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Name: Berzelianite RRUFF ID: R060260 Ideal Chemistry: Cu2-xSe (x ≈ 0.12) Locality: Bukov mine, near Tisnova, Western Moravia, Czechoslovakia Source: Michael Scott S100248 [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Black tarnished metallic coating Status: The identification of this mineral is confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis. |
Quick search: [ All Berzelianite samples (2) ] |
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RRUFF ID: | R060260.9 | ||||||
Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 5.74(2)Å b: 5.74(2)Å c: 5.74(2)Å alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 90° Volume: 188.67(9)Å3 Crystal System: cubic |
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REFERENCES for Berzelianite | |
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American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database Record: [view record] |
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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] |
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Beudant F S (1832) Berzeline, cuivre sélenié, in Traité Élémentaire de Minéralogie, 2nd Edition Paris 534-534 [view file] |
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Borchert W (1945) Gitterumwandlungen im System Cu2-xSe, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 106, 5-24 [view file] |
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Earley J W (1950) Description and synthesis of the selenide minerals, American Mineralogist, 35, 337-364 [view file] |
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Harris D C, Cabri L J, Murray E J (1970) An occurrence of a sulphur-bearing berzelianite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 10, 737-740 [view file] |
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Heyding R D, Murray R M (1976) Crystal structures of Cu1.8Se, Cu3Se2, α- and γCuSe, CuSe2, and CuSe2II, Canadian Journal of Chemistry, 54, 841-848 |
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Yamamoto K, Kashida S (1991) X-ray study of the average structures of Cu2Se and Cu1.8S in the room temperature and the high temperature phases, Journal of Solid State Chemistry, 93, 202-211 |
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