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Tellurobismuthite R060948

Name: Tellurobismuthite
RRUFF ID: R060948
Ideal Chemistry: Bi₂Te₃
Locality: Little Ben mine, Matheson, Ontario, Canada
Source: Bob Jenkins [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Metallic steel-gray crystals on quartz
Status: The identification of this mineral is confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis.

Mineral Group: [ Tetradymite (8) ]

Quick search: [ All Tellurobismuthite samples (2) ]

CHEMISTRY

RRUFF ID:	R060948.2
Sample Description:	Microprobe Fragment
Measured Chemistry:	Bi_2.00Te_3.00
Microprobe Data File:	[ Download Excel File ]

RAMAN SPECTRUM

RRUFF ID:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

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BROAD SCAN WITH SPECTRAL ARTIFACTS

RRUFF ID:

R060948

Wavelength:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

Instrument settings:

Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW

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	Raman Data (RAW)
	RRUFF File

POWDER DIFFRACTION

RRUFF ID:

R060948.9

Sample Description:

Single crystal, powder profile is calculated

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 4.406(2)Å b: 4.406(2)Å c: 30.36(3)Å
alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 120° Volume: 510.9(2)Å³ Crystal System: hexagonal

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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	DIF File
	X-ray Data (XY - RAW)
	RRUFF File

REFERENCES for Tellurobismuthite
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]
Balch D M, Jackson C T (1863) On tellurbismuth from Dahlonega, Georgia, American Journal of Science and Arts, 85, 99-101 [view file]
Lange P W (1939) Ein vergleich zwischen Bi₂Te₃ und Bi₂Te₂S, Naturwissenschaften, 27, 133-134 [view file]
Frondel C (1940) Proceedings of annual meeting: redefinition of tellurobismuthite, American Mineralogist, 25, 208-208 [view file]
Fleischer M (1941) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 26, 293-294 [view file]
Fleischer M (1963) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 48, 433-437 [view file]
Nakajima S (1963) The crystal structure of Bi₂Te_3-xSe_x, Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids, 24, 479-485
Atabaeva E Y, Ickevich E S, Mashkov S A, Popova S V, Vereshchagin L F (1968) The polymorphism of bismuth telluride under high pressures and temperatures, Fizika Tverdogo Tela, 10, 62-65
Feutelais Y, Legendre B, Rodier N, Agafonov V (1993) A study of the phases in the bismuth - tellurium system, Materials Research Bulletin, 28, 591-596
Cook N J, Ciobanu C L, Stanley C J, Paar W H, Sunblad K (2007) Compositional data for Bi—Pb tellurosulfides, The Canadian Mineralogist, 45, 417-435 [view file]
Cook N J, Ciobanu C L, Wagner T, Stanley C J (2007) Minerals of the system Bi-Te-Se-S related to the tetradymite archetype: review of the classification and compositional varation, The Canadian Mineralogist, 45, 665-708 [view file]
Ciobanu C L, Pring A, Cook N J, Self P, Jefferson D, Dima G I, Melnikov V (2009) Chemical-structural modularity in the tetradymite group: A HRTEM study, American Mineralogist, 94, 517-534 [view file]
Izumino Y, Nakashima K, Nagashima M (2014) Cuprobismutite group minerals (cuprobismutite, hodrušhite, kupčíkite and padĕrite), other Bi-sulfosalts and Bi-tellurides from the Obari mine, Yamagata Prefecture, Japan, Journal of Mineralogical and Petrological Sciences, 109, 177-190

REFERENCES for Tellurobismuthite

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]

Balch D M, Jackson C T (1863) On tellurbismuth from Dahlonega, Georgia, American Journal of Science and Arts, 85, 99-101 [view file]

Lange P W (1939) Ein vergleich zwischen Bi₂Te₃ und Bi₂Te₂S, Naturwissenschaften, 27, 133-134 [view file]

Frondel C (1940) Proceedings of annual meeting: redefinition of tellurobismuthite, American Mineralogist, 25, 208-208 [view file]

Fleischer M (1941) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 26, 293-294 [view file]

Fleischer M (1963) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 48, 433-437 [view file]

Nakajima S (1963) The crystal structure of Bi₂Te_3-xSe_x, Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids, 24, 479-485

Atabaeva E Y, Ickevich E S, Mashkov S A, Popova S V, Vereshchagin L F (1968) The polymorphism of bismuth telluride under high pressures and temperatures, Fizika Tverdogo Tela, 10, 62-65

Feutelais Y, Legendre B, Rodier N, Agafonov V (1993) A study of the phases in the bismuth - tellurium system, Materials Research Bulletin, 28, 591-596

Cook N J, Ciobanu C L, Stanley C J, Paar W H, Sunblad K (2007) Compositional data for Bi—Pb tellurosulfides, The Canadian Mineralogist, 45, 417-435 [view file]

Cook N J, Ciobanu C L, Wagner T, Stanley C J (2007) Minerals of the system Bi-Te-Se-S related to the tetradymite archetype: review of the classification and compositional varation, The Canadian Mineralogist, 45, 665-708 [view file]

Ciobanu C L, Pring A, Cook N J, Self P, Jefferson D, Dima G I, Melnikov V (2009) Chemical-structural modularity in the tetradymite group: A HRTEM study, American Mineralogist, 94, 517-534 [view file]

Izumino Y, Nakashima K, Nagashima M (2014) Cuprobismutite group minerals (cuprobismutite, hodrušhite, kupčíkite and padĕrite), other Bi-sulfosalts and Bi-tellurides from the Obari mine, Yamagata Prefecture, Japan, Journal of Mineralogical and Petrological Sciences, 109, 177-190