Seligmannite R100189
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) ]
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RAMAN SPECTRUM 
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Sample Description: Unoriented Raman on the primary sample
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RRUFF ID: R100189
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Sample Description: Unoriented Raman on the primary sample
Instrument settings: Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 40% of 150mW
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POWDER DIFFRACTION 
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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Output file from the Bruker D8 Advance instrument. Includes device headers and XY data.

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REFERENCES for Seligmannite

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]

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]

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]

Takéuchi Y, Haga N (1969) On the crystal structures of seligmannite, PbCuAsS3, and related minerals, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 130, 254-260   [view file]

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]

Berlepsch P, Makovicky E, Balić-Žunić T (2001) Crystal chemistry of meneghinite homologues and related sulfosalts, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Monatshefte, 2001, 115-135

Roth P (2007) Seligmannite, in Minerals first discovered in Switzerland and minerals named after Swiss individuals Kristallografik Verlag Achberg Germany 132-133

Apopei A I, Damian G, Buzgar N, Buzatu A, Andráš 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