Berthierite R070177
Name: Berthierite
RRUFF ID: R070177
Ideal Chemistry: FeSb2S4
Locality: Baia Sprie mine (Felsöbánya mine), Baia Sprie (Felsöbánya), Maramures County, Romania
Source: Michael Scott S101663 [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: A mass of parallel silver gray metallic prismatic striated crystals
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis
Mineral Group: [ Berthierite (1) ]
CHEMISTRY 
RRUFF ID: R070177.2
Sample Description: Microprobe Fragment
Measured Chemistry: darker phase: (Fe0.97Mn0.03)Σ=1(Sb1.99As0.01)Σ=2S4.00 ; lighter phase (bottom): Sb2.00S3.00 (stibnite)
Microprobe Data File: [ Download Excel File ]
RAMAN SPECTRUM 
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
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RRUFF ID: R070177
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
Instrument settings: Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 40% of 150mW
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INFRARED SPECTRUM (Attenuated Total Reflectance) 
RRUFF ID: R070177.1
Sample Description: Powder
Instrument settings: SensIR Durascope on a Nicolet Magna 860 FTIR
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POWDER DIFFRACTION 
RRUFF ID: R070177.1
Sample Description: Powder
Cell Refinement Output: a: 11.4130(6)Å    b: 14.1648(5)Å    c: 3.7632(2)Å
alpha: 90°    beta: 90°    gamma: 90°   Volume: 608.37(3)Å3    Crystal System: orthorhombic
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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 Berthierite

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]

Haidinger W (1827) On berthierite, a new mineral species, The Edinburgh Journal of Science, 7, 353-354   [view file]

Buerger M J, Hahn T (1955) The crystal structure of berthierite, Fe Sb2S4, American Mineralogist, 40, 226-238   [view file]

Tatsuka K, Morimoto N (1977) Tetrahedrite stability relations in the Cu-Fe-Sb-S system, American Mineralogist, 62, 1101-1109   [view file]

Makovicky E (1985) The building principles and classification of sulphosalts based on the SnS archetype, Fortschritte der Mineralogie, 63, 45-89

Bente K, Edenharter A (1989) Röntgenographische Strukturanalyse von MnSb2S4 und Strukturverfeinerung von Berthierit, FeSb2S4, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 185, 31-33

Lemoine P, Carré D, Robert F (1991) Structure du sulfure de fer et d'antimoine, FeSb2S4(Berthiérite), Acta Crystallographica, C47, 938-940

Lukaszewicz K, Pietrasko A, Stepien-Damm J, Kajokas A, Grigas J, Drulis H (2001) Crystal structure, Mossbauer spectra, thermal expansion, and phase transition of berthierite FeSb2S4, Journal of Solid State Chemistry, 162, 79-83

Periotto B, Balić-Žunić T, Nestola F (2012) The role of the Sb3+ lone-electron pairs and Fe2+ coordination in the high-pressure behavior of berthierite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 50, 201-218   [view file]

Kharbish S, Andráš P (2014) Investigations of the Fe sulfosalts berthierite, garavellite, arsenopyrite, and gudmundite by Raman spectroscopy, Mineralogical Magazine, 78, issue 5 1287-1299