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Proustite Group

A material that is NOT an approved mineral species

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Xanthoconite

Imiter mine, Imiter mining district, Tinghir Cercle, Tinghir Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco

Pyrostilpnite

Le Rivet Quarry, Peyrebrune, Montredon-Labessonnié, Castres, Tarn, Occitanie, France

Proustite

Imiter mine, Imiter mining district, Tinghir Cercle, Tinghir Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco

Xanthoconite

Imiter mine, Imiter mining district, Tinghir Cercle, Tinghir Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco

Pyrostilpnite

Le Rivet Quarry, Peyrebrune, Montredon-Labessonnié, Castres, Tarn, Occitanie, France

Proustite

Imiter mine, Imiter mining district, Tinghir Cercle, Tinghir Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco

Xanthoconite

Imiter mine, Imiter mining district, Tinghir Cercle, Tinghir Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco

Pyrostilpnite

Le Rivet Quarry, Peyrebrune, Montredon-Labessonnié, Castres, Tarn, Occitanie, France

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About Proustite GroupHide

This page provides mineralogical data about Proustite Group.

Unique IdentifiersHide

Mindat ID:

34501

Long-form identifier:

mindat:1:1:34501:5

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3e666738-910b-41d9-9dd4-4deeacac072a

Crystal StructureHide

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ID	Species	Reference	Year	Locality	Temp (K)
0018082	Proustite	Hocart R (1937) Schema structural de la proustite et de la pyrargyrite. _cod_database_code 1011213 Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Seances de l'Academie des Sciences 205 68-70	1937		293
0018040	Proustite	Harker D (1936) The application of the three-dimensional patterson method and the crystal structures of proustite, Ag3 As S3, and pyrargyrite, Ag3 SbS3 _cod_database_code 1011161 Journal of Chemical Physics 4 381-390	1936		293
0014938	Proustite	Allen S (1985) Phase transitions in proustite I. Structural studies Phase Transition 6 1-24	1985		293
0014939	Proustite	Allen S (1985) Phase transitions in proustite I. Structural studies Phase Transition 6 1-24	1985		293
0014940	Proustite	Allen S (1985) Phase transitions in proustite I. Structural studies Phase Transition 6 1-24	1985		293
0018083	Pyrargyrite	Hocart R (1937) Schema structural de la proustite et de la pyrargyrite. _cod_database_code 1011214 Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Seances de l'Academie des Sciences 205 68-70	1937		293
0018041	Pyrargyrite	Harker D (1936) The application of the three-dimensional patterson method and the crystal structures of proustite, Ag3 As S3, and pyrargyrite, Ag3 SbS3 _cod_database_code 1011162 Journal of Chemical Physics 4 381-390	1936		293
0013027	Pyrargyrite	Laufek F, Sejkora J, Dusek M (2010) The role of silver in the crystal structure of pyrargyrite: single crystal X-ray diffraction study Journal of Geosciences 55 161-167	2010	H61Z vein, Haje ore deposit, Pribram distict, Czech Republic	293
0014730	Pyrargyrite	Engel P, Nowacki W (1966) Die verfeinerung der kristallstruktur von proustit, Ag3AsS3 und pyrargyrit, Ag3SbS3 Neues Jahrbuch fur Mineralogie, Monatshefte 1966 181-184	1966		293
0014734	Pyrostilpnite	Kutoglu A (1968) Die struktur des pyrostilpnits (feuerblende) Ag3SbS3 Neues Jahrbuch fur Mineralogie, Monatshefte 1968 145-160	1968	St. Andreasberg, Harz Mountains, Germany	293
0009336	Xanthoconite	Engel P, Nowacki W (1968) Die kristallstruktur von Ag3AsS3 Acta Crystallographica B24 77-81	1968		293
0014651	Xanthoconite	Rosenstingl J, Pertlik F (1993) Neuberechnung der kristallstruktur von naturlichem und synthetischem monoklinen Ag3AsS3 (= xanthokon) nebst einer diskussion zur symmetrie Mitteilungen der Osterreichischen Mineralogischen Gesellschaft 138 9-16	1993	synthetic	293

CIF Raw Data - click here to close

data_global
_chemical_name_mineral 'Proustite'
loop_
_publ_author_name
'Hocart R'
_journal_name_full 'Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Seances de l'Academie des Sciences'
_journal_volume 205 
_journal_year 1937
_journal_page_first 68
_journal_page_last 70
_publ_section_title
;
 Schema structural de la proustite et de la pyrargyrite.
 _cod_database_code 1011213
;
_database_code_amcsd 0018082
_chemical_formula_sum 'As Ag3 S3'
_cell_length_a 6.88
_cell_length_b 6.88
_cell_length_c 6.88
_cell_angle_alpha 103.42
_cell_angle_beta 103.42
_cell_angle_gamma 103.42
_cell_volume 293.710
_exptl_crystal_density_diffrn      5.594
_symmetry_space_group_name_H-M 'R 3 c'
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_space_group_symop_operation_xyz
  'x,y,z'
  '1/2+x,1/2+z,1/2+y'
  'z,x,y'
  '1/2+y,1/2+x,1/2+z'
  'y,z,x'
  '1/2+z,1/2+y,1/2+x'
loop_
_atom_site_label
_atom_site_fract_x
_atom_site_fract_y
_atom_site_fract_z
As1   0.08520   0.08520   0.08520
Ag1   0.63300   0.50000   0.00000
S1   0.80600   0.19400   0.00000

Relationship of Proustite Group to other SpeciesHide

Group Members:

Proustite	Ag₃AsS₃	Trig. 3m (3 2/m) : R3c
Pyrargyrite	Ag₃SbS₃	Trig. 3m : R3c
Pyrostilpnite	Ag₃SbS₃	Mon. 2/m : P2₁/b
Xanthoconite	Ag₃AsS₃	Mon. 2/m : B2/b

Minerals structurally related to group:

Proustite	Ag₃AsS₃
Pyrargyrite	Ag₃SbS₃
Pyrostilpnite	Ag₃SbS₃
Xanthoconite	Ag₃AsS₃

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