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Name: Wittichenite RRUFF ID: R050327 Ideal Chemistry: Cu3BiS3 Locality: Grube Daniel, Wittichen, Schwarzwald, Germany Source: Marcus Origlieri Owner: RRUFF Description: Tin-white metallic blebs Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis |
| Quick search: [ All Wittichenite samples (2) ] | ||
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| RRUFF ID: | R050327.1 | |||||||
| Sample Description: | Powder | |||||||
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a: 7.698(1)Å b: 10.3875(7)Å c: 6.7176(7)Å alpha: 90.° beta: 90.° gamma: 90.° Volume: 537.2(1)Å3 Crystal System: orthorhombic |
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| REFERENCES for Wittichenite | |
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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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Kenngott A (1853) Wittichenit, in Das Mohs´sche Mineralsystem, dem gegenwärtigen Standpuncte der Wissenschaft gemäss Verlag und Druck von Carl Gerold & Sohn Wien 118-118 [view file] |
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Kocman V, Nuffield E W (1973) The crystal structure of wittichenite, Cu3BiS3, Acta Crystallographica, B29, 2528-2535 |
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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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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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Pring A, Noble R (2012) Wittichenite from the Cattle Grid Pit, Mount Gunson, South Australia, Australian Journal of Mineralogy, 16, issue 2 63-68 |
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Izumino Y, Nakashima K, Nagashima M (2014) Cuprobismutite group minerals (cuprobismutite, hodrušhite, kupčíkite and padĕrite), other Bi-sulfosalts and Bi-tellurides from the Obari mine, Yamagata Prefecture, Japan, Journal of Mineralogical and Petrological Sciences, 109, 177-190 |
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kácha P, Sejkora J, Pláil (2018) Bytízite, a new Cu-Sb selenide from Příbram, Czech Republic, Mineralogical Magazine, 82, 199-209 [view file] |
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