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Name: Luzonite RRUFF ID: R070247 Ideal Chemistry: Cu3AsS4 Locality: Huaron Mining District, San Jose de Huayllay district, Cerro de Pasco, Alcides Carrión Province, Pasco department, Peru Source: Michael Scott S105151 [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Black metallic crystals with pinkish hue. The electron microscope image shows three distinct fine-scale phases related to As and Sb content Status: The identification of this mineral is confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis. |
Mineral Groups: [ Stannite (11) ] [ Sphalerite (35) ] | ||
Quick search: [ All Luzonite samples (2) ] |
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RRUFF ID: | R070247.9 | ||||||
Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 5.3193(9)Å b: 5.3193(9)Å c: 10.543(2)Å alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 90° Volume: 298.3(1)Å3 Crystal System: tetragonal |
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REFERENCES for Luzonite | |
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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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Weisbach A (1874) Luzonit, Mineralogische Mittheilungen, 1874, 257-258 [view file] |
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Klockmann F (1891) Mineralogische Mittheilungen aus den Sammlungen der Bergakademie zu Clausthal, Zeitschrift für Krystallographie und Mineralogie, 19, 265-275 [view file] |
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Gaines R V (1957) Luzonite, famatinite and some related minerals, American Mineralogist, 42, 766-779 [view file] |
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Lévy C (1967) Contribution a la minéralogie des sulfures de cuivre du type Cu3XS4, Mémoires du Bureau de Recherches Géologiques et Minières, 54, 1-178 [view file] |
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Marumo F, Nowacki W (1967) A refinement of the crystal structure of luzonite, Cu3AsS4, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 124, 1-8 [view file] |
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Fleischer M (1968) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 53, 2103-2106 [view file] |
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Pósfai M, Buseck P (1998) Relationships between microstructure and composition in enargite and luzonite, American Mineralogist, 83, 373-382 [view file] |
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