Wittichenite R050327

Name: Wittichenite
RRUFF ID: R050327
Ideal Chemistry: Cu₃BiS₃
Locality: Grube David, Wittichen, Schwarzwald, Germany
Source: Marcus Origlieri
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Tin-white metallic blebs
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis

CHEMISTRY

RRUFF ID:	R050327.2
Sample Description:	Microprobe Fragment
Measured Chemistry:	Cu_3.00Bi_1.00S_3.00

RAMAN SPECTRUM

RRUFF ID:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

Instrument settings:

Thermo Almega XR 785nm @ 10% of 500 mW

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	Raman Data (Processed)
	RRUFF File
	Raman Data (RAW)
	RRUFF File

INFRARED SPECTRUM (Attenuated Total Reflectance)

RRUFF ID:

R050327.1

Sample Description:

Powder

Instrument settings:

SensIR Durascope on a Nicolet Magna 860 FTIR

Resolution:

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	Infrared Data (Processed)
	RRUFF File

POWDER DIFFRACTION

RRUFF ID:

R050327.1

Sample Description:

Powder

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 7.698(1)Å b: 10.3875(7)Å c: 6.7176(7)Å
alpha: 90.° beta: 90.° gamma: 90.° Volume: 537.2(1) Crystal System: orthorhombic

File Type Information

Calculated diffraction file.

File Type Information

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

File Type Information

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

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	Cell Refinement Data
	Cell Refinement Output Data
	DIF File
	X-ray Data (XY - Processed)
	RRUFF File
	X-ray Data (XY - RAW)
	RRUFF File

REFERENCES for Wittichenite
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]
Kocman V, Nuffield E W (1973) The crystal structure of wittichenite, Cu₃BiS₃, Acta Crystallographica, B29, 2528-2535
Oen I S, Kieft C (1976) Silver - bearing wittichenite - chalcopyrite - bornite intergrowth and associated minerals in the Mangualde pegmatite, Portugal, The Canadian Mineralogist, 14, 185-193 [view file]