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Stannoidite R160066

Name: Stannoidite
RRUFF ID: R160066
Ideal Chemistry: Cu₈(Fe,Zn)₃Sn₂S₁₂
Locality: Junction mine, Warren District, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
Source: University of Arizona Mineral Museum 3169 [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Black grains in massive bornite and chalcopyrite matrix. Under optical microscope, stannoidite crystals are brownish. The gray-pinkish material is bornite and light-gray is chalcopyrite.
Status: The identification of this mineral is confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis.

Mineral Group: [ Stannoidite (1) ]

CHEMISTRY

RRUFF ID:	R160066.2
Sample Description:	Microprobe Fragment
Measured Chemistry:	Cu_7.98(Fe_1.98Zn_0.89)Sn_1.94(S_11.93As_0.07)
Microprobe Data File:	[ Download Excel File ]

POWDER DIFFRACTION

RRUFF ID:

R160066.9

Sample Description:

Single crystal, powder profile is calculated

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 10.8217(9)Å b: 5.4103(7)Å c: 16.1121(20)Å
alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 90° Volume: 943.35(19)Å³ Crystal System: orthorhombic

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 Stannoidite
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]
Fleischer M (1969) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 54, 1495-1499 [view file]
Kato A (1969) Stannoidite, Cu₅(Fe, Zn)₂SnS₈, a new stannite-like mineral from the Konjo mine, Okayama Prefecture, Japan, Bulletin National Science Museum, Tokyo, 12, 165-172 [view file]
Kudoh Y, Takéuchi Y (1976) The superstructure of stannoidite, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 144, 145-160 [view file]
Taxer K (1981) Substructures and their application in crystal structure analysis, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 155, 1-25 [view file]

REFERENCES for Stannoidite

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]

Fleischer M (1969) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 54, 1495-1499 [view file]

Kato A (1969) Stannoidite, Cu₅(Fe, Zn)₂SnS₈, a new stannite-like mineral from the Konjo mine, Okayama Prefecture, Japan, Bulletin National Science Museum, Tokyo, 12, 165-172 [view file]

Kudoh Y, Takéuchi Y (1976) The superstructure of stannoidite, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 144, 145-160 [view file]

Taxer K (1981) Substructures and their application in crystal structure analysis, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 155, 1-25 [view file]