Furutobeite R060937



Name: Furutobeite
RRUFF ID: R060937
Ideal Chemistry: (Cu,Ag)6PbS4
Locality: Tsumeb mine, Tsumeb, Otavi District, Oshikoto, Namibia
Source: William W. Pinch [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Steel gray metallic elongated prisms, associated with quartz, tennantite, and djurleite.
Status: The identification of this mineral is confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis.
CHEMISTRY 
RRUFF ID: R060937.2
Sample Description: Microprobe Fragment
Measured Chemistry: (Cu4.97Ag1.07)Pb1.03S4 ; (Dark areas are djurleite, Cu1.89Ag0.02S)
Microprobe Data File: [ Download Excel File ]
Microprobe Data File: [ Download Excel File ]
RAMAN SPECTRUM 
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
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RRUFF ID: R060937
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
Instrument settings: Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW
POWDER DIFFRACTION 
RRUFF ID: R060937.9
Sample Description: Single crystal, powder profile is calculated
Cell Refinement Output: a: 20.048(1)Å    b: 3.9646(3)Å    c: 9.6985(8)Å
alpha: 90°    beta: 101.524(4)°    gamma: 90°   Volume: 755.3(1)Å3    Crystal System: monoclinic
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REFERENCES for Furutobeite

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]

Sugaki A, Kitakaze A, Odashima Y (1981) Furutobeite, a new copper-silver-lead sulfide mineral, Bulletin de Minéralogie, 104, 737-741

Fleischer M, Cabri L J, Chao G Y, Mandarino J A, Pabst A (1982) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 67, 1074-1082   [view file]