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Copper R061078

Name: Copper
RRUFF ID: R061078
Ideal Chemistry: Cu
Locality: Afton mine, Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada
Source: Lloyd Twaites LT55 [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Rose-brass colored massive metallic
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction.

Mineral Group: [ Copper (13) ]

Quick search: [ All Copper samples (2) ]

RAMAN SPECTRUM

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Sample Description:

Unoriented sample, no Raman activity because of crystal symmetry

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BROAD SCAN WITH SPECTRAL ARTIFACTS

RRUFF ID:

R061078

Wavelength:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample, no Raman activity because of crystal symmetry

Instrument settings:

Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW

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POWDER DIFFRACTION

RRUFF ID:

R061078

Sample Description:

Powder, using Mo radiation

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 3.6215(7)Å b: 3.6215(7)Å c: 3.6215(7)Å
alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 90° Volume: 47.50(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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REFERENCES for Copper
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]
Wallerius J G (1747) in Mineralogia, eller Mineralriket Stockholm [view file]
Hoffmann C A S (1789) Mineralsystem des Herrn Inspektor Werners mit dessen Erlaubnis herausgegeben von C A S Hoffmann, Bergmannisches Journal, 1, 369-398 [view file]
Kokkoros P A, Rentzeperis P J (1958) The crystal structure of the anhydrous sulphates of copper and zinc, Acta Crystallographica, 11, 361-364
Jambor J L (1964) Studies of basic copper and zinc carbonates: I—Synthetic zinc carbonates and their relationship to hydrozincite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 8, 92-108 [view file]
Roseboom E H (1966) An investigation of the system Cu-S and some natural copper sulfides between 25° and 700° C, Economic Geology, 61, 641-672
Makovicky E, Skinner B J (1978) Studies of the sulfosalts of copper. VI. Low-temperature exsolution in synthetic tetrahedrite solid solution, Cu_12+xSb_4+yS₁₃, The Canadian Mineralogist, 16, 611-623 [view file]
Abel M K, Buchan R, Coats C J A, Penstone M E (1979) Copper mineralization in the footwall complex, Strathcona mine, Sudbury, Ontario, The Canadian Mineralogist, 17, 275-285 [view file]
Makovicky E, Skinner B J (1979) Studies of the sulfosalts of copper VII. Crystal structures of the exsolution products Cu_12.3Sb₄S₁₃ and Cu_13.8Sb₄S₁₃ of unsubstituted synthetic tetrahedrite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 17, 619-634 [view file]
Dupuy C, Dostal J, Leblanc M (1981) Distribution of copper and gold in ophiolites from New Caledonia, The Canadian Mineralogist, 19, 225-232 [view file]
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]
Frost R L, Williams P A (2004) Raman spectroscopy of some basic chloride containing minerals of lead and copper, Spectrochimica Acta Part A, 60, 2071-2077
Hudson-Edwards K A, Smith A M L, Dubbin W E, Bennett A J, Murphy P J, Wright K (2008) Comprison of the structures of natural and synthetic Pb-Cu-jarosite-type compounds, European Journal of Mineralogy, 2004, 241-252
Bowles J F W, Suárez S, Prichard H M, Fisher P C (2018) The mineralogy, geochemistry and genesis of the alluvial platinum-group minerals of the Freetown Layered Complex, Sierra Leone, Mineralogical Magazine, 82, S223-S246

REFERENCES for Copper

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]

Wallerius J G (1747) in Mineralogia, eller Mineralriket Stockholm [view file]

Hoffmann C A S (1789) Mineralsystem des Herrn Inspektor Werners mit dessen Erlaubnis herausgegeben von C A S Hoffmann, Bergmannisches Journal, 1, 369-398 [view file]

Kokkoros P A, Rentzeperis P J (1958) The crystal structure of the anhydrous sulphates of copper and zinc, Acta Crystallographica, 11, 361-364

Jambor J L (1964) Studies of basic copper and zinc carbonates: I—Synthetic zinc carbonates and their relationship to hydrozincite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 8, 92-108 [view file]

Roseboom E H (1966) An investigation of the system Cu-S and some natural copper sulfides between 25° and 700° C, Economic Geology, 61, 641-672

Makovicky E, Skinner B J (1978) Studies of the sulfosalts of copper. VI. Low-temperature exsolution in synthetic tetrahedrite solid solution, Cu_12+xSb_4+yS₁₃, The Canadian Mineralogist, 16, 611-623 [view file]

Abel M K, Buchan R, Coats C J A, Penstone M E (1979) Copper mineralization in the footwall complex, Strathcona mine, Sudbury, Ontario, The Canadian Mineralogist, 17, 275-285 [view file]

Makovicky E, Skinner B J (1979) Studies of the sulfosalts of copper VII. Crystal structures of the exsolution products Cu_12.3Sb₄S₁₃ and Cu_13.8Sb₄S₁₃ of unsubstituted synthetic tetrahedrite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 17, 619-634 [view file]

Dupuy C, Dostal J, Leblanc M (1981) Distribution of copper and gold in ophiolites from New Caledonia, The Canadian Mineralogist, 19, 225-232 [view file]

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]

Frost R L, Williams P A (2004) Raman spectroscopy of some basic chloride containing minerals of lead and copper, Spectrochimica Acta Part A, 60, 2071-2077

Hudson-Edwards K A, Smith A M L, Dubbin W E, Bennett A J, Murphy P J, Wright K (2008) Comprison of the structures of natural and synthetic Pb-Cu-jarosite-type compounds, European Journal of Mineralogy, 2004, 241-252

Bowles J F W, Suárez S, Prichard H M, Fisher P C (2018) The mineralogy, geochemistry and genesis of the alluvial platinum-group minerals of the Freetown Layered Complex, Sierra Leone, Mineralogical Magazine, 82, S223-S246