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Name: Eskebornite RRUFF ID: R060791 Ideal Chemistry: CuFeSe2 Locality: Slavkovice Morava, Czech Republic Source: Michael Scott S101151 [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Brass colored metallic massive Status: The identification of this mineral is confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis. |
Mineral Group: [ Chalcopyrite (6) ] |
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POWDER DIFFRACTION | |||||||
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RRUFF ID: | R060791.9 | ||||||
Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 5.5082(5)Å b: 5.5082(5)Å c: 11.019(2)Å alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 90° Volume: 334.30(4)Å3 Crystal System: tetragonal |
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REFERENCES for Eskebornite | |
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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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Ramdohr P (1950) Neue Erzmineralien, Fortschritte der Mineralogie, 28, 69-70 [view file] |
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Fleischer M (1954) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 39, 690-692 [view file] |
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Fleischer M (1961) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 46, 464-468 [view file] |
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Harris D C, Burke E A J (1971) Eskebornite, two Canadian Occurrences, The Canadian Mineralogist, 10, 787-796 [view file] |
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Fleischer M (1972) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 57, 1552-1561 [view file] |
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Jambor J L, Burke E A J (1989) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 74, 1399-1404 [view file] |
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Delgado J M, Diaz de Delgado G, Quintero M, Woolley J C (1992) The crystal structure of copper iron selenide, CuFeSe2, Materials Research Bulletin, 27, 367-373 |
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