Stephanite R050306
Name: Stephanite
RRUFF ID: R050306
Ideal Chemistry: Ag5SbS4
Locality: Atlanta, Idaho, USA
Source: Eugene Schlepp
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Dark gray metallic crystals associated with quartz
Status: The identification of this mineral is confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis.
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CHEMISTRY 
RRUFF ID: R050306.2
Sample Description: Microprobe fragment
Measured Chemistry: Ag5.00Sb1.00S4.00
Microprobe Data File: [ Download Excel File ]
RAMAN SPECTRUM 
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample, sample burns under both 532nm and 780nm at 1% power
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RRUFF ID: R050306
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample, sample burns under both 532nm and 780nm at 1% power
Instrument settings: Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 1% of 150mW
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POWDER DIFFRACTION 
RRUFF ID: R050306.9
Sample Description: Single crystal, powder profile is calculated
Cell Refinement Output: a: 7.821(7)Å    b: 12.446(6)Å    c: 8.528(5)Å
alpha: 90°    beta: 90°    gamma: 90°   Volume: 830(1)Å3    Crystal System: orthorhombic
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Calculated diffraction file.

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

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REFERENCES for Stephanite

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]

Haidinger W (1845) Zweite Klasse: Geogenide. XIV. Ordnung. Glanze. VIII. Melanglanz. Stephanit., in Handbuch der Bestimmenden Mineralogie Bei Braumüller and Seidel Wien 563-570   [view file]

Murdoch J (1942) Crystallographic notes: cristobalite, stephanite, natrolite, American Mineralogist, 27, 500-506   [view file]

Petrunina A A, Maksimov B A, Ilyukhin V V, Belov N V (1970) The crystal structure of stephanite Ag5SbS4, Soviet Physics - Doklady, 14, 833-835

Ribár B, Nowacki W (1970) Die kristallstruktur von stephanit, [SbS3|S|Ag5III], Acta Crystallographica, B26, 201-207

Ondruš P, Veselovský F, Gabašová A, Hloušek J, Šrein V, Vavrín I, Skála R, Sejkora J, Drábek M (2003) Primary minerals of the Jáchymov ore district, Journal of the Czech Geological Society, 48, 19-147   [view file]

Kharbish S, Libowitzky E, Beran A (2009) Raman spectra of isolated and interconnected pyramidal XS3 groups (X = Sb, Bi) in stibnite, bismuthinite, kermesite, stephanite and bournonite, European Journal of Mineralogy, 21, 325-333

Leitl M, Pfitzner A, Bindi L (2009) Preferred ion pathways and activation energies for Ag in the crystal structure of stephanite, Ag5SbS4, Mineralogical Magazine, 73, 17-26   [view file]