Neyite R100116
Name: Neyite
RRUFF ID: R100116
Ideal Chemistry: Ag2Cu6Pb25Bi26S68
Locality: Southwest end of pit, British Columbia Molybdenum mine, Kitsault, British Columbia, Canada
Source: Robert Woodside [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Unconsolidated lead-gray elongated crystals with stepped surfaces
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed only by single crystal X-ray diffraction.
Mineral Group: [ Neyite (1) ]
RAMAN SPECTRUM 
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Sample Description: Unoriented Raman on the primary sample
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Sample Description: Unoriented Raman on the primary sample
Instrument settings: Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW
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POWDER DIFFRACTION 
RRUFF ID: R100116.9
Sample Description: Single crystal, powder profile is calculated
Cell Refinement Output: a: 37.487(5)Å    b: 4.057(1)Å    c: 43.499(6)Å
alpha: 90°    beta: 108.74(1)°    gamma: 90°   Volume: 6265.0(7)Å3    Crystal System: monoclinic
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Calculated diffraction file.

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

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REFERENCES for Neyite

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]

Drummond A D, Trotter J, Thompson R M, Gower J A (1969) Neyite, a new sulphosalt from Alice Arm, British Columbia, The Canadian Mineralogist, 10, 90-96   [view file]

Fleischer M (1970) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 55, 1444-1449   [view file]

Makovicky E, Balić-Žunić T, Topa D (2001) The crystal structure of neyite, Ag2Cu6Pb25Bi26S68, The Canadian Mineralogist, 39, 1365-1376   [view file]

Jambor J L, Roberts A C (2002) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 87, 996-999   [view file]