,32.2531,-110.948 R040135 - RRUFF Database: Raman, X-ray, Infrared, and Chemistry

Sulphur R040135

Name: Sulphur
RRUFF ID: R040135
Ideal Chemistry: S
Locality: Sicily, Italy
Source: University of Arizona Mineral Museum 5818 [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Yellow fragments
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis

Mineral Group: [ Sulphur (4) ]

Quick search: [ All Sulphur samples (2) ]

CHEMISTRY

RRUFF ID:	R040135.2
Sample Description:	Microprobe Fragment
Measured Chemistry:	S_1.00
Microprobe Data File:	[ Download Excel File ]

RAMAN SPECTRUM

RRUFF ID:

Sample Description:

Sample is oriented, mounted onto a pin and polished

Pin ID:

L00267

Orientation:

Laser parallel to -a* (-1 0 0). Fiducial mark perpendicular to laser is parallel to b [0 1 0].

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BROAD SCAN WITH SPECTRAL ARTIFACTS

RRUFF ID:

R040135

Wavelength:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

Instrument settings:

Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW

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	Raman Data (RAW)
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INFRARED SPECTRUM (Attenuated Total Reflectance)

RRUFF ID:

R040135.1

Sample Description:

Powder

Instrument settings:

SensIR Durascope on a Nicolet Magna 860 FTIR

Resolution:

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	Infrared Data (Processed)
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POWDER DIFFRACTION

RRUFF ID:

R040135.1

Sample Description:

Powder

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 10.4668(4)Å b: 12.8711(5)Å c: 24.485(2)Å
alpha: 90.° beta: 90.° gamma: 90.° Volume: 3298.6(2)Å³ Crystal System: orthorhombic

File Type Information

Calculated diffraction file.

File Type Information

Output file from the Bruker D8 Advance instrument. Includes device headers and XY data.

File Type Information

Output file from the Bruker D8 Advance instrument. Includes device headers and XY data.

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	Cell Refinement Data
	Cell Refinement Output Data
	DIF File
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	RRUFF File
	X-ray Data (XY - RAW)
	RRUFF File

REFERENCES for Sulphur
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]
Wallerius J G (1747) in Mineralogia, eller Mineralriket Stockholm [view file]
Thackray M (1964) Evidence for the beta-gamma transition point in sulphur from low-temperature solubility measurements using suphur-35 and its relevance to the theory of interface reaction in solids, Nature, 201, 674-675
Watkinson D H, Heslop J B, Ewert W D (1975) Nickel sulphide-arsenide assemblages associated with uranium mineralization, Zimmer Lake area, northern Saskatchewan, The Canadian Mineralogist, 13, 198-204 [view file]
Meyer B (1976) Elemental sulfur, Chemical Reviews, 76, 367-388
Naldrett A J, Hoffman E L, Green A H, Chou C L, Naldrett S R, Alcock R A (1979) The composition of Ni–sulfide ores, with particular reference to their content of PGE and Au, The Canadian Mineralogist, 17, 403-415 [view file]
Vaughan D J, Tossell J A (1980) The chemical bond and the properties of sulfide minerals. I. Zn, Fe, and Cu in tetrahedral and triangular coordinations with sulfur, The Canadian Mineralogist, 18, 157-163 [view file]
Rettig S J, Trotter J (1987) Refinement of the structure of orthorhombic sulfur, α-S₈, Acta Crystallographica, C43, 2260-2262
Crichton W A, Vaughan G B M, Mezouar M (2001) In situ structure solution of helical sulphur at 3 GPa and 400 °C, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 216, 417-419
Degtyareva O (2010) Crystal structure of simple metals at high pressures, High Pressure Research, 30, 343-371
Huang R, Keppler H (2015) Anhydrite stability and the effect of Ca on the behavior of sulfur in felsic magmas, American Mineralogist, 100, 257-266

REFERENCES for Sulphur

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]

Wallerius J G (1747) in Mineralogia, eller Mineralriket Stockholm [view file]

Thackray M (1964) Evidence for the beta-gamma transition point in sulphur from low-temperature solubility measurements using suphur-35 and its relevance to the theory of interface reaction in solids, Nature, 201, 674-675

Watkinson D H, Heslop J B, Ewert W D (1975) Nickel sulphide-arsenide assemblages associated with uranium mineralization, Zimmer Lake area, northern Saskatchewan, The Canadian Mineralogist, 13, 198-204 [view file]

Meyer B (1976) Elemental sulfur, Chemical Reviews, 76, 367-388

Naldrett A J, Hoffman E L, Green A H, Chou C L, Naldrett S R, Alcock R A (1979) The composition of Ni–sulfide ores, with particular reference to their content of PGE and Au, The Canadian Mineralogist, 17, 403-415 [view file]

Vaughan D J, Tossell J A (1980) The chemical bond and the properties of sulfide minerals. I. Zn, Fe, and Cu in tetrahedral and triangular coordinations with sulfur, The Canadian Mineralogist, 18, 157-163 [view file]

Rettig S J, Trotter J (1987) Refinement of the structure of orthorhombic sulfur, α-S₈, Acta Crystallographica, C43, 2260-2262

Crichton W A, Vaughan G B M, Mezouar M (2001) In situ structure solution of helical sulphur at 3 GPa and 400 °C, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 216, 417-419

Degtyareva O (2010) Crystal structure of simple metals at high pressures, High Pressure Research, 30, 343-371

Huang R, Keppler H (2015) Anhydrite stability and the effect of Ca on the behavior of sulfur in felsic magmas, American Mineralogist, 100, 257-266