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Name: Bornite RRUFF ID: R070636 Ideal Chemistry: Cu5FeS4 Locality: mine 65, 180 m. level, Dzheskazgan mining district, central Kazakhstan Source: Michael Scott S100287 [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Iridescent blue metallic crystal associated with calcite, malachite and hematite Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. |
| Quick search: [ All Bornite samples (2) ] | ||
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| RRUFF ID: | R070636.9 | ||||||
| Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
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a: 10.964(1)Å b: 21.874(3)Å c: 10.962(1)Å alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 90° Volume: 2629(1)Å3 Crystal System: orthorhombic |
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| REFERENCES for Bornite | |
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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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Haidinger W (1845) Zweite Klasse: Geogenide. XIII. Ordnung. Kiese. V. Kupperkies. Bornit., in Handbuch der Bestimmenden Mineralogie Bei Braumüller and Seidel Wien 559-562 [view file] |
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International Mineralogical Association (1962) International Mineralogical Association: Commission on new minerals and mineral names, Mineralogical Magazine, 33, 260-263 [view file] |
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Morimoto N (1964) Structures of two polymorphic forms of Cu5FeS4, Acta Crystallographica, 17, 351-360 |
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Manning P G (1967) A study of the bonding properties of sulphur in bornite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 9, 85-94 [view file] |
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Koto K, Morimoto N (1975) Superstructure investigation of bornite, Cu5FeS4, by the modified partial Patterson function, Acta Crystallographica, B31, 2268-2273 |
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Oen I S, Kieft C (1976) Silver - bearing wittichenite - chalcopyrite - bornite intergrowth and associated minerals in the Mangualde pegmatite, Portugal, The Canadian Mineralogist, 14, 185-193 [view file] |
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Tatsuka K, Morimoto N (1977) Tetrahedrite stability relations in the Cu-Fe-Sb-S system, American Mineralogist, 62, 1101-1109 [view file] |
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Kanazawa Y, Koto K, Morimoto N (1978) Bornite (Cu5FeS4): stability and crystal structure of the intermediate form, The Canadian Mineralogist, 16, 397-404 [view file] |
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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] |
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International Mineralogical Association (1980) International Mineralogical Association: Commission on new minerals and mineral names, Mineralogical Magazine, 43, 1053-1055 [view file] |
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Vaughan D J, Tossell J A, Stanley C J (1987) The surface properties of bornite, Mineralogical Magazine, 51, 285-293 [view file] |
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Kratz T, Fuess H (1989) Simultane strukturbestimmung von kupferkies und bornit an einem kristall, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 186, 167-169 [view file] |
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Grguric B A, Putnis A (1998) Compositional controls on phase-transition temperatures in bornite: a differential scanning calorimetry study, The Canadian Mineralogist, 36, 215-227 [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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Ding Y, Veblen D R, Prewitt C T (2005) High-resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM) study of the 4a and 6a superstructure of bornite Cu5FeS4, American Mineralogist, 90, 1256-1264 [view file] |
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Ding Y, Veblen D R, Prewitt C T (2005) Possible Fe/Cu ordering schemes in the 2a superstructure of bornite (Cu5FeS4), American Mineralogist, 90, 1265-1269 [view file] |
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Harmer S L, Pratt A R, Nesbitt H W, Fleet M E (2005) Reconstruction of fracture surfaces on bornite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 43, 1619-1630 [view file] |
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Goh S W, Buckley A N, Lamb R N, Rosenberg R A, Moran D (2006) The oxidation states of copper and iron in mineral sulfides, and the oxides formed on initial exposure of chalcopyrite and bornite to air, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 70, 2210-2228 |
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Cook N J, Ciobanu C L, Danyushevsky L V, Gilbert S (2011) Minor and trace elements in bornite and associated Cu-(Fe)-sulfides: A LA-ICP-MS study, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 75, 6473-6496 |
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Gill S B, Piercey S J, Layton-Matthews D (2016) Mineralogy and metal zoning of the Cambrian Zn-Pb-Cu-Ag-Au Lemarchant volcanogenic massive sulfide (VMS) deposit, Newfoundland, The Canadian Mineralogist, 54, 1307-1344 |
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Giebel R J, Gauert C D K, Marks M A W, Costin G, Markl G (2017) Multi-stage formation of REE minerals in the Palabora Carbonatite Complex, South Africa, American Mineralogist, 102, 1218-1233 |
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