W(OH, F, Cl)-dominant amphibole R070304 - RRUFF Database: Raman, X-ray, Infrared, and Chemistry

Gersdorffite R070304

Name: Gersdorffite
RRUFF ID: R070304
Ideal Chemistry: NiAsS
Locality: Aït Ahmane, Bou Azzer, Anti-Atlas Mts, Morocco
Source: Michael Scott S104592 [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Steel gray metallic massive, this sample used by Bayliss to create ICDD data. Structure refined to determine space group.
Status: The identification of this mineral is confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis.

Mineral Group: [ Ullmannite (5) ]

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CHEMISTRY

RRUFF ID:	R070304.2
Sample Description:	Microprobe Fragment
Measured Chemistry:	(Ni_0.99Co_0.01)_Σ=1As_1.00S_1.00 ; trace amounts of Fe
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:

R070304

Wavelength:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

Instrument settings:

Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW

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INFRARED SPECTRUM (Attenuated Total Reflectance)

RRUFF ID:

R070304.1

Sample Description:

Powder

Instrument settings:

SensIR Durascope on a Nicolet Magna 860 FTIR

Resolution:

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POWDER DIFFRACTION

RRUFF ID:

R070304.1

Sample Description:

Powder

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 5.6857(1)Å b: 5.6857(1)Å c: 5.6857(1)Å
alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 90° Volume: 183.802(9)Å³ Crystal System: cubic

File Type Information

Calculated diffraction file.

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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 Gersdorffite
American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database Record: [view record]
Haidinger W (1845) Zweite Klasse: Geogenide. XIII. Ordnung. Kiese. III. Kobaltkies. Gersdorffit, in Handbuch der Bestimmenden Mineralogie Bei Braumüller and Seidel Wien 559-562 [view file]
Ramsdell L S (1925) The crystal structure of some metallic sulfides, American Mineralogist, 10, 281-304 [view file]
Bayliss P, Stephenson N C (1967) The crystal structure of gersdorffite, Mineralogical Magazine, 36, 38-42 [view file]
Bayliss P (1968) The crystal structure of disordered gersdorffite, American Mineralogist, 53, 290-293 [view file]
Holseth H, Kjekshus A (1968) Compounds with the marcasite type crystal structure. I. Compositions of the binary pnictides, Acta Chemica Scandinavica, 22, 3273-3283
Nickel E H (1969) The application of ligand-field concepts to an understanding of the structural stabilities and solid-solution limits of sulphides and related minerals, Chemical Geology, 5, 233-241
Petruk W, Harris D C, Stewart J M (1971) Characteristics of the arsenides, sulpharsenides, and antimonides, The Canadian Mineralogist, 11, 150-186 [view file]
Steger J J, Nahigian H, Arnott R J, Wold A (1974) Preparation and characterization of the solid solution series Co_1-x Ni_xAsS (0«x«1), Journal of Solid State Chemistry, 11, 53-59
Bayliss P (1982) A further crystal structure refinement of gersdorffite, American Mineralogist, 67, 1058-1064 [view file]
Bayliss P (1986) Subdivision of the pyrite group, and a chemical and X-ray-diffraction investigation of ullmannite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 24, 27-33 [view file]
Jambor J L, Roberts A C (1998) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 83, 400-403 [view file]
Foecker A J, Jeitschko W (2001) The atomic order of the pnictogen and chalcogen atoms in equiatomic ternary compounds TPnCh (T = Ni, Pd; Pn = P, As, Sb; Ch = S, Se, Te), Journal of Solid State Chemistry, 162, 69-78
Wagner T, Lerenz J (2002) Mineralogy of complex Co-Ni-Bi vein mineralization, Bieber deposit, Spessart, Germany, Mineralogical Magazine, 66, 385-407 [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]
Hem S R, Makovicky E (2004) The system Fe-Co-Ni-As-S. II. Phase relations at in the (Fe,Co,Ni)As_1.5S_0.5 section at 650° and 500°C, The Canadian Mineralogist, 42, 63-86 [view file]
Fanlo I, Subías I, Gervilla F, Manuel J (2006) Textures and compositional variability in gersdorffite from the Crescencia Ni-(Co-U) showing, central Pyrenees, Spain: primary deposition or re-equilibration?, The Canadian Mineralogist, 44, 1513-1528 [view file]
Miyawaki R, Hatert F, Pasero M, Mills S J (2022) IMA Commission on New Minerals, Nomenclature and Classification (CNMNC) Newsletter 69, European Journal of Mineralogy, 34, 463-468 [view file]
Hatert F, Mills S J, Pasero M, Miyawaki R, Bosi F (2023) CNMNC guidelines for the nomenclature of polymorphs and polysomes, Mineralogical Magazine, 87, 225-232

REFERENCES for Gersdorffite

American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database Record: [view record]

Haidinger W (1845) Zweite Klasse: Geogenide. XIII. Ordnung. Kiese. III. Kobaltkies. Gersdorffit, in Handbuch der Bestimmenden Mineralogie Bei Braumüller and Seidel Wien 559-562 [view file]

Ramsdell L S (1925) The crystal structure of some metallic sulfides, American Mineralogist, 10, 281-304 [view file]

Bayliss P, Stephenson N C (1967) The crystal structure of gersdorffite, Mineralogical Magazine, 36, 38-42 [view file]

Bayliss P (1968) The crystal structure of disordered gersdorffite, American Mineralogist, 53, 290-293 [view file]

Holseth H, Kjekshus A (1968) Compounds with the marcasite type crystal structure. I. Compositions of the binary pnictides, Acta Chemica Scandinavica, 22, 3273-3283

Nickel E H (1969) The application of ligand-field concepts to an understanding of the structural stabilities and solid-solution limits of sulphides and related minerals, Chemical Geology, 5, 233-241

Petruk W, Harris D C, Stewart J M (1971) Characteristics of the arsenides, sulpharsenides, and antimonides, The Canadian Mineralogist, 11, 150-186 [view file]

Steger J J, Nahigian H, Arnott R J, Wold A (1974) Preparation and characterization of the solid solution series Co_1-x Ni_xAsS (0«x«1), Journal of Solid State Chemistry, 11, 53-59

Bayliss P (1982) A further crystal structure refinement of gersdorffite, American Mineralogist, 67, 1058-1064 [view file]

Bayliss P (1986) Subdivision of the pyrite group, and a chemical and X-ray-diffraction investigation of ullmannite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 24, 27-33 [view file]

Jambor J L, Roberts A C (1998) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 83, 400-403 [view file]

Foecker A J, Jeitschko W (2001) The atomic order of the pnictogen and chalcogen atoms in equiatomic ternary compounds TPnCh (T = Ni, Pd; Pn = P, As, Sb; Ch = S, Se, Te), Journal of Solid State Chemistry, 162, 69-78

Wagner T, Lerenz J (2002) Mineralogy of complex Co-Ni-Bi vein mineralization, Bieber deposit, Spessart, Germany, Mineralogical Magazine, 66, 385-407 [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]

Hem S R, Makovicky E (2004) The system Fe-Co-Ni-As-S. II. Phase relations at in the (Fe,Co,Ni)As_1.5S_0.5 section at 650° and 500°C, The Canadian Mineralogist, 42, 63-86 [view file]

Fanlo I, Subías I, Gervilla F, Manuel J (2006) Textures and compositional variability in gersdorffite from the Crescencia Ni-(Co-U) showing, central Pyrenees, Spain: primary deposition or re-equilibration?, The Canadian Mineralogist, 44, 1513-1528 [view file]

Miyawaki R, Hatert F, Pasero M, Mills S J (2022) IMA Commission on New Minerals, Nomenclature and Classification (CNMNC) Newsletter 69, European Journal of Mineralogy, 34, 463-468 [view file]

Hatert F, Mills S J, Pasero M, Miyawaki R, Bosi F (2023) CNMNC guidelines for the nomenclature of polymorphs and polysomes, Mineralogical Magazine, 87, 225-232