Hauerite R070438
Name: Hauerite
RRUFF ID: R070438
Ideal Chemistry: MnS2
Locality: Machov, Poland
Source: Michael Scott S102367 [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Unconsolidated reddish brown platy fragments, sample was used to make ICDD pattern
Status: The identification of this mineral is confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis.
Mineral Group: [ Pyrite (16) ]
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CHEMISTRY 
RRUFF ID: R070438.2
Sample Description: Microprobe Fragment
Measured Chemistry: Mn1.00S2.00
Microprobe Data File: [ Download Excel File ]
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: R070438.9
Sample Description: Single crystal, powder profile is calculated
Cell Refinement Output: a: 6.091(2)Å    b: 6.091(2)Å    c: 6.091(2)Å
alpha: 90°    beta: 90°    gamma: 90°   Volume: 226.00(6)Å3    Crystal System: cubic
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Output file from the Bruker D8 Advance instrument. Includes device headers and XY data.

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REFERENCES for Hauerite

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 (1846) Hauerit, Berichte Über die Mittheilungen von Freunden der Naturwissenschaften in Wien, 7, 2-3   [view file]

Ramsdell L S (1925) The crystal structure of some metallic sulfides, American Mineralogist, 10, 281-304   [view file]

Offner F (1934) A redetermination of the parameter for hauerite, MnS2, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 89, 182-184   [view file]

Chattopadhyay T, von Schnering H G, Stansfield R F D, McIntyre G J (1992) X-ray and neutron diffraction study of the crystal structure of MnS2, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 199, 13-24

Birkholz M (2014) Modeling the shape of ions in pyrite-type crystals, Crystals, 4, 390-403   [link]

Liu S, Li Y, Liu J, Shi Y (2015) First-principles study of sulfur isotope fractionation in pyrite-type disulfides, American Mineralogist, 100, 203-208

Tokuda M, Yoshiasa A, Mashimo T, Arima H, Hongu H, Tobase T, Nakatsuka A, Sugiyama K (2019) Crystal structure refinement of MnTe2 , MnSe2 , and MnS2 : cation-anion and anion–anion bonding distances in pyrite-type structures, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 234, 371-377