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Orthorhombic sulfur from Cap Garonne, Mine du Pradet

  • Jutta Kösters , Valérie Galéa-Clolus , Pierre Clolus , Birgit Heying and Rainer Pöttgen EMAIL logo

Abstract

Natural orthorhombic sulfur (α-S8), grown on galena crystals from Cap Garonne, Mine du Pradet, France, were studied by single crystal X-ray diffraction at 150 K: Fddd, a=1036.75(5), b=1273.54(7), c=2437.85(13) pm, wR=0.0380, 1433 F2 values (all data) and 37 variables. Refinements of the occupancy parameters along with EDX data indicate pure sulfur.


Dedicated to: Professor Wolfgang Bensch on the occasion of his 65th birthday.


Acknowledgments

We thank M.Sc. Fabian Eustermann for the EDX analyses and Jérôme Gibert, Agent du Patrimoine du Musée de la Mine de Cap Garonne for support.

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Received: 2018-10-15
Accepted: 2018-10-26
Published Online: 2018-11-13
Published in Print: 2019-01-26

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