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Name: Sternbergite RRUFF ID: R110137 Ideal Chemistry: AgFe2S3 Locality: Joachimsthal, Bohemia, Czechoslovakia Source: William W. Pinch [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Black sectile single crystals with good cleavage, some with purple iridescence, associated with stephanite. Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed only by single crystal X-ray diffraction. |
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Mineral Group: [ Cubanite (7) ] |
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POWDER DIFFRACTION | |||||||
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RRUFF ID: | R110137.9 | ||||||
Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 6.637(4)Å b: 11.685(7)Å c: 12.718(6)Å alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 90° Volume: 986.2(4)Å3 Crystal System: orthorhombic |
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REFERENCES for Sternbergite | |
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American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database Record: [view record] |
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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] |
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Haidinger W (1827) On sternbergite, a new mineral species, The Edinburgh Journal of Science, 7, 242-244 [view file] |
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Haidinger W (1828) Description of sternbergite, a new mineral species, Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, 11, 1-7 [view file] |
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Peacock M A (1936) On the crystal form of sternbergite, American Mineralogist, 21, 103-108 [view file] |
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Buerger N W (1937) The unit cell and space group of sternbergite, AgFe2S3, American Mineralogist, 22, 847-854 [view file] |
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Czamanske G K, Larson R R (1969) The chemical identity and formula of argentopyrite and sternbergite, American Mineralogist, 54, 1198-1201 [view file] |
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Czamanske G K (1969) The stability of argentopyrite and sternbergite, Economic Geology, 64, 459-461 |
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Bailey S W (1977) Report of the I.M.A-I.U.Cr. Joint Committee on Nomenclature, American Mineralogist, 62, 411-415 [view file] |
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rein V, Rídkoil T, Kapar P, ourek J (1986) Argentopyrite and sternbergite from polymetallic veins of the skarn deposit Medenec, Kruné hory Mts., Czechoslovakia, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Abhandlungen, 154, 207-222 |
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Pertlik F (1987) Crystal structure of sternbergite, AgFe2S3, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Monatshefte, 1987, 458-464 |
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Ondru P, Veselovský F, Gabaová A, Hlouek J, rein 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] |
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