Argyrodite R050437

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Name: Argyrodite
RRUFF ID: R050437
Ideal Chemistry: Ag8GeS6
Locality: Himmelsfurst mine, Freiberg, Saxony, Germany
Source: University of Arizona Mineral Museum 1540 [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Steel gray with a red hint, mass of poorly formed crystals, associated with pyrargyrite.
Status: The identification of this mineral is confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis.
Mineral Group: [ Argyrodite (1) ]
CHEMISTRY 
RRUFF ID: R050437.2
Sample Description: Mircoprobe Fragment
Measured Chemistry: Ag8.00Ge1.00S6.00
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RAMAN SPECTRUM 
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample, sample burns with too much intensity from laser
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RRUFF ID: R050437
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample, sample burns with too much intensity from laser
Instrument settings: Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 1% of 150mW
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INFRARED SPECTRUM (Attenuated Total Reflectance) 
RRUFF ID: R050437.1
Instrument settings: SensIR Durascope on a Nicolet Magna 860 FTIR
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POWDER DIFFRACTION 
RRUFF ID: R050437.1
Sample Description: Powder, cell parameters are from single crystal
Cell Refinement Output: a: 15.099(1)Å    b: 7.458(2)Å    c: 10.568(2)Å
alpha: 90°    beta: 90°    gamma: 90°   Volume: 1190.0(5)Å3    Crystal System: orthorhombic
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REFERENCES for Argyrodite

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]

Weisbach A (1886) Argyrodit, ein neues Silbererz, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Geologie und Palaontologie, 2, 67-71   [view file]

Penfield S L (1893) On canfieldite a new germanium mineral and on the chemical composition of argyrodite, American Journal of Science, 146, 107-113   [view file]

Penfield S L (1894) On argyrodite and a new sulphostannate of silver from Bolivia, American Journal of Science, 147, 451-454   [view file]

Eulenberger G (1977) Die kristallstruktur der tiemftemperaturmodifikation von Ag8GeS6, Monatshefte für Chemie, 108, 901-913

Wang N (1978) New data for Ag8SnS6 (canfieldite) and Ag8GeS6 (argyrodite), Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Monatshefte, 1978, 269-272

Onoda M, Chen X-A, Kato K, Sato A, Wada H (1999) Structure refinement of Cu8GeS6 using X-ray diffraction data from a multiple-twinned crystal, Acta Crystallographica, B55, 721-725

Tamas C G, Bailly L, Ghergari L, O'Connor G, Minut A (2006) New occurrences of tellurides and argyrodite in Rosia Montana, Apuseni Mountains, Romania, and their metallogenic significance, The Canadian Mineralogist, 44, 367-383   [view file]

Bindi L, Nestola F, Guastoni A, Zorzi F, Peruzzo L, Raber T (2012) Te-rich canfieldite, Ag8Sn(S,Te)6, from Lengenbach Quarry, Binntal, Canton Valais, Switzerland: Occurrence, description and crystal structure, The Canadian Mineralogist, 50, 111-118   [view file]