R070323 - RRUFF Database: Raman, X-ray, Infrared, and Chemistry

Millerite R070323

Name: Millerite
RRUFF ID: R070323
Ideal Chemistry: NiS
Locality: Keokuk area, Lee County, Iowa, USA
Source: James Shigley [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Bronze colored metallic fibers associated with chalcopyrite and quartz
Status: The identification of this mineral is confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis.

Mineral Group: [ Millerite (3) ]

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CHEMISTRY

RRUFF ID:	R070323.2
Sample Description:	Microprobe Fragment
Measured Chemistry:	(Ni_0.97Fe_0.02Co_0.01)_Σ=1S_1.00
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:

R070323

Wavelength:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

Instrument settings:

Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW

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POWDER DIFFRACTION

RRUFF ID:

R070323.9

Sample Description:

Single crystal, powder profile is calculated

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 9.604(6)Å b: 9.604(6)Å c: 3.145(1)Å
alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 120° Volume: 251.2(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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REFERENCES for Millerite
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 (1845) Zweite Klasse: Geogenide. XIII. Ordnung. Kiese. IV. Eisenkies. Millerit., in Handbuch der Bestimmenden Mineralogie Bei Braumüller and Seidel Wien 559-562 [view file]
Palache C, Wood H O (1904) A crystallographic study of millerite, American Journal of Science, 18, 343-359 [view file]
Alsén N (1925) Röntgenographische Untersuchung der Kristallstrukturen von Magnetkies, Breithauptit, Pentlandit, Millerit und verwandten Verbindungen, Geologiska Föreningens i Stockholm Förhandlingar, 47, 19-72 [view file]
Lundqvist D (1947) X-ray studies on the binary system Ni-S, Arkiv för Kemi, Mineralogi och Geologi, 24A, issue 21 1-12
Heyl A V, Milton C, Axelrod J M (1959) Nickel minerals from near Linden, Iowa County, Wisconsin, American Mineralogist, 44, 995-1009 [view file]
Grice J D, Ferguson R B (1974) Crystal structure refinement of millerite (β–NiS), The Canadian Mineralogist, 12, 248-252 [view file]
Rajamani V, Prewitt C T (1974) The crystal structure of millerite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 12, 253-257 [view file]
Pauling L (1978) Covalent chemical bonding of transition metals in pyrite, cobaltite, skutterudite, millerite and related minerals, The Canadian Mineralogist, 16, 447-452 [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]
Sowa H, Ahsbahs H, Schmitz W (2004) X-ray diffraction studies of millerite NiS under non-ambient conditions, Physics and Chemistry of Minerals, 31, 321-327
Gibbs G V, Downs R T, Prewitt C T, Rosso K M, Ross N L, Cox D F (2005) Electron density distributions calculated for the nickel sulfides millerite, vaesite, and heazlewoodite and nickel metal: A case for the importance of Ni-Ni bond paths for electron transport, Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 109, 21788-21795 [view file]
Beckett-Brown C E, McDonald A M, Zhe W (2018) A crystallographically oriented intergrowth of siegenite (CoNi₂S₄) and millerite from the Morokweng impact structure, South Africa: Chemistry, texture, and origin, The Canadian Mineralogist, 56, 705-722

REFERENCES for Millerite

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 (1845) Zweite Klasse: Geogenide. XIII. Ordnung. Kiese. IV. Eisenkies. Millerit., in Handbuch der Bestimmenden Mineralogie Bei Braumüller and Seidel Wien 559-562 [view file]

Palache C, Wood H O (1904) A crystallographic study of millerite, American Journal of Science, 18, 343-359 [view file]

Alsén N (1925) Röntgenographische Untersuchung der Kristallstrukturen von Magnetkies, Breithauptit, Pentlandit, Millerit und verwandten Verbindungen, Geologiska Föreningens i Stockholm Förhandlingar, 47, 19-72 [view file]

Lundqvist D (1947) X-ray studies on the binary system Ni-S, Arkiv för Kemi, Mineralogi och Geologi, 24A, issue 21 1-12

Heyl A V, Milton C, Axelrod J M (1959) Nickel minerals from near Linden, Iowa County, Wisconsin, American Mineralogist, 44, 995-1009 [view file]

Grice J D, Ferguson R B (1974) Crystal structure refinement of millerite (β–NiS), The Canadian Mineralogist, 12, 248-252 [view file]

Rajamani V, Prewitt C T (1974) The crystal structure of millerite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 12, 253-257 [view file]

Pauling L (1978) Covalent chemical bonding of transition metals in pyrite, cobaltite, skutterudite, millerite and related minerals, The Canadian Mineralogist, 16, 447-452 [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]

Sowa H, Ahsbahs H, Schmitz W (2004) X-ray diffraction studies of millerite NiS under non-ambient conditions, Physics and Chemistry of Minerals, 31, 321-327

Gibbs G V, Downs R T, Prewitt C T, Rosso K M, Ross N L, Cox D F (2005) Electron density distributions calculated for the nickel sulfides millerite, vaesite, and heazlewoodite and nickel metal: A case for the importance of Ni-Ni bond paths for electron transport, Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 109, 21788-21795 [view file]

Beckett-Brown C E, McDonald A M, Zhe W (2018) A crystallographically oriented intergrowth of siegenite (CoNi₂S₄) and millerite from the Morokweng impact structure, South Africa: Chemistry, texture, and origin, The Canadian Mineralogist, 56, 705-722