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Cobaltite R060907

Name: Cobaltite
RRUFF ID: R060907
Ideal Chemistry: CoAsS
Locality: Espanola, Ontario, Canada
Source: Royal Ontario Museum M52498 [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Group of sharp metallic cubes with a thin surface alteration, broken crystals have fresher surfaces.
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis

Mineral Group: [ Cobaltite (5) ]

Quick search: [ All Cobaltite samples (3) ]

CHEMISTRY

RRUFF ID:	R060907
Sample Description:	Microprobe Fragment
Measured Chemistry:	(Co_0.55Fe_0.24Ni_0.21)_Σ=1As_0.94S_1.06
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:

R060907

Wavelength:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

Instrument settings:

Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW

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	Raman Data (RAW)
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POWDER DIFFRACTION

RRUFF ID:

R060907.1

Sample Description:

Powder

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 5.5935(3)Å b: 5.5935(3)Å c: 5.5935(3)Å
alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 90° Volume: 175.00(3)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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	Cell Refinement Data
	Cell Refinement Output Data
	DIF File
	X-ray Data (XY - Processed)
	RRUFF File
	X-ray Data (XY - RAW)
	RRUFF File

REFERENCES for Cobaltite
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]
Beudant F S (1832) Cobaltine, in Traité Élémentaire de Minéralogie, 2nd Edition Paris 450-451 [view file]
Ramsdell L S (1925) The crystal structure of some metallic sulfides, American Mineralogist, 10, 281-304 [view file]
Onorato E (1957) X-ray examination of cobaltite, Acta Crystallographica, 10, 764-765
Giese R F, Kerr P F (1965) The crystal structures of ordered and disordered cobaltite, American Mineralogist, 50, 1002-1014 [view file]
Nickel E H (1969) The application of ligand-field concepts to an understanding of the structural stabilities and solid-solution limits of sulphides and related minerals, Chemical Geology, 5, 233-241
Petruk W, Harris D C, Stewart J M (1971) Characteristics of the arsenides, sulpharsenides, and antimonides, The Canadian Mineralogist, 11, 150-186 [view file]
Pauling L (1978) Covalent chemical bonding of transition metals in pyrite, cobaltite, skutterudite, millerite and related minerals, The Canadian Mineralogist, 16, 447-452 [view file]
Fleet M E, Burns P C (1990) Structure and twinning of cobaltite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 28, 719-723 [view file]
Hem S R, Makovicky E, Gervilla F (2001) Compositional trends in Fe, Co, and Ni sulfarsenides and their crystal-chemical implications: results from the Arroyo de la Cueva deposits, Ronda peridotite, southern Spain, The Canadian Mineralogist, 39, 831-853 [view file]
Wagner T, Lerenz J (2002) Mineralogy of complex Co-Ni-Bi vein mineralization, Bieber deposit, Spessart, Germany, Mineralogical Magazine, 66, 385-407 [view file]
Hem S R, Makovicky E (2004) The system Fe-Co-Ni-As-S. II. Phase relations at in the (Fe,Co,Ni)As_1.5S_0.5 section at 650° and 500°C, The Canadian Mineralogist, 42, 63-86 [view file]
Barkov A Y, Fedortchouk Y, Campbell R A, Halkoaho T A A (2015) Coupled substitutions in PGE-enriched cobaltite: new evidence from the Rio Jacaré layered complex, Bahia state, Brazil, Mineralogical Magazine, 79, 1185-1193
Hazen R M, Hystad G, Golden J J, Hummer D R, Liu C, Downs R T, Morrison S M, Ralph J, Grew E S (2017) Cobalt mineral ecology, American Mineralogist, 102, 108-116 [view file]

REFERENCES for Cobaltite

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]

Beudant F S (1832) Cobaltine, in Traité Élémentaire de Minéralogie, 2nd Edition Paris 450-451 [view file]

Ramsdell L S (1925) The crystal structure of some metallic sulfides, American Mineralogist, 10, 281-304 [view file]

Onorato E (1957) X-ray examination of cobaltite, Acta Crystallographica, 10, 764-765

Giese R F, Kerr P F (1965) The crystal structures of ordered and disordered cobaltite, American Mineralogist, 50, 1002-1014 [view file]

Nickel E H (1969) The application of ligand-field concepts to an understanding of the structural stabilities and solid-solution limits of sulphides and related minerals, Chemical Geology, 5, 233-241

Petruk W, Harris D C, Stewart J M (1971) Characteristics of the arsenides, sulpharsenides, and antimonides, The Canadian Mineralogist, 11, 150-186 [view file]

Pauling L (1978) Covalent chemical bonding of transition metals in pyrite, cobaltite, skutterudite, millerite and related minerals, The Canadian Mineralogist, 16, 447-452 [view file]

Fleet M E, Burns P C (1990) Structure and twinning of cobaltite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 28, 719-723 [view file]

Hem S R, Makovicky E, Gervilla F (2001) Compositional trends in Fe, Co, and Ni sulfarsenides and their crystal-chemical implications: results from the Arroyo de la Cueva deposits, Ronda peridotite, southern Spain, The Canadian Mineralogist, 39, 831-853 [view file]

Wagner T, Lerenz J (2002) Mineralogy of complex Co-Ni-Bi vein mineralization, Bieber deposit, Spessart, Germany, Mineralogical Magazine, 66, 385-407 [view file]

Hem S R, Makovicky E (2004) The system Fe-Co-Ni-As-S. II. Phase relations at in the (Fe,Co,Ni)As_1.5S_0.5 section at 650° and 500°C, The Canadian Mineralogist, 42, 63-86 [view file]

Barkov A Y, Fedortchouk Y, Campbell R A, Halkoaho T A A (2015) Coupled substitutions in PGE-enriched cobaltite: new evidence from the Rio Jacaré layered complex, Bahia state, Brazil, Mineralogical Magazine, 79, 1185-1193

Hazen R M, Hystad G, Golden J J, Hummer D R, Liu C, Downs R T, Morrison S M, Ralph J, Grew E S (2017) Cobalt mineral ecology, American Mineralogist, 102, 108-116 [view file]