----- R070350 - RRUFF Database: Raman, X-ray, Infrared, and Chemistry

Billingsleyite R070350

Name: Billingsleyite
RRUFF ID: R070350
Ideal Chemistry: Ag₇AsS₆
Locality: North Lily Mine, East Tintic District, East Tintic Mts, Utah County, Utah, USA
Source: Michael Scott S100507 [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Steel-grey fine-grained loose aggregates, co-type sample
Status: The identification of this mineral is confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis.

CHEMISTRY

RRUFF ID:	R070350.2
Sample Description:	Microprobe Fragment
Measured Chemistry:	(Ag_6.94Cu_0.04Fe_0.01)_Σ6.99(As_0.87Sb_0.13)_Σ1.00S_6.01

RAMAN SPECTRUM

RRUFF ID:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

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RRUFF ID:

R070350

Wavelength:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

Instrument settings:

Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 10% of 150mW

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POWDER DIFFRACTION

RRUFF ID:

R070350.9

Sample Description:

Single crystal, powder profile is calculated

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 10.4760(8)Å b: 10.4760(8)Å c: 10.4760(8)Å
alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 90° Volume: 1149.7(2)Å³ Crystal System: cubic

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 Billingsleyite
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]
Frondel C, Honea R M (1968) Billingsleyite, a new silver sulfosalt, American Mineralogist, 53, 1791-1798 [view file]
Blachnik R, Wickel U (1980) Phasenbeziehungen im System Ag-As-S und thermochemisches Verhalten von A₇MX₆-Verbindungen (M = P, As, Sb; X = S, Se)., Zeitschrift für Naturforschung B Chemical Science, 10, 1268-1271
Bayliss P (1990) Revised unit cell dimensions, space group, and chemical formula of some metallic minerals, The Canadian Mineralogist, 28, 751-755 [view file]
Jambor J L, Burke E A J (1991) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 76, 2020-2026 [view file]
Pertlik F (1994) Hydrothermal synthesis and crystal structure determination of heptasilver(I)-disulfur-tetrathioarsenate(V), Ag₇S₂(AsS₄), with a survey on thioarsenate anions, Journal of Solid State Chemistry, 112, 170-175
Bindi L, Downs R T, Menchetti S (2010) The crystal structure of billingsleyite, Ag₇(As,Sb)S₆, a sulfosalt containing As⁵⁺, The Canadian Mineralogist, 48, 155-162 [view file]
Piilonen P C, Rowe R, Poirier G, Tait K T (2011) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 96, 1654-1661 [view file]

REFERENCES for Billingsleyite

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]

Frondel C, Honea R M (1968) Billingsleyite, a new silver sulfosalt, American Mineralogist, 53, 1791-1798 [view file]

Blachnik R, Wickel U (1980) Phasenbeziehungen im System Ag-As-S und thermochemisches Verhalten von A₇MX₆-Verbindungen (M = P, As, Sb; X = S, Se)., Zeitschrift für Naturforschung B Chemical Science, 10, 1268-1271

Bayliss P (1990) Revised unit cell dimensions, space group, and chemical formula of some metallic minerals, The Canadian Mineralogist, 28, 751-755 [view file]

Jambor J L, Burke E A J (1991) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 76, 2020-2026 [view file]

Pertlik F (1994) Hydrothermal synthesis and crystal structure determination of heptasilver(I)-disulfur-tetrathioarsenate(V), Ag₇S₂(AsS₄), with a survey on thioarsenate anions, Journal of Solid State Chemistry, 112, 170-175

Bindi L, Downs R T, Menchetti S (2010) The crystal structure of billingsleyite, Ag₇(As,Sb)S₆, a sulfosalt containing As⁵⁺, The Canadian Mineralogist, 48, 155-162 [view file]

Piilonen P C, Rowe R, Poirier G, Tait K T (2011) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 96, 1654-1661 [view file]