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Argyrodite R050437

Name: Argyrodite
RRUFF ID: R050437
Ideal Chemistry: Ag₈GeS₆
Locality: Himmelsfurst mine, Freiberg, Saxony, Germany
Source: University of Arizona Mineral Museum 1540 [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Steel gray with a red hint, mass of poorly formed crystals, associated with pyrargyrite.
Status: The identification of this mineral is confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis.

Mineral Group: [ Argyrodite (1) ]

CHEMISTRY

RRUFF ID:	R050437.2
Sample Description:	Mircoprobe Fragment
Measured Chemistry:	Ag_8.00Ge_1.00S_6.00
Microprobe Data File:	[ Download Excel File ]

RAMAN SPECTRUM

RRUFF ID:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample, sample burns with too much intensity from laser

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BROAD SCAN WITH SPECTRAL ARTIFACTS

RRUFF ID:

R050437

Wavelength:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample, sample burns with too much intensity from laser

Instrument settings:

Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 1% of 150mW

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INFRARED SPECTRUM (Attenuated Total Reflectance)

RRUFF ID:

R050437.1

Instrument settings:

SensIR Durascope on a Nicolet Magna 860 FTIR

Resolution:

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POWDER DIFFRACTION

RRUFF ID:

R050437.1

Sample Description:

Powder, cell parameters are from single crystal

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 15.099(1)Å b: 7.458(2)Å c: 10.568(2)Å
alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 90° Volume: 1190.0(5)Å³ Crystal System: orthorhombic

File Type Information

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

File Type Information

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

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REFERENCES for Argyrodite
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]
Weisbach A (1886) Argyrodit, ein neues Silbererz, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Geologie und Palaontologie, 2, 67-71 [view file]
Penfield S L (1893) On canfieldite a new germanium mineral and on the chemical composition of argyrodite, American Journal of Science, 146, 107-113 [view file]
Penfield S L (1894) On argyrodite and a new sulphostannate of silver from Bolivia, American Journal of Science, 147, 451-454 [view file]
Eulenberger G (1977) Die kristallstruktur der tiemftemperaturmodifikation von Ag₈GeS₆, Monatshefte für Chemie, 108, 901-913
Wang N (1978) New data for Ag₈SnS₆ (canfieldite) and Ag₈GeS₆ (argyrodite), Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Monatshefte, 1978, 269-272
Onoda M, Chen X-A, Kato K, Sato A, Wada H (1999) Structure refinement of Cu₈GeS₆ using X-ray diffraction data from a multiple-twinned crystal, Acta Crystallographica, B55, 721-725
Tamas C G, Bailly L, Ghergari L, O'Connor G, Minut A (2006) New occurrences of tellurides and argyrodite in Rosia Montana, Apuseni Mountains, Romania, and their metallogenic significance, The Canadian Mineralogist, 44, 367-383 [view file]
Bindi L, Nestola F, Guastoni A, Zorzi F, Peruzzo L, Raber T (2012) Te-rich canfieldite, Ag₈Sn(S,Te)₆, from Lengenbach Quarry, Binntal, Canton Valais, Switzerland: Occurrence, description and crystal structure, The Canadian Mineralogist, 50, 111-118 [view file]

REFERENCES for Argyrodite

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]

Weisbach A (1886) Argyrodit, ein neues Silbererz, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Geologie und Palaontologie, 2, 67-71 [view file]

Penfield S L (1893) On canfieldite a new germanium mineral and on the chemical composition of argyrodite, American Journal of Science, 146, 107-113 [view file]

Penfield S L (1894) On argyrodite and a new sulphostannate of silver from Bolivia, American Journal of Science, 147, 451-454 [view file]

Eulenberger G (1977) Die kristallstruktur der tiemftemperaturmodifikation von Ag₈GeS₆, Monatshefte für Chemie, 108, 901-913

Wang N (1978) New data for Ag₈SnS₆ (canfieldite) and Ag₈GeS₆ (argyrodite), Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Monatshefte, 1978, 269-272

Onoda M, Chen X-A, Kato K, Sato A, Wada H (1999) Structure refinement of Cu₈GeS₆ using X-ray diffraction data from a multiple-twinned crystal, Acta Crystallographica, B55, 721-725

Tamas C G, Bailly L, Ghergari L, O'Connor G, Minut A (2006) New occurrences of tellurides and argyrodite in Rosia Montana, Apuseni Mountains, Romania, and their metallogenic significance, The Canadian Mineralogist, 44, 367-383 [view file]

Bindi L, Nestola F, Guastoni A, Zorzi F, Peruzzo L, Raber T (2012) Te-rich canfieldite, Ag₈Sn(S,Te)₆, from Lengenbach Quarry, Binntal, Canton Valais, Switzerland: Occurrence, description and crystal structure, The Canadian Mineralogist, 50, 111-118 [view file]