Bornite R070636
Name: Bornite
RRUFF ID: R070636
Ideal Chemistry: Cu5FeS4
Locality: mine 65, 180 m. level, Dzheskazgan mining district, central Kazakhstan
Source: Michael Scott S100287 [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Iridescent blue metallic crystal associated with calcite, malachite and hematite
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction.
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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: R070636.9
Sample Description: Single crystal, powder profile is calculated
Cell Refinement Output: a: 10.964(1)Å    b: 21.874(3)Å    c: 10.962(1)Å
alpha: 90°    beta: 90°    gamma: 90°   Volume: 2629(1)Å3    Crystal System: orthorhombic
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Output file from the Bruker D8 Advance instrument. Includes device headers and XY data.

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REFERENCES for Bornite

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]

Haidinger W (1845) Zweite Klasse: Geogenide. XIII. Ordnung. Kiese. V. Kupperkies. Bornit., in Handbuch der Bestimmenden Mineralogie Bei Braumüller and Seidel Wien 559-562   [view file]

International Mineralogical Association (1962) International Mineralogical Association: Commission on new minerals and mineral names, Mineralogical Magazine, 33, 260-263   [view file]

Morimoto N (1964) Structures of two polymorphic forms of Cu5FeS4, Acta Crystallographica, 17, 351-360

Manning P G (1967) A study of the bonding properties of sulphur in bornite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 9, 85-94   [view file]

Koto K, Morimoto N (1975) Superstructure investigation of bornite, Cu5FeS4, by the modified partial Patterson function, Acta Crystallographica, B31, 2268-2273

Oen I S, Kieft C (1976) Silver - bearing wittichenite - chalcopyrite - bornite intergrowth and associated minerals in the Mangualde pegmatite, Portugal, The Canadian Mineralogist, 14, 185-193   [view file]

Tatsuka K, Morimoto N (1977) Tetrahedrite stability relations in the Cu-Fe-Sb-S system, American Mineralogist, 62, 1101-1109   [view file]

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Pierce L, Buseck P R (1978) Superstructuring in the bornite-digenite series: a high-resolution electron microscopy study, American Mineralogist, 63, 1-16   [view file]

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Vaughan D J, Tossell J A, Stanley C J (1987) The surface properties of bornite, Mineralogical Magazine, 51, 285-293   [view file]

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Grguric B A, Putnis A (1998) Compositional controls on phase-transition temperatures in bornite: a differential scanning calorimetry study, The Canadian Mineralogist, 36, 215-227   [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]

Ding Y, Veblen D R, Prewitt C T (2005) High-resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM) study of the 4a and 6a superstructure of bornite Cu5FeS4, American Mineralogist, 90, 1256-1264   [view file]

Ding Y, Veblen D R, Prewitt C T (2005) Possible Fe/Cu ordering schemes in the 2a superstructure of bornite (Cu5FeS4), American Mineralogist, 90, 1265-1269   [view file]

Harmer S L, Pratt A R, Nesbitt H W, Fleet M E (2005) Reconstruction of fracture surfaces on bornite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 43, 1619-1630   [view file]

Goh S W, Buckley A N, Lamb R N, Rosenberg R A, Moran D (2006) The oxidation states of copper and iron in mineral sulfides, and the oxides formed on initial exposure of chalcopyrite and bornite to air, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 70, 2210-2228

Cook N J, Ciobanu C L, Danyushevsky L V, Gilbert S (2011) Minor and trace elements in bornite and associated Cu-(Fe)-sulfides: A LA-ICP-MS study, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 75, 6473-6496

Gill S B, Piercey S J, Layton-Matthews D (2016) Mineralogy and metal zoning of the Cambrian Zn-Pb-Cu-Ag-Au Lemarchant volcanogenic massive sulfide (VMS) deposit, Newfoundland, The Canadian Mineralogist, 54, 1307-1344

Giebel R J, Gauert C D K, Marks M A W, Costin G, Markl G (2017) Multi-stage formation of REE minerals in the Palabora Carbonatite Complex, South Africa, American Mineralogist, 102, 1218-1233