R140763 - RRUFF Database: Raman, X-ray, Infrared, and Chemistry

Cuprite R140763

Name: Cuprite
RRUFF ID: R140763
Ideal Chemistry: Cu₂O
Locality: Milpillas mine, Municipio de Santa Cruz, Sonora, Mexico
Source: Marcus Origlieri UAMM19820 [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Semimetallic deep red, massive
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction.

Mineral Group: [ Not in a structural group (133) ]

Quick search: [ All Cuprite samples (3) ]

RAMAN SPECTRUM

RRUFF ID:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

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BROAD SCAN WITH SPECTRAL ARTIFACTS

RRUFF ID:

R140763

Wavelength:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

Instrument settings:

Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 13% of 150mW

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POWDER DIFFRACTION

RRUFF ID:

R140763.1

Sample Description:

Powder

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 4.26862(4)Å b: 4.26862(4)Å c: 4.26862(4)Å
alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 90° Volume: 77.779(2)Å³ Crystal System: cubic

File Type Information

Calculated diffraction file.

File Type Information

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

File Type Information

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

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REFERENCES for Cuprite
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]
Haidinger W (1845) Zweite Klasse: Geogenide. XI. Ordnung. Erze. III. Kupfererz. Cuprit., in Handbuch der Bestimmenden Mineralogie Bei Braumüller and Seidel Wien 546-555 [view file]
Pinsker Z G, Imamov R M (1964) Production and investigation of thin films of Cu₂O, Soviet Physics - Crystallography, 9, 334-335 [view file]
Kirfel A, Eichhorn K (1990) Accurate structure analysis with synchrotron radiation. The electron density in Al₂O₃ and Cu₂O, Acta Crystallographica, A46, 271-284
Lippmann T, Schneider J R (2000) Topological analyses of cuprite, Cu₂O, using high-energy synchrotron-radiation data, Acta Crystallographica, A56, 575-584
Beccara S, Dalba G, Fornasini P, Grisenti R, Sanson A, Rocca F (2002) Local thermal expansion in a cuprite structure: the case of Ag₂O, Physical Review Letters, 89, 025503-4
Shannon R D, Shannon R C, Medenbach O, Fischer R X (2002) Refractive index and dispersion of fluorides and oxides, Journal of Physical and Chemical Reference Data, 31, 931-970 [view file]
Bowles J F W, Suárez S, Prichard H M, Fisher P C (2018) The mineralogy, geochemistry and genesis of the alluvial platinum-group minerals of the Freetown Layered Complex, Sierra Leone, Mineralogical Magazine, 82, S223-S246
Markl G, Keim M F, Bayerl R (2019) Unusual mineral diversity in hydrothermal vein-type deposit: The Clara mine, SW Germany, as a type example, The Canadian Mineralogist, 57, 427-456

REFERENCES for Cuprite

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]

Haidinger W (1845) Zweite Klasse: Geogenide. XI. Ordnung. Erze. III. Kupfererz. Cuprit., in Handbuch der Bestimmenden Mineralogie Bei Braumüller and Seidel Wien 546-555 [view file]

Pinsker Z G, Imamov R M (1964) Production and investigation of thin films of Cu₂O, Soviet Physics - Crystallography, 9, 334-335 [view file]

Kirfel A, Eichhorn K (1990) Accurate structure analysis with synchrotron radiation. The electron density in Al₂O₃ and Cu₂O, Acta Crystallographica, A46, 271-284

Lippmann T, Schneider J R (2000) Topological analyses of cuprite, Cu₂O, using high-energy synchrotron-radiation data, Acta Crystallographica, A56, 575-584

Beccara S, Dalba G, Fornasini P, Grisenti R, Sanson A, Rocca F (2002) Local thermal expansion in a cuprite structure: the case of Ag₂O, Physical Review Letters, 89, 025503-4

Shannon R D, Shannon R C, Medenbach O, Fischer R X (2002) Refractive index and dispersion of fluorides and oxides, Journal of Physical and Chemical Reference Data, 31, 931-970 [view file]

Bowles J F W, Suárez S, Prichard H M, Fisher P C (2018) The mineralogy, geochemistry and genesis of the alluvial platinum-group minerals of the Freetown Layered Complex, Sierra Leone, Mineralogical Magazine, 82, S223-S246

Markl G, Keim M F, Bayerl R (2019) Unusual mineral diversity in hydrothermal vein-type deposit: The Clara mine, SW Germany, as a type example, The Canadian Mineralogist, 57, 427-456