co,Fe)As₃, and occupancy of the icosahedral cation site in the skutterudite group, American Mineralogist, 102, 205-209 [view file]

REFERENCES for Nickelskutterudite

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]

Breithaupt J F A (1845) Ueber das nickel-biarseniet, Annalen der Physik und Chemie, 64, 184-185 [view file]

Waller E, Moses A J (1893) A probably new nickel arsenide (preliminary notice), The School of Mines Quarterly, 14, 49-51 [view file]

Oftedal I (1928) Die Kristallstruktur von Skutterudit und Speiskobalt-Chloanthit, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 66, 517-546

Fleischer M (1943) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 28, 61-64 [view file]

Holmes R J (1947) Higher mineral arsenides of cobalt, nickel, and iron, Geological Society of America Bulletin, 58, 299-392 [view file]

Roseboom E H (1962) Skutterudites (Co,Ni,Fe)As_3-x: Composition and cell dimensions, American Mineralogist, 47, 310-327 [view file]

Kjekshus A, Rakke T (1974) Compounds with the skutterudite type crystal structure. III. Structural data for arsenides and antimonides, Acta Chemica Scandinavica, A28, 99-103

Bayliss P (2001) Dienerite - a mystification, Mineralogical Magazine, 65, 685-687 [view file]

Ondruš P, Veselovský F, Gabašová A, Hloušek J, Šrein V, Vavrín I, Skála R, Sejkora J, Drábek M (2003) Primary minerals of the Jáchymov ore district, Journal of the Czech Geological Society, 48, 19-147 [view file]

Spiridonov E M, Gritsenko Y D (2007) Ferroskutterudite, nickelskutterudite, and skutterudite from the Norilsk ore field, New Data on Minerals. Moscow, 42, 16-27 [view file]

Burke E A J (2008) Tidying up mineral names: an IMA-CNMNC scheme for suffixes, hyphens and diacritical marks, The Mineralogical Record, 39, 131-135 [view file]

Hålenius U, Hatert F, Pasero M, Mills S J (2017) IMA Commission on New Minerals, Nomenclature and Classification (CNMNC) Newsletter 35. New minerals and nomenclature modifications approved in 2016 and 2017, Mineralogical Magazine, 81, 209-213 [view file]

Mitchell R H, Welch M D, Chakhmouradian A R (2017) Nomenclature of the perovskite supergroup: A hierarchical system of classification based on crystal structure and composition, Mineralogical Magazine, 81, 411-461 [view file]

Schumer B N, Andrade M B, Evans S H, Downs R T (2017) A new formula and crystal structure for nickelskutterudite, (Ni,Co,Fe)As₃, and occupancy of the icosahedral cation site in the skutterudite group, American Mineralogist, 102, 205-209 [view file]