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.

Tvalchrelidzeite R061128

Browse Search Results 
<< Previous |  Back to Search Results |  Next >> 
Record 2444 of 4216  


Name: Tvalchrelidzeite
RRUFF ID: R061128
Ideal Chemistry: Hg3SbAsS3
Locality: Gomi deposit, Rioni River Valley, Caucacus Mountains, Georgia
Source: Michael Scott S105127 [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Black submetallic with internal red hints, no distinct crystal forms
Status: The identification of this mineral is confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis.
CHEMISTRY 
RRUFF ID: R061128.2
Sample Description: Microprobe Fragment
Measured Chemistry: Hg3.00Sb1.00As1.00S3.00 : darker inclusions are HgS.
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: R061128
Wavelength:
Sample Description: Unoriented sample
Instrument settings: Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 25% of 150mW
DOWNLOADS:

Raman Data (RAW) View Graph
RRUFF File
POWDER DIFFRACTION 
RRUFF ID: R061128.9
Sample Description: Single crystal, powder profile is calculated
Cell Refinement Output: a: 11.5526(4)Å    b: 4.3852(1)Å    c: 15.6373(5)Å
alpha: 90°    beta: 91.845(2)°    gamma: 90°   Volume: 791.79(5)Å3    Crystal System: monoclinic
  File Type Information Close
Calculated diffraction file.

  File Type Information Close
Output file from the Bruker D8 Advance instrument. Includes device headers and XY data.

DOWNLOADS:

DIF File
X-ray Data (XY - RAW) View Graph
RRUFF File
X Min:    X Max:    X Sort:
REFERENCES for Tvalchrelidzeite

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]

Gruzdev V S, Mchedlishvili N M, Terakhova G A, Tsertsvadze Z Y, Chernitsova N M, Shumkova N G (1975) Tvalchrelidzeite, Hg12(Sb,As)8S15, a new mineral from the Gomi arsenic-antimony-mercury deposit, Caucasus, Doklady Akademii Nauk SSSR, 225, 911-913   [view file]

Fleischer M, Mandarino J A (1977) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 62, 173-176   [view file]

Jambor J L, Vanko D A (1989) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 74, 946-951   [view file]

Yang H, Downs R T, Costin G, Eichler C M (2007) The crystal structure of tvalchrelidzeite, Hg3SbAsS3, and a revision of its chemical formula, The Canadian Mineralogist, 45, 1529-1533   [view file]

Piilonen P C, Poirier G, Tait K T (2008) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 93, 1686-1691   [view file]