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Name: Aramayoite RRUFF ID: R061071 Ideal Chemistry: Ag3Sb2(Bi,Sb)S6 Locality: Animas mine, Potosi, Bolivia Source: Michael Scott S101420 [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Black platy submetallic Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed only by single crystal X-ray diffraction. |
Mineral Group: [ Aramayoite (1) ] |
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POWDER DIFFRACTION | |||||||
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RRUFF ID: | R061071.9 | ||||||
Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 7.757(7)Å b: 8.253(8)Å c: 8.762(5)Å alpha: 100.11(5)° beta: 103.73(4)° gamma: 90.05(5)° Volume: 535.9(1)Å3 Crystal System: triclinic |
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REFERENCES for Aramayoite | |
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American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database Record: [view record] |
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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] |
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Spencer L J, Mountain E D (1926) Aramayoite, a new mineral, from Bolivia, Mineralogical Magazine, 21, 156-162 [view file] |
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Foshag W F (1927) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 12, 265-266 [view file] |
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Mullen D J E, Nowacki W (1974) The crystal structure of aramayoite Ag(Sb,Bi)S2, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 139, 54-69 [view file] |
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Effenberger H, Paar W H, Topa D, Criddle A J, Fleck M (2002) The new mineral baumstarkite and a structural reinvestigation of aramayoite and miargyrite, American Mineralogist, 87, 753-764 [view file] |
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