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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) ] |
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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 |
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REFERENCES for Cubanite | |
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American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database Record: [view record] |
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Breithaupt J F A (1843) Cuban, ein neuer, dem Weisskupfererz ähnlicher Kies, Annalen der Physik und Chemie, 59, 325-327 [view file] |
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Fleet M E (1970) Refinement of the crystal structure of cubanite and polymorphism of CuFe2S3, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 132, 276-287 [view file] |
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Fleet M E (1972) A note on the oxidation state of iron in cubanite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 11, 901-902 [view file] |
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Szymanski J T (1974) A refinement of the structure of cubanite, CuFe2S3, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 140, 218-239 [view file] |
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Dutrizac J E (1976) Reactions in cubanite and chalcopyrite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 14, 172-181 [view file] |
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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] |
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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] |
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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] |
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Chandra U, Parthasarathy G, Sharma P (2010) Synthetic cubanite CuFe2S3: pressure-induced transformation to isocubanite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 48, 1137-1147 [view file] |
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