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Pearceite R050611

Name: Pearceite
RRUFF ID: R050611
Ideal Chemistry: [Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(As,Sb)₂S₇]
Locality: Imiter mine, Morocco
Source: Marcus Origlieri
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Dark red flakes. The cell parameters indicate that this is pearceite-M2a2b2c
Status: The identification of this mineral is confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis.

Mineral Group: [ Polybasite (6) ]

Quick search: [ All Pearceite samples (4) ]

CHEMISTRY

RRUFF ID:	R050611.2
Sample Description:	Microprobe Fragment
Measured Chemistry:	Cu_1.00(Ag_5.83Cu_0.17)_Σ=6.00Ag_10.78As_1.99S₁₁
Microprobe Data File:	[ Download Excel File ]

RAMAN SPECTRUM

RRUFF ID:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

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	Raman Data (Processed)
	RRUFF File
	Raman Data (RAW)
	RRUFF File

INFRARED SPECTRUM (Attenuated Total Reflectance)

RRUFF ID:

R050611.9

Instrument settings:

SensIR Durascope on a Nicolet Magna 860 FTIR

Resolution:

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	Infrared Data (Processed)
	RRUFF File

POWDER DIFFRACTION

RRUFF ID:

R050611.9

Sample Description:

Single crystal, powder profile is calculated

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 25.877(2)Å b: 15.005(1)Å c: 23.938(2)Å
alpha: 90° beta: 90.103(6)° gamma: 90° Volume: 9295(1)Å³ Crystal System: monoclinic

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 Pearceite
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]
Rose H (1829) Ueber die in der natur corkommenden nicht oxydirten verbindungen des antimons und des arseniks, Annalen der Physik und Chemie, 1829, 573-592 [view file]
Penfield S L (1896) On pearceite, a sulpharsenite of silver and on the crystallization of polybasite, American Journal of Science, 152, 17-29 [view file]
Frondel C (1963) Isodimorphism of the polybasite and pearceite series, American Mineralogist, 48, 565-572 [view file]
Fleischer M (1965) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 50, 1504-1508 [view file]
Hall H T (1967) The pearceite and polybasite series, American Mineralogist, 52, 1311-1321 [view file]
Edenharter A, Koto K, Nowacki W (1971) Über pearceit, polybasit und binnit, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Monatshefte, 1971, 337-341
Bailey S W (1977) Report of the I.M.A-I.U.Cr. Joint Committee on Nomenclature, American Mineralogist, 62, 411-415 [view file]
Bindi L, Evain M, Menchetti S (2006) Temperature dependence of the silver distribution in the crystal structure of natural pearceite, (Ag,Cu)₁₆(As,Sb)₂S₁₁, Acta Crystallographica, B62, 212-219
Locock A J, Ercit T S, Kjellman J, Piilonen C (2006) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 91, 1945-1954 [view file]
Bindi L, Evain M, Spry P G, Menchetti S (2007) The pearceite-polybasite group of minerals: crystal chemistry and new nomenclature rules, American Mineralogist, 92, 918-925 [view file]
Bindi L, Voudouris P, Spry P G (2013) Structural role of tellurium in the minerals of the pearceite-polybasite group, Mineralogical Magazine, 77, 419-428
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 Pearceite

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]

Rose H (1829) Ueber die in der natur corkommenden nicht oxydirten verbindungen des antimons und des arseniks, Annalen der Physik und Chemie, 1829, 573-592 [view file]

Penfield S L (1896) On pearceite, a sulpharsenite of silver and on the crystallization of polybasite, American Journal of Science, 152, 17-29 [view file]

Frondel C (1963) Isodimorphism of the polybasite and pearceite series, American Mineralogist, 48, 565-572 [view file]

Fleischer M (1965) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 50, 1504-1508 [view file]

Hall H T (1967) The pearceite and polybasite series, American Mineralogist, 52, 1311-1321 [view file]

Edenharter A, Koto K, Nowacki W (1971) Über pearceit, polybasit und binnit, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Monatshefte, 1971, 337-341

Bailey S W (1977) Report of the I.M.A-I.U.Cr. Joint Committee on Nomenclature, American Mineralogist, 62, 411-415 [view file]

Bindi L, Evain M, Menchetti S (2006) Temperature dependence of the silver distribution in the crystal structure of natural pearceite, (Ag,Cu)₁₆(As,Sb)₂S₁₁, Acta Crystallographica, B62, 212-219

Locock A J, Ercit T S, Kjellman J, Piilonen C (2006) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 91, 1945-1954 [view file]

Bindi L, Evain M, Spry P G, Menchetti S (2007) The pearceite-polybasite group of minerals: crystal chemistry and new nomenclature rules, American Mineralogist, 92, 918-925 [view file]

Bindi L, Voudouris P, Spry P G (2013) Structural role of tellurium in the minerals of the pearceite-polybasite group, Mineralogical Magazine, 77, 419-428

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