Chalcocite R070730 - RRUFF Database: Raman, X-ray, Infrared, and Chemistry

Chalcocite R070730

Name: Chalcocite
RRUFF ID: R070730
Ideal Chemistry: Cu₂S
Locality: La Mesa, Chihuahua, Mexico
Source: Michael Scott S102930 [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Dark gray rounded metallic grains associated with ajoite
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction.

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RAMAN SPECTRUM

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Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

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RRUFF ID:

R070730

Wavelength:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

Instrument settings:

Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 30% of 150mW

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POWDER DIFFRACTION

RRUFF ID:

R070730.9

Sample Description:

Single crystal, powder profile is calculated

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 15.228(3)Å b: 11.881(3)Å c: 13.485(3)Å
alpha: 90° beta: 116.282(8)° gamma: 90° Volume: 2187.6(9) Crystal System: monoclinic

File Type Information

Calculated diffraction file.

File Type Information

Output file from the Bruker D8 Advance instrument. Includes device headers and XY data.

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REFERENCES for Chalcocite
American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database Record: [view record]
Anthony J W, Bideaux R A, Bladh K W, and Nichols M C (1990) Handbook of Mineralogy, Mineral Data Publishing, Tucson Arizona, USA, by permission of the Mineralogical Society of America. [view file]
Hill J (1751) Of vitriolic minerals, in A History of the Materia Medica Longman, Hitch and Hawes London 140-147 [view file]
Hoffmann C A S (1789) Mineralsystem des Herrn Inspektor Werners mit dessen erlaubnis herausgegeben von C A S Hoffmann, Bergmannisches Journal, 1, 369-398 [view file]
Beudant F S (1832) Chalkosine, cuivre sulfuré, in Traité Élémentaire de Minéralogie, 2nd Edition Paris 408-410 [view file]
Evans H T (1979) The crystal structures of low chalcocite and djurleite, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 150, 299-320 [view file]
Steger H F, Desjardins L E (1980) Oxidation of sulfide minerals. V. Galena, sphalerite and chalcocite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 18, 365-372 [view file]
Whiteside L S, Goble R J (1986) Structural and compositional changes in copper sulfides during leaching and dissolution, The Canadian Mineralogist, 24, 247-258 [view file]
Ondruš P, Veselovský F, Gabašová A, Hloušek J, Šrein V, Vavrín I, Skála R, Sejkora J, Drábek M (2003) Primary minerals of the Jáchymov ore district, Journal of the Czech Geological Society, 48, 19-147 [view file]

REFERENCES for Chalcocite

American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database Record: [view record]

Anthony J W, Bideaux R A, Bladh K W, and Nichols M C (1990) Handbook of Mineralogy, Mineral Data Publishing, Tucson Arizona, USA, by permission of the Mineralogical Society of America. [view file]

Hill J (1751) Of vitriolic minerals, in A History of the Materia Medica Longman, Hitch and Hawes London 140-147 [view file]

Hoffmann C A S (1789) Mineralsystem des Herrn Inspektor Werners mit dessen erlaubnis herausgegeben von C A S Hoffmann, Bergmannisches Journal, 1, 369-398 [view file]

Beudant F S (1832) Chalkosine, cuivre sulfuré, in Traité Élémentaire de Minéralogie, 2nd Edition Paris 408-410 [view file]

Evans H T (1979) The crystal structures of low chalcocite and djurleite, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 150, 299-320 [view file]

Steger H F, Desjardins L E (1980) Oxidation of sulfide minerals. V. Galena, sphalerite and chalcocite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 18, 365-372 [view file]

Whiteside L S, Goble R J (1986) Structural and compositional changes in copper sulfides during leaching and dissolution, The Canadian Mineralogist, 24, 247-258 [view file]

Ondruš P, Veselovský F, Gabašová A, Hloušek J, Šrein V, Vavrín I, Skála R, Sejkora J, Drábek M (2003) Primary minerals of the Jáchymov ore district, Journal of the Czech Geological Society, 48, 19-147 [view file]