Chlorbartonite R070178



Name: Chlorbartonite
RRUFF ID: R070178
Ideal Chemistry: K6Fe24S26Cl
Locality: Coyote Peak, Orick, Humboldt County, California, USA
Source: Michael Scott S100508 [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Brownish black with submetallic luster, associated with bartonite. Note that this is co-type material for bartonite, but there is very little bartonite on this piece.
Status: The identification of this mineral is confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis.
Mineral Group: [ Djerfisherite (3) ]
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CHEMISTRY 
RRUFF ID: R070178.2
Sample Description: Microprobe fragment, lighter shade is chlorbartonite.
Measured Chemistry: (K5.70Na0.18)Σ=5.88(Fe19.22Cu0.33Co0.06Ni0.06)Σ=19.67S26.20Cl0.80
Microprobe Data File: [ Download Excel File ]
RAMAN SPECTRUM 
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
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RRUFF ID: R070178
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
Instrument settings: Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW
POWDER DIFFRACTION 
RRUFF ID: R070178.9
Sample Description: Single crystal, powder profile is calculated
Cell Refinement Output: a: 10.447(5)Å    b: 10.447(5)Å    c: 20.615(7)Å
alpha: 90°    beta: 90°    gamma: 90°   Volume: 2250(3)Å3    Crystal System: tetragonal
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Output file from the Bruker D8 Advance instrument. Includes device headers and XY data.

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REFERENCES for Chlorbartonite

American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database Record: [view record]

Jambor J L, Roberts A C (2003) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 88, 1836-1840   [view file]

Yakovenchuk V N, Pakhomovsky Y A, Men'shikov Y P, Ivanyuk G Y, Krivovichev S V, Burns P C (2003) Chlorbartonite, K6Fe24S26(Cl,S), a new mineral species from a hydrothermal vein in the Khibina massif, Kola Peninsula, Russia: Description and crystal structure, The Canadian Mineralogist, 41, 503-511   [view file]

Azarova Y V, Krinov D I, Sokolova M N (2006) A structural and genetic relationship of djerfisherite and bartonite, and the problem of isomorphous substitutions in the system djerfisherite - "Cu-djerfisherite" - bartonite, New Data on Minerals, 41, 98-107   [view file]

Pekov I V (2007) New minerals from former Soviet Union countries, 1998-2006: new minerals approved by the IMA commission on new minerals and mineral names, Mineralogical Almanac, 11, 9-51   [view file]