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

Luzonite R060390

Name: Luzonite
RRUFF ID: R060390
Ideal Chemistry: Cu₃AsS₄
Locality: Bern-Shan Pit, Chinkuashi mine, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China
Source: Michael Scott S100181 [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Black coarse massive with two directions of obvious cleavage
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction.

CHEMISTRY

RRUFF ID:	R060390.2
Sample Description:	Microprobe Fragment

RAMAN SPECTRUM

RRUFF ID:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

Instrument settings:

Thermo Almega XR 785nm @ 100% of 500 mW

DOWNLOADS:

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

POWDER DIFFRACTION

RRUFF ID:

R060390.9

Sample Description:

Single crystal, powder profile is calculated

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 5.339(6)Å b: 5.339(6)Å c: 10.60(1)Å
alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 90° Volume: 302.2(2) Crystal System: tetragonal

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 Luzonite
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]
Klockmann F (1891) Mineralogische mittheilungen aus den sammlungen der Bergakademie zu Clausthal, Zeitschrift für Krystallographie und Mineralogie, 19, 265-275 [view file]
Gaines R V (1957) Luzonite, famatinite and some related minerals, American Mineralogist, 42, 766-779 [view file]
Marumo F, Nowacki W (1967) A refinement of the crystal structure of luzonite, Cu₃AsS₄, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 124, 1-8 [view file]
Fleischer M (1968) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 53, 2103-2106 [view file]
Levy C (1968) Contribution a la mineralogie des sulfures de cuivre du type Cu₃XS₄, Mémoires du Bureau de Recherches Géologiques et Minières, 54, 1-178
Posfai M, Buseck P (1998) Relationships between microstructure and composition in enargite and luzonite, American Mineralogist, 83, 373-382 [view file]

REFERENCES for Luzonite

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]

Klockmann F (1891) Mineralogische mittheilungen aus den sammlungen der Bergakademie zu Clausthal, Zeitschrift für Krystallographie und Mineralogie, 19, 265-275 [view file]

Gaines R V (1957) Luzonite, famatinite and some related minerals, American Mineralogist, 42, 766-779 [view file]

Marumo F, Nowacki W (1967) A refinement of the crystal structure of luzonite, Cu₃AsS₄, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 124, 1-8 [view file]

Fleischer M (1968) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 53, 2103-2106 [view file]

Levy C (1968) Contribution a la mineralogie des sulfures de cuivre du type Cu₃XS₄, Mémoires du Bureau de Recherches Géologiques et Minières, 54, 1-178

Posfai M, Buseck P (1998) Relationships between microstructure and composition in enargite and luzonite, American Mineralogist, 83, 373-382 [view file]