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Bonazziite from
Conical seamount, Lihir Island area, New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea


Locality type:Seamount
Classification
Species:Bonazziite
Formula:As4S4
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Bonazziite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Conical seamount, Lihir Island area, New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:561232
Long-form Identifier:1:3:561232:1
GUID (UUID V4):a33d58a0-9d9c-4d5c-b567-852adbfafacf
References
Burns, P. C., Percival, J. B. (2001) Alacranite, As4S4: a new occurrence, new formula, and determination of the crystal structure. The Canadian Mineralogist, 39 (3) 809-818 doi:10.2113/gscanmin.39.3.809 (as alacranite)
Bonazzi, Paola, Bindi, Luca, Popova, Valentina, Pratesi, Giovanni, Menchetti, Silvio (2003) Alacranite, As8S9: structural study of the holotype and re-assignment of the original chemical formula. American Mineralogist, 88 (11) 1796-1800 doi:10.2138/am-2003-11-1220
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Bindi, Luca, Pratesi, Giovanni, Muniz-Miranda, Maurizio, Zoppi, Matteo, Chelazzi, Laura, Lepore, Giovanni O., Menchetti, Silvio (2015) From ancient pigments to modern optoelectronic applications of arsenic sulfides: bonazziite, the natural analogue of β-As4S4 from Khaidarkan deposit, Kyrgyzstan. Mineralogical Magazine, 79 (1) 121-131 doi:10.1180/minmag.2015.079.1.10
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
optoelectronic applications of arsenic sulfides: bonazziite, the natural analogue of b-As4S4 from Khaidarkan...Associate Editor: A. Christy] ABSTRACT Bonazziite is a new mineral from Khaidarkan deposit, Kyrgyzstan...stibnite in a calcite matrix. In thick section, bonazziite is opaque with a resinous lustre and a dark-orange...hardness of ~2). In planepolarized incident light, bonazziite is strongly bireflectant and pleochroic from orange...nm) and 17.8, 18.9 (652.3 nm), respectively. Bonazziite is monoclinic, space group C2/c, with a = 9.956(1)
 
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