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Famatinite R110022

Name: Famatinite
RRUFF ID: R110022
Ideal Chemistry: Cu₃SbS₄
Locality: Quiruvilca, La Libertad Department, Peru
Source: William Pinch [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Pinkish grey metallic massive associated with black metallic tetrahedral tennantite R110024 on pyrite
Status: The identification of this mineral is confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis.

Mineral Groups: [ Stannite (11) ] [ Sphalerite (35) ]

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CHEMISTRY

RRUFF ID:	R110022.9
Sample Description:	Single crystal, powder profile is calculated
Measured Chemistry:	Cu_2.99(Sb_0.61As_0.40)_Σ=1.01S₄
Microprobe Data File:	[ Download Excel File ]

RAMAN SPECTRUM

RRUFF ID:

Sample Description:

Unoriented Raman on the primary sample

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BROAD SCAN WITH SPECTRAL ARTIFACTS

RRUFF ID:

R110022

Wavelength:

Sample Description:

Unoriented Raman on the primary sample

Instrument settings:

Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 25% of 150mW

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POWDER DIFFRACTION

RRUFF ID:

R110022.9

Sample Description:

Single crystal, powder profile is calculated

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 5.354(2)Å b: 5.354(2)Å c: 10.658(3)Å
alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 90° Volume: 305.53(8)Å³ Crystal System: tetragonal

File Type Information

Calculated diffraction file.

File Type Information

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

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REFERENCES for Famatinite
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]
Stelzner A (1873) Mineralogische Beobachtungen im Gebiete der argentinischen Republik, Mineralogische Mittheilungen, 4, 219-254 [view file]
Gaines R V (1957) Luzonite, famatinite and some related minerals, American Mineralogist, 42, 766-779 [view file]
Alieva A G, Pinsker Z G (1961) An electron diffraction study of Cu₃SbS₄, Soviet Physics - Crystallography, 6, 161-164 [view file]
Lévy C (1967) Contribution a la minéralogie des sulfures de cuivre du type Cu₃XS₄, Mémoires du Bureau de Recherches Géologiques et Minières, 54, 1-178 [view file]
Garin J, Parthé E (1972) The crystal structure of Cu₃PSe₄ and other ternary normal tetrahedral structure compounds with composition 1₃56₄, Acta Crystallographica, B28, 3672-3674
Tatsuka K, Morimoto N (1977) Tetrahedrite stability relations in the Cu-Fe-Sb-S system, American Mineralogist, 62, 1101-1109 [view file]
Pfitzner A, Bernert T (2004) The system Cu₃AsS₄ - Cu₃SbS₄ and investigations on normal tetrahedral structures, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 219, 20-26
Ramasamy K, Sims H, Butler W H, Gupta A (2014) Selective nanocrystal synthesis and calculated electronic structure of all four phases of copper–antimony–sulfide, Chemistry of Materials, 26, 2891-2899

REFERENCES for Famatinite

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]

Stelzner A (1873) Mineralogische Beobachtungen im Gebiete der argentinischen Republik, Mineralogische Mittheilungen, 4, 219-254 [view file]

Gaines R V (1957) Luzonite, famatinite and some related minerals, American Mineralogist, 42, 766-779 [view file]

Alieva A G, Pinsker Z G (1961) An electron diffraction study of Cu₃SbS₄, Soviet Physics - Crystallography, 6, 161-164 [view file]

Lévy C (1967) Contribution a la minéralogie des sulfures de cuivre du type Cu₃XS₄, Mémoires du Bureau de Recherches Géologiques et Minières, 54, 1-178 [view file]

Garin J, Parthé E (1972) The crystal structure of Cu₃PSe₄ and other ternary normal tetrahedral structure compounds with composition 1₃56₄, Acta Crystallographica, B28, 3672-3674

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

Pfitzner A, Bernert T (2004) The system Cu₃AsS₄ - Cu₃SbS₄ and investigations on normal tetrahedral structures, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 219, 20-26

Ramasamy K, Sims H, Butler W H, Gupta A (2014) Selective nanocrystal synthesis and calculated electronic structure of all four phases of copper–antimony–sulfide, Chemistry of Materials, 26, 2891-2899