X-ray diffraction evidence for a monoclinic form of stibnite, Sb2S3, below 290 K

Satoru Kuze, Douglas Du Boulay, Nobuo Ishizawa*, Atsushi Saiki, Allan Pring

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Abstract

The nature of the symmetry changes associated with phase transitions in stibnite, Sb2S3, has been investigated by powder and single crystal X-ray diffraction. Above 420 K stibnite (I) is centrosymmetric Pbnm. Stibnite (II) is stable between 290 and 420 K and is acentric P21nm. Below 290 K stibnite (III) is stable and systematic absences indicates that this phase is monoclinic with space group P21 or Pm, or triclinic P1, but the cell dimensions remain geometrically orthorhombic. These findings are in agreement with variations in physical and electrical properties reported in the literature.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1022-1025
Number of pages4
JournalAmerican Mineralogist
Volume89
Issue number7
DOIs
StatePublished - 2004/07

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Geophysics
  • Geochemistry and Petrology

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