W(OH, F, Cl)-dominant amphibole R070461 - RRUFF Database: Raman, X-ray, Infrared, and Chemistry

Ferroselite R070461

Name: Ferroselite
RRUFF ID: R070461
Ideal Chemistry: FeSe₂
Locality: Virgin No. 3 mine, Paradox Valley, Uravan District, Montrose County, Colorado, USA
Source: Michael Scott S105137 [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Yellowish silver metallic prismatic crystals. Used in the Lavina et al (2018) study
Status: The identification of this mineral is confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis.

Mineral Group: [ Marcasite (2) ]

CHEMISTRY

RRUFF ID:	R070461.2
Sample Description:	Microprobe Fragment
Measured Chemistry:	Fe_1.00Se_2.00
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:

R070461

Wavelength:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

Instrument settings:

Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW

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POWDER DIFFRACTION

RRUFF ID:

R070461.9

Sample Description:

Single crystal, powder profile is calculated

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 4.795(3)Å b: 5.777(4)Å c: 3.584(1)Å
alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 90° Volume: 99.31(6)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.

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REFERENCES for Ferroselite
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]
Tengnér S (1938) Über diselenide und ditelluride von eisen, kobalt und nickel, Zeitschrift für Anorganische und Allgemeine Chemie, 239, 126-132 [view file]
Buryanova E Z, Komkov A I (1955) A new mineral - ferroselite, Doklady Akademii Nauk SSSR, 105, 812-813 [view file]
Fleischer M (1956) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 41, 671-674 [view file]
Granger H C (1966) Ferroselite in a roll-type uranium deposit, Powder River Basin, Wyoming, U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper, 550-C, 133-137
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
Pickardt J, Reuter B, Riedel E, Söchtig J (1975) On the formation of FeSe₂ single crystals by chemical transport reactions, Journal of Solid State Chemistry, 15, 366-368
Lutz H D, Muller B (1991) Lattice vibration spectra. LXVIII. Single-crystal Raman spectra of marcasite-type iron chalcogenides and pnictides, FeX₂ (X=S,Se,Te;P,As,Sb), Physics and Chemistry of Minerals, 18, 265-268
Cabral A R, Koglin N, Brätz H (2012) Gold-bearing ferroselite (FeSe₂) from Trogtal, Harz, Germany, and significance of its Co/Ni ratio, Journal of Geosciences, 58, 265-272
Lavina B, Downs R T, Sinogeikin S (2018) The structure of ferroselite, FeSe₂, at pressures up to 46 GPa and temperatures down to 50 K: A single-crystal micro-diffraction analysis, Crystals, 8, 289; doi:10.3390/cryst807 [view file]

REFERENCES for Ferroselite

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]

Tengnér S (1938) Über diselenide und ditelluride von eisen, kobalt und nickel, Zeitschrift für Anorganische und Allgemeine Chemie, 239, 126-132 [view file]

Buryanova E Z, Komkov A I (1955) A new mineral - ferroselite, Doklady Akademii Nauk SSSR, 105, 812-813 [view file]

Fleischer M (1956) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 41, 671-674 [view file]

Granger H C (1966) Ferroselite in a roll-type uranium deposit, Powder River Basin, Wyoming, U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper, 550-C, 133-137

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

Pickardt J, Reuter B, Riedel E, Söchtig J (1975) On the formation of FeSe₂ single crystals by chemical transport reactions, Journal of Solid State Chemistry, 15, 366-368

Lutz H D, Muller B (1991) Lattice vibration spectra. LXVIII. Single-crystal Raman spectra of marcasite-type iron chalcogenides and pnictides, FeX₂ (X=S,Se,Te;P,As,Sb), Physics and Chemistry of Minerals, 18, 265-268

Cabral A R, Koglin N, Brätz H (2012) Gold-bearing ferroselite (FeSe₂) from Trogtal, Harz, Germany, and significance of its Co/Ni ratio, Journal of Geosciences, 58, 265-272

Lavina B, Downs R T, Sinogeikin S (2018) The structure of ferroselite, FeSe₂, at pressures up to 46 GPa and temperatures down to 50 K: A single-crystal micro-diffraction analysis, Crystals, 8, 289; doi:10.3390/cryst807 [view file]