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Name: Nuffieldite RRUFF ID: R100113 Ideal Chemistry: Cu1.4Pb2.4Bi2.4Sb0.2S7 Locality: British Columbia Molybdenum mine, Kitsault, British Columbia, Canada Source: Robert Woodside [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Steel-gray striated prismatic crystals in quartz Status: The identification of this mineral is confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis. |
Mineral Group: [ Kobellite (9) ] | ||
Quick search: [ All Nuffieldite samples (2) ] |
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RRUFF ID: | R100113.9 | ||||||
Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 14.634(1)Å b: 21.350(1)Å c: 4.0505(4)Å alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 90° Volume: 1265.5(2)Å3 Crystal System: orthorhombic |
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REFERENCES for Nuffieldite | |
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American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database Record: [view record] |
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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] |
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Kingston P W (1968) Studies of mineral sulphosalts: XXI - nuffieldite, a new species, The Canadian Mineralogist, 9, 439-452 [view file] |
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Fleischer M (1969) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 54, 573-580 [view file] |
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Fleet M E (1972) The crystal structure of α Ni7S6, American Mineralogist, 57, 318-324 [view file] |
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Kohatsu I, Wuensch B J (1973) The crystal structure of nuffieldite, Pb2Cu(Pb,Bi)Bi2S7, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 138, 343-365 [view file] |
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Fleischer M (1974) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 59, 632-633 [view file] |
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Makovicky E (1985) The building principles and classification of sulphosalts based on the SnS archetype, Fortschritte der Mineralogie, 63, 45-89 |
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Maurel C, Moëlo Y (1990) Synthèse de la nuffieldite dans le système Bi-Pb-Sb-Cu-S, The Canadian Mineralogist, 28, 745-749 [view file] |
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Moëlo Y, Meerschaut A, Makovicky E (1997) Refinement of the crystal structure of nuffieldite, Pb2Cu1.4(Pb0.4Bi0.4Sb0.2)Bi2S7: structural relationships and genesis of complex lead sulfosalt structures, The Canadian Mineralogist, 35, 1497-1508 [view file] |
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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 |
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