Galena R070325 - RRUFF Database: Raman, X-ray, Infrared, and Chemistry

Galena R070325

Name: Galena
RRUFF ID: R070325
Ideal Chemistry: PbS
Locality: Cumberland, England
Source: James Shigley [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Lead-grey metallic cubo-octahedral crystal associated with quartz and calcite
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis

Mineral Group: [ Rocksalt (18) ]

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CHEMISTRY

RRUFF ID:	R070325.2
Sample Description:	Microprobe Fragment
Measured Chemistry:	Pb_1.00S_1.00
Microprobe Data File:	[ Download Excel File ]

RAMAN SPECTRUM

RRUFF ID:

Sample Description:

Raman on an unoriented sample, Raman spectra are forbidden by symmetry

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BROAD SCAN WITH SPECTRAL ARTIFACTS

RRUFF ID:

R070325

Wavelength:

Sample Description:

Raman on an unoriented sample, Raman spectra are forbidden by symmetry

Instrument settings:

Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW

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POWDER DIFFRACTION

RRUFF ID:

R070325.1

Sample Description:

Powder

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 5.9373(1)Å b: 5.9373(1)Å c: 5.9373(1)Å
alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 90° Volume: 209.30(1)Å³ Crystal System: cubic

File Type Information

Calculated diffraction file.

File Type Information

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

File Type Information

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

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REFERENCES for Galena
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]
Wallerius J G (1747) in Mineralogia, eller Mineralriket Stockholm [view file]
Ramsdell L S (1925) The crystal structure of some metallic sulfides, American Mineralogist, 10, 281-304 [view file]
Brown J S (1936) Supergene sphalerite, galena and willemite at Balmat, N.Y., Economic Geology, 31, 331-354
Scott J D (1976) A microprobe-homogeneous intergrowth of galena and matildite from the Nipissing mine, Cobalt, Ontario, The Canadian Mineralogist, 14, 182-184 [view file]
Steger H F, Desjardins L E (1980) Oxidation of sulfide minerals. V. Galena, sphalerite and chalcocite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 18, 365-372 [view file]
Gasparrini C, Lowell G R (1985) Silver-bearing inclusions in "argentiferous" galena from the Silvermine district in southeastern Missouri, The Canadian Mineralogist, 23, 99-102 [view file]
Noda Y, Masumoto K, Ohba S, Saito Y, Toriumi K, Iwata Y, Shibuya I (1987) Temperature dependence of atomic thermal parameters of lead chalcogenides, PbS, PbSe and PbTe, Acta Crystallographica, C43, 1443-1445
Tossell J A, Vaughan D J (1987) Electronic structure and the chemical reactivity of the surface of galena, The Canadian Mineralogist, 25, 381-392 [view file]
Foord E E, Shawe D R, Conklin N M (1988) Coexisting galena, PbS_ss and sulfosalts: evidence for multiple episodes of mineralization in the Round Mountain and Manhattan gold districts, Nevada, The Canadian Mineralogist, 26, 355-376 [view file]
Foord E E, Shawe D R (1989) The Pb–Bi–Ag–Cu–(Hg) chemistry of galena and some associated sulfosalts: a review and some new data from Colorado, California and Pennsylvania, The Canadian Mineralogist, 27, 363-382 [view file]
Grice J D, Ferraris G (2003) New minerals approved in 2002 and nomenclature modifications approved in 1998-2002 by the Commission on the New Minerals and Mineral Names, International Mineralogical Association, The Canadian Mineralogist, 41, 795-802 [view file]
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]
de Giudici G, Ricci P, Lattanzi P, Anedda A (2007) Dissolution of the (001) surface of galena: an in situ assessment of surface speciation by fluid-cell micro-Raman spectroscopy, American Mineralogist, 92, 518-524 [view file]
Bell K, Zaitsev A N, Spratt J, Frōjdō S, Rukhlov A S (2015) Elemental, lead and sulfur isotopic compositions of galena from Kola carbonatites, Russia - implications for melt and mantle evolution, Mineralogical Magazine, 79, 219-241
George L, Cook N J, Ciobanu C L, Wade B P (2015) Trace and minor elements in galena: a reconnaissance LA-ICP-MS study, American Mineralogist, 100, 548-569
Kei M F, Markl G (2015) Weathering of galena: mineralogical processes, hydrogeochemical fluid path modeling, and estimation of the growth rate of pyromorphite, American Mineralogist, 100, 1584-1594
Gill S B, Piercey S J, Layton-Matthews D (2016) Mineralogy and metal zoning of the Cambrian Zn-Pb-Cu-Ag-Au Lemarchant volcanogenic massive sulfide (VMS) deposit, Newfoundland, The Canadian Mineralogist, 54, 1307-1344
Giebel R J, Gauert C D K, Marks M A W, Costin G, Markl G (2017) Multi-stage formation of REE minerals in the Palabora Carbonatite Complex, South Africa, American Mineralogist, 102, 1218-1233
Markl G, Keim M F, Bayerl R (2019) Unusual mineral diversity in hydrothermal vein-type deposit: The Clara mine, SW Germany, as a type example, The Canadian Mineralogist, 57, 427-456

REFERENCES for Galena

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]

Wallerius J G (1747) in Mineralogia, eller Mineralriket Stockholm [view file]

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

Brown J S (1936) Supergene sphalerite, galena and willemite at Balmat, N.Y., Economic Geology, 31, 331-354

Scott J D (1976) A microprobe-homogeneous intergrowth of galena and matildite from the Nipissing mine, Cobalt, Ontario, The Canadian Mineralogist, 14, 182-184 [view file]

Steger H F, Desjardins L E (1980) Oxidation of sulfide minerals. V. Galena, sphalerite and chalcocite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 18, 365-372 [view file]

Gasparrini C, Lowell G R (1985) Silver-bearing inclusions in "argentiferous" galena from the Silvermine district in southeastern Missouri, The Canadian Mineralogist, 23, 99-102 [view file]

Noda Y, Masumoto K, Ohba S, Saito Y, Toriumi K, Iwata Y, Shibuya I (1987) Temperature dependence of atomic thermal parameters of lead chalcogenides, PbS, PbSe and PbTe, Acta Crystallographica, C43, 1443-1445

Tossell J A, Vaughan D J (1987) Electronic structure and the chemical reactivity of the surface of galena, The Canadian Mineralogist, 25, 381-392 [view file]

Foord E E, Shawe D R, Conklin N M (1988) Coexisting galena, PbS_ss and sulfosalts: evidence for multiple episodes of mineralization in the Round Mountain and Manhattan gold districts, Nevada, The Canadian Mineralogist, 26, 355-376 [view file]

Foord E E, Shawe D R (1989) The Pb–Bi–Ag–Cu–(Hg) chemistry of galena and some associated sulfosalts: a review and some new data from Colorado, California and Pennsylvania, The Canadian Mineralogist, 27, 363-382 [view file]

Grice J D, Ferraris G (2003) New minerals approved in 2002 and nomenclature modifications approved in 1998-2002 by the Commission on the New Minerals and Mineral Names, International Mineralogical Association, The Canadian Mineralogist, 41, 795-802 [view file]

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]

de Giudici G, Ricci P, Lattanzi P, Anedda A (2007) Dissolution of the (001) surface of galena: an in situ assessment of surface speciation by fluid-cell micro-Raman spectroscopy, American Mineralogist, 92, 518-524 [view file]

Bell K, Zaitsev A N, Spratt J, Frōjdō S, Rukhlov A S (2015) Elemental, lead and sulfur isotopic compositions of galena from Kola carbonatites, Russia - implications for melt and mantle evolution, Mineralogical Magazine, 79, 219-241

George L, Cook N J, Ciobanu C L, Wade B P (2015) Trace and minor elements in galena: a reconnaissance LA-ICP-MS study, American Mineralogist, 100, 548-569

Kei M F, Markl G (2015) Weathering of galena: mineralogical processes, hydrogeochemical fluid path modeling, and estimation of the growth rate of pyromorphite, American Mineralogist, 100, 1584-1594

Gill S B, Piercey S J, Layton-Matthews D (2016) Mineralogy and metal zoning of the Cambrian Zn-Pb-Cu-Ag-Au Lemarchant volcanogenic massive sulfide (VMS) deposit, Newfoundland, The Canadian Mineralogist, 54, 1307-1344

Giebel R J, Gauert C D K, Marks M A W, Costin G, Markl G (2017) Multi-stage formation of REE minerals in the Palabora Carbonatite Complex, South Africa, American Mineralogist, 102, 1218-1233

Markl G, Keim M F, Bayerl R (2019) Unusual mineral diversity in hydrothermal vein-type deposit: The Clara mine, SW Germany, as a type example, The Canadian Mineralogist, 57, 427-456