Bonazziite R061028
Name: Bonazziite
RRUFF ID: R061028
Ideal Chemistry: As4S4
Locality: Radvanice, Bohemia
Source: Michael Scott S101415 [view label]
Owner: Michael Scott
Description: Red flattened prismatic crystals
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction.
RAMAN SPECTRUM 
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
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RRUFF ID: R061028
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
Instrument settings: Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 20% of 150mW
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POWDER DIFFRACTION 
RRUFF ID: R061028.9
Sample Description: Single crystal, powder profile is calculated
Cell Refinement Output: a: 9.89(2)Å    b: 9.33(2)Å    c: 8.90(1)Å
alpha: 90°    beta: 102.28(7)°    gamma: 90°   Volume: 803(1)Å3    Crystal System: monoclinic
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Output file from the Bruker D8 Advance instrument. Includes device headers and XY data.

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REFERENCES for Bonazziite

American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database Record: [view record]

Clark A H (1970) Alpha-arsenic sulfide, from Mina Alacrán, Pampa Larga, Chile, American Mineralogist, 55, 1338-1344

Porter E J, Sheldrick G M (1972) Crystal structure of a new crystalline modification of tetra-arsenic tetrasuphide (2,3,4,8-tetrathia1,2,3,7-tetra-arsatricyclo[3,3,0,03,7]-octane), Journal of the Chemical Society, Dalton Transactions, Inorganic Chemistry, 1972, 1347-1349

Popova V I, Popov V A, Clark A, Polyakov V O, Borisovski S E (1986) Alacránite As8S9; a new mineral, Zapiski Vsesoyuznogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva, 115, issue 3 360-368

Burns P C, Percival J B (2001) Alacranite, As4S4: a new occurrence, new formula, and determination of the crystal structure, The Canadian Mineralogist, 39, 809-818   [view file]

Bonazzi P, Bindi L, Olmi F, Menchetti S (2003) How many alacranites do exist? A structural study of non-stoichiometric As8S9-x crystals, European Journal of Mineralogy, 15, 283-288

Bonazzi P, Bindi L (2008) A crystallographic review of arsenic sulfides: Effects of chemical variations and changes induced by exposure to light, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 223, 132-147

Williams P A, Hatert F, Pasero M, Mills S J (2014) IMA Commission on new minerals, nomenclature and classification (CNMNC) Newsletter 20. New minerals and nomenclature modifications approved in 2014, Mineralogical Magazine, 78, 549-558   [view file]

Bindi L, Pratesi G, Muniz-Miranda M, Zoppi M, Chelazzi L, Lepore G O, Menchetti S (2015) From ancient pigments to modern optoelectronic applications of arsenic sulfides: bonazziite, the natural analogue of ß-As4S4 from Khaidarkan deposit, Kyrgyzstan, Mineralogical Magazine, 79, 121-131   [view file]

Belakovskiy D I, Uvarova Y, Gagne O C (2016) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 101, 1012-1019   [view file]