Emplectite - RRUFF Database: Raman, X-ray, Infrared, and Chemistry

Emplectite R070307

Name: Emplectite
RRUFF ID: R070307
Ideal Chemistry: Cu¹⁺BiS₂
Locality: Schwarzenberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Source: James Shigley [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Pale yellow metallic prisms associated with siderite and quartz
Status: The identification of this mineral is confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis.

CHEMISTRY

RRUFF ID:	R070307.2
Sample Description:	Microprobe Fragment
Measured Chemistry:	Cu¹⁺_1.00Bi_1.00S_2.00
Microprobe Data File:	[ Download Excel File ]

RAMAN SPECTRUM

RRUFF ID:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

Instrument settings:

Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW

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

BROAD SCAN WITH SPECTRAL ARTIFACTS

RRUFF ID:

R070307

Wavelength:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

Instrument settings:

Thermo Almega XR 785nm @ 100% of 500mW

DOWNLOADS:

	Raman Data (RAW)
	RRUFF File

POWDER DIFFRACTION

RRUFF ID:

R070307.9

Sample Description:

Single crystal, powder profile is calculated

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 6.142(2)Å b: 3.911(1)Å c: 14.515(5)Å
alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 90° Volume: 348.8(4) 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.

DOWNLOADS:

	DIF File
	X-ray Data (XY - RAW)
	RRUFF File

REFERENCES for Emplectite
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]
Selb O (1817) Die oryktognostische mineralien - Sammlung des Herrn Oberbergrathes Selb, Taschenbuch für die gesammte Mineralogie mit Hinsicht auf die neuesten Entdeckungen, 11, 441-453 [view file]
Kenngott A (1855) Emplektit (ein neuer wismuth-glanz), in Uebersicht der Resultate Mineralogischer Forschungen im Jahre 1853 T.O. Weigel Leipzig 125-125 [view file]
Hofmann W (1932) Strukturelle und morphologische zusammenhänge bei erzen vom formeltyp ABC₂, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 84, 177-203 [view file]
Portheine J C, Nowacki W (1975) Refinement of the crystal structure of emplectite, CuBiS₂, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 141, 387-402 [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]
Wagner T, Lerenz J (2002) Mineralogy of complex Co-Ni-Bi vein mineralization, Bieber deposit, Spessart, Germany, Mineralogical Magazine, 66, 385-407 [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]

REFERENCES for Emplectite

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]

Selb O (1817) Die oryktognostische mineralien - Sammlung des Herrn Oberbergrathes Selb, Taschenbuch für die gesammte Mineralogie mit Hinsicht auf die neuesten Entdeckungen, 11, 441-453 [view file]

Kenngott A (1855) Emplektit (ein neuer wismuth-glanz), in Uebersicht der Resultate Mineralogischer Forschungen im Jahre 1853 T.O. Weigel Leipzig 125-125 [view file]

Hofmann W (1932) Strukturelle und morphologische zusammenhänge bei erzen vom formeltyp ABC₂, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 84, 177-203 [view file]

Portheine J C, Nowacki W (1975) Refinement of the crystal structure of emplectite, CuBiS₂, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 141, 387-402 [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]

Wagner T, Lerenz J (2002) Mineralogy of complex Co-Ni-Bi vein mineralization, Bieber deposit, Spessart, Germany, Mineralogical Magazine, 66, 385-407 [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]