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Name: Covellite RRUFF ID: R060143 Ideal Chemistry: CuS Locality: Butte, Montana, USA Source: Marcus Origlieri [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Irridescent blue to purple hexagonal plates Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis |
Mineral Group: [ Covellite (4) ] | ||
Quick search: [ All Covellite samples (3) ] |
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RRUFF ID: | R060143.1 | |||||||
Sample Description: | Powder | |||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 3.7933(2)Å b: 3.7933(2)Å c: 16.347(1)Å alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 120° Volume: 203.70(2)Å3 Crystal System: hexagonal |
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REFERENCES for Covellite | |
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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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Beudant F S (1832) Sulfure de cuivre du Vésuve, in Traité Élémentaire de Minéralogie, 2nd Edition Paris 409-410 [view file] |
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Oftedal I (1932) Die Kristallstruktur des Covellins (CuS)., Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 83, 9-25 [view file] |
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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 |
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Goble R J, Smith D G W (1973) Electron microprobe investigation of copper sulphides in the Precambrian Lewis Series of S.W. Alberta, Canada, The Canadian Mineralogist, 12, 95-103 [view file] |
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Kalbskopf R, Pertlik F, Zemann J (1975) Verfeinerung der kristallstruktur des covellins, CuS, mit einkristalldaten, Tschermaks Mineralogische und Petrographische Mitteilungen, 22, 242-249 |
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Takeuchi Y, Ozawa T (1975) The structure of Cu4Bi4S9 and its relation to the structures of covellite, CuS and bismuthinite, Bi2S3, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 141, 217-232 [view file] |
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Evans H T, Konnert J A (1976) Crystal structure refinement of covellite, American Mineralogist, 61, 996-1000 [view file] |
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Ohmasa M, Suzuki M, Takéuchi Y (1976) A refinement of the crystal structure of covellite, CuS, Mineralogical Journal, 8, 311-319 [view file] |
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Potter R W II (1977) An electrochemical investigation of the system copper-sulfur, Economic Geology, 72, 1524-1542 |
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Tatsuka K, Morimoto N (1977) Tetrahedrite stability relations in the Cu-Fe-Sb-S system, American Mineralogist, 62, 1101-1109 [view file] |
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Evans H T (1981) Copper coordination in low chalcocite djurleite and other copper-rich sulfides, American Mineralogist, 66, 807-818 [view file] |
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Miller R (1981) Kawazulite Bi2Te2Se, related bismuth minerals and selenian covellite from the Northwest Territories, The Canadian Mineralogist, 19, 341-348 [view file] |
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Nickel E H (1985) An unusual assemblage of supergene minerals near Coppin Pool, Western Australia, Australian Journal of Earth Sciences, 32, 311-321 |
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Takéuchi Y, Kudoh Y, Sato G (1985) The crystal structure of covellite CuS under high pressure up to 33 kbar, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 173, 119-128 [view file] |
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Walsh C A, Rimstidt J D (1986) Rates of reaction of covellite and blaubleibender covellite with ferric iron at pH 2.0, The Canadian Mineralogist, 24, 35-44 [view file] |
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Fjellvåg H, Grønvold F, Stølen S, Andresen A F, Müller-Käfer R, Simon A (1988) Low-temperature structural distortion in CuS, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 184, 111-121 [view file] |
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Peiris S M, Sweeney J S, Campbell A J, Heinz D L (1996) Pressure-induced amorphization of covellite, CuS, The Journal of Chemical Physics, 104, 11-16 |
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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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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 |
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Bencistà I, Di Benedetto F, Innocenti M, De Luca A, Fornaciai G, Lavacchi A, Montegrossi G, Oberhauser W, Pardi L A, Romanelli M, Vizza F, Foresti M L (2012) Phase composition of CuxS thin films: spectroscopic evidence of covellite formation, European Journal of Mineralogy, 24, 879-884 |
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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 |
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