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Name: Colusite RRUFF ID: R070568 Ideal Chemistry: Cu13VAs3S16 Locality: East Colusa mine, Butte, Silver Bow County, Montana, USA Source: James Shigley [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Metallic bronze massive associated with quartz and pyrite Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed only by single crystal X-ray diffraction. |
Mineral Groups: [ Sphalerite (35) ] [ Germanite (4) ] |
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RRUFF ID: | R070568.9 | ||||||
Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 10.641(3)Å b: 10.641(3)Å c: 10.641(3)Å alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 90° Volume: 1204.9(2)Å3 Crystal System: cubic |
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REFERENCES for Colusite | |
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American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database Record: [view record] |
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Zachariasen W H (1933) X-ray examination of colusite, (Cu,Fe,Mo,Sn)4(S,As,Te)3-4, American Mineralogist, 18, 534-537 [view file] |
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Frank-Kamenetskaya O V, Rozhdenstvenskaya I V, Yanulova L A (2002) New data on the crystal structures of colusites and arsenosulvanites, Journal of Structural Chemistry, 43, 89-100 |
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Wagner T, Monecke T (2005) Germanium-bearing colusite from the Waterloo volcanic-rock-hosted massive sulfide deposit, Australia: crystal chemistry and formation of colusite-group minerals, The Canadian Mineralogist, 43, 655-669 [view file] |
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