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Covellite R060306

Name: Covellite
RRUFF ID: R060306
Ideal Chemistry: CuS
Locality: 3800' level, Leonard mine, Butte, Silver Bow County, Montana, USA
Source: Michael Scott S100126 [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Blue iridescent metallic hexagonal plates
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis

Mineral Group: [ Covellite (4) ]

Quick search: [ All Covellite samples (3) ]

CHEMISTRY

RRUFF ID:	R060306.2
Sample Description:	Microprobe fragment
Measured Chemistry:	Cu_1.00S_1.00
Microprobe Data File:	[ Download Excel File ]

RAMAN SPECTRUM

RRUFF ID:

Sample Description:

Sample is oriented and mounted on a pin

Pin ID:

M00169

Orientation:

Laser parallel to -a* (-1 0 0). Fiducial mark perpendicular to laser is parallel to c [0 0 1].

DOWNLOADS:

To download sample data,
please select a specific
orientation angle.

BROAD SCAN WITH SPECTRAL ARTIFACTS

RRUFF ID:

R060306

Wavelength:

Sample Description:

Unoriented Raman on the primary sample

Instrument settings:

Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW

DOWNLOADS:

	Raman Data (RAW)
	RRUFF File

POWDER DIFFRACTION

RRUFF ID:

R060306.1

Sample Description:

Powder

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 3.7937(7)Å b: 3.7937(7)Å c: 16.357(3)Å
alpha: 90.° beta: 90.° gamma: 120.° Volume: 203.88(5)Å³ Crystal System: hexagonal

File Type Information

Calculated diffraction file.

File Type Information

Output file from the Bruker D8 Advance instrument. Includes device headers and XY data.

File Type Information

Output file from the Bruker D8 Advance instrument. Includes device headers and XY data.

DOWNLOADS:

	Cell Refinement Data
	Cell Refinement Output Data
	DIF File
	X-ray Data (XY - Processed)
	RRUFF File
	X-ray Data (XY - RAW)
	RRUFF File

REFERENCES for Covellite
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]
Beudant F S (1832) Sulfure de cuivre du Vésuve, in Traité Élémentaire de Minéralogie, 2nd Edition Paris 409-410 [view file]
Oftedal I (1932) Die Kristallstruktur des Covellins (CuS)., Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 83, 9-25 [view file]
Mathieu H J, Rickert H (1972) Elektrochemisch-thermodynamische Untersuchungen am System Kupfer-Schwefel bei Temperaturen T = 15-90°C, Zeitschrift für Physikalische Chemie Neue Folge, 79, 315-330
Goble R J, Smith D G W (1973) Electron microprobe investigation of copper sulphides in the Precambrian Lewis Series of S.W. Alberta, Canada, The Canadian Mineralogist, 12, 95-103 [view file]
Kalbskopf R, Pertlik F, Zemann J (1975) Verfeinerung der kristallstruktur des covellins, CuS, mit einkristalldaten, Tschermaks Mineralogische und Petrographische Mitteilungen, 22, 242-249
Takeuchi Y, Ozawa T (1975) The structure of Cu₄Bi₄S₉ and its relation to the structures of covellite, CuS and bismuthinite, Bi₂S₃, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 141, 217-232 [view file]
Evans H T, Konnert J A (1976) Crystal structure refinement of covellite, American Mineralogist, 61, 996-1000 [view file]
Ohmasa M, Suzuki M, Takéuchi Y (1976) A refinement of the crystal structure of covellite, CuS, Mineralogical Journal, 8, 311-319 [view file]
Potter R W II (1977) An electrochemical investigation of the system copper-sulfur, Economic Geology, 72, 1524-1542
Tatsuka K, Morimoto N (1977) Tetrahedrite stability relations in the Cu-Fe-Sb-S system, American Mineralogist, 62, 1101-1109 [view file]
Evans H T (1981) Copper coordination in low chalcocite djurleite and other copper-rich sulfides, American Mineralogist, 66, 807-818 [view file]
Miller R (1981) Kawazulite Bi₂Te₂Se, related bismuth minerals and selenian covellite from the Northwest Territories, The Canadian Mineralogist, 19, 341-348 [view file]
Nickel E H (1985) An unusual assemblage of supergene minerals near Coppin Pool, Western Australia, Australian Journal of Earth Sciences, 32, 311-321
Takéuchi Y, Kudoh Y, Sato G (1985) The crystal structure of covellite CuS under high pressure up to 33 kbar, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 173, 119-128 [view file]
Walsh C A, Rimstidt J D (1986) Rates of reaction of covellite and blaubleibender covellite with ferric iron at pH 2.0, The Canadian Mineralogist, 24, 35-44 [view file]
Fjellvåg H, Grønvold F, Stølen S, Andresen A F, Müller-Käfer R, Simon A (1988) Low-temperature structural distortion in CuS, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 184, 111-121 [view file]
Peiris S M, Sweeney J S, Campbell A J, Heinz D L (1996) Pressure-induced amorphization of covellite, CuS, The Journal of Chemical Physics, 104, 11-16
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]
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
Bencistà I, Di Benedetto F, Innocenti M, De Luca A, Fornaciai G, Lavacchi A, Montegrossi G, Oberhauser W, Pardi L A, Romanelli M, Vizza F, Foresti M L (2012) Phase composition of Cu_xS thin films: spectroscopic evidence of covellite formation, European Journal of Mineralogy, 24, 879-884
Markl G, Keim M F, Bayerl R (2019) Unusual mineral diversity in hydrothermal vein-type deposit: The Clara mine, SW Germany, as a type example, The Canadian Mineralogist, 57, 427-456

REFERENCES for Covellite

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]

Beudant F S (1832) Sulfure de cuivre du Vésuve, in Traité Élémentaire de Minéralogie, 2nd Edition Paris 409-410 [view file]

Oftedal I (1932) Die Kristallstruktur des Covellins (CuS)., Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 83, 9-25 [view file]

Mathieu H J, Rickert H (1972) Elektrochemisch-thermodynamische Untersuchungen am System Kupfer-Schwefel bei Temperaturen T = 15-90°C, Zeitschrift für Physikalische Chemie Neue Folge, 79, 315-330

Goble R J, Smith D G W (1973) Electron microprobe investigation of copper sulphides in the Precambrian Lewis Series of S.W. Alberta, Canada, The Canadian Mineralogist, 12, 95-103 [view file]

Kalbskopf R, Pertlik F, Zemann J (1975) Verfeinerung der kristallstruktur des covellins, CuS, mit einkristalldaten, Tschermaks Mineralogische und Petrographische Mitteilungen, 22, 242-249

Takeuchi Y, Ozawa T (1975) The structure of Cu₄Bi₄S₉ and its relation to the structures of covellite, CuS and bismuthinite, Bi₂S₃, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 141, 217-232 [view file]

Evans H T, Konnert J A (1976) Crystal structure refinement of covellite, American Mineralogist, 61, 996-1000 [view file]

Ohmasa M, Suzuki M, Takéuchi Y (1976) A refinement of the crystal structure of covellite, CuS, Mineralogical Journal, 8, 311-319 [view file]

Potter R W II (1977) An electrochemical investigation of the system copper-sulfur, Economic Geology, 72, 1524-1542

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

Evans H T (1981) Copper coordination in low chalcocite djurleite and other copper-rich sulfides, American Mineralogist, 66, 807-818 [view file]

Miller R (1981) Kawazulite Bi₂Te₂Se, related bismuth minerals and selenian covellite from the Northwest Territories, The Canadian Mineralogist, 19, 341-348 [view file]

Nickel E H (1985) An unusual assemblage of supergene minerals near Coppin Pool, Western Australia, Australian Journal of Earth Sciences, 32, 311-321

Takéuchi Y, Kudoh Y, Sato G (1985) The crystal structure of covellite CuS under high pressure up to 33 kbar, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 173, 119-128 [view file]

Walsh C A, Rimstidt J D (1986) Rates of reaction of covellite and blaubleibender covellite with ferric iron at pH 2.0, The Canadian Mineralogist, 24, 35-44 [view file]

Fjellvåg H, Grønvold F, Stølen S, Andresen A F, Müller-Käfer R, Simon A (1988) Low-temperature structural distortion in CuS, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 184, 111-121 [view file]

Peiris S M, Sweeney J S, Campbell A J, Heinz D L (1996) Pressure-induced amorphization of covellite, CuS, The Journal of Chemical Physics, 104, 11-16

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]

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

Bencistà I, Di Benedetto F, Innocenti M, De Luca A, Fornaciai G, Lavacchi A, Montegrossi G, Oberhauser W, Pardi L A, Romanelli M, Vizza F, Foresti M L (2012) Phase composition of Cu_xS thin films: spectroscopic evidence of covellite formation, European Journal of Mineralogy, 24, 879-884

Markl G, Keim M F, Bayerl R (2019) Unusual mineral diversity in hydrothermal vein-type deposit: The Clara mine, SW Germany, as a type example, The Canadian Mineralogist, 57, 427-456