Sphalerite R050140

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Record 2001 of 2398  

Name: Sphalerite
RRUFF ID: R050140
Ideal Chemistry: ZnS
Locality: Big Four mine, Summit County, Colorado, USA
Source: Dave Bunk Minerals
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Group of dark green tetrahedra
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis
Mineral Group: [ Sphalerite (35) ]
Quick search: [ All Sphalerite samples (9) ]
CHEMISTRY 
RRUFF ID: R050140.2
Sample Description: Microprobe Fragment
Measured Chemistry: Zn1.00S1.00
Microprobe Data File: [ Download Excel File ]
RAMAN SPECTRUM 
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Sample Description: Sample is oriented, mounted onto a pin and polished
Pin ID: L00183
Orientation: Laser parallel to  -a*  (-1 0 0).     Fiducial mark perpendicular to laser is parallel to  b   [0 1 0].
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Raman Mode Analysis
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RRUFF ID: R050140
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample Laser 780 overwhelmed by fluorescence
Instrument settings: Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW
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INFRARED SPECTRUM (Attenuated Total Reflectance) 
RRUFF ID: R050140.1
Sample Description: Powder
Instrument settings: SensIR Durascope on a Nicolet Magna 860 FTIR
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Infrared Data (Processed)
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RRUFF ID: R050140.1
Sample Description: Sphalerite
Instrument settings: PIKE GladiATR - Far-IR on a Nicolet Magna 860 FTIR
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POWDER DIFFRACTION 
RRUFF ID: R050140.1
Sample Description: Powder
Cell Refinement Output: a: 5.41089(9)Å    b: 5.41089(9)Å    c: 5.41089(9)Å
alpha: 90.°    beta: 90.°    gamma: 90.°   Volume: 158.419(8)Å3    Crystal System: cubic
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Output file from the Bruker D8 Advance instrument. Includes device headers and XY data.

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Output file from the Bruker D8 Advance instrument. Includes device headers and XY data.

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REFERENCES for Sphalerite

American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database Record: [view record]

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Beaudoin G (2000) Acicular sphalerite enriched in Ag, Sb, and Cu embedded within color-banded sphalerite from the Kokanee Range, British Columbia, Canada, The Canadian Mineralogist, 38, 1387-1398   [view file]

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Buzatu A, Buzgar N, Damian G, Vasilache V, Apopei A I (2013) The determination of the Fe content in natural sphalerites by means of Raman spectroscopy, Vibrational Spectroscopy, 68, 220-224

Bonnet J, Mosser-Ruck R, Caumon MC, Rouer O, Andre-Mayer AS, Cauzid J, Peiffert C (2016) Trace element distribution (Cu, Ga, Ge, Cd, and Fe) in sphalerite from the Tennessee MVT deposits, USA, by combined EMPA, LA-ICP-MS, Raman spectroscopy, and crystallography, The Canadian Mineralogist, 54, 1261-1284

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