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Gratonite R060956

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Name: Gratonite
RRUFF ID: R060956
Ideal Chemistry: Pb9As4S15
Locality: Rio Tinto mine, Rio Tinto, Huelva Province, Spain
Source: Bob Jenkins [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Dark-gray metallic elongated prismatic trigonal crystals
Status: The identification of this mineral is confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis.
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CHEMISTRY 
RRUFF ID: R060956.2
Sample Description: Microprobe Fragment
Measured Chemistry: Pb9.00As4.00S15.00
Microprobe Data File: [ Download Excel File ]
RAMAN SPECTRUM 
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
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RRUFF ID: R060956
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
Instrument settings: Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW
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POWDER DIFFRACTION 
RRUFF ID: R060956.9
Sample Description: Single crystal, powder profile is calculated
Cell Refinement Output: a: 17.664(3)Å    b: 17.664(3)Å    c: 7.782(1)Å
alpha: 90°    beta: 90°    gamma: 120°   Volume: 2102.9(3)Å3    Crystal System: hexagonal
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Calculated diffraction file.

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

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REFERENCES for Gratonite

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]

Gamble D (1938) New mineral discovered: Rochester and Harvard fail to link it with any known species, New York Times, Dec 28, 1938, 17-17

Palache C, Fisher D J (1939) Gratonite - preliminary description of a new mineral from Cerro de Pasco, Peru, American Mineralogist, 24, 136-136   [view file]

Palache C, Fisher D J (1940) Gratonite - A new mineral from Cerro de Pasco, Peru, American Mineralogist, 25, 255-265   [view file]

Rust G W (1940) Geologic occurrence of gratonite at Cerro de Pasco, Peru, American Mineralogist, 25, 266-270   [view file]

Rösch H (1963) Zur kristallstruktur des gratonits - 9PbS·2As2S3, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Abhandlungen, 99, 307-337

Ribár B, Nowacki W (1969) Neubestimmung der kristallstruktur von gratonit, Pb9As4S15, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 128, 321-338   [view file]