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Name: Anilite RRUFF ID: R060688 Ideal Chemistry: Cu7S4 Locality: Horai Halze bei Medenec, Erzgebirge, Czech Republic Source: Michael Scott S101294 [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Black metallic massive; associated with malachite Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis |
Mineral Group: [ Digenite (3) ] | ||
Quick search: [ All Anilite samples (2) ] |
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RRUFF ID: | R060688.9 | ||||||
Sample Description: | Powder, using Mo radiation | ||||||
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REFERENCES for Anilite | |
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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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Morimoto N, Koto K, Shimazaki Y (1969) Anilite, Cu7S4, a new mineral, American Mineralogist, 54, 1256-1269 [view file] |
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Koto K, Nobuo M (1970) The crystal structure of anilite, Acta Crystallographica, B26, 915-924 [link] |
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Morimoto N, Koto K (1970) Phase relations of the Cu-S system at low temperatures: Stability of anilite, American Mineralogist, 55, 106-117 [view file] |
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Goble R J, Smith D G W (1973) Electron microprobe investigation of copper sulphides in the Precambrian Lewis Series of S.W. Alberta, Canada, The Canadian Mineralogist, 12, 95-103 [view file] |
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Potter R W II (1977) An electrochemical investigation of the system copper-sulfur, Economic Geology, 72, 1524-1542 |
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Evans H T (1981) Copper coordination in low chalcocite djurleite and other copper-rich sulfides, American Mineralogist, 66, 807-818 [view file] |
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Goble R J (1981) The leaching of copper from anilite and the production of a metastable copper sulfide structure, The Canadian Mineralogist, 19, 583-591 [view file] |
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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] |
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Ondru P, Veselovský F, Gabaová A, Hlouek J, rein 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 [view file] |
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