R060840 - RRUFF Database: Raman, X-ray, Infrared, and Chemistry

Digenite R060840

Name: Digenite
RRUFF ID: R060840
Ideal Chemistry: Cu_1.8S
Locality: Butte, Montana, USA
Source: Michael Scott S101004 [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Black to deep blue metallic massive, diffraction indicates that this sample is in the high temperature form
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis

Mineral Group: [ Digenite (3) ]

CHEMISTRY

RRUFF ID:	R060840.2
Sample Description:	Microprobe Fragment
Measured Chemistry:	(Cu_1.66Fe_0.02)_Σ=1.68S_1.00
Microprobe Data File:	[ Download Excel File ]

RAMAN SPECTRUM

RRUFF ID:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

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BROAD SCAN WITH SPECTRAL ARTIFACTS

RRUFF ID:

R060840

Wavelength:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

Instrument settings:

Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 65% of 150mW

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POWDER DIFFRACTION

RRUFF ID:

R060840.1

Sample Description:

Powder

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 5.5502(2)Å b: 5.5502(2)Å c: 5.5502(2)Å
alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 90° Volume: 170.97(2)Å³ Crystal System: cubic

File Type Information

Calculated diffraction file.

File Type Information

Output file from the Bruker D8 Advance instrument. Includes device headers and XY data.

File Type Information

Output file from the Bruker D8 Advance instrument. Includes device headers and XY data.

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REFERENCES for Digenite
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]
Breithaupt J F A (1844) Zwei neue Kupfer enthaltende Mineralien aus der Ordnung der Glanze, Annalen der Physik und Chemie, 137, 671-675 [view file]
Buerger N W (1942) X-ray evidence of the existence of the mineral digenite, Cu₉S₅, American Mineralogist, 27, 712-716 [view file]
Donnay G, Donnay J D H, Kullerud G (1957) Crystal and twin structure of digenite, Cu₉S₅, Acta Crystallographica, 10, 764-764
Donnay G, Donnay J D H, Kullerud G (1958) Crystal and twin structure of digenite, Cu₉S₅, American Mineralogist, 43, 228-242 [view file]
International Mineralogical Association (1962) International Mineralogical Association: Commission on new minerals and mineral names, Mineralogical Magazine, 33, 260-263 [view file]
Morimoto N, Kullerud G (1963) Polymorphism in digenite, American Mineralogist, 48, 110-123 [view file]
Roseboom E H (1966) An investigation of the system Cu-S and some natural copper sulfides between 25° and 700° C, Economic Geology, 61, 641-672
Rau H (1967) Defect equilibria in cubic high temperature copper sulfide (digenite), Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids, 28, 903-916
Kazinets M M (1970) On the structure of certain phases in the copper-sulfur system, Soviet Physics - Crystallography, 14, 599-600 [view file]
Cook W R (1972) Phase changes in Cu₂S as a function of temperature, National Bureau of Standards Special Publication 364, Solid State Chemistry, 364, 703-712 [view file]
Mathieu H J, Rickert H (1972) Elektrochemisch-thermodynamische Untersuchungen am System Kupfer-Schwefel bei Temperaturen T = 15-90°C, Zeitschrift für Physikalische Chemie Neue Folge, 79, 315-330
Potter R W II (1977) An electrochemical investigation of the system copper-sulfur, Economic Geology, 72, 1524-1542
Tatsuka K, Morimoto N (1977) Tetrahedrite stability relations in the Cu-Fe-Sb-S system, American Mineralogist, 62, 1101-1109 [view file]
Pierce L, Buseck P R (1978) Superstructuring in the bornite-digenite series: a high-resolution electron microscopy study, American Mineralogist, 63, 1-16 [view file]
International Mineralogical Association (1980) International Mineralogical Association: Commission on new minerals and mineral names, Mineralogical Magazine, 43, 1053-1055 [view file]
Evans H T (1981) Copper coordination in low chalcocite djurleite and other copper-rich sulfides, American Mineralogist, 66, 807-818 [view file]
Whiteside L S, Goble R J (1986) Structural and compositional changes in copper sulfides during leaching and dissolution, The Canadian Mineralogist, 24, 247-258 [view file]
Yamamoto K, Kashida S (1991) X-ray study of the average structures of Cu₂Se and Cu_1.8S in the room temperature and the high temperature phases, Journal of Solid State Chemistry, 93, 202-211
Pósfai M, Buseck P R (1994) Djurleite, digenite, and chalcocite: Intergrowths and transformations, American Mineralogist, 79, 308-315 [view file]
Will G, Hinze E, Abdelrahman ARM (2002) Crystal structure analysis and refinement of digenite, Cu_1.8S, in the temperature range 20 to 500 C under controlled sulfur partial pressure, European Journal of Mineralogy, 14, 591-598

REFERENCES for Digenite

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]

Breithaupt J F A (1844) Zwei neue Kupfer enthaltende Mineralien aus der Ordnung der Glanze, Annalen der Physik und Chemie, 137, 671-675 [view file]

Buerger N W (1942) X-ray evidence of the existence of the mineral digenite, Cu₉S₅, American Mineralogist, 27, 712-716 [view file]

Donnay G, Donnay J D H, Kullerud G (1957) Crystal and twin structure of digenite, Cu₉S₅, Acta Crystallographica, 10, 764-764

Donnay G, Donnay J D H, Kullerud G (1958) Crystal and twin structure of digenite, Cu₉S₅, American Mineralogist, 43, 228-242 [view file]

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

Morimoto N, Kullerud G (1963) Polymorphism in digenite, American Mineralogist, 48, 110-123 [view file]

Roseboom E H (1966) An investigation of the system Cu-S and some natural copper sulfides between 25° and 700° C, Economic Geology, 61, 641-672

Rau H (1967) Defect equilibria in cubic high temperature copper sulfide (digenite), Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids, 28, 903-916

Kazinets M M (1970) On the structure of certain phases in the copper-sulfur system, Soviet Physics - Crystallography, 14, 599-600 [view file]

Cook W R (1972) Phase changes in Cu₂S as a function of temperature, National Bureau of Standards Special Publication 364, Solid State Chemistry, 364, 703-712 [view file]

Mathieu H J, Rickert H (1972) Elektrochemisch-thermodynamische Untersuchungen am System Kupfer-Schwefel bei Temperaturen T = 15-90°C, Zeitschrift für Physikalische Chemie Neue Folge, 79, 315-330

Potter R W II (1977) An electrochemical investigation of the system copper-sulfur, Economic Geology, 72, 1524-1542

Tatsuka K, Morimoto N (1977) Tetrahedrite stability relations in the Cu-Fe-Sb-S system, American Mineralogist, 62, 1101-1109 [view file]

Pierce L, Buseck P R (1978) Superstructuring in the bornite-digenite series: a high-resolution electron microscopy study, American Mineralogist, 63, 1-16 [view file]

International Mineralogical Association (1980) International Mineralogical Association: Commission on new minerals and mineral names, Mineralogical Magazine, 43, 1053-1055 [view file]

Evans H T (1981) Copper coordination in low chalcocite djurleite and other copper-rich sulfides, American Mineralogist, 66, 807-818 [view file]

Whiteside L S, Goble R J (1986) Structural and compositional changes in copper sulfides during leaching and dissolution, The Canadian Mineralogist, 24, 247-258 [view file]

Yamamoto K, Kashida S (1991) X-ray study of the average structures of Cu₂Se and Cu_1.8S in the room temperature and the high temperature phases, Journal of Solid State Chemistry, 93, 202-211

Pósfai M, Buseck P R (1994) Djurleite, digenite, and chalcocite: Intergrowths and transformations, American Mineralogist, 79, 308-315 [view file]

Will G, Hinze E, Abdelrahman ARM (2002) Crystal structure analysis and refinement of digenite, Cu_1.8S, in the temperature range 20 to 500 C under controlled sulfur partial pressure, European Journal of Mineralogy, 14, 591-598