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Tsumoite R080089

Name: Tsumoite
RRUFF ID: R080089
Ideal Chemistry: BiTe
Locality: Sredniy Skarn, Tyrnyauz Mo-W Deposit, Baksan Valley, Kabardino-Balkarian Republic, Northern Caucasus Region, Russia
Source: Michael Scott S104089 [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Aggregates of metallic grey platelets associated with orange grossular
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed only by single crystal X-ray diffraction.

Mineral Group: [ Tetradymite (8) ]

RAMAN SPECTRUM

RRUFF ID:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

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BROAD SCAN WITH SPECTRAL ARTIFACTS

RRUFF ID:

R080089

Wavelength:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

Instrument settings:

Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 65% of 150mW

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	Raman Data (Processed)
	RRUFF File
	Raman Data (RAW)
	RRUFF File

POWDER DIFFRACTION

RRUFF ID:

R080089.9

Sample Description:

Single crystal, powder profile is calculated

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 4.236(7)Å b: 4.236(7)Å c: 23.10(2)Å
alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 120° Volume: 359.0(1)Å³ Crystal System: hexagonal

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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	DIF File
	X-ray Data (XY - RAW)
	RRUFF File

REFERENCES for Tsumoite
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]
Petrov I I, Imamov R M (1970) Electron-diffraction analysis of PbTe -Bi₂Te₃ system phases, Soviet Physics - Crystallography, 14, 593-596 [view file]
Shimazaki H, Ozawa T (1978) Tsumoite, BiTe, a new mineral from the Tsumo mine, Japan, American Mineralogist, 63, 1162-1165 [view file]
Yamana K, Kihara K, Matsumoto T (1979) Bismuth tellurides: BiTe and Bi₄Te₃, Acta Crystallographica, B35, 147-149
Bayliss P (1991) Crystal chemistry and crystallography of some minerals in the tetradymite group, American Mineralogist, 76, 257-265 [view file]
Izumino Y, Nakashima K, Nagashima M (2014) Cuprobismutite group minerals (cuprobismutite, hodrušhite, kupčíkite and padĕrite), other Bi-sulfosalts and Bi-tellurides from the Obari mine, Yamagata Prefecture, Japan, Journal of Mineralogical and Petrological Sciences, 109, 177-190

REFERENCES for Tsumoite

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]

Petrov I I, Imamov R M (1970) Electron-diffraction analysis of PbTe -Bi₂Te₃ system phases, Soviet Physics - Crystallography, 14, 593-596 [view file]

Shimazaki H, Ozawa T (1978) Tsumoite, BiTe, a new mineral from the Tsumo mine, Japan, American Mineralogist, 63, 1162-1165 [view file]

Yamana K, Kihara K, Matsumoto T (1979) Bismuth tellurides: BiTe and Bi₄Te₃, Acta Crystallographica, B35, 147-149

Bayliss P (1991) Crystal chemistry and crystallography of some minerals in the tetradymite group, American Mineralogist, 76, 257-265 [view file]

Izumino Y, Nakashima K, Nagashima M (2014) Cuprobismutite group minerals (cuprobismutite, hodrušhite, kupčíkite and padĕrite), other Bi-sulfosalts and Bi-tellurides from the Obari mine, Yamagata Prefecture, Japan, Journal of Mineralogical and Petrological Sciences, 109, 177-190