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Chalcopyrite R050018

Name: Chalcopyrite
RRUFF ID: R050018
Ideal Chemistry: CuFeS₂
Locality: Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
Source: Eugene Schlepp
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Massive fragment
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis

Mineral Group: [ Chalcopyrite (6) ]

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CHEMISTRY

RRUFF ID:	R050018.2
Sample Description:	Microprobe fragment
Measured Chemistry:	Cu_1.00Fe_1.00S_2.00
Reference File:	[ View PDF ]

RAMAN SPECTRUM

RRUFF ID:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

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BROAD SCAN WITH SPECTRAL ARTIFACTS

RRUFF ID:

R050018

Wavelength:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

Instrument settings:

Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW

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POWDER DIFFRACTION

RRUFF ID:

R050018.9

Sample Description:

Single crystal, powder profile is calculated

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 5.315(3)Å b: 5.315(3)Å c: 10.47(1)Å
alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 90° Volume: 295.79(9)Å³ Crystal System: tetragonal

File Type Information

Calculated diffraction file.

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Output file from the Bruker D8 Advance instrument. Includes device headers and XY data.

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REFERENCES for Chalcopyrite
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]
Henckel J F (1725) Chalcopyrites, in Pyritologia, oder Kieβ Historie Verlegts Johann Christian Martini Leipzig 114-115 [view file]
Henckel J F (1757) Chalco-pyrites, in Pyritologia: or, a history of the pyrites, the principal body in the mineral kingdom [English translation] Millar and Linde London 16-16 [view file]
Henckel J F (1775) Bom Kupfer im Kieß, in Pyritologia, oder Kieβ Historie Verlegts Johann Christian Martini Leipzig 423-455 [view file]
Hutton C O (1950) Studies of heavy detrital minerals, Bulletin of the Geological Society of America, 61, 635-710 [view file]
Mariano A N (1967) Abstract of paper presented at the twelfth annual meeting: Crystallographic polarity in chalcopyrite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 9, 297-298 [view file]
Hall S R, Stweart J M (1973) The crystal structure refinement of chalcopyrite, CuFeS₂, Acta Crystallographica, B29, 579-585
Hall S R (1975) Crystal structures of the chalcopyrite series, The Canadian Mineralogist, 13, 168-172 [view file]
Dutrizac J E (1976) Reactions in cubanite and chalcopyrite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 14, 172-181 [view file]
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]
Tatsuka K, Morimoto N (1977) Tetrahedrite stability relations in the Cu-Fe-Sb-S system, American Mineralogist, 62, 1101-1109 [view file]
Chen T T, Dutrizac J E, Owens D R, Laflamme J H G (1980) Accelerated tarnishing of some chalcopyrite and tennantite specimens, The Canadian Mineralogist, 18, 173-180 [view file]
Harris D C, Cabri L J, Nobiling R (1984) Silver-bearing chalcopyrite, a principal source of silver in the Izok Lake massive-sulfide deposit: confimation by electron- and proton-microprobe analyses, The Canadian Mineralogist, 22, 493-498 [view file]
Kase K (1987) Tin-bearing chalcopyrite from the Izumo vein, Toyoha mine, Hokkaido, Japan, The Canadian Mineralogist, 25, 9-13 [view file]
Jeppsson M (1988) Photochemically accellerated surface-diffusion of silver on chalcopyrite, isocubanite and pyrrhotite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 26, 973-978 [view file]
Kratz T, Fuess H (1989) Simultane strukturbestimmung von kupferkies und bornit an einem kristall, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 186, 167-169 [view file]
Chai G, Naldrett A J, Rucklidge J C, Kilius L R (1993) In situ quantitative analyses for PGE and Au in sulfide minerals of the Jinchuan Ni-Cu deposit by accelerator mass spectrometry, The Canadian Mineralogist, 31, 19-30 [view file]
Larocque A C L, Hodgson C J, Cabri L J, Jackman J A (1995) Ion-microprobe analysis of pyrite, chalcopyrite and pyrrhotite from the Mobrun VMS deposit in northwestern Quebec: evidence for metamorphic remobilization of gold, The Canadian Mineralogist, 33, 373-388 [view file]
Larocque A C L, Jackman J A, Cabri L J, Hodgson C J (1995) Calibration of the ion microprobe for the determination of silver in pyrite and chalcopyrite from the Mobrun VMS deposit, Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec, The Canadian Mineralogist, 33, 361-372 [view file]
Ondruš P, Veselovský F, Gabašová A, Hloušek J, Šrein 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]
Gupta H C, Singh M K, Tiwari L M (2004) Zone center wavenumbers of tetragonal AGa₂X₄(A = Cd, Zn; X = S, Se), Journal of Raman Spectroscopy, 35, 78-81
Zhang W, Sang S, Xue C, Papadimitriou D (2005) Raman tensor and selection rules for a chemical vapor transport-grown chalcopyrite single crystal, Journal of Raman Spectroscopy, 36, 777-784
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
Pearce C I, Pattrick R A D, Vaughan D J, Henderson C M B, van der Laan G (2006) Copper oxidation state in chalcopyrite: Mixed Cu d⁹ and d¹⁰ characteristics, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 70, 4635-4624
Gibbs G V, Cox D F, Rosso K M, Ross N L, Downs R T, Spackman M A (2007) Theoretical electron density distribution for Fe- and Cu-sulfide Earth materials: A connection between bond length, bond critical point properties, local energy densities, and bonded interactions, Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 111, 1923-1931 [view file]
Knight K S, Marshall W G, Zochowski S W (2011) The low temperature and high-pressure thermoelastic and structural properties of chalcopyrite, CuFeS₂, The Canadian Mineralogist, 49, 1015-1034 [view file]
Cai L, Chen X, Ding J, Zhou D (2012) Leaching mechanism for chalcopyrite in hydrochloric acid, Hydrometallurgy, 113-114, 109-118
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
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
George L L, Cook N J, Crowe B B P, Ciobanu C L (2018) Trace elements in hydrothermal chalcopyrite, Mineralogical Magazine, 82, 59-88
Plotinskaya O Y, Abramova V D, Groznova E O, Tessalina S G, Seltmann R, Spratt J (2018) Trace-element geochemistry of molybdenite from porphyry Cu deposits of the Birgilda-Tomino ore cluster (South Urals, Russia), Mineralogical Magazine, 82, S281-S306
Markl G, Keim M F, Bayerl R (2019) Unusual mineral diversity in hydrothermal vein-type deposit: The Clara mine, SW Germany, as a type example, The Canadian Mineralogist, 57, 427-456

REFERENCES for Chalcopyrite

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]

Henckel J F (1725) Chalcopyrites, in Pyritologia, oder Kieβ Historie Verlegts Johann Christian Martini Leipzig 114-115 [view file]

Henckel J F (1757) Chalco-pyrites, in Pyritologia: or, a history of the pyrites, the principal body in the mineral kingdom [English translation] Millar and Linde London 16-16 [view file]

Henckel J F (1775) Bom Kupfer im Kieß, in Pyritologia, oder Kieβ Historie Verlegts Johann Christian Martini Leipzig 423-455 [view file]

Hutton C O (1950) Studies of heavy detrital minerals, Bulletin of the Geological Society of America, 61, 635-710 [view file]

Mariano A N (1967) Abstract of paper presented at the twelfth annual meeting: Crystallographic polarity in chalcopyrite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 9, 297-298 [view file]

Hall S R, Stweart J M (1973) The crystal structure refinement of chalcopyrite, CuFeS₂, Acta Crystallographica, B29, 579-585

Hall S R (1975) Crystal structures of the chalcopyrite series, The Canadian Mineralogist, 13, 168-172 [view file]

Dutrizac J E (1976) Reactions in cubanite and chalcopyrite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 14, 172-181 [view file]

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]

Tatsuka K, Morimoto N (1977) Tetrahedrite stability relations in the Cu-Fe-Sb-S system, American Mineralogist, 62, 1101-1109 [view file]

Chen T T, Dutrizac J E, Owens D R, Laflamme J H G (1980) Accelerated tarnishing of some chalcopyrite and tennantite specimens, The Canadian Mineralogist, 18, 173-180 [view file]

Harris D C, Cabri L J, Nobiling R (1984) Silver-bearing chalcopyrite, a principal source of silver in the Izok Lake massive-sulfide deposit: confimation by electron- and proton-microprobe analyses, The Canadian Mineralogist, 22, 493-498 [view file]

Kase K (1987) Tin-bearing chalcopyrite from the Izumo vein, Toyoha mine, Hokkaido, Japan, The Canadian Mineralogist, 25, 9-13 [view file]

Jeppsson M (1988) Photochemically accellerated surface-diffusion of silver on chalcopyrite, isocubanite and pyrrhotite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 26, 973-978 [view file]

Kratz T, Fuess H (1989) Simultane strukturbestimmung von kupferkies und bornit an einem kristall, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 186, 167-169 [view file]

Chai G, Naldrett A J, Rucklidge J C, Kilius L R (1993) In situ quantitative analyses for PGE and Au in sulfide minerals of the Jinchuan Ni-Cu deposit by accelerator mass spectrometry, The Canadian Mineralogist, 31, 19-30 [view file]

Larocque A C L, Hodgson C J, Cabri L J, Jackman J A (1995) Ion-microprobe analysis of pyrite, chalcopyrite and pyrrhotite from the Mobrun VMS deposit in northwestern Quebec: evidence for metamorphic remobilization of gold, The Canadian Mineralogist, 33, 373-388 [view file]

Larocque A C L, Jackman J A, Cabri L J, Hodgson C J (1995) Calibration of the ion microprobe for the determination of silver in pyrite and chalcopyrite from the Mobrun VMS deposit, Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec, The Canadian Mineralogist, 33, 361-372 [view file]

Ondruš P, Veselovský F, Gabašová A, Hloušek J, Šrein 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]

Gupta H C, Singh M K, Tiwari L M (2004) Zone center wavenumbers of tetragonal AGa₂X₄(A = Cd, Zn; X = S, Se), Journal of Raman Spectroscopy, 35, 78-81

Zhang W, Sang S, Xue C, Papadimitriou D (2005) Raman tensor and selection rules for a chemical vapor transport-grown chalcopyrite single crystal, Journal of Raman Spectroscopy, 36, 777-784

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

Pearce C I, Pattrick R A D, Vaughan D J, Henderson C M B, van der Laan G (2006) Copper oxidation state in chalcopyrite: Mixed Cu d⁹ and d¹⁰ characteristics, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 70, 4635-4624

Gibbs G V, Cox D F, Rosso K M, Ross N L, Downs R T, Spackman M A (2007) Theoretical electron density distribution for Fe- and Cu-sulfide Earth materials: A connection between bond length, bond critical point properties, local energy densities, and bonded interactions, Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 111, 1923-1931 [view file]

Knight K S, Marshall W G, Zochowski S W (2011) The low temperature and high-pressure thermoelastic and structural properties of chalcopyrite, CuFeS₂, The Canadian Mineralogist, 49, 1015-1034 [view file]

Cai L, Chen X, Ding J, Zhou D (2012) Leaching mechanism for chalcopyrite in hydrochloric acid, Hydrometallurgy, 113-114, 109-118

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

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

George L L, Cook N J, Crowe B B P, Ciobanu C L (2018) Trace elements in hydrothermal chalcopyrite, Mineralogical Magazine, 82, 59-88

Plotinskaya O Y, Abramova V D, Groznova E O, Tessalina S G, Seltmann R, Spratt J (2018) Trace-element geochemistry of molybdenite from porphyry Cu deposits of the Birgilda-Tomino ore cluster (South Urals, Russia), Mineralogical Magazine, 82, S281-S306

Markl G, Keim M F, Bayerl R (2019) Unusual mineral diversity in hydrothermal vein-type deposit: The Clara mine, SW Germany, as a type example, The Canadian Mineralogist, 57, 427-456