Guanajuatite R080140
Name: Guanajuatite
RRUFF ID: R080140
Ideal Chemistry: Bi2Se3
Locality: Falun, Dalarna, Sweden
Source: James Shigley [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Compact mass of silver flattened crystals, exhibiting metallic luster
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed only by single crystal X-ray diffraction.
Mineral Group: [ Stibnite (10) ]
RAMAN SPECTRUM 
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
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RRUFF ID: R080140
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
Instrument settings: Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 65% of 150mW
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POWDER DIFFRACTION 
RRUFF ID: R080140.9
Sample Description: Single crystal, powder profile is calculated
Cell Refinement Output: a: 11.491(5)Å    b: 4.021(2)Å    c: 11.253(6)Å
alpha: 90°    beta: 90°    gamma: 90°   Volume: 520.0(2)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 Guanajuatite

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]

Hermann R (1858) Untersuchungen einiger Wismutherze, sowie über Oxysulphuret von Wismuth, Journal für Praktische Chemie, 75, 448-453   [view file]

Castillo D A (1873) Descubrimiento de una nueva especie mineral de bismuto, La Naturaleza, 2, 274-276   [view file]

Fernandez V (1873) La guanajuatita, La República, 6, issue 42-July 13 (PDF provided by the Fondo Reservado de la Hemeroteca Nacional de México) 2-3   [view file]

Frenzel A (1874) Mineralogisches 5. Selenwismuthglans, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Geologie und Palaontologie, 1874, 679-681   [view file]

Dana E S (1877) Scientific intelligence. Guanajuatite, American Journal of Science and Arts, 113, 319-319   [view file]

Mallet J W (1878) On the chemical composition of guanajuatite, or selenide of bismuth, from Guanajuato, Mexico, American Journal of Science and Arts, 15, 294-296   [view file]

Ramdohr P (1948) Las especies mineralogicas guanajuatita y paraguanajuatita, Comite Directivo Investido recursos Minerales de Mexico Boletin, 20, 1-15   [view file]

Earley J W (1950) Description and synthesis of the selenide minerals, American Mineralogist, 35, 337-364   [view file]

Berry L G, Thompson R M (1962) X-ray powder data for the ore minerals, Geological Society of America Memoires, 85, 85-85   [view file]

Atabaeva E Y, Mashkov S A, Popova S V (1973) The crystal structure of a new modification of Bi2Se3II, Kristallografiya, 18, 173-174   [view file]

Caracas R, Gonze X (2005) First-principles study of the electronic properties of A2B3 minerals, with A=Bi,Sb and B=S,Se, Physics and Chemistry of Minerals, 32, 295-300