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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) ] |
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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 |
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REFERENCES for Cuprite | |
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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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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] |
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Pinsker Z G, Imamov R M (1964) Production and investigation of thin films of Cu2O, Soviet Physics - Crystallography, 9, 334-335 [view file] |
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Kirfel A, Eichhorn K (1990) Accurate structure analysis with synchrotron radiation. The electron density in Al2O3 and Cu2O, Acta Crystallographica, A46, 271-284 |
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Lippmann T, Schneider J R (2000) Topological analyses of cuprite, Cu2O, using high-energy synchrotron-radiation data, Acta Crystallographica, A56, 575-584 |
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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 |
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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] |
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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 |
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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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