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Name: Laurite RRUFF ID: R110120 Ideal Chemistry: RuS2 Locality: Tambiano River, Riampinang, Kalimantan Selatan Province, Borneo Island, Indonesia Source: Mark N Feinglos [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Loose aggregate of black grains associated with platinum R110126 Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed only by single crystal X-ray diffraction. |
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Mineral Group: [ Pyrite (16) ] | ||
Quick search: [ All Laurite samples (2) ] |
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POWDER DIFFRACTION | |||||||
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RRUFF ID: | R110120.9 | ||||||
Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 5.609(3)Å b: 5.609(3)Å c: 5.609(3)Å alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 90° Volume: 176.43(3)Å3 Crystal System: cubic |
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REFERENCES for Laurite | |
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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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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] |
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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] |
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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] |
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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] |
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Bannister F A (1932) Proceedings of societies: Mineralogical Society of Great Britian and Ireland, American Mineralogist, 17, 455-455 [view file] |
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Leonard B F, Desborough G A (1969) Ore microscopy and chemical composition of some laurites, American Mineralogist, 54, 1330-1346 [view file] |
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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 |
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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] |
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Andrews D R A, Brenan J M (2002) Phase-equilibrium constraints on the magmatic origin of laurite + RuOsIr alloy, The Canadian Mineralogist, 40, 1705-1716 [view file] |
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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] |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 (Os1–x–yRuxRhyS2: x = 0.09–0.60, y = 0.07–0.10) with unique compositional dependence, Mineralogical Magazine, 87, 396-406 |
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