Emplectite R070307
Name: Emplectite
RRUFF ID: R070307
Ideal Chemistry: CuBiS2
Locality: Schwarzenberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Source: James Shigley [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Pale yellow metallic prisms associated with siderite and quartz
Status: The identification of this mineral is confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis.
Mineral Group: [ Chalcostibite (2) ]
CHEMISTRY 
RRUFF ID: R070307.2
Sample Description: Microprobe Fragment
Measured Chemistry: Cu1+1.00Bi1.00S2.00
Microprobe Data File: [ Download Excel File ]
RAMAN SPECTRUM 
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
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RRUFF ID: R070307
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
Instrument settings: Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW
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POWDER DIFFRACTION 
RRUFF ID: R070307.9
Sample Description: Single crystal, powder profile is calculated
Cell Refinement Output: a: 6.142(2)Å    b: 3.911(1)Å    c: 14.515(5)Å
alpha: 90°    beta: 90°    gamma: 90°   Volume: 348.8(4)Å3    Crystal System: orthorhombic
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Calculated diffraction file.

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

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REFERENCES for Emplectite

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]

Selb O (1817) Die oryktognostische mineralien - Sammlung des Herrn Oberbergrathes Selb, Taschenbuch für die gesammte Mineralogie mit Hinsicht auf die neuesten Entdeckungen, 11, 441-453   [view file]

Kenngott A (1855) Emplektit (ein neuer Wismuth-Glanz), in Uebersicht der Resultate Mineralogischer Forschungen im Jahre 1853 T.O. Weigel Leipzig 125-125   [view file]

Hofmann W (1932) Strukturelle und morphologische zusammenhänge bei erzen vom formeltyp ABC2, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 84, 177-203   [view file]

Portheine J C, Nowacki W (1975) Refinement of the crystal structure of emplectite, CuBiS2, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 141, 387-402   [view file]

Makovicky E (1985) The building principles and classification of sulphosalts based on the SnS archetype, Fortschritte der Mineralogie, 63, 45-89

Razmara M F, Henderson C M B, Pattrick R A D, Bell A M T, Charnock J M (1997) The crystal chemistry of the solid solution series between chalcostibite (CuSbS2) and emplectite (CuBiS2), Mineralogical Magazine, 61, 79-88   [view file]

Wagner T, Lerenz J (2002) Mineralogy of complex Co-Ni-Bi vein mineralization, Bieber deposit, Spessart, Germany, Mineralogical Magazine, 66, 385-407   [view file]

Ondruš P, Veselovský F, Gabašová A, Hloušek J, Šrein 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]

Kyono A, Kimata M (2005) Crystal structures of chalcostibite (CuSbS2) and emplectite (CuBiS2): structural relationship of stereochemical activity between chalcostibite and emplectite, American Mineralogist, 90, 162-165   [view file]

Izumino Y, Nakashima K, Nagashima M (2014) Cuprobismutite group minerals (cuprobismutite, hodrušhite, kupčíkite and padĕrite), other Bi-sulfosalts and Bi-tellurides from the Obari mine, Yamagata Prefecture, Japan, Journal of Mineralogical and Petrological Sciences, 109, 177-190