Stephanite R050143
Name: Stephanite
RRUFF ID: R050143
Ideal Chemistry: Ag5SbS4
Locality: Proano mine, Fresnillo, Zacatecas, Mexico
Source: Dave Bunk Minerals
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Group of black pseudohexagonal crystals
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis
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CHEMISTRY 
RRUFF ID: R050143.2
Sample Description: Microprobe Fragment
Measured Chemistry: Ag5.00Sb1.00S4.00
Microprobe Data File: [ Download Excel File ]
RAMAN SPECTRUM 
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample. The sample slightly burned under the laser.
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INFRARED SPECTRUM (Attenuated Total Reflectance) 
RRUFF ID: R050143.1
Sample Description: Powder
Instrument settings: SensIR Durascope on a Nicolet Magna 860 FTIR
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RRUFF ID: R050143.1
Sample Description: Powder
Instrument settings: PIKE GladiATR - Far-IR on a Nicolet Magna 860 FTIR
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POWDER DIFFRACTION 
RRUFF ID: R050143.1
Sample Description: Powder
Cell Refinement Output: a: 7.8396(7)Å    b: 12.4684(9)Å    c: 8.536(1)Å
alpha: 90°    beta: 90°    gamma: 90°   Volume: 834.38(9)Å3    Crystal System: orthorhombic
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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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Output file from the Bruker D8 Advance instrument. Includes device headers and XY data.

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REFERENCES for Stephanite

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]

Haidinger W (1845) Zweite Klasse: Geogenide. XIV. Ordnung. Glanze. VIII. Melanglanz. Stephanit., in Handbuch der Bestimmenden Mineralogie Bei Braumüller and Seidel Wien 563-570   [view file]

Murdoch J (1942) Crystallographic notes: cristobalite, stephanite, natrolite, American Mineralogist, 27, 500-506   [view file]

Petrunina A A, Maksimov B A, Ilyukhin V V, Belov N V (1970) The crystal structure of stephanite Ag5SbS4, Soviet Physics - Doklady, 14, 833-835

Ribár B, Nowacki W (1970) Die kristallstruktur von stephanit, [SbS3|S|Ag5III], Acta Crystallographica, B26, 201-207

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]

Kharbish S, Libowitzky E, Beran A (2009) Raman spectra of isolated and interconnected pyramidal XS3 groups (X = Sb, Bi) in stibnite, bismuthinite, kermesite, stephanite and bournonite, European Journal of Mineralogy, 21, 325-333

Leitl M, Pfitzner A, Bindi L (2009) Preferred ion pathways and activation energies for Ag in the crystal structure of stephanite, Ag5SbS4, Mineralogical Magazine, 73, 17-26   [view file]