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Cubanite R061068

Name: Cubanite
RRUFF ID: R061068
Ideal Chemistry: CuFe₂S₃
Locality: Henderson #2 mine, Chibougamau, Quebec, Canada
Source: Lloyd Twaites LT1378 [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Bronze metallic prismatic crystals
Status: The identification of this mineral is confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis.

Mineral Groups: [ Cubanite (7) ] [ Wurtzite (20) ]

CHEMISTRY

RRUFF ID:	R061068.2
Sample Description:	Microprobe Fragment
Measured Chemistry:	Cu_1.00Fe_2.00S_3.00
Microprobe Data File:	[ Download Excel File ]

RAMAN SPECTRUM

RRUFF ID:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

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BROAD SCAN WITH SPECTRAL ARTIFACTS

RRUFF ID:

R061068

Wavelength:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

Instrument settings:

Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW

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	Raman Data (RAW)
	RRUFF File

POWDER DIFFRACTION

RRUFF ID:

R061068.9

Sample Description:

Single crystal, powder profile is calculated

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 6.467(1)Å b: 11.114(1)Å c: 6.232(1)Å
alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 90° Volume: 448.0(2)Å³ Crystal System: orthorhombic

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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	DIF File
	X-ray Data (XY - RAW)
	RRUFF File

REFERENCES for Cubanite
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]
Breithaupt J F A (1843) Cuban, ein neuer, dem Weisskupfererz ähnlicher Kies, Annalen der Physik und Chemie, 59, 325-327 [view file]
Fleet M E (1970) Refinement of the crystal structure of cubanite and polymorphism of CuFe₂S₃, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 132, 276-287 [view file]
Fleet M E (1972) A note on the oxidation state of iron in cubanite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 11, 901-902 [view file]
Cabri L J, Hall S R, Szymanski J T, Stewart J M (1973) On the transformation of cubanite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 12, 33-38 [view file]
Szymanski J T (1974) A refinement of the structure of cubanite, CuFe₂S₃, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 140, 218-239 [view file]
Dutrizac J E (1976) Reactions in cubanite and chalcopyrite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 14, 172-181 [view file]
Tatsuka K, Morimoto N (1977) Tetrahedrite stability relations in the Cu-Fe-Sb-S system, American Mineralogist, 62, 1101-1109 [view file]
Mizota T, Tanaka H, Fujii Y, Koto K (1985) The heat capacity of cubanite and the anomaly in cubic CuFe₂S₃, The Canadian Mineralogist, 23, 77-82 [view file]
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]
Yang H, Pinch W W, Downs R T (2009) Crystal structure of argentopyrite, AgFe₂S₃, and its relationship with cubanite, American Mineralogist, 94, 1727-1730 [view file]
Chandra U, Parthasarathy G, Sharma P (2010) Synthetic cubanite CuFe₂S₃: pressure-induced transformation to isocubanite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 48, 1137-1147 [view file]

REFERENCES for Cubanite

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]

Breithaupt J F A (1843) Cuban, ein neuer, dem Weisskupfererz ähnlicher Kies, Annalen der Physik und Chemie, 59, 325-327 [view file]

Fleet M E (1970) Refinement of the crystal structure of cubanite and polymorphism of CuFe₂S₃, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 132, 276-287 [view file]

Fleet M E (1972) A note on the oxidation state of iron in cubanite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 11, 901-902 [view file]

Cabri L J, Hall S R, Szymanski J T, Stewart J M (1973) On the transformation of cubanite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 12, 33-38 [view file]

Szymanski J T (1974) A refinement of the structure of cubanite, CuFe₂S₃, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 140, 218-239 [view file]

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

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

Mizota T, Tanaka H, Fujii Y, Koto K (1985) The heat capacity of cubanite and the anomaly in cubic CuFe₂S₃, The Canadian Mineralogist, 23, 77-82 [view file]

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]

Yang H, Pinch W W, Downs R T (2009) Crystal structure of argentopyrite, AgFe₂S₃, and its relationship with cubanite, American Mineralogist, 94, 1727-1730 [view file]

Chandra U, Parthasarathy G, Sharma P (2010) Synthetic cubanite CuFe₂S₃: pressure-induced transformation to isocubanite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 48, 1137-1147 [view file]