Aleksite R070011


 Name: Aleksite
RRUFF ID: R070011
Ideal Chemistry: PbBi2Te2S2
Locality: Kochkar gold mine, Cheljabinsk district, southern Urals, Russia
Source: Michael Scott S105102 [view label]
Owner: Michael Scott
Description: Silver to gray grain embedded in epoxy
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed only by chemical analysis
Mineral Group: [ Tetradymite (8) ]
CHEMISTRY 
RRUFF ID: R070011.2
Sample Description: Microprobe Fragment
Measured Chemistry: (Pb0.97Bi0.03)Σ=1Bi2.00(Te1.92Bi0.08)Σ=2S2.00
Microprobe Data File: [ Download Excel File ]
RAMAN SPECTRUM 
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
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RRUFF ID: R070011
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
Instrument settings: Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 30% of 150mW
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REFERENCES for Aleksite

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]

Lipovetskii A G, Borodaev Y S, Zav´yalov E N (1978) Aleksite, PbBi2Te2S2, a new mineral, Zapiski Vsesoyuznogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva, 107, issue 3 315-321   [view file]

Fleischer M, Mandarino J A, Chao G Y (1979) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 64, 652-659   [view file]

Cook N J, Ciobanu C L, Stanley C J, Paar W H, Sunblad K (2007) Compositional data for Bi—Pb tellurosulfides, The Canadian Mineralogist, 45, 417-435   [view file]