Tungstenite R070616
Name: Tungstenite
RRUFF ID: R070616
Ideal Chemistry: WS2
Locality: Emma mine, Little Cottonwood Canyon, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA
Source: James Shigley [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Gray metallic massive, X-ray diffraction shows this to be the 3R polytype. Intimately associated with galena
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction.
Mineral Group: [ Molybdenite (3) ]
CHEMISTRY 
RRUFF ID: R070616.2
Sample Description: Microprobe Fragment
RAMAN SPECTRUM 
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
Instrument settings: Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW
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POWDER DIFFRACTION 
RRUFF ID: R070616.1
Sample Description: Powder, mixed with galena
Cell Refinement Output: a: 3.1607(6)Å    b: 3.1607(6)Å    c: 18.448(5)Å
alpha: 90°    beta: 90°    gamma: 120°   Volume: 159.60(4)Å3    Crystal System: hexagonal
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Output file from the Bruker D8 Advance instrument. Includes device headers and XY data.

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

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REFERENCES for Tungstenite

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]

Wells R C, Butler B S (1917) Tungstenite, a new mineral, Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences, 7, 596-599   [view file]

Gordon S G (1918) New minerals, American Mineralogist, 3, 30-30   [view file]

Gait R I, Mandarino J A (1970) Polytypes of tungstenite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 10, 729-731   [view file]

Schutte W J, de Boer J L, Jellinek F (1987) Crystal structures of tungsten disulfide and diselenide, Journal of Solid State Chemistry, 70, 207-209