Important Update News

The RRUFF Project (rruff.info) is being updated to improve its interface and content. The beta version of the update is accessible to the public at RRUFF.net. New data is only being added to the beta site. Please note that it is in development, and some components are not functional.

We are grateful to NASA for the funding of this effort.

Violarite R060846

Browse Search Results 
<< Previous |  Back to Search Results |  Next >> 
Record 2193 of 4216  


Name: Violarite
RRUFF ID: R060846
Ideal Chemistry: FeNi2S4
Locality: Perseverance mine, Agnew, Western Australia
Source: Michael Scott S100939 [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Violet metallic massive
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed only by chemical analysis
Mineral Group: [ Spinel (66) ]
CHEMISTRY 
RRUFF ID: R060846.2
Sample Description: Microprobe Fragment
Measured Chemistry: lighter phase: (Fe2+0.99Co0.01)Σ=1Ni3+2.00S4.00 ; trace amounts of Cu ; darker phase: (Fe0.98Co0.01Ni0.01)Σ=1S2.00
Microprobe Data File: [ Download Excel File ]
RAMAN SPECTRUM 
RRUFF ID:
Sample Description: Unoriented sample.
DOWNLOADS:

  To download sample data,
  please select a specific
  orientation angle.
Direction of polarization of laser relative to fiducial mark:
X Min:    X Max:    X Sort:
BROAD SCAN WITH SPECTRAL ARTIFACTS
RRUFF ID: R060846
Wavelength:
Sample Description: Unoriented sample.
Instrument settings: Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW
DOWNLOADS:

Raman Data (RAW) View Graph
RRUFF File
REFERENCES for Violarite

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]

Clarke F W, Catlett C (1889) A platiniferous nickel ore from Canada, American Journal of Science, 137, 372-374   [view file]

Lindgren W, Davy W M (1924) Nickel ores from Key West Mine, Nevada, Economic Geology, 19, 309-319   [view file]

Karup-Møller S (1968) Secondary violarite and bravoite, English Lake, Manitoba, The Canadian Mineralogist, 9, 629-643   [view file]

Arnold R G, Malik O P (1974) Violarite in some nickel ores from Lynn Lake and Thompson, Manitoba, and Sudbury, Ontário, Canada, The Canadian Mineralogist, 12, 320-326   [view file]

Vaughan D J, Craig J R (1985) The crystal chemistry of iron-nickel thiospinels, American Mineralogist, 70, 1036-1043   [view file]

Richarson S, Vaughan D J (1989) Surface alteration of pentlandite and spectroscopic evidence for secondary violarite formation, Mineralogical Magazine, 53, 213-222   [view file]

Ondruš P, Veselovský F, Gabašová A, Hloušek J, Šrein 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]

Tenailleau C, Etschmann B, Ibberson R M, Pring A (2006) A neutron powder diffraction study of Fe and Ni distributions in synthetic pentlandite and violarite using 60Ni isotope, American Mineralogist, 91, 1442-1447   [view file]

Tenailleau C, Pring A, Etschmann B, Brugger J, Grguric B, Putnis A (2006) Transformation of pentlandite to violarite under mild hydrothermal conditions, American Mineralogist, 91, 706-709   [view file]

Bosi F, Biagioni C, Pasero M (2019) Nomenclature and classification of the spinel supergroup, European Journal of Mineralogy, 31, 183-192   [view file]