Sulphur R050006

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Name: Sulphur
RRUFF ID: R050006
Ideal Chemistry: S
Locality: San Felipe, Mexicali, Baja California Norte, Mexico
Source: Eugene Schlepp
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Yellow single crystal
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis
Mineral Group: [ Sulphur (4) ]
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CHEMISTRY 
RRUFF ID: R050006.2
Sample Description: Microprobe Fragment
Measured Chemistry: S1.00
Microprobe Data File: [ Download Excel File ]
RAMAN SPECTRUM 
RRUFF ID:
Sample Description: Sample is oriented, mounted onto a pin and polished
Pin ID: L00477
Orientation: Laser parallel to  -b*  (0 -1 0).     Fiducial mark perpendicular to laser is parallel to  -c   [0 0 -1].
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BROAD SCAN WITH SPECTRAL ARTIFACTS
RRUFF ID: R050006
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
Instrument settings: Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW
INFRARED SPECTRUM (Attenuated Total Reflectance) 
RRUFF ID: R050006.1
Instrument settings: SensIR Durascope on a Nicolet Magna 860 FTIR
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POWDER DIFFRACTION 
RRUFF ID: R050006.1
Sample Description: Powder
Cell Refinement Output: a: 10.4677(8)Å    b: 12.864(2)Å    c: 24.481(4)Å
alpha: 90.°    beta: 90.°    gamma: 90.°   Volume: 3296.7(3)Å3    Crystal System: orthorhombic
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Calculated diffraction file.

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

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

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REFERENCES for Sulphur

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]

Thackray M (1964) Evidence for the beta-gamma transition point in sulphur from low-temperature solubility measurements using suphur-35 and its relevance to the theory of interface reaction in solids, Nature, 201, 674-675

Watkinson D H, Heslop J B, Ewert W D (1975) Nickel sulphide-arsenide assemblages associated with uranium mineralization, Zimmer Lake area, northern Saskatchewan, The Canadian Mineralogist, 13, 198-204   [view file]

Meyer B (1976) Elemental sulfur, Chemical Reviews, 76, 367-388

Naldrett A J, Hoffman E L, Green A H, Chou C L, Naldrett S R, Alcock R A (1979) The composition of Ni–sulfide ores, with particular reference to their content of PGE and Au, The Canadian Mineralogist, 17, 403-415   [view file]

Vaughan D J, Tossell J A (1980) The chemical bond and the properties of sulfide minerals. I. Zn, Fe, and Cu in tetrahedral and triangular coordinations with sulfur, The Canadian Mineralogist, 18, 157-163   [view file]

Rettig S J, Trotter J (1987) Refinement of the structure of orthorhombic sulfur, α-S8, Acta Crystallographica, C43, 2260-2262

Crichton W A, Vaughan G B M, Mezouar M (2001) In situ structure solution of helical sulphur at 3 GPa and 400 °C, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 216, 417-419

Degtyareva O (2010) Crystal structure of simple metals at high pressures, High Pressure Research, 30, 343-371

Huang R, Keppler H (2015) Anhydrite stability and the effect of Ca on the behavior of sulfur in felsic magmas, American Mineralogist, 100, 257-266