Gersdorffite-p213 R070304 - RRUFF Database: Raman, X-ray, Infrared, and Chemistry

Gersdorffite R070304

Name: Gersdorffite
RRUFF ID: R070304
Ideal Chemistry: NiAsS
Locality: Aït Ahmane, Bou Azzer, Anti-Atlas Mts, Morocco
Source: Michael Scott S104592 [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Steel gray metallic massive, this sample used by Bayliss to create ICDD data. Structure refined to determine space group.
Status: The identification of this mineral is confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis.

Mineral Group: [ Ullmannite (5) ]

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CHEMISTRY

RRUFF ID:	R070304.2
Sample Description:	Microprobe Fragment
Measured Chemistry:	(Ni_0.99Co_0.01)_Σ=1As_1.00S_1.00 ; trace amounts of Fe
Microprobe Data File:	[ Download Excel File ]

RAMAN SPECTRUM

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Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

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BROAD SCAN WITH SPECTRAL ARTIFACTS

RRUFF ID:

R070304

Wavelength:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

Instrument settings:

Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW

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INFRARED SPECTRUM (Attenuated Total Reflectance)

RRUFF ID:

R070304.1

Sample Description:

Powder

Instrument settings:

SensIR Durascope on a Nicolet Magna 860 FTIR

Resolution:

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POWDER DIFFRACTION

RRUFF ID:

R070304.1

Sample Description:

Powder

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 5.6857(1)Å b: 5.6857(1)Å c: 5.6857(1)Å
alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 90° Volume: 183.802(9)Å³ Crystal System: cubic

File Type Information

Calculated diffraction file.

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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 Gersdorffite
American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database Record: [view record]
Haidinger W (1845) Zweite Klasse: Geogenide. XIII. Ordnung. Kiese. III. Kobaltkies. Gersdorffit, in Handbuch der Bestimmenden Mineralogie Bei Braumüller and Seidel Wien 559-562 [view file]
Ramsdell L S (1925) The crystal structure of some metallic sulfides, American Mineralogist, 10, 281-304 [view file]
Bayliss P, Stephenson N C (1967) The crystal structure of gersdorffite, Mineralogical Magazine, 36, 38-42 [view file]
Bayliss P (1968) The crystal structure of disordered gersdorffite, American Mineralogist, 53, 290-293 [view file]
Holseth H, Kjekshus A (1968) Compounds with the marcasite type crystal structure. I. Compositions of the binary pnictides, Acta Chemica Scandinavica, 22, 3273-3283
Nickel E H (1969) The application of ligand-field concepts to an understanding of the structural stabilities and solid-solution limits of sulphides and related minerals, Chemical Geology, 5, 233-241
Petruk W, Harris D C, Stewart J M (1971) Characteristics of the arsenides, sulpharsenides, and antimonides, The Canadian Mineralogist, 11, 150-186 [view file]
Steger J J, Nahigian H, Arnott R J, Wold A (1974) Preparation and characterization of the solid solution series Co_1-x Ni_xAsS (0«x«1), Journal of Solid State Chemistry, 11, 53-59
Bayliss P (1982) A further crystal structure refinement of gersdorffite, American Mineralogist, 67, 1058-1064 [view file]
Bayliss P (1986) Subdivision of the pyrite group, and a chemical and X-ray-diffraction investigation of ullmannite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 24, 27-33 [view file]
Jambor J L, Roberts A C (1998) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 83, 400-403 [view file]
Foecker A J, Jeitschko W (2001) The atomic order of the pnictogen and chalcogen atoms in equiatomic ternary compounds TPnCh (T = Ni, Pd; Pn = P, As, Sb; Ch = S, Se, Te), Journal of Solid State Chemistry, 162, 69-78
Wagner T, Lerenz J (2002) Mineralogy of complex Co-Ni-Bi vein mineralization, Bieber deposit, Spessart, Germany, Mineralogical Magazine, 66, 385-407 [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]
Hem S R, Makovicky E (2004) The system Fe-Co-Ni-As-S. II. Phase relations at in the (Fe,Co,Ni)As_1.5S_0.5 section at 650° and 500°C, The Canadian Mineralogist, 42, 63-86 [view file]
Fanlo I, Subías I, Gervilla F, Manuel J (2006) Textures and compositional variability in gersdorffite from the Crescencia Ni-(Co-U) showing, central Pyrenees, Spain: primary deposition or re-equilibration?, The Canadian Mineralogist, 44, 1513-1528 [view file]
Miyawaki R, Hatert F, Pasero M, Mills S J (2022) IMA Commission on New Minerals, Nomenclature and Classification (CNMNC) Newsletter 69, European Journal of Mineralogy, 34, 463-468 [view file]
Hatert F, Mills S J, Pasero M, Miyawaki R, Bosi F (2023) CNMNC guidelines for the nomenclature of polymorphs and polysomes, Mineralogical Magazine, 87, 225-232

REFERENCES for Gersdorffite

American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database Record: [view record]

Haidinger W (1845) Zweite Klasse: Geogenide. XIII. Ordnung. Kiese. III. Kobaltkies. Gersdorffit, in Handbuch der Bestimmenden Mineralogie Bei Braumüller and Seidel Wien 559-562 [view file]

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

Bayliss P, Stephenson N C (1967) The crystal structure of gersdorffite, Mineralogical Magazine, 36, 38-42 [view file]

Bayliss P (1968) The crystal structure of disordered gersdorffite, American Mineralogist, 53, 290-293 [view file]

Holseth H, Kjekshus A (1968) Compounds with the marcasite type crystal structure. I. Compositions of the binary pnictides, Acta Chemica Scandinavica, 22, 3273-3283

Nickel E H (1969) The application of ligand-field concepts to an understanding of the structural stabilities and solid-solution limits of sulphides and related minerals, Chemical Geology, 5, 233-241

Petruk W, Harris D C, Stewart J M (1971) Characteristics of the arsenides, sulpharsenides, and antimonides, The Canadian Mineralogist, 11, 150-186 [view file]

Steger J J, Nahigian H, Arnott R J, Wold A (1974) Preparation and characterization of the solid solution series Co_1-x Ni_xAsS (0«x«1), Journal of Solid State Chemistry, 11, 53-59

Bayliss P (1982) A further crystal structure refinement of gersdorffite, American Mineralogist, 67, 1058-1064 [view file]

Bayliss P (1986) Subdivision of the pyrite group, and a chemical and X-ray-diffraction investigation of ullmannite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 24, 27-33 [view file]

Jambor J L, Roberts A C (1998) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 83, 400-403 [view file]

Foecker A J, Jeitschko W (2001) The atomic order of the pnictogen and chalcogen atoms in equiatomic ternary compounds TPnCh (T = Ni, Pd; Pn = P, As, Sb; Ch = S, Se, Te), Journal of Solid State Chemistry, 162, 69-78

Wagner T, Lerenz J (2002) Mineralogy of complex Co-Ni-Bi vein mineralization, Bieber deposit, Spessart, Germany, Mineralogical Magazine, 66, 385-407 [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]

Hem S R, Makovicky E (2004) The system Fe-Co-Ni-As-S. II. Phase relations at in the (Fe,Co,Ni)As_1.5S_0.5 section at 650° and 500°C, The Canadian Mineralogist, 42, 63-86 [view file]

Fanlo I, Subías I, Gervilla F, Manuel J (2006) Textures and compositional variability in gersdorffite from the Crescencia Ni-(Co-U) showing, central Pyrenees, Spain: primary deposition or re-equilibration?, The Canadian Mineralogist, 44, 1513-1528 [view file]

Miyawaki R, Hatert F, Pasero M, Mills S J (2022) IMA Commission on New Minerals, Nomenclature and Classification (CNMNC) Newsletter 69, European Journal of Mineralogy, 34, 463-468 [view file]

Hatert F, Mills S J, Pasero M, Miyawaki R, Bosi F (2023) CNMNC guidelines for the nomenclature of polymorphs and polysomes, Mineralogical Magazine, 87, 225-232