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Name: Galenobismutite RRUFF ID: R110057 Ideal Chemistry: PbBi2S4 Locality: Vena Cobalt mines, Bergslagen, Sweden Source: William W Pinch [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Gray metallic massive Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. |
Mineral Group: [ Kobellite (9) ] |
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POWDER DIFFRACTION | |||||||
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RRUFF ID: | R110057.9 | ||||||
Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 11.752(1)Å b: 14.536(1)Å c: 4.0830(5)Å alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 90° Volume: 697.5(2)Å3 Crystal System: orthorhombic |
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REFERENCES for Galenobismutite | |
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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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Sjögren H (1878) Om några vismutmineralier från Nordmarks grufvor i Vermland I. Gedigen vismut, Geologiska Föreningens i Stockholm Förhandlingar, 4, 106-111 [view file] |
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Iitaka Y, Nowacki W (1962) A redetermination of the crystal structure of galenobismutite, PbBi2S4, Acta Crystallographica, 15, 691-698 |
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Mumme W G (1980) Weibullite Ag0.32Pb5.09Bi8.55Se6.08S11.92 from Falun, Sweden: a higher homologue of galenobismutite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 18, 1-12 [view file] |
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Locock A J, Ercit T S, Kjellman J, Piilonen C (2006) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 91, 1945-1954 [view file] |
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Pinto D, Balić-unić T, Bonaccorsi E, Borodaev Y S, Garavelli A, Garbarino C, Makovicky E, Mozgova N N, Vurro F (2006) Rare sulfosalts from Vulcano, Aeolian Islands, Italy. VII. Cl-bearing galenobismutite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 44, 443-457 [view file] |
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Pinto D, Balić-unić T, Garavelli A, Makovicky E, Vurro F (2006) Comparative crystal-structure study of Ag-free lillianite and galenobismutite from Vulcano, Aeolian Islands, Italy, The Canadian Mineralogist, 44, 159-175 [view file] |
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Olsen L A, Balic-Zunic T, Makovicky E, Ullrich A, Miletich R (2007) Hydrostatic compression of galenobismutite (PbBi2S4): elastic properties and high-pressure crystal chemistry, Physics and Chemistry of Minerals, 34, 467-475 |
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Topa D, Makovicky E, Putz H (2010) The crystal structure of angelaite, Cu2AgPbBiS4, The Canadian Mineralogist, 48, 145-153 [view file] |
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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 |
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