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Dervillite, Ag2AsS2, from Lengenbach quarry, Binn valley, Switzerland: occurrence and crystal structure

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 July 2018

L. Bindi ,
F. Nestola ,
L. De Battisti  and
A. Guastoni
L. Bindi*
Affiliation:
Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, Università degli Studi di Firenze, Via G. La Pira 4, I-50121 Florence, Italy
F. Nestola
Affiliation:
Dipartimento di Geoscienze, Università di Padova, Via Gradenigo 6, I-35131, Padua, Italy
L. De Battisti
Affiliation:
FGL (Forschungsgemeinschaft Lengenbach), Via dello Storno 18, I-20147 Milan, Italy
A. Guastoni
Affiliation:
Museo di Mineralogia, Università di Padova, Via Giotto 1, I-35122, Padua, Italy
*
* E-mail: [email protected]
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Abstract

Dervillite, As2AsS2, has been found in a sample from the Lengenbach quarry in the Binn Valley, Valais, Switzerland. It occurs as very rare crystals up to 200 μm across on jordanite. Dervillite is opaque with a metallic lustre and shows a dark brown streak. The structure is monoclinic, space group Pc, with a = 9.6155(7), b = 12.9331(8), c = 6.8616(5) A ˚ , b = 99.352(8)º, V = 842.0(1) Å3 and Z = 8. In the crystal structure [R1 = 0.060 for 2370 reflections with I > 2σ(I)], silver adopts various coordinations extending from quasi linear to quasi tetrahedral whereas arsenic forms very peculiar crystal-chemical environments, such as As(S2As) and As(S2AsAg). Such metalloid–metalloid or metal–metalloid bonds account for the apparent charge imbalance observed in the chemical formula.

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dervillitesilverLengenbachSwitzerland
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Mineralogical Magazine , Volume 77 , Issue 8 , December 2013 , pp. 3105 - 3112
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Copyright © The Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland 2013

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