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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: (Fe_0.97Mn_0.03)_Σ=1(Sb_1.99As_0.01)_Σ=2S_4.00 ; lighter phase (bottom): Sb_2.00S_3.00 (stibnite)
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:

R070177

Wavelength:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

Instrument settings:

Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 40% of 150mW

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	Raman Data (RAW)
	RRUFF File

INFRARED SPECTRUM (Attenuated Total Reflectance)

RRUFF ID:

R070177.1

Sample Description:

Powder

Instrument settings:

SensIR Durascope on a Nicolet Magna 860 FTIR

Resolution:

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	Infrared Data (Processed)
	RRUFF File

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

File Type Information

Calculated diffraction file.

File Type Information

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

File Type Information

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

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	Cell Refinement Data
	Cell Refinement Output Data
	DIF File
	X-ray Data (XY - Processed)
	RRUFF File
	X-ray Data (XY - RAW)
	RRUFF File

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

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