Djurleite R070333
Name: Djurleite
RRUFF ID: R070333
Ideal Chemistry: Cu31S16
Locality: Cornwall, England
Source: Michael Scott S101086 [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Aggregate of black metallic prismatic crystals with bluish tarnish
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis
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CHEMISTRY 
RRUFF ID: R070333.2
Sample Description: Microprobe Fragment
Measured Chemistry: Cu30.75S16 = Cu1.92S
Microprobe Data File: [ Download Excel File ]
RAMAN SPECTRUM 
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
Instrument settings: Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 10% of 150mW
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POWDER DIFFRACTION 
RRUFF ID: R070333.1
Sample Description: Powder, cell parameters are from single crystal
Cell Refinement Output: a: 26.898(8)Å    b: 15.752(5)Å    c: 13.592(4)Å
alpha: 90°    beta: 90.27(1)°    gamma: 90°   Volume: 5759(3)Å3    Crystal System: monoclinic
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Output file from the Bruker D8 Advance instrument. Includes device headers and XY data.

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

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REFERENCES for Djurleite

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]

Djurle S (1958) An X-ray study on the system Cu-S, Acta Chemica Scandinavica, 12, 1415-1426

Morimoto N (1962) Djurleite, a new copper sulphide mineral, Mineralogical Journal, 3, 338-344   [view file]

Roseboom E H (1962) Djurleite, Cu1.96S, a new mineral, American Mineralogist, 47, 1181-1184   [view file]

Fleischer M (1963) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 48, 209-217   [view file]

Roseboom E H (1966) An investigation of the system Cu-S and some natural copper sulfides between 25° and 700° C, Economic Geology, 61, 641-672

International Mineralogical Association (1967) Commission on new minerals and mineral names, Mineralogical Magazine, 36, 131-136   [view file]

Takeda H, Donnay J D H, Roseboom E H, Appleman D E (1967) The crystal structure of djurleite, Cu1.97S, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 125, 404-413   [view file]

Cook W R (1972) Phase changes in Cu2S as a function of temperature, National Bureau of Standards Special Publication 364, Solid State Chemistry, 364, 703-712   [view file]

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

Potter R W II (1977) An electrochemical investigation of the system copper-sulfur, Economic Geology, 72, 1524-1542

Evans H T (1979) Djurleite (Cu1.94S) and low chalcocite (Cu2S): New crystal structure studies, Science, 203, 356-358

Evans H T (1979) The crystal structures of low chalcocite and djurleite, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 150, 299-320   [view file]

Evans H T (1981) Copper coordination in low chalcocite djurleite and other copper-rich sulfides, American Mineralogist, 66, 807-818   [view file]

Whiteside L S, Goble R J (1986) Structural and compositional changes in copper sulfides during leaching and dissolution, The Canadian Mineralogist, 24, 247-258   [view file]

Pósfai M, Buseck P R (1994) Djurleite, digenite, and chalcocite: Intergrowths and transformations, American Mineralogist, 79, 308-315   [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]