Bournonite R050364


Name: Bournonite
RRUFF ID: R050364
Ideal Chemistry: CuPbSbS3
Locality: Neudorf, Harz Mountains, Austria
Source: University of Arizona Mineral Museum 7088 [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Black fragment
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis
Mineral Group: [ Bournonite (4) ]
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CHEMISTRY 
RRUFF ID: R050364.2
Sample Description: Microprobe Fragment
Measured Chemistry: Pb1.00Cu1.00Sb1.00S3.00
Microprobe Data File: [ Download Excel File ]
RAMAN SPECTRUM 
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
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RRUFF ID: R050364
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
Instrument settings: Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 65% of 150mW
INFRARED SPECTRUM (Attenuated Total Reflectance) 
RRUFF ID: R050364.1
Instrument settings: SensIR Durascope on a Nicolet Magna 860 FTIR
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POWDER DIFFRACTION 
RRUFF ID: R050364.1
Sample Description: Powder
Cell Refinement Output: a: 8.1555(8)Å    b: 8.7085(7)Å    c: 7.8132(7)Å
alpha: 90.°    beta: 90.°    gamma: 90.°   Volume: 554.92(5)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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Output file from the Bruker D8 Advance instrument. Includes device headers and XY data.

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REFERENCES for Bournonite

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]

Bournon J L (1804) Description of a triple sulphuret, of lead, antimony and copper, from Cornwall; with some observations upon the various modes of attraction which influence the formation of mineral substances, and upon the different kinds of sulphuret of copper, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, 94, 30-62   [view file]

Jameson R (1805) Bournonite, System of Mineralogy, II, Bell and Bradfute Edinburgh, U.K. 579-582   [view file]

Edenharter A, Mowacki W, Takeuchi Y (1970) Verfeinerung der kristallstruktur von bournonit [(SbS3)2|Cu(IV)2Pb(VII)Pb(VIII)] und von seligmannit [(AsS3)2|Cu(IV)2PB(VII)Pb(VIII)], Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 131, 397-417   [view file]

Berlepsch P, Makovicky E, Balić-Žunić T (2001) Crystal chemistry of meneghinite homologues and related sulfosalts, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Monatshefte, 2001, 115-135

Kharbish S, Libowitzky E, Beran A (2009) Raman spectra of isolated and interconnected pyramidal XS3 groups (X = Sb, Bi) in stibnite, bismuthinite, kermesite, stephanite and bournonite, European Journal of Mineralogy, 21, 325-333

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

Apopei A I, Damian G, Buzgar N, Buzatu A, Andráš P, Milovska S (2017) The determination of the Sb/As content in natural tetrahedrite-tennantite and bournonite-seligmannite solid solution series by Raman spectroscopy, Mineralogical Magazine, 81, 1439-1456