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Laurite R060309

Name: Laurite
RRUFF ID: R060309
Ideal Chemistry: RuS₂
Locality: Verkhneivinsk, Ural Mountains, Russia
Source: Michael Scott S100242 [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Black colored metallic single crystal in the shape of a distorted pyritohedron
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction.

Mineral Group: [ Pyrite (16) ]

Quick search: [ All Laurite samples (2) ]

RAMAN SPECTRUM

RRUFF ID:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

DOWNLOADS:

	Raman Data (Processed)
	RRUFF File
	Raman Data (RAW)
	RRUFF File

POWDER DIFFRACTION

RRUFF ID:

R060309.9

Sample Description:

Single crystal, powder profile is calculated

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 5.606(3)Å b: 5.606(3)Å c: 5.606(3)Å
alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 90° Volume: 176.21(5)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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	DIF File
	X-ray Data (XY - RAW)
	RRUFF File

REFERENCES for Laurite
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]
von Waltershausen S (1866) Ueber die Krystallformen und mineralogischen Eigenthümlichkeiten des Laurits, Nachrichten von der Königliche Gesellschaft der Wissenschaftern und der Georg-Augusts-Universität, 1866, 160-163 [view file]
Wöhler F (1866) Ueber ein neues Mineral von Bornéo, Nachrichten von der Königliche Gesellschaft der Wissenschaftern und der Georg-Augusts-Universität, 1866, 155-160 [view file]
Oftedal I (1928) Über die Kristallstrukturen der verbindungen RuS₂, OsS₂, MnTe₂ und AuSb₂. Mit einem Anhang über die Gitterkonstant von Pyrit, Zeitschrift für Physikalische Chemie, 135, 291-299 [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]
Leonard B F, Desborough G A (1969) Ore microscopy and chemical composition of some laurites, American Mineralogist, 54, 1330-1346 [view file]
Lutz H D, Müller B, Schmidt T, Stingl T (1990) Structure refinement of pyrite-type ruthenium disulfide RuS₂ and ruthenium diselenide, RuSe₂, Acta Crystallographica, C46, 2003-2005
Brenan J M, Andrews D (2001) High-temperature stability of laurite and Ru-Os-Ir alloy and their role in PGE fractionation in mafic magmas: erratum, The Canadian Mineralogist, 39, 1747-1748 [view file]
Andrews D R A, Brenan J M (2002) Phase-equilibrium constraints on the magmatic origin of laurite + Ru—Os—Ir alloy, The Canadian Mineralogist, 40, 1705-1716 [view file]
Malitch K N, Junk S A, Thalhammer O A R, Melcher F, Knauf V V, Pernicka E, Stumpfl E F (2003) Laurite and ruarsite from podiform chromitites at Kraubath and Hochgrössen, Austria: new insights from osmium isotopes, The Canadian Mineralogist, 41, 331-352 [view file]
González-Jiménez J M, Gervilla F, Proenza J A, Kerestedjian T, Augé T, Bailly L (2009) Zoning of laurite (RuS₂) - erlichmanite (OsS₂): Implications for the origin of PGM in ophiolite chromitites, European Journal of Mineralogy, 21, 419-432
Barkov A Y, Nikiforov A A, Tolstykh N D, Shvedov G I, Korolyuk V N (2017) Compounds of Ru-Se-S, alloys of Os-Ir, framboidal Ru nanophases, and laurite-clinochlore intergrowths in the Pados-Tundra complex, Kola Peninsula, Russia, European Journal of Mineralogy, 29, 613-621
Augé T, Gloaguen É, Chevillard M, Bailly L (2018) Mineralogy, geochemistry and emplacement of the Conakry Igneous Complex, Guinea: implications for the Ni-Cu-PGE mineralization, Mineralogical Magazine, 82, 593–624
Bowles J F W, Suárez S, Prichard H M, Fisher P C (2018) Inclusions in an isoferroplatinum nugget from the Freetown Layered Complex, Sierra Leone, Mineralogical Magazine, 82, 577–592
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
Kitahara G, Yoshiasa A, Ishimaru S, Terai K, Tokuda M, Nishio-Hamane D, Tanaka T, Sugiyama K (2023) Crystal structures of rhodium-containing erlichmanite–laurite solid solutions (Os_1–x–yRu_xRh_yS₂: x = 0.09–0.60, y = 0.07–0.10) with unique compositional dependence, Mineralogical Magazine, 87, 396-406

REFERENCES for Laurite

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]

von Waltershausen S (1866) Ueber die Krystallformen und mineralogischen Eigenthümlichkeiten des Laurits, Nachrichten von der Königliche Gesellschaft der Wissenschaftern und der Georg-Augusts-Universität, 1866, 160-163 [view file]

Wöhler F (1866) Ueber ein neues Mineral von Bornéo, Nachrichten von der Königliche Gesellschaft der Wissenschaftern und der Georg-Augusts-Universität, 1866, 155-160 [view file]

Oftedal I (1928) Über die Kristallstrukturen der verbindungen RuS₂, OsS₂, MnTe₂ und AuSb₂. Mit einem Anhang über die Gitterkonstant von Pyrit, Zeitschrift für Physikalische Chemie, 135, 291-299 [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]

Leonard B F, Desborough G A (1969) Ore microscopy and chemical composition of some laurites, American Mineralogist, 54, 1330-1346 [view file]

Lutz H D, Müller B, Schmidt T, Stingl T (1990) Structure refinement of pyrite-type ruthenium disulfide RuS₂ and ruthenium diselenide, RuSe₂, Acta Crystallographica, C46, 2003-2005

Brenan J M, Andrews D (2001) High-temperature stability of laurite and Ru-Os-Ir alloy and their role in PGE fractionation in mafic magmas: erratum, The Canadian Mineralogist, 39, 1747-1748 [view file]

Andrews D R A, Brenan J M (2002) Phase-equilibrium constraints on the magmatic origin of laurite + Ru—Os—Ir alloy, The Canadian Mineralogist, 40, 1705-1716 [view file]

Malitch K N, Junk S A, Thalhammer O A R, Melcher F, Knauf V V, Pernicka E, Stumpfl E F (2003) Laurite and ruarsite from podiform chromitites at Kraubath and Hochgrössen, Austria: new insights from osmium isotopes, The Canadian Mineralogist, 41, 331-352 [view file]

González-Jiménez J M, Gervilla F, Proenza J A, Kerestedjian T, Augé T, Bailly L (2009) Zoning of laurite (RuS₂) - erlichmanite (OsS₂): Implications for the origin of PGM in ophiolite chromitites, European Journal of Mineralogy, 21, 419-432

Barkov A Y, Nikiforov A A, Tolstykh N D, Shvedov G I, Korolyuk V N (2017) Compounds of Ru-Se-S, alloys of Os-Ir, framboidal Ru nanophases, and laurite-clinochlore intergrowths in the Pados-Tundra complex, Kola Peninsula, Russia, European Journal of Mineralogy, 29, 613-621

Augé T, Gloaguen É, Chevillard M, Bailly L (2018) Mineralogy, geochemistry and emplacement of the Conakry Igneous Complex, Guinea: implications for the Ni-Cu-PGE mineralization, Mineralogical Magazine, 82, 593–624

Bowles J F W, Suárez S, Prichard H M, Fisher P C (2018) Inclusions in an isoferroplatinum nugget from the Freetown Layered Complex, Sierra Leone, Mineralogical Magazine, 82, 577–592

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

Kitahara G, Yoshiasa A, Ishimaru S, Terai K, Tokuda M, Nishio-Hamane D, Tanaka T, Sugiyama K (2023) Crystal structures of rhodium-containing erlichmanite–laurite solid solutions (Os_1–x–yRu_xRh_yS₂: x = 0.09–0.60, y = 0.07–0.10) with unique compositional dependence, Mineralogical Magazine, 87, 396-406