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Name: Emplectite RRUFF ID: R070307 Ideal Chemistry: CuBiS2 Locality: Schwarzenberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany Source: James Shigley [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Pale yellow metallic prisms associated with siderite and quartz Status: The identification of this mineral is confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis. |
| Mineral Group: [ Chalcostibite (2) ] | ||
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| RRUFF ID: | R070307.9 | ||||||
| Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
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a: 6.142(2)Å b: 3.911(1)Å c: 14.515(5)Å alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 90° Volume: 348.8(4)Å3 Crystal System: orthorhombic |
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| REFERENCES for Emplectite | |
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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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Selb O (1817) Die oryktognostische mineralien - Sammlung des Herrn Oberbergrathes Selb, Taschenbuch für die gesammte Mineralogie mit Hinsicht auf die neuesten Entdeckungen, 11, 441-453 [view file] |
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Kenngott A (1855) Emplektit (ein neuer Wismuth-Glanz), in Uebersicht der Resultate Mineralogischer Forschungen im Jahre 1853 T.O. Weigel Leipzig 125-125 [view file] |
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Hofmann W (1932) Strukturelle und morphologische zusammenhänge bei erzen vom formeltyp ABC2, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 84, 177-203 [view file] |
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Portheine J C, Nowacki W (1975) Refinement of the crystal structure of emplectite, CuBiS2, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 141, 387-402 [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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Razmara M F, Henderson C M B, Pattrick R A D, Bell A M T, Charnock J M (1997) The crystal chemistry of the solid solution series between chalcostibite (CuSbS2) and emplectite (CuBiS2), Mineralogical Magazine, 61, 79-88 [view file] |
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Wagner T, Lerenz J (2002) Mineralogy of complex Co-Ni-Bi vein mineralization, Bieber deposit, Spessart, Germany, Mineralogical Magazine, 66, 385-407 [view file] |
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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] |
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Kyono A, Kimata M (2005) Crystal structures of chalcostibite (CuSbS2) and emplectite (CuBiS2): structural relationship of stereochemical activity between chalcostibite and emplectite, American Mineralogist, 90, 162-165 [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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