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Heazlewoodite R061074

Name: Heazlewoodite
RRUFF ID: R061074
Ideal Chemistry: Ni₃S₂
Locality: Tasmania, Australia
Source: Michael Scott S102794 [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Pale gray metallic massive
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction.

RAMAN SPECTRUM

RRUFF ID:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

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RRUFF ID:

R061074

Wavelength:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

Instrument settings:

Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW

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POWDER DIFFRACTION

RRUFF ID:

R061074.9

Sample Description:

Single crystal, powder profile is calculated

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 4.070(4)Å b: 4.070(4)Å c: 4.070(4)Å
alpha: 89.69(3)° beta: 89.69(3)° gamma: 89.69(3)° Volume: 67.42(6)Å³ Crystal System: rhombohedral

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 Heazlewoodite
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]
Smith J H (1897) Heazlewood and Whyte River Districts, Tasmania. Report of the Secretary for Mines, 1896-7, 47-47 [view file]
Petterd W F (1910) 236. Pentlandite (sulphide of iron and nickel) - heazlewoodite, in Catalogue of the Minerals of Tasmania Mines Department Tasmania 134-135 [view file]
Westgren A (1938) Die kristallstruktur von Ni₃S₂, Zeitschrift für Anorganische und Allgemeine Chemie, 239, 82-84 [view file]
Fleischer M (1947) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 32, 483-485 [view file]
Lundqvist D (1947) X-ray studies on the binary system Ni-S, Arkiv för Kemi, Mineralogi och Geologi, 24A, issue 21 1-12
Ramdohr P (1950) Über das Vorkommen von Heazlewoodit Ni₃S₂ und über ein neues ihn begleitendes Mineral: Shandit Ni₃Pb₂S₂, Sitzungsberichte der Deutchen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin, 6, 1-29 [view file]
Naldrett A J (1965) Heazlewoodite in the Porcupine District (Ontario), The Canadian Mineralogist, 8, 383-385 [view file]
Chamberlain J A (1966) Heazlewoodite and awaruite in serpentinites of the Eastern Townships, Quebec, The Canadian Mineralogist, 8, 519-522 [view file]
Fleet M E (1977) The crystal structure of heazlewoodite, and metallic bonds in sulfide minerals, American Mineralogist, 62, 341-345 [view file]
Parise J B (1980) Structure of hazelwoodite (Ni₃S₂), Acta Crystallographica, B36, 1179-1180
Pasquariello D M, Kershaw R, Passaretti J D, Dwight K, Wold A (1984) Low-temperature synthesis and properties of Co₉S₈, Ni₃S₂, and Fe₇S₈, Inorganic Chemistry, 23, 872-874
Metcalf P A, Fanwick P, Kakol Z, Honig J M (1993) Synthesis and characterization of Ni₃S₂ single crystals, Journal of Solid State Chemistry, 104, 81-87
Fjellvâg H (1994) Properties of Ni₃S₂ at high temperatures, Acta Chemica Scandinavica, 48, 290-293
Gibbs G V, Downs R T, Prewitt C T, Rosso K M, Ross N L, Cox D F (2005) Electron density distributions calculated for the nickel sulfides millerite, vaesite, and heazlewoodite and nickel metal: A case for the importance of Ni-Ni bond paths for electron transport, Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 109, 21788-21795 [view file]
Cheng Z, Abernathy H, Liu M (2007) Raman spectroscopy of nickel sulfide Ni₃S₂, Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 111, 17997-18000
Yu Y G, Ross N L (2011) Vibrational and thermodynamic properties of Ni₃S₂ polymorphs from first-principles calculations, Physics and Chemistry of Minerals, 38, 241-249
Majzlan J, Kiefer S, Lilova K, Subramani T, Navrotsky A, Tuhý M, Vymazalová A, Chareev D A, Dachs E, Benisek A (2022) Calorimetric study of skutterudite (CoAs_2.92) and heazlewoodite (Ni₃S₂), American Mineralogist, 107, 2219-2225

REFERENCES for Heazlewoodite

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]

Smith J H (1897) Heazlewood and Whyte River Districts, Tasmania. Report of the Secretary for Mines, 1896-7, 47-47 [view file]

Petterd W F (1910) 236. Pentlandite (sulphide of iron and nickel) - heazlewoodite, in Catalogue of the Minerals of Tasmania Mines Department Tasmania 134-135 [view file]

Westgren A (1938) Die kristallstruktur von Ni₃S₂, Zeitschrift für Anorganische und Allgemeine Chemie, 239, 82-84 [view file]

Fleischer M (1947) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 32, 483-485 [view file]

Lundqvist D (1947) X-ray studies on the binary system Ni-S, Arkiv för Kemi, Mineralogi och Geologi, 24A, issue 21 1-12

Ramdohr P (1950) Über das Vorkommen von Heazlewoodit Ni₃S₂ und über ein neues ihn begleitendes Mineral: Shandit Ni₃Pb₂S₂, Sitzungsberichte der Deutchen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin, 6, 1-29 [view file]

Naldrett A J (1965) Heazlewoodite in the Porcupine District (Ontario), The Canadian Mineralogist, 8, 383-385 [view file]

Chamberlain J A (1966) Heazlewoodite and awaruite in serpentinites of the Eastern Townships, Quebec, The Canadian Mineralogist, 8, 519-522 [view file]

Fleet M E (1977) The crystal structure of heazlewoodite, and metallic bonds in sulfide minerals, American Mineralogist, 62, 341-345 [view file]

Parise J B (1980) Structure of hazelwoodite (Ni₃S₂), Acta Crystallographica, B36, 1179-1180

Pasquariello D M, Kershaw R, Passaretti J D, Dwight K, Wold A (1984) Low-temperature synthesis and properties of Co₉S₈, Ni₃S₂, and Fe₇S₈, Inorganic Chemistry, 23, 872-874

Metcalf P A, Fanwick P, Kakol Z, Honig J M (1993) Synthesis and characterization of Ni₃S₂ single crystals, Journal of Solid State Chemistry, 104, 81-87

Fjellvâg H (1994) Properties of Ni₃S₂ at high temperatures, Acta Chemica Scandinavica, 48, 290-293

Gibbs G V, Downs R T, Prewitt C T, Rosso K M, Ross N L, Cox D F (2005) Electron density distributions calculated for the nickel sulfides millerite, vaesite, and heazlewoodite and nickel metal: A case for the importance of Ni-Ni bond paths for electron transport, Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 109, 21788-21795 [view file]

Cheng Z, Abernathy H, Liu M (2007) Raman spectroscopy of nickel sulfide Ni₃S₂, Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 111, 17997-18000

Yu Y G, Ross N L (2011) Vibrational and thermodynamic properties of Ni₃S₂ polymorphs from first-principles calculations, Physics and Chemistry of Minerals, 38, 241-249

Majzlan J, Kiefer S, Lilova K, Subramani T, Navrotsky A, Tuhý M, Vymazalová A, Chareev D A, Dachs E, Benisek A (2022) Calorimetric study of skutterudite (CoAs_2.92) and heazlewoodite (Ni₃S₂), American Mineralogist, 107, 2219-2225