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Mineral contains: Bornite
Cook N J, Ciobanu C L, Danyushevsky L V, Gilbert S (2011) Minor and trace elements in bornite and associated Cu-(Fe)-sulfides: A LA-ICP-MS study. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 75, 6473-6496
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
Ding Y, Veblen D R, Prewitt C T (2005) Possible Fe/Cu ordering schemes in the 2a superstructure of bornite (Cu5FeS4). American Mineralogist 90, 1265-1269
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
Gill S B, Piercey S J, Layton-Matthews D (2016) Mineralogy and metal zoning of the Cambrian Zn-Pb-Cu-Ag-Au Lemarchant volcanogenic massive sulfide (VMS) deposit, Newfoundland. The Canadian Mineralogist 54, 1307-1344
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
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
Haidinger W (1845) Zweite Klasse: Geogenide. XIII. Ordnung. Kiese. V. Kupperkies. Bornit.. in Handbuch der Bestimmenden Mineralogie, Bei Braumüller and Seidel (Wien) 559-562
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
International Mineralogical Association (1962) International Mineralogical Association: Commission on new minerals and mineral names. Mineralogical Magazine 33, 260-263
International Mineralogical Association (1980) International Mineralogical Association: Commission on new minerals and mineral names. Mineralogical Magazine 43, 1053-1055
Kanazawa Y, Koto K, Morimoto N (1978) Bornite (Cu5FeS4): stability and crystal structure of the intermediate form. The Canadian Mineralogist 16, 397-404
Koto K, Morimoto N (1975) Superstructure investigation of bornite, Cu5FeS4, by the modified partial Patterson function. Acta Crystallographica B31, 2268-2273
Kratz T, Fuess H (1989) Simultane strukturbestimmung von kupferkies und bornit an einem kristall. Zeitschrift für Kristallographie 186, 167-169
Manning P G (1967) A study of the bonding properties of sulphur in bornite. The Canadian Mineralogist 9, 85-94
Morimoto N (1964) Structures of two polymorphic forms of Cu5FeS4. Acta Crystallographica 17, 351-360
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
Ondruš P, Veselovský F, Gabašová A, Hloušek J, Šrein V, Vavrín I, Skála R, Sejkora J, Drábek M (2003) Primary minerals of the Jáchymov ore district. Journal of the Czech Geological Society 48, 19-147
Pierce L, Buseck P R (1978) Superstructuring in the bornite-digenite series: a high-resolution electron microscopy study. American Mineralogist 63, 1-16
Tatsuka K, Morimoto N (1977) Tetrahedrite stability relations in the Cu-Fe-Sb-S system. American Mineralogist 62, 1101-1109
Vaughan D J, Tossell J A, Stanley C J (1987) The surface properties of bornite. Mineralogical Magazine 51, 285-293
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