Empressite R200013

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Name: Empressite
RRUFF ID: R200013
Ideal Chemistry: AgTe
Locality: Empress Josephine mine , Bonanza, Bonanza Mining District, Saguache Co., Colorado, USA
Source: Joan Rosell, Jordi Ibáñez (Geo3BCN, Barcelona) and Tariq Jawhari (CCiTUB Barcelona) RM2970
Owner: Joan Rosell
Description: Bronze to gray metallic fragment
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction.

RAMAN SPECTRUM

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Sample Description:

Unoriented Raman

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	Raman Data (Processed)
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POWDER DIFFRACTION

RRUFF ID:

R200013

Sample Description:

Powder using Cu radiation

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 8.902(1)Å b: 20.121(2)Å c: 4.6199(6)Å
alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 90° Volume: 827.50(9)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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	Cell Refinement Data
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REFERENCES for Empressite
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]
Bradley W M (1914) Empressite, a new silver-tellurium mineral from Colorado, American Journal of Science, 38, 163-165 [view file]
Koern V (1939) Das binäre Legierungssystem Ag-Te, Naturwissenschaften, 27, 432-432
Thompson R M (1949) The telluride minerals and their occurrence in Canada, American Mineralogist, 34, 342-382 [view file]
Thompson R M, Peacock M A, Rowland J F, Berry L G (1951) Empressite and “stuetzite”, American Mineralogist, 36, 458-470 [view file]
Honea R M (1964) Empressite and stuetzite redefined, American Mineralogist, 49, 325-338 [view file]
Bindi L, Spry P G, Cipriani C (2004) Empressite, AgTe, from the Empress-Josephine mine, Colorado, U.S.A.: composition, physical properties, and determination of the crystal structure, American Mineralogist, 89, 1043-1047 [view file]