Bornite R070636



Name: Bornite
RRUFF ID: R070636
Ideal Chemistry: Cu5FeS4
Locality: mine 65, 180 m. level, Dzheskazgan mining district, central Kazakhstan
Source: Michael Scott S100287 [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Iridescent blue metallic crystal associated with calcite, malachite and hematite
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction.
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RAMAN SPECTRUM 
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample.
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RRUFF ID: R070636
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample.
Instrument settings: Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 10% of 150mW
POWDER DIFFRACTION 
RRUFF ID: R070636.9
Sample Description: Single crystal, powder profile is calculated
Cell Refinement Output: a: 10.964(1)Å    b: 21.874(3)Å    c: 10.962(1)Å
alpha: 90°    beta: 90°    gamma: 90°   Volume: 2629(1)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 Bornite

American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database Record: [view record]

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International Mineralogical Association (1962) International Mineralogical Association: Commission on new minerals and mineral names, Mineralogical Magazine, 33, 260-263   [view file]

Morimoto N (1964) Structures of two polymorphic forms of Cu5FeS4, Acta Crystallographica, 17, 351-360

Manning P G (1967) A study of the bonding properties of sulphur in bornite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 9, 85-94   [view file]

Koto K, Morimoto N (1975) Superstructure investigation of bornite, Cu5FeS4, by the modified partial Patterson function, Acta Crystallographica, B31, 2268-2273

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Grguric B A, Putnis A (1998) Compositional controls on phase-transition temperatures in bornite: a differential scanning calorimetry study, The Canadian Mineralogist, 36, 215-227   [view file]

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Ding Y, Veblen D R, Prewitt C T (2005) High-resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM) study of the 4a and 6a superstructure of bornite Cu5FeS4, American Mineralogist, 90, 1256-1264   [view file]

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Harmer S L, Pratt A R, Nesbitt H W, Fleet M E (2005) Reconstruction of fracture surfaces on bornite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 43, 1619-1630   [view file]

Goh S W, Buckley A N, Lamb R N, Rosenberg R A, Moran D (2006) The oxidation states of copper and iron in mineral sulfides, and the oxides formed on initial exposure of chalcopyrite and bornite to air, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 70, 2210-2228

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Giebel R J, Gauert C D K, Marks M A W, Costin G, Markl G (2017) Multi-stage formation of REE minerals in the Palabora Carbonatite Complex, South Africa, American Mineralogist, 102, 1218-1233