) R070567 - RRUFF Database: Raman, X-ray, Infrared, and Chemistry

Braggite R070567

Name: Braggite
RRUFF ID: R070567
Ideal Chemistry: PdPt₃S₄
Locality: Minneapolis Adit, J M Reef, Stillwater Complex, Beartooth Mountains, Stillwater County, Montana, USA
Source: James Shigley [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Tin-white metallic massive
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction.

RAMAN SPECTRUM

RRUFF ID:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

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BROAD SCAN WITH SPECTRAL ARTIFACTS

RRUFF ID:

R070567

Wavelength:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

Instrument settings:

Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW

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POWDER DIFFRACTION

RRUFF ID:

R070567.9

Sample Description:

Single crystal, powder profile is calculated

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 6.4056(8)Å b: 6.4056(8)Å c: 6.586(1)Å
alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 90° Volume: 270.25(5)Å³ Crystal System: tetragonal

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 Braggite
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]
Bannister F A, Hey M H (1932) Determination of minerals in platinum concentrates from the Transvaal by X-ray methods, Mineralogical Magazine, 23, 188-208 [view file]
Bannister F A (1932) Proceedings of societies: Mineralogical Society of Great Britian and Ireland, American Mineralogist, 17, 455-455 [view file]
Foshag W F (1933) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 18, 79-79 [view file]
Childs J D, Hall S R (1973) The crystal structure of braggite, (Pt,Pd,Ni)S, Acta Crystallographica, B29, 1446-1451
Cabri L J, Laflamme G, Stewart J M, Turner K, Skinner B J (1978) On cooperite, braggite, and vysotskite, American Mineralogist, 63, 832-839 [view file]
Criddle A J, Stanley C J (1985) Characteristic optical data for cooperite, braggite and vysotskite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 23, 149-162 [view file]
Merkle R K W, Pikl R, Verryn S M C, De Waal D (1999) Raman spectra of synthetic ‘braggite’, (Pd,Pt,Ni)S, Mineralogical Magazine, 63, 363-367 [view file]
Bowles J F W, Suárez S, Prichard H M, Fisher P C (2018) The mineralogy, geochemistry and genesis of the alluvial platinum-group minerals of the Freetown Layered Complex, Sierra Leone, Mineralogical Magazine, 82, S223-S246
McCreesh M J G, Yudovskaya M A, Kinnaird J A, Reinke C (2018) Platinum-group minerals of the F and T zones, Waterberg Project, far northern Bushveld Complex: implication for the formation of the PGE mineralization, Mineralogical Magazine, 82, 539–575
Miyawaki R, Hatert F, Pasero M, Mills S J (2022) IMA Commission on New Minerals, Nomenclature and Classification (CNMNC) Newsletter 69, European Journal of Mineralogy, 34, 463-468 [view file]
Cabri L J, McDonald A M (2023) Mineralogy of Pt-Pd sulfides: The redefinition of braggite and vysotskite (with comments on the extent of solid solution in the PtS–PdS binary), The Canadian Journal of Mineralogy and Petrology, 61, 167-175

REFERENCES for Braggite

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]

Bannister F A, Hey M H (1932) Determination of minerals in platinum concentrates from the Transvaal by X-ray methods, Mineralogical Magazine, 23, 188-208 [view file]

Bannister F A (1932) Proceedings of societies: Mineralogical Society of Great Britian and Ireland, American Mineralogist, 17, 455-455 [view file]

Foshag W F (1933) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 18, 79-79 [view file]

Childs J D, Hall S R (1973) The crystal structure of braggite, (Pt,Pd,Ni)S, Acta Crystallographica, B29, 1446-1451

Cabri L J, Laflamme G, Stewart J M, Turner K, Skinner B J (1978) On cooperite, braggite, and vysotskite, American Mineralogist, 63, 832-839 [view file]

Criddle A J, Stanley C J (1985) Characteristic optical data for cooperite, braggite and vysotskite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 23, 149-162 [view file]

Merkle R K W, Pikl R, Verryn S M C, De Waal D (1999) Raman spectra of synthetic ‘braggite’, (Pd,Pt,Ni)S, Mineralogical Magazine, 63, 363-367 [view file]

Bowles J F W, Suárez S, Prichard H M, Fisher P C (2018) The mineralogy, geochemistry and genesis of the alluvial platinum-group minerals of the Freetown Layered Complex, Sierra Leone, Mineralogical Magazine, 82, S223-S246

McCreesh M J G, Yudovskaya M A, Kinnaird J A, Reinke C (2018) Platinum-group minerals of the F and T zones, Waterberg Project, far northern Bushveld Complex: implication for the formation of the PGE mineralization, Mineralogical Magazine, 82, 539–575

Miyawaki R, Hatert F, Pasero M, Mills S J (2022) IMA Commission on New Minerals, Nomenclature and Classification (CNMNC) Newsletter 69, European Journal of Mineralogy, 34, 463-468 [view file]

Cabri L J, McDonald A M (2023) Mineralogy of Pt-Pd sulfides: The redefinition of braggite and vysotskite (with comments on the extent of solid solution in the PtS–PdS binary), The Canadian Journal of Mineralogy and Petrology, 61, 167-175