Gerstleyite R060510

		Name: Gerstleyite RRUFF ID: R060510 Ideal Chemistry: Na₂(Sb,As)₈S₁₃·2H₂O Locality: Baker mine, Boron, Kern County, California, USA Source: Michael Scott S100174 [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Deep red platy crystals Status: The identification of this mineral is not yet confirmed.
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RAMAN SPECTRUM

RRUFF ID:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

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BROAD SCAN WITH SPECTRAL ARTIFACTS

RRUFF ID:

R060510

Wavelength:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

Instrument settings:

Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 30% of 150mW

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	Raman Data (Processed)
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POWDER DIFFRACTION

RRUFF ID:

R060510.9

Sample Description:

Single crystal, powder profile is calculated

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 9.916(4)Å b: 23.092(8)Å c: 7.112(3)Å
alpha: 90° beta: 127.75(1)° gamma: 90° Volume: 1287.7(9)Å³ Crystal System: monoclinic

File Type Information

Calculated diffraction file.

File Type Information

Output file from the Bruker D8 Advance instrument. Includes device headers and XY data.

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REFERENCES for Gerstleyite
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]
Frondel C, Morgan V (1956) Inderite and gerstleyite from the Kramer borate district, Kern County, California, American Mineralogist, 41, 839-843 [view file]
Nakai I, Appleman D E (1981) The crystal structure of gerstleyite Na₂(Sb, As)₈S₁₃·2H₂O: the first sulfosalt mineral of sodium, Chemistry Letters, 10, 1327-1330