Colusite R070568

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Name: Colusite
RRUFF ID: R070568
Ideal Chemistry: Cu13VAs3S16
Locality: East Colusa mine, Butte, Silver Bow County, Montana, USA
Source: James Shigley [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Metallic bronze massive associated with quartz and pyrite
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed only by single crystal X-ray diffraction.
Mineral Groups: [ Sphalerite (35) ] [ Germanite (4) ]
RAMAN SPECTRUM 
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
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RRUFF ID: R070568
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
Instrument settings: Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 65% of 150mW
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POWDER DIFFRACTION 
RRUFF ID: R070568.9
Sample Description: Single crystal, powder profile is calculated
Cell Refinement Output: a: 10.641(3)Å    b: 10.641(3)Å    c: 10.641(3)Å
alpha: 90°    beta: 90°    gamma: 90°   Volume: 1204.9(2)Å3    Crystal System: cubic
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Output file from the Bruker D8 Advance instrument. Includes device headers and XY data.

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REFERENCES for Colusite

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]

Sales R H (1914) Ore deposits at Butte, Mont., Transactions of the American Institute of Mining Engineers, 46, 3-109   [view file]

Landon R E, Mogilnor A H (1933) Colusite, a new mineral of the sphalerite group, American Mineralogist, 18, 528-533   [view file]

Zachariasen W H (1933) X-ray examination of colusite, (Cu,Fe,Mo,Sn)4(S,As,Te)3-4, American Mineralogist, 18, 534-537   [view file]

Berman H, Gonyer F A (1939) Re-examination of colusite, American Mineralogist, 24, 377-381   [view file]

Nelson R (1939) Colusite—its occurrence, paragenesis and genetic significance, American Mineralogist, 24, 369-376   [view file]

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]

Fleischer M (1968) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 53, 2103-2106   [view file]

Orlandi P, Merlino S, Duchi G, Vezzalini G (1981) Colusite: a new occurrence and crystal chemistry, The Canadian Mineralogist, 19, 423-427   [view file]

Spry P G, Merlino S, Wang S, Zhang X, Buseck P R (1994) New occurrences and refined crystal chemistry of colusite, with comparisons to arsenosulvanite, American Mineralogist, 79, 750-762   [view file]

Frank-Kamenetskaya O V, Rozhdenstvenskaya I V, Yanulova L A (2002) New data on the crystal structures of colusites and arsenosulvanites, Journal of Structural Chemistry, 43, 89-100

Wagner T, Monecke T (2005) Germanium-bearing colusite from the Waterloo volcanic-rock-hosted massive sulfide deposit, Australia: crystal chemistry and formation of colusite-group minerals, The Canadian Mineralogist, 43, 655-669   [view file]

Gill S B, Piercey S J, Layton-Matthews D (2016) Mineralogy and metal zoning of the Cambrian Zn-Pb-Cu-Ag-Au Lemarchant volcanogenic massive sulfide (VMS) deposit, Newfoundland, The Canadian Mineralogist, 54, 1307-1344