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Marcasite R060882

Name: Marcasite
RRUFF ID: R060882
Ideal Chemistry: FeS₂
Locality: Ive's Quarry, Racine, Wisconsin, USA
Source: Bob Jenkins [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Brassy yellow prismatic crystals
Status: The identification of this mineral is confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis.

Mineral Group: [ Marcasite (2) ]

CHEMISTRY

RRUFF ID:	R060882.2
Sample Description:	Microprobe Fragment
Measured Chemistry:	Fe_1.00S_2.00
Microprobe Data File:	[ Download Excel File ]

RAMAN SPECTRUM

RRUFF ID:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

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BROAD SCAN WITH SPECTRAL ARTIFACTS

RRUFF ID:

R060882

Wavelength:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

Instrument settings:

Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW

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POWDER DIFFRACTION

RRUFF ID:

R060882.9

Sample Description:

Single crystal, powder profile is calculated

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 3.382(2)Å b: 4.440(3)Å c: 5.419(3)Å
alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 90° Volume: 81.37(4)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.

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REFERENCES for Marcasite
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]
Hill J (1751) Of vitriolic minerals, in A History of the Materia Medica Longman, Hitch and Hawes London 140-147 [view file]
Haidinger W (1845) Zweite Klasse: Geogenide. XIII. Ordnung. Kiese. IV. Eisenkies. Markasit., in Handbuch der Bestimmenden Mineralogie Bei Braumüller and Seidel Wien 559-562 [view file]
Hutton C O (1950) Studies of heavy detrital minerals, Bulletin of the Geological Society of America, 61, 635-710 [view file]
Holseth H, Kjekshus A (1968) Compounds with the marcasite type crystal structure III. On the magnetic properties of the binary pnictides, Journal of the Less-Common Metals, 16, 142-144
Nickel E H (1968) Structural stability of minerals with the pyrite, marcasite, arsenopyrite and löllingite structures, The Canadian Mineralogist, 9, 311-321 [view file]
Nickel E H (1969) The application of ligand-field concepts to an understanding of the structural stabilities and solid-solution limits of sulphides and related minerals, Chemical Geology, 5, 233-241
Brostigen G, Kjekshus A (1970) Compounds with the marcasite type crystal structure. V. Crystal structures of FeS₂, FeTe₂, and CoTe₂, Acta Chemica Scandinavica, 24, 1925-1940
Fleet M E (1970) Structural aspects of the marcasite-pyrite transformation, The Canadian Mineralogist, 10, 225-231 [view file]
Brostigen G, Kjekshus A, Rømming C (1973) Compounds with the marcasite type crystal structure. VIII. Redetermination of the prototype, Acta Chemica Scandinavica, 27, 2791-2796
Fleet M E (1978) The pyrrhotite - marcasite transformation, The Canadian Mineralogist, 16, 31-35 [view file]
Tossell J A, Vaughan D J, Burdett J K (1981) Pyrite, marcasite, and arsenopyrite type minerals: Crystal chemical and structural principles, Physics and Chemistry of Minerals, 7, 177-184
Lutz H D, Muller B (1991) Lattice vibration spectra. LXVIII. Single-crystal Raman spectra of marcasite-type iron chalcogenides and pnictides, FeX₂ (X=S,Se,Te;P,As,Sb), Physics and Chemistry of Minerals, 18, 265-268
Dódony I, Pósfai M, Buseck P R (1996) Structural relationship between pyrite and marcasite, American Mineralogist, 81, 119-125 [view file]
Barkov A Y, Laajoki K V O, Men'shikov Y P, Alapieti T T, Sivonen S J (1997) First terrestrial occurrence of titanium-rich pyrrhotite, marcasite and pyrite in a fenitized xenolith from the Khibina alkaline complex, Russia, The Canadian Mineralogist, 35, 875-885 [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]
Gibbs G V, Cox D F, Rosso K M, Ross N L, Downs R T, Spackman M A (2007) Theoretical electron density distribution for Fe- and Cu-sulfide Earth materials: A connection between bond length, bond critical point properties, local energy densities, and bonded interactions, Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 111, 1923-1931 [view file]
Rieder M, Crelling J C, Šustai O, Drábek M, Weiss Z, Klementová M (2007) Arsenic in iron disulfides in a brown coal from the North Bohemian Basin, Czech Republic, International Journal of Coal Geology, 71, 115-121

REFERENCES for Marcasite

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]

Hill J (1751) Of vitriolic minerals, in A History of the Materia Medica Longman, Hitch and Hawes London 140-147 [view file]

Haidinger W (1845) Zweite Klasse: Geogenide. XIII. Ordnung. Kiese. IV. Eisenkies. Markasit., in Handbuch der Bestimmenden Mineralogie Bei Braumüller and Seidel Wien 559-562 [view file]

Hutton C O (1950) Studies of heavy detrital minerals, Bulletin of the Geological Society of America, 61, 635-710 [view file]

Holseth H, Kjekshus A (1968) Compounds with the marcasite type crystal structure III. On the magnetic properties of the binary pnictides, Journal of the Less-Common Metals, 16, 142-144

Nickel E H (1968) Structural stability of minerals with the pyrite, marcasite, arsenopyrite and löllingite structures, The Canadian Mineralogist, 9, 311-321 [view file]

Nickel E H (1969) The application of ligand-field concepts to an understanding of the structural stabilities and solid-solution limits of sulphides and related minerals, Chemical Geology, 5, 233-241

Brostigen G, Kjekshus A (1970) Compounds with the marcasite type crystal structure. V. Crystal structures of FeS₂, FeTe₂, and CoTe₂, Acta Chemica Scandinavica, 24, 1925-1940

Fleet M E (1970) Structural aspects of the marcasite-pyrite transformation, The Canadian Mineralogist, 10, 225-231 [view file]

Brostigen G, Kjekshus A, Rømming C (1973) Compounds with the marcasite type crystal structure. VIII. Redetermination of the prototype, Acta Chemica Scandinavica, 27, 2791-2796

Fleet M E (1978) The pyrrhotite - marcasite transformation, The Canadian Mineralogist, 16, 31-35 [view file]

Tossell J A, Vaughan D J, Burdett J K (1981) Pyrite, marcasite, and arsenopyrite type minerals: Crystal chemical and structural principles, Physics and Chemistry of Minerals, 7, 177-184

Lutz H D, Muller B (1991) Lattice vibration spectra. LXVIII. Single-crystal Raman spectra of marcasite-type iron chalcogenides and pnictides, FeX₂ (X=S,Se,Te;P,As,Sb), Physics and Chemistry of Minerals, 18, 265-268

Dódony I, Pósfai M, Buseck P R (1996) Structural relationship between pyrite and marcasite, American Mineralogist, 81, 119-125 [view file]

Barkov A Y, Laajoki K V O, Men'shikov Y P, Alapieti T T, Sivonen S J (1997) First terrestrial occurrence of titanium-rich pyrrhotite, marcasite and pyrite in a fenitized xenolith from the Khibina alkaline complex, Russia, The Canadian Mineralogist, 35, 875-885 [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]

Gibbs G V, Cox D F, Rosso K M, Ross N L, Downs R T, Spackman M A (2007) Theoretical electron density distribution for Fe- and Cu-sulfide Earth materials: A connection between bond length, bond critical point properties, local energy densities, and bonded interactions, Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 111, 1923-1931 [view file]

Rieder M, Crelling J C, Šustai O, Drábek M, Weiss Z, Klementová M (2007) Arsenic in iron disulfides in a brown coal from the North Bohemian Basin, Czech Republic, International Journal of Coal Geology, 71, 115-121