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Name: Pearceite RRUFF ID: R050611 Ideal Chemistry: [Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(As,Sb)2S7] Locality: Imiter mine, Morocco Source: Marcus Origlieri Owner: RRUFF Description: Dark red flakes. The cell parameters indicate that this is pearceite-M2a2b2c Status: The identification of this mineral is confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis. |
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Mineral Group: [ Polybasite (6) ] | ||
Quick search: [ All Pearceite samples (4) ] |
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RRUFF ID: | R050611.9 | ||||||
Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 25.877(2)Å b: 15.005(1)Å c: 23.938(2)Å alpha: 90° beta: 90.103(6)° gamma: 90° Volume: 9295(1)Å3 Crystal System: monoclinic |
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REFERENCES for Pearceite | |
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American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database Record: [view record] |
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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] |
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Rose H (1829) Ueber die in der natur corkommenden nicht oxydirten verbindungen des antimons und des arseniks, Annalen der Physik und Chemie, 1829, 573-592 [view file] |
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Penfield S L (1896) On pearceite, a sulpharsenite of silver and on the crystallization of polybasite, American Journal of Science, 152, 17-29 [view file] |
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Frondel C (1963) Isodimorphism of the polybasite and pearceite series, American Mineralogist, 48, 565-572 [view file] |
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Fleischer M (1965) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 50, 1504-1508 [view file] |
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Hall H T (1967) The pearceite and polybasite series, American Mineralogist, 52, 1311-1321 [view file] |
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Edenharter A, Koto K, Nowacki W (1971) Über pearceit, polybasit und binnit, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Monatshefte, 1971, 337-341 |
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Bailey S W (1977) Report of the I.M.A-I.U.Cr. Joint Committee on Nomenclature, American Mineralogist, 62, 411-415 [view file] |
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Bindi L, Evain M, Menchetti S (2006) Temperature dependence of the silver distribution in the crystal structure of natural pearceite, (Ag,Cu)16(As,Sb)2S11, Acta Crystallographica, B62, 212-219 |
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Locock A J, Ercit T S, Kjellman J, Piilonen C (2006) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 91, 1945-1954 [view file] |
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Bindi L, Evain M, Spry P G, Menchetti S (2007) The pearceite-polybasite group of minerals: crystal chemistry and new nomenclature rules, American Mineralogist, 92, 918-925 [view file] |
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Bindi L, Voudouris P, Spry P G (2013) Structural role of tellurium in the minerals of the pearceite-polybasite group, Mineralogical Magazine, 77, 419-428 |
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Markl G, Keim M F, Bayerl R (2019) Unusual mineral diversity in hydrothermal vein-type deposit: The Clara mine, SW Germany, as a type example, The Canadian Mineralogist, 57, 427-456 |
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