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Name: Seligmannite RRUFF ID: R100189 Ideal Chemistry: CuPbAsS3 Locality: Palomo mine, Huancavelica Department, Peru Source: William W. Pinch [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Black short prismatic crystals on galena associated with quartz and sphalerite Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. |
Mineral Group: [ Bournonite (4) ] | ||
Quick search: [ All Seligmannite samples (2) ] |
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RRUFF ID: | R100189.9 | ||||||
Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 8.110(1)Å b: 8.704(1)Å c: 7.676(1)Å alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 90° Volume: 541.9(1)Å3 Crystal System: orthorhombic |
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REFERENCES for Seligmannite | |
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American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database Record: [view record] |
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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] |
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Baumhauer H (1901) Über den Seligmannit, ein neues dem Bournonit homöomorphes Mineral aus dem Dolomit des Binnenthals, Sitzungsberichte der Königlich Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, 1901, 110-117 [view file] |
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Frondel C (1941) Unit cell and space group of vrbaite (Tl(As,Sb)3S5), seligmannite (CuPbAsS3) and samsonite (Ag4MnSb2S6), American Mineralogist, 26, 25-28 [view file] |
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Takéuchi Y, Haga N (1969) On the crystal structures of seligmannite, PbCuAsS3, and related minerals, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 130, 254-260 [view file] |
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Edenharter A, Mowacki W, Takeuchi Y (1970) Verfeinerung der kristallstruktur von bournonit [(SbS3)2|Cu(IV)2Pb(VII)Pb(VIII)] und von seligmannit [(AsS3)2|Cu(IV)2PB(VII)Pb(VIII)], Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 131, 397-417 [view file] |
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Berlepsch P, Makovicky E, Balić-unić T (2001) Crystal chemistry of meneghinite homologues and related sulfosalts, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Monatshefte, 2001, 115-135 |
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Roth P (2007) Seligmannite, in Minerals first discovered in Switzerland and minerals named after Swiss individuals Kristallografik Verlag Achberg Germany 132-133 |
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Apopei A I, Damian G, Buzgar N, Buzatu A, Andrá P, Milovska S (2017) The determination of the Sb/As content in natural tetrahedrite-tennantite and bournonite-seligmannite solid solution series by Raman spectroscopy, Mineralogical Magazine, 81, 1439-1456 |
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