Zaccariniite R130009 - RRUFF Database: Raman, X-ray, Infrared, and Chemistry

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Zaccariniite R130009

Name: Zaccariniite
RRUFF ID: R130009
Ideal Chemistry: RhNiAs
Locality: Loma Peguera chromitite, Dominican Replubic
Source: Anna Vymazalova
Owner: University of Leoben
Description: Anhedral grains, intergrown with garutiite, in association with hexaferrum, Ru-Os-Ir-Fe alloys, and Ru-Os-Ir-Fe oxygenated compounds in chromite. Data from Vymazalova et al. (2012)
Status: The identification of this mineral has been determined by Raman spectroscopy and chemical analysis

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CHEMISTRY

RRUFF ID:	R130009.2
Sample Description:	Microprobe Fragment
Measured Chemistry:	(Rh_1.01Os_0.01Ir_0.01Ru_0.01Pd_0.01)_Σ=1.05(Ni_1.00Fe_0.02)_Σ=1.02(As_0.92S_0.01)_Σ=0.93

RAMAN SPECTRUM

RRUFF ID:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

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REFERENCES for Zaccariniite
American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database Record: [view record]
Roy-Montreuil J, Chaudouet P, Rouault A, Boursier D, Senateur J P, Fruchart R (1984) Analyse de l'ordre dans les arseniures MM'As, Annales de Chimie, 9, 579-586
Vymazalová A, Laufek F, Drábek M, Stanley C J, Baker R J, Bermejo R, Garuti G, Thalhammer O, Proenza J A, Longo F (2012) Zaccariniite, RhNiAs, a new platinum-group mineral from Loma Peguera, Dominican Republic, The Canadian Mineralogist, 50, 1321-1329 [view file]
Williams P A, Hatert F, Pasero M, Mills S J (2012) IMA Commission on new minerals, nomenclature and classification (CNMNC) Newsletter 12. New minerals and nomenclature modifications approved in 2012, Mineralogical Magazine, 76, 151-155 [view file]
Belakovskiy D, Cámara F, Diego Gatta G (2014) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 99, 870-875
Rosell J R, Serra J P, Aiglsperger T H, Ruiz S P, Das P P, Gonzalvez J M, Trifonov T, Proenza J A (2019) Structural characterization and ab-initio resolution of natural occurring zaccariniite (RhNiAs) by means of precession electron diffraction, Microchemical Journal, 148, 130-140

REFERENCES for Zaccariniite

American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database Record: [view record]

Roy-Montreuil J, Chaudouet P, Rouault A, Boursier D, Senateur J P, Fruchart R (1984) Analyse de l'ordre dans les arseniures MM'As, Annales de Chimie, 9, 579-586

Vymazalová A, Laufek F, Drábek M, Stanley C J, Baker R J, Bermejo R, Garuti G, Thalhammer O, Proenza J A, Longo F (2012) Zaccariniite, RhNiAs, a new platinum-group mineral from Loma Peguera, Dominican Republic, The Canadian Mineralogist, 50, 1321-1329 [view file]

Williams P A, Hatert F, Pasero M, Mills S J (2012) IMA Commission on new minerals, nomenclature and classification (CNMNC) Newsletter 12. New minerals and nomenclature modifications approved in 2012, Mineralogical Magazine, 76, 151-155 [view file]

Belakovskiy D, Cámara F, Diego Gatta G (2014) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 99, 870-875

Rosell J R, Serra J P, Aiglsperger T H, Ruiz S P, Das P P, Gonzalvez J M, Trifonov T, Proenza J A (2019) Structural characterization and ab-initio resolution of natural occurring zaccariniite (RhNiAs) by means of precession electron diffraction, Microchemical Journal, 148, 130-140