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Krupkaite R070310

Name: Krupkaite
RRUFF ID: R070310
Ideal Chemistry: PbCuBi₃S₆
Locality: MaGruder Peak Quadrangle, near Goldfield, Esmerelda County, Nevada, USA
Source: James Shigley [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Acicular metallic golden crystal with blue iridescence, embedded in quartz. Space group determined in order to help with the identification.
Status: The identification of this mineral is confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis.

Mineral Group: [ Meneghinite (7) ]

Quick search: [ All Krupkaite samples (3) ]

CHEMISTRY

RRUFF ID:	R070310.2
Sample Description:	Microprobe Fragment
Measured Chemistry:	Pb_1.00(Cu_0.99Zn_0.01)_Σ=1(Bi_2.84Pb_0.16)_Σ=3S_6.00
Microprobe Data File:	[ Download Excel File ]

RAMAN SPECTRUM

RRUFF ID:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

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BROAD SCAN WITH SPECTRAL ARTIFACTS

RRUFF ID:

R070310

Wavelength:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

Instrument settings:

Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 50% of 150mW

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POWDER DIFFRACTION

RRUFF ID:

R070310.9

Sample Description:

Single crystal, powder profile is calculated

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 4.022(1)Å b: 11.249(5)Å c: 11.586(3)Å
alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 90° Volume: 524.3(4)Å³ Crystal System: orthorhombic

File Type Information

Calculated diffraction file.

File Type Information

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

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REFERENCES for Krupkaite
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]
Synecek V, Hybler J (1974) The crystal structures of krupkaite, CuPbBi₃S₆, and of gladite, CuPbBi₅S₉, and the classification of superstructures in the bismuthinite-aikinite group, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Monatshefte, 1974, 541-560
Zak L, Synecek V, Hybler J (1974) Krupkaite, CuPbBi₃S₆, a new mineral of the bismuthinite-aikinite group, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Monatshefte, 1974, 533-541
Fleischer M, Chao G Y, Cabri L J (1975) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 60, 736-739 [view file]
Mumme W G (1975) The crystal structure of krupkaite, CuPbBi₃S₆, from the Juno mine at Tennant Creek, Northern Territory, Australia, American Mineralogist, 60, 300-308 [view file]
Pring A (1989) Structural disorder in aikinite and krupkaite, American Mineralogist, 74, 250-255 [view file]
Berlepsch P, Makovicky E, Balić-Žunić T (2001) Crystal chemistry of meneghinite homologues and related sulfosalts, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Monatshefte, 2001, 115-135
Topa D, Makovicky E, Balić-Zunić T (2002) The structural role of excess Cu and Pb in gladite and krupkaite based on new refinements of their structure, The Canadian Mineralogist, 40, 1147-1159 [view file]
Petrícek V, Makovicky E (2006) Interpretation of selected structures of the bismuthinite — aikinite series as commensurately modulated structures, The Canadian Mineralogist, 44, 189-206 [view file]
Topa D, Petricek V, Dusek M, Makovicky E, Balic-Zunic T (2008) Simultaneous refinement of two components of an exsolution intergrowth: Crystal structures of the lindströmite - krupkaite pair, The Canadian Mineralogist, 46, 525-539 [view file]
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

REFERENCES for Krupkaite

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]

Synecek V, Hybler J (1974) The crystal structures of krupkaite, CuPbBi₃S₆, and of gladite, CuPbBi₅S₉, and the classification of superstructures in the bismuthinite-aikinite group, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Monatshefte, 1974, 541-560

Zak L, Synecek V, Hybler J (1974) Krupkaite, CuPbBi₃S₆, a new mineral of the bismuthinite-aikinite group, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Monatshefte, 1974, 533-541

Fleischer M, Chao G Y, Cabri L J (1975) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 60, 736-739 [view file]

Mumme W G (1975) The crystal structure of krupkaite, CuPbBi₃S₆, from the Juno mine at Tennant Creek, Northern Territory, Australia, American Mineralogist, 60, 300-308 [view file]

Pring A (1989) Structural disorder in aikinite and krupkaite, American Mineralogist, 74, 250-255 [view file]

Berlepsch P, Makovicky E, Balić-Žunić T (2001) Crystal chemistry of meneghinite homologues and related sulfosalts, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Monatshefte, 2001, 115-135

Topa D, Makovicky E, Balić-Zunić T (2002) The structural role of excess Cu and Pb in gladite and krupkaite based on new refinements of their structure, The Canadian Mineralogist, 40, 1147-1159 [view file]

Petrícek V, Makovicky E (2006) Interpretation of selected structures of the bismuthinite — aikinite series as commensurately modulated structures, The Canadian Mineralogist, 44, 189-206 [view file]

Topa D, Petricek V, Dusek M, Makovicky E, Balic-Zunic T (2008) Simultaneous refinement of two components of an exsolution intergrowth: Crystal structures of the lindströmite - krupkaite pair, The Canadian Mineralogist, 46, 525-539 [view file]

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