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Troilite R070242

Name: Troilite
RRUFF ID: R070242
Ideal Chemistry: FeS
Locality: Union Mine (Salt Lake-California Mine), Low Divide District, Del Norte County, California, USA
Source: Michael Scott S104076 [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Fine grained massive, brownish-gray with metallic luster
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction.

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CHEMISTRY

RRUFF ID:	R070242.2
Sample Description:	Microprobe Fragment

RAMAN SPECTRUM

RRUFF ID:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

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BROAD SCAN WITH SPECTRAL ARTIFACTS

RRUFF ID:

R070242

Wavelength:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

Instrument settings:

Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW

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	Raman Data (RAW)
	RRUFF File

POWDER DIFFRACTION

RRUFF ID:

R070242.9

Sample Description:

Powder, using Mo radiation

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 5.954(2)Å b: 5.954(2)Å c: 11.799(4)Å
alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 120° Volume: 362.3(3)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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	Cell Refinement Data
	Cell Refinement Output Data
	DIF File
	X-ray Data (XY - Processed)
	RRUFF File
	X-ray Data (XY - RAW)
	RRUFF File

REFERENCES for Troilite
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 M W (1863) Der Meteorit von Albareto im k. k. Hof-Mineraliencabinet, vom Jahre 1766, und der Troilit, Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, 47, 283-298 [view file]
Keller-Besrest F, Collin G (1990) Structural aspects of the α transition in stoichiometric FeS: identification of the high-temperature phase, Journal of Solid State Chemistry, 84, 194-210
Wang H, Salveson I (2005) A review on the mineral chemistry of the non-stoichiometric iron sulphide, Fe_1-xS (0≤x≤0.125): polymorphs, phase relations and transitions, electronic and magnetic structures, Phase Transitions, 78, 547-567
Ono S, Kikegawa T (2006) High-pressure study of FeS, between 20 and 120 GPa, using synchrotron X-ray powder diffraction, American Mineralogist, 91, 1941-1944 [view file]
Skála R, Císarová I, Drábek M (2006) Inversion twinning in troilite, American Mineralogist, 91, 917-921 [view file]
Gibbs G V, Cox D F, Rosso K M, Ross N L, Downs R T, Spackman M A (2007) Theoretical electron density distribution for Fe- and Cu-sulfide Earth materials: A connection between bond length, bond critical point properties, local energy densities, and bonded interactions, Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 111, 1923-1931 [view file]
Avril C, Malavergne V, Caracas R, Zanda B, Reynard B, Charon E, Bobocioiu E, Brunet F, Borensztajn S, Pont S, Tarrida M, Guyot F (2013) Raman spectroscopic properties and Raman identification of CaS-MgS-MnS-FeS-Cr₂FeS₄ sulfides in meteorites and reduced sulfur-rich systems, Meteoritics and Planetary Science, 48, 1415-1426

REFERENCES for Troilite

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 M W (1863) Der Meteorit von Albareto im k. k. Hof-Mineraliencabinet, vom Jahre 1766, und der Troilit, Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, 47, 283-298 [view file]

Keller-Besrest F, Collin G (1990) Structural aspects of the α transition in stoichiometric FeS: identification of the high-temperature phase, Journal of Solid State Chemistry, 84, 194-210

Wang H, Salveson I (2005) A review on the mineral chemistry of the non-stoichiometric iron sulphide, Fe_1-xS (0≤x≤0.125): polymorphs, phase relations and transitions, electronic and magnetic structures, Phase Transitions, 78, 547-567

Ono S, Kikegawa T (2006) High-pressure study of FeS, between 20 and 120 GPa, using synchrotron X-ray powder diffraction, American Mineralogist, 91, 1941-1944 [view file]

Skála R, Císarová I, Drábek M (2006) Inversion twinning in troilite, American Mineralogist, 91, 917-921 [view file]

Gibbs G V, Cox D F, Rosso K M, Ross N L, Downs R T, Spackman M A (2007) Theoretical electron density distribution for Fe- and Cu-sulfide Earth materials: A connection between bond length, bond critical point properties, local energy densities, and bonded interactions, Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 111, 1923-1931 [view file]

Avril C, Malavergne V, Caracas R, Zanda B, Reynard B, Charon E, Bobocioiu E, Brunet F, Borensztajn S, Pont S, Tarrida M, Guyot F (2013) Raman spectroscopic properties and Raman identification of CaS-MgS-MnS-FeS-Cr₂FeS₄ sulfides in meteorites and reduced sulfur-rich systems, Meteoritics and Planetary Science, 48, 1415-1426