Talnakhite R060389


 Name: Talnakhite
RRUFF ID: R060389
Ideal Chemistry: Cu9Fe8S16
Locality: Oktyabrskiy mine, Talnakh, Noril'sk Region, Siberia, U.S.S.R.
Source: Michael Scott S100088 [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Bronze metallic massive, associated with cubanite. We can not tell the difference between them by eye.
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis
Mineral Group: [ Chalcopyrite (6) ]
CHEMISTRY 
RRUFF ID: R060389.2
Sample Description: Microprobe Fragment
Measured Chemistry: (Cu8.70Ni0.30)Σ=9Fe9.00S16.00
RAMAN SPECTRUM 
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Sample Description: Unoriented Raman on the primary sample
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Sample Description: Unoriented Raman on the primary sample
Instrument settings: Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW
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POWDER DIFFRACTION 
RRUFF ID: R060389.1
Sample Description: Powder, cell parameters are from single crystal
Cell Refinement Output: a: 10.613(5)Å    b: 10.613(5)Å    c: 10.613(5)Å
alpha: 90°    beta: 90°    gamma: 90°   Volume: 1195.6(4)Å3    Crystal System: cubic
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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 Talnakhite

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]

Bud'ko I A, Kulagov E A (1968) The new mineral talnakhite, a cubic variety of chalcopyrite, Zapiski Vsesoyuznogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva, 97, issue 1 63-63   [view file]

Fleischer M (1970) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 55, 2135-2139   [view file]

Fleischer M (1971) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 56, 2156-2159   [view file]

Hall S R, Gabe E J (1972) The crystal structure of talnakhite, Cu18Fe16S32, American Mineralogist, 57, 368-380   [view file]

Hall S R (1975) Crystal structures of the chalcopyrite series, The Canadian Mineralogist, 13, 168-172   [view file]

Putnis A (1978) Talnakhite and mooihoekite: the accessibility of ordered structures in the metal-rich region around chalcopyrite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 16, 23-30   [view file]