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Sphalerite X050151

Name: Sphalerite
RRUFF ID: X050151
Ideal Chemistry: ZnS
Locality:
Source: 1460-1a
Owner: Caltech
Description:
Status: The identification of this mineral has been determined only by Raman spectroscopy

Mineral Group: [ Sphalerite (35) ]

Quick search: [ All Sphalerite samples (9) ]

REFERENCES for Sphalerite
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]
Glocker E F (1847) Ordo IV. Cinnabaritae. IV. Cinnabaritae sphaleritoidei. 12. Sphalerites, in Generum et Specierum Mineralium, Secundum Ordines Naturales Digestorum Synopsis Apud Eduardum Anton 13-18 [view file]
Foshag W F (1933) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 18, 358-359 [view file]
Brown J S (1936) Supergene sphalerite, galena and willemite at Balmat, N.Y., Economic Geology, 31, 331-354
Fleischer M (1960) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 45, 1130-1136 [view file]
Skinner B J (1961) Unit-cell edges of natural and synthetic sphalerites, American Mineralogist, 46, 1399-1411 [view file]
Campbell F A (1963) Sphalerite-pyrrhotite relationships at Quemont mine, The Canadian Mineralogist, 7, 367-374 [view file]
Mannin P G (1966) Cu (II) in octahedral sites in sphalerite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 8, 567-571 [view file]
Manning P G (1967) Absorption spectra of Fe(III) in octahedral sites in sphalerite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 9, 57-64 [view file]
Scott S D, Barnes H L (1967) Abstract of paper presented at the twelfth annual meeting: Nonstoichiometric phase changes in sphalerite and wurtzite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 9, 306-306 [view file]
Brafman O, Mitra S S (1968) Raman effect in wurtzite- and zinc-blende-type ZnS single crystals, Physical Review, 171, 931-934
Manning P G (1968) Optical absorption studies of the mixed-ion (Cu and Al) doping of sphalerite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 9, 429-433 [view file]
Scott S D (1971) Shorter communications: Mössbauer spectra of synthetic iron-bearing sphalerite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 10, 882-885 [view file]
Bristol C C (1974) Sphalerite geobarometry of some metamorphosed orebodies in the Flin Flon and Snow Lake districts, Manitoba, The Canadian Mineralogist, 12, 308-315 [view file]
Chen T T, Dutrizac J E (1978) Lautite and cadmium-rich sphalerite from the Ross mine, Hislop Township, Ontario, The Canadian Mineralogist, 16, 665-669 [view file]
Dick L A, Robinson G W (1979) Chlorine–bearing potassian hastingsite from a sphalerite skarn in southern Yukon, The Canadian Mineralogist, 17, 25-26 [view file]
International Mineralogical Association (1980) International Mineralogical Association: Commission on new minerals and mineral names, Mineralogical Magazine, 43, 1053-1055 [view file]
Steger H F, Desjardins L E (1980) Oxidation of sulfide minerals. V. Galena, sphalerite and chalcocite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 18, 365-372 [view file]
Hurley T D, Crocket J H (1985) A gold-sphalerite association in a volcanogenic base-metal-sulfide deposit near Tilt Cove, Newfoundland, The Canadian Mineralogist, 23, 423-430 [view file]
Patterson D J (1985) Zincian greenockite in stratiform lead-zinc-silver mineralization at Lady Loretta, northwest Queensland, The Canadian Mineralogist, 23, 89-94 [view file]
Seal R R, Cooper B J, Craig J R (1985) Anisotropic sphalerite of the Elmwood-Gordonsville deposits, Tennessee, The Canadian Mineralogist, 23, 83-88 [view file]
Kalogeropoulos S I, Economou G S (1987) A study of sphalerite from the carbonate-hosted Pb-Zn sulfide deposits of the eastern Chalkidiki Peninsula, northern Greece, The Canadian Mineralogist, 25, 639-646 [view file]
Moore J M, Reid A M (1988) Implications of sphalerite inclusions in gahnite from the Namaqualand Metamorphic Complex, South Africa, The Canadian Mineralogist, 26, 293-300 [view file]
Ueno T, Scott S D (1991) Solubility of gallium in sphalerite and wurtzite at 800°C and 900°C, The Canadian Mineralogist, 29, 143-148 [view file]
Pattrick R A D, Dorling M, Polya D A (1993) TEM study of indium- and copper-bearing growth-banded sphalerite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 31, 105-117 [view file]
Sclar C B, Benimoff A I (1993) An occurrence of magmatic sphalerite, Graniteville Quarry, Staten Island, New York, The Canadian Mineralogist, 31, 691-694 [view file]
Lynch G, Mengel F (1995) Metamorphism of arsenopyrite-pyrite-sphalerite-pyrrhotite lenses, western Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, The Canadian Mineralogist, 33, 105-114 [view file]
Ueno T, Scott S D, Kojima S (1996) Inversion between sphalerite- and wurtzite-type stuctures in the system Zn–Fe–Ga–S, The Canadian Mineralogist, 34, 949-958 [view file]
Beaudoin G (2000) Acicular sphalerite enriched in Ag, Sb, and Cu embedded within color-banded sphalerite from the Kokanee Range, British Columbia, Canada, The Canadian Mineralogist, 38, 1387-1398 [view file]
Lentz D R (2002) Sphalerite and arsenopyrite at the Brunswick No. 12 massive-sulfide deposit, Bathurst Camp, New Brunswick: constraints on P-T evolution, The Canadian Mineralogist, 40, 19-31 [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]
Benedetto F D, Bernardini G P, Costagliola P, Plant D, Vaughan D J (2005) Compositional zoning in sphalerite crystals, American Mineralogist, 90, 1384-1392 [view file]
Kharbish S (2007) A Raman spectroscopic investigation of Fe-rich sphalerite: effect of Fe-substitution, Physics and Chemistry of Minerals, 34, 551-558
Moura M A, Botelho N F, Carvalho de Mendonça F (2007) The indium-rich sulfides and rare arsenates of the Sn—In-mineralized Mangabeira A-type granite, central Brazil, The Canadian Mineralogist, 45, 485-496 [view file]
Nitta E, Kimata M, Hoshino M, Echigo T, Hamasaki S, Nishida N, Shimizu M, Akasak T (2008) Crystal chemistry of ZnS minerals formed as high-temperature volcanic sublimates: matraite identical with sphalerite, Journal of Mineralogical and Petrological Sciences, 103, 145-151 [view file]
Osadchii E G, Gorbaty Y E (2010) Raman spectra and unit cell parameters of sphalerite solid solutions (Fe_xZn_1-xS), Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 74, 568-573
Buzatu A, Buzgar N, Damian G, Vasilache V, Apopei A I (2013) The determination of the Fe content in natural sphalerites by means of Raman spectroscopy, Vibrational Spectroscopy, 68, 220-224
Bonnet J, Mosser-Ruck R, Caumon MC, Rouer O, Andre-Mayer AS, Cauzid J, Peiffert C (2016) Trace element distribution (Cu, Ga, Ge, Cd, and Fe) in sphalerite from the Tennessee MVT deposits, USA, by combined EMPA, LA-ICP-MS, Raman spectroscopy, and crystallography, The Canadian Mineralogist, 54, 1261-1284
Gill S B, Piercey S J, Layton-Matthews D (2016) Mineralogy and metal zoning of the Cambrian Zn-Pb-Cu-Ag-Au Lemarchant volcanogenic massive sulfide (VMS) deposit, Newfoundland, The Canadian Mineralogist, 54, 1307-1344
Duffy T S (2018) Single-crystal elastic properties of minerals and related materials with cubic symmetry, American Mineralogist, 103, 977-988
Xu J, Ciobanu C L, Cook N J, Slattery A, Li X, Kontonikas-Charos A (2021) Phase relationships in the system ZnS-CuInS₂: Insights from a nanoscale study of indium-bearing sphalerite, American Mineralogist, 106, 196-205

REFERENCES for Sphalerite

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]

Glocker E F (1847) Ordo IV. Cinnabaritae. IV. Cinnabaritae sphaleritoidei. 12. Sphalerites, in Generum et Specierum Mineralium, Secundum Ordines Naturales Digestorum Synopsis Apud Eduardum Anton 13-18 [view file]

Foshag W F (1933) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 18, 358-359 [view file]

Brown J S (1936) Supergene sphalerite, galena and willemite at Balmat, N.Y., Economic Geology, 31, 331-354

Fleischer M (1960) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 45, 1130-1136 [view file]

Skinner B J (1961) Unit-cell edges of natural and synthetic sphalerites, American Mineralogist, 46, 1399-1411 [view file]

Campbell F A (1963) Sphalerite-pyrrhotite relationships at Quemont mine, The Canadian Mineralogist, 7, 367-374 [view file]

Mannin P G (1966) Cu (II) in octahedral sites in sphalerite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 8, 567-571 [view file]

Manning P G (1967) Absorption spectra of Fe(III) in octahedral sites in sphalerite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 9, 57-64 [view file]

Scott S D, Barnes H L (1967) Abstract of paper presented at the twelfth annual meeting: Nonstoichiometric phase changes in sphalerite and wurtzite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 9, 306-306 [view file]

Brafman O, Mitra S S (1968) Raman effect in wurtzite- and zinc-blende-type ZnS single crystals, Physical Review, 171, 931-934

Manning P G (1968) Optical absorption studies of the mixed-ion (Cu and Al) doping of sphalerite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 9, 429-433 [view file]

Scott S D (1971) Shorter communications: Mössbauer spectra of synthetic iron-bearing sphalerite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 10, 882-885 [view file]

Bristol C C (1974) Sphalerite geobarometry of some metamorphosed orebodies in the Flin Flon and Snow Lake districts, Manitoba, The Canadian Mineralogist, 12, 308-315 [view file]

Chen T T, Dutrizac J E (1978) Lautite and cadmium-rich sphalerite from the Ross mine, Hislop Township, Ontario, The Canadian Mineralogist, 16, 665-669 [view file]

Dick L A, Robinson G W (1979) Chlorine–bearing potassian hastingsite from a sphalerite skarn in southern Yukon, The Canadian Mineralogist, 17, 25-26 [view file]

International Mineralogical Association (1980) International Mineralogical Association: Commission on new minerals and mineral names, Mineralogical Magazine, 43, 1053-1055 [view file]

Steger H F, Desjardins L E (1980) Oxidation of sulfide minerals. V. Galena, sphalerite and chalcocite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 18, 365-372 [view file]

Hurley T D, Crocket J H (1985) A gold-sphalerite association in a volcanogenic base-metal-sulfide deposit near Tilt Cove, Newfoundland, The Canadian Mineralogist, 23, 423-430 [view file]

Patterson D J (1985) Zincian greenockite in stratiform lead-zinc-silver mineralization at Lady Loretta, northwest Queensland, The Canadian Mineralogist, 23, 89-94 [view file]

Seal R R, Cooper B J, Craig J R (1985) Anisotropic sphalerite of the Elmwood-Gordonsville deposits, Tennessee, The Canadian Mineralogist, 23, 83-88 [view file]

Kalogeropoulos S I, Economou G S (1987) A study of sphalerite from the carbonate-hosted Pb-Zn sulfide deposits of the eastern Chalkidiki Peninsula, northern Greece, The Canadian Mineralogist, 25, 639-646 [view file]

Moore J M, Reid A M (1988) Implications of sphalerite inclusions in gahnite from the Namaqualand Metamorphic Complex, South Africa, The Canadian Mineralogist, 26, 293-300 [view file]

Ueno T, Scott S D (1991) Solubility of gallium in sphalerite and wurtzite at 800°C and 900°C, The Canadian Mineralogist, 29, 143-148 [view file]

Pattrick R A D, Dorling M, Polya D A (1993) TEM study of indium- and copper-bearing growth-banded sphalerite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 31, 105-117 [view file]

Sclar C B, Benimoff A I (1993) An occurrence of magmatic sphalerite, Graniteville Quarry, Staten Island, New York, The Canadian Mineralogist, 31, 691-694 [view file]

Lynch G, Mengel F (1995) Metamorphism of arsenopyrite-pyrite-sphalerite-pyrrhotite lenses, western Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, The Canadian Mineralogist, 33, 105-114 [view file]

Ueno T, Scott S D, Kojima S (1996) Inversion between sphalerite- and wurtzite-type stuctures in the system Zn–Fe–Ga–S, The Canadian Mineralogist, 34, 949-958 [view file]

Beaudoin G (2000) Acicular sphalerite enriched in Ag, Sb, and Cu embedded within color-banded sphalerite from the Kokanee Range, British Columbia, Canada, The Canadian Mineralogist, 38, 1387-1398 [view file]

Lentz D R (2002) Sphalerite and arsenopyrite at the Brunswick No. 12 massive-sulfide deposit, Bathurst Camp, New Brunswick: constraints on P-T evolution, The Canadian Mineralogist, 40, 19-31 [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]

Benedetto F D, Bernardini G P, Costagliola P, Plant D, Vaughan D J (2005) Compositional zoning in sphalerite crystals, American Mineralogist, 90, 1384-1392 [view file]

Kharbish S (2007) A Raman spectroscopic investigation of Fe-rich sphalerite: effect of Fe-substitution, Physics and Chemistry of Minerals, 34, 551-558

Moura M A, Botelho N F, Carvalho de Mendonça F (2007) The indium-rich sulfides and rare arsenates of the Sn—In-mineralized Mangabeira A-type granite, central Brazil, The Canadian Mineralogist, 45, 485-496 [view file]

Nitta E, Kimata M, Hoshino M, Echigo T, Hamasaki S, Nishida N, Shimizu M, Akasak T (2008) Crystal chemistry of ZnS minerals formed as high-temperature volcanic sublimates: matraite identical with sphalerite, Journal of Mineralogical and Petrological Sciences, 103, 145-151 [view file]

Osadchii E G, Gorbaty Y E (2010) Raman spectra and unit cell parameters of sphalerite solid solutions (Fe_xZn_1-xS), Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 74, 568-573

Buzatu A, Buzgar N, Damian G, Vasilache V, Apopei A I (2013) The determination of the Fe content in natural sphalerites by means of Raman spectroscopy, Vibrational Spectroscopy, 68, 220-224

Bonnet J, Mosser-Ruck R, Caumon MC, Rouer O, Andre-Mayer AS, Cauzid J, Peiffert C (2016) Trace element distribution (Cu, Ga, Ge, Cd, and Fe) in sphalerite from the Tennessee MVT deposits, USA, by combined EMPA, LA-ICP-MS, Raman spectroscopy, and crystallography, The Canadian Mineralogist, 54, 1261-1284

Gill S B, Piercey S J, Layton-Matthews D (2016) Mineralogy and metal zoning of the Cambrian Zn-Pb-Cu-Ag-Au Lemarchant volcanogenic massive sulfide (VMS) deposit, Newfoundland, The Canadian Mineralogist, 54, 1307-1344

Duffy T S (2018) Single-crystal elastic properties of minerals and related materials with cubic symmetry, American Mineralogist, 103, 977-988

Xu J, Ciobanu C L, Cook N J, Slattery A, Li X, Kontonikas-Charos A (2021) Phase relationships in the system ZnS-CuInS₂: Insights from a nanoscale study of indium-bearing sphalerite, American Mineralogist, 106, 196-205