N R120113 - RRUFF Database: Raman, X-ray, Infrared, and Chemistry

Chalcocite R120113

Name: Chalcocite
RRUFF ID: R120113
Ideal Chemistry: Cu₂S
Locality: Tsumeb, Namibia
Source: Rob Lavinsky [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Black, twinned, elongated blades, associated with calcite. This is low chalcocite
Status: The identification of this mineral is confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis.

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CHEMISTRY

RRUFF ID:	R120113.2
Sample Description:	Microprobe Fragment
Measured Chemistry:	Cu_1.98Ag_0.01S
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:

R120113

Wavelength:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

Instrument settings:

Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 80% of 150mW

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POWDER DIFFRACTION

RRUFF ID:

R120113.9

Sample Description:

Single crystal, powder profile is calculated

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 15.221(2)Å b: 11.891(2)Å c: 13.497(2)Å
alpha: 90° beta: 116.206(7)° gamma: 90° Volume: 2191.7(5)Å³ Crystal System: monoclinic

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 Chalcocite
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]
Hill J (1751) Of vitriolic minerals, in A History of the Materia Medica Longman, Hitch and Hawes London 140-147 [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]
Beudant F S (1832) Chalkosine, cuivre sulfuré, in Traité Élémentaire de Minéralogie, 2nd Edition Paris 408-410 [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
Evans H T (1971) Crystal structure of low chalcocite, Nature Physical Science, 232, 69-70
Cook W R (1972) Phase changes in Cu₂S as a function of temperature, National Bureau of Standards Special Publication 364, Solid State Chemistry, 364, 703-712 [view file]
Mathieu H J, Rickert H (1972) Elektrochemisch-thermodynamische Untersuchungen am System Kupfer-Schwefel bei Temperaturen T = 15-90°C, Zeitschrift für Physikalische Chemie Neue Folge, 79, 315-330
Potter R W II (1977) An electrochemical investigation of the system copper-sulfur, Economic Geology, 72, 1524-1542
Tatsuka K, Morimoto N (1977) Tetrahedrite stability relations in the Cu-Fe-Sb-S system, American Mineralogist, 62, 1101-1109 [view file]
Evans H T (1979) Djurleite (Cu_1.94S) and low chalcocite (Cu₂S): New crystal structure studies, Science, 203, 356-358
Evans H T (1979) The crystal structures of low chalcocite and djurleite, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 150, 299-320 [view file]
Steger H F, Desjardins L E (1980) Oxidation of sulfide minerals. V. Galena, sphalerite and chalcocite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 18, 365-372 [view file]
Evans H T (1981) Copper coordination in low chalcocite djurleite and other copper-rich sulfides, American Mineralogist, 66, 807-818 [view file]
Whiteside L S, Goble R J (1986) Structural and compositional changes in copper sulfides during leaching and dissolution, The Canadian Mineralogist, 24, 247-258 [view file]
Pósfai M, Buseck P R (1994) Djurleite, digenite, and chalcocite: Intergrowths and transformations, American Mineralogist, 79, 308-315 [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]
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
Schumer B N, Stegen R J, Barton M D, Hiskey M D, Downs R T (2019) Mineralogical profile of supergene sulfide ore in the Western Copper area, Morenci mine, Arizona, The Canadian Mineralogist, 57, 391-401

REFERENCES for Chalcocite

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]

Hill J (1751) Of vitriolic minerals, in A History of the Materia Medica Longman, Hitch and Hawes London 140-147 [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]

Beudant F S (1832) Chalkosine, cuivre sulfuré, in Traité Élémentaire de Minéralogie, 2nd Edition Paris 408-410 [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

Evans H T (1971) Crystal structure of low chalcocite, Nature Physical Science, 232, 69-70

Cook W R (1972) Phase changes in Cu₂S as a function of temperature, National Bureau of Standards Special Publication 364, Solid State Chemistry, 364, 703-712 [view file]

Mathieu H J, Rickert H (1972) Elektrochemisch-thermodynamische Untersuchungen am System Kupfer-Schwefel bei Temperaturen T = 15-90°C, Zeitschrift für Physikalische Chemie Neue Folge, 79, 315-330

Potter R W II (1977) An electrochemical investigation of the system copper-sulfur, Economic Geology, 72, 1524-1542

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

Evans H T (1979) Djurleite (Cu_1.94S) and low chalcocite (Cu₂S): New crystal structure studies, Science, 203, 356-358

Evans H T (1979) The crystal structures of low chalcocite and djurleite, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 150, 299-320 [view file]

Steger H F, Desjardins L E (1980) Oxidation of sulfide minerals. V. Galena, sphalerite and chalcocite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 18, 365-372 [view file]

Evans H T (1981) Copper coordination in low chalcocite djurleite and other copper-rich sulfides, American Mineralogist, 66, 807-818 [view file]

Whiteside L S, Goble R J (1986) Structural and compositional changes in copper sulfides during leaching and dissolution, The Canadian Mineralogist, 24, 247-258 [view file]

Pósfai M, Buseck P R (1994) Djurleite, digenite, and chalcocite: Intergrowths and transformations, American Mineralogist, 79, 308-315 [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]

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

Schumer B N, Stegen R J, Barton M D, Hiskey M D, Downs R T (2019) Mineralogical profile of supergene sulfide ore in the Western Copper area, Morenci mine, Arizona, The Canadian Mineralogist, 57, 391-401