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Zinkenite R060186

Name: Zinkenite
RRUFF ID: R060186
Ideal Chemistry: Pb₉Sb₂₂S₄₂
Locality: Llallagua, Potosi Department, Bolivia
Source: Lloyd Twaites LT1257 [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Lead-gray metallic foliated fragment intimately associated with stibnite
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis

Mineral Group: [ Zinkenite (2) ]

Quick search: [ All Zinkenite samples (2) ]

CHEMISTRY

RRUFF ID:	R060186.2
Sample Description:	Microprobe Fragment
Measured Chemistry:	lighter phase: (Pb_8.84Cu_0.16)_Σ=9(Sb_21.92As_0.08)_Σ=22S_42.00 ; darker phase: Sb_2.00S_3.00

RAMAN SPECTRUM

RRUFF ID:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

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BROAD SCAN WITH SPECTRAL ARTIFACTS

RRUFF ID:

R060186

Wavelength:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

Instrument settings:

Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW

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POWDER DIFFRACTION

RRUFF ID:

R060186.1

Sample Description:

Powder, with stibnite

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 22.106(2)Å b: 22.106(2)Å c: 4.3254(5)Å
alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 120° Volume: 1830.5(0)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.

File Type Information

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

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REFERENCES for Zinkenite
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]
Rose G (1826) Ueber den Zinkenit, eine neue Mineralgattung, Annalen der Physik und Chemie, 7, 91-96 [view file]
Rose H (1826) Ueber die chemische Zusammensetzung des Zinkenits und des Jamesonits, Annalen der Physik und Chemie, 8, 99-102 [view file]
Rose G (1827) On zinkenite, a new mineral species, The Edinburgh Journal of Science, 6, 17-20 [view file]
Spencer L J (1938) Proceedings of societies, American Mineralogist, 23, 538-541 [view file]
Harris D C (1965) Zinckenite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 8, 381-382 [view file]
Portheine J C, Nowacki W (1975) Refinement of the crystal structure of zinckenite, Pb₆Sb₁₄S₂₇, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 141, 79-96 [view file]
Lebas G, le Bihan M T (1976) Étude chimique et structurale d’un sulfure naturel: la zinckénite, Bulletin de la Société Française de Minéralogie et de Cristallographie, 99, 351-360 [view file]
Makovicky E (1985) The building principles and classification of sulphosalts based on the SnS archetype, Fortschritte der Mineralogie, 63, 45-89
Smith P P K (1986) Direct imaging of tunnel cations in zinkenite by high-resolution electron microscopy, American Mineralogist, 71, 194-201 [view file]
Pruseth K L, Mishra B, Bernhardt H J (1998) Solid solution in the synthetic zinkenite, robsonite and meneghinite in the system Cu₂S-PbS-Sb₂S₃, The Canadian Mineralogist, 36, 207-213 [view file]
Biagioni C, Bindi L, Moëlo Y (2018) Another step toward the solution of the real structure of zinkenite, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 233, 269-277

REFERENCES for Zinkenite

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]

Rose G (1826) Ueber den Zinkenit, eine neue Mineralgattung, Annalen der Physik und Chemie, 7, 91-96 [view file]

Rose H (1826) Ueber die chemische Zusammensetzung des Zinkenits und des Jamesonits, Annalen der Physik und Chemie, 8, 99-102 [view file]

Rose G (1827) On zinkenite, a new mineral species, The Edinburgh Journal of Science, 6, 17-20 [view file]

Spencer L J (1938) Proceedings of societies, American Mineralogist, 23, 538-541 [view file]

Harris D C (1965) Zinckenite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 8, 381-382 [view file]

Portheine J C, Nowacki W (1975) Refinement of the crystal structure of zinckenite, Pb₆Sb₁₄S₂₇, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 141, 79-96 [view file]

Lebas G, le Bihan M T (1976) Étude chimique et structurale d’un sulfure naturel: la zinckénite, Bulletin de la Société Française de Minéralogie et de Cristallographie, 99, 351-360 [view file]

Makovicky E (1985) The building principles and classification of sulphosalts based on the SnS archetype, Fortschritte der Mineralogie, 63, 45-89

Smith P P K (1986) Direct imaging of tunnel cations in zinkenite by high-resolution electron microscopy, American Mineralogist, 71, 194-201 [view file]

Pruseth K L, Mishra B, Bernhardt H J (1998) Solid solution in the synthetic zinkenite, robsonite and meneghinite in the system Cu₂S-PbS-Sb₂S₃, The Canadian Mineralogist, 36, 207-213 [view file]

Biagioni C, Bindi L, Moëlo Y (2018) Another step toward the solution of the real structure of zinkenite, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 233, 269-277