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Glaucodot R070644

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Name: Glaucodot
RRUFF ID: R070644
Ideal Chemistry: (Co0.5Fe0.5)AsS
Locality: Hakansboda, Lindesberg, Västmanland, Sweden
Source: Michael Scott S104702 [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Pair of grey metallic crystals with chalcopyrite embedded in epoxy.
Status: The identification of this mineral is confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis.
Mineral Group: [ Arsenopyrite (6) ]
Quick search: [ All Glaucodot samples (2) ]
CHEMISTRY 
RRUFF ID: R070644.2
Sample Description: Microprobe Fragment
Measured Chemistry: (Co0.53Fe0.45Ni0.02)Σ=1As1.00(S0.90As0.10)Σ=1 ; the included dark prisms are actinolite
Microprobe Data File: [ Download Excel File ]
RAMAN SPECTRUM 
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
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RRUFF ID: R070644
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
Instrument settings: Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW
POWDER DIFFRACTION 
RRUFF ID: R070644.9
Sample Description: Single crystal, powder profile is calculated
Cell Refinement Output: a: 14.469(4)Å    b: 5.658(2)Å    c: 3.319(1)Å
alpha: 90°    beta: 90°    gamma: 90°   Volume: 266.1(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 Glaucodot

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]

Breithaupt J F A, Plattner C F (1849) Bestimmung neuer Mineralien: Glaukodot, Annalen der Physik und Chemie, 153, 127-141   [view file]

Buerger M J (1936) The symmetry and crystal structure of the minerals of the arsenopyrite group, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 95, 83-113   [view file]

Petruk W, Harris D C, Stewart J M (1971) Characteristics of the arsenides, sulpharsenides, and antimonides, The Canadian Mineralogist, 11, 150-186   [view file]

Ondruš P, Veselovský F, Gabašová A, Hloušek J, Šrein V, Vavrín I, Skála R, Sejkora J, Drábek M (2003) Primary minerals of the Jáchymov ore district, Journal of the Czech Geological Society, 48, 19-147   [view file]

Yang H, Downs R T (2008) Crystal structure of glaucodot, (Co,Fe)AsS, and its relationships to marcasite and arsenopyrite, American Mineralogist, 93, 1183-1186   [view file]

Hazen R M, Hystad G, Golden J J, Hummer D R, Liu C, Downs R T, Morrison S M, Ralph J, Grew E S (2017) Cobalt mineral ecology, American Mineralogist, 102, 108-116   [view file]