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Gratonite R060956

Name: Gratonite
RRUFF ID: R060956
Ideal Chemistry: Pb₉As₄S₁₅
Locality: Rio Tinto mine, Rio Tinto, Huelva Province, Spain
Source: Bob Jenkins [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Dark-gray metallic elongated prismatic trigonal crystals
Status: The identification of this mineral is confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis.

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CHEMISTRY

RRUFF ID:	R060956.2
Sample Description:	Microprobe Fragment
Measured Chemistry:	Pb_9.00As_4.00S_15.00
Microprobe Data File:	[ Download Excel File ]

RAMAN SPECTRUM

RRUFF ID:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

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BROAD SCAN WITH SPECTRAL ARTIFACTS

RRUFF ID:

R060956

Wavelength:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

Instrument settings:

Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW

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POWDER DIFFRACTION

RRUFF ID:

R060956.9

Sample Description:

Single crystal, powder profile is calculated

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 17.664(3)Å b: 17.664(3)Å c: 7.782(1)Å
alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 120° Volume: 2102.9(3)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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REFERENCES for Gratonite
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]
Gamble D (1938) New mineral discovered: Rochester and Harvard fail to link it with any known species, New York Times, Dec 28, 1938, 17-17
Palache C, Fisher D J (1939) Gratonite - preliminary description of a new mineral from Cerro de Pasco, Peru, American Mineralogist, 24, 136-136 [view file]
Palache C, Fisher D J (1940) Gratonite - A new mineral from Cerro de Pasco, Peru, American Mineralogist, 25, 255-265 [view file]
Rust G W (1940) Geologic occurrence of gratonite at Cerro de Pasco, Peru, American Mineralogist, 25, 266-270 [view file]
Rösch H (1963) Zur kristallstruktur des gratonits - 9PbS·2As₂S₃, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Abhandlungen, 99, 307-337
Ribár B, Nowacki W (1969) Neubestimmung der kristallstruktur von gratonit, Pb₉As₄S₁₅, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 128, 321-338 [view file]

REFERENCES for Gratonite

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]

Gamble D (1938) New mineral discovered: Rochester and Harvard fail to link it with any known species, New York Times, Dec 28, 1938, 17-17

Palache C, Fisher D J (1939) Gratonite - preliminary description of a new mineral from Cerro de Pasco, Peru, American Mineralogist, 24, 136-136 [view file]

Palache C, Fisher D J (1940) Gratonite - A new mineral from Cerro de Pasco, Peru, American Mineralogist, 25, 255-265 [view file]

Rust G W (1940) Geologic occurrence of gratonite at Cerro de Pasco, Peru, American Mineralogist, 25, 266-270 [view file]

Rösch H (1963) Zur kristallstruktur des gratonits - 9PbS·2As₂S₃, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Abhandlungen, 99, 307-337

Ribár B, Nowacki W (1969) Neubestimmung der kristallstruktur von gratonit, Pb₉As₄S₁₅, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 128, 321-338 [view file]