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Chalcostibite R060262
Name: Chalcostibite
RRUFF ID: R060262
Ideal Chemistry: CuSbS2
Locality: Rar el Anz, Wadi of Cherrat, east of Casablanca, Morocco
Source: Michael Scott S100331 [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Lead gray metallic bleb associated with azurite
Status: The identification of this mineral is confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis.
Mineral Group: [ Chalcostibite (2) ]
CHEMISTRY 
RRUFF ID: R060262.2
Sample Description: Microprobe Fragment
Measured Chemistry: Cu1.00Sb1.00S2.00
Microprobe Data File: [ Download Excel File ]
RAMAN SPECTRUM 
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Sample Description: Unoriented Sample
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RRUFF ID: R060262
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Sample Description: Unoriented Sample
Instrument settings: Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 40% of 150mW
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POWDER DIFFRACTION 
RRUFF ID: R060262.9
Sample Description: Single crystal, powder profile is calculated
Cell Refinement Output: a: 6.022(1)Å    b: 3.797(1)Å    c: 14.500(2)Å
alpha: 90°    beta: 90°    gamma: 90°   Volume: 331.62(9)Å3    Crystal System: orthorhombic
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Calculated diffraction file.

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

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REFERENCES for Chalcostibite

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]

Glocker E F (1847) VII. Lampritae Chalcostibitoidei. 35. Chalcostibites (kupferantimonglanz), in Generum et Specierum Mineralium Secundum Ordines Naturales Digestorum Synopsis Eduardum Anton Halae Saxonum 32-33   [view file]

Tatsuka K, Morimoto N (1977) Tetrahedrite stability relations in the Cu-Fe-Sb-S system, American Mineralogist, 62, 1101-1109   [view file]

Razmara M F, Henderson C M B, Pattrick R A D, Bell A M T, Charnock J M (1997) The crystal chemistry of the solid solution series between chalcostibite (CuSbS2) and emplectite (CuBiS2), Mineralogical Magazine, 61, 79-88   [view file]

Kyono A, Kimata M (2005) Crystal structures of chalcostibite (CuSbS2) and emplectite (CuBiS2): structural relationship of stereochemical activity between chalcostibite and emplectite, American Mineralogist, 90, 162-165   [view file]

Ramasamy K, Sims H, Butler W H, Gupta A (2014) Selective nanocrystal synthesis and calculated electronic structure of all four phases of copper–antimony–sulfide, Chemistry of Materials, 26, 2891-2899

Škácha P, Sejkora J, Plášil J (2017) Příbramite, CuSbSe2, the Se-analogue of chalcostibite, a new mineral from Příbram, Czech Republic, European Journal of Mineralogy, 29, 653-661   [view file]

Comodi P, Guidoni F, Nazzareni S, Balić-Žunić T, Zucchini A, Makovicky E, Prakapenka V (2018) A high-pressure phase transition in chalcostibite, CuSbS2, European Journal of Mineralogy, 30, 491-505

Nespolo M (2018) Twinning in chalcostibite revisited, European Journal of Mineralogy, 30, 967-973