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Roquesite

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Roquesit
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Roquesit
Roquesit ohne erkennbare Kristallausbildung; Bildbreite 15 mm; Fundort: Charrier, La-Mayet-de-Montagne, Allier, Auvergne, Frankreich
Copyright: Andi_Y; Contribution: Andi_Y
Location: Frankreich/Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Region/Allier, Département/Vichy, Arrondissement/Le Mayet-de-Montagne/Charrier
Mineral: Roquesite
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Roquesit

Roquesit ohne erkennbare Kristallausbildung; Bildbreite 15 mm; Fundort: Charrier, La-Mayet-de-Montagne, Allier, Auvergne, Frankreich

Copyright: Andi_Y
Contribution: Andi_Y 2006-04-05
Locality: Charrier / Le Mayet-de-Montagne / Vichy, Arrondissement / Allier, Département / Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Region / Frankreich
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Roquesit
Kristallgröße: ca. 0,5 mm; Fundort: Langban, Värmland, Schweden
Copyright: MinTreasure.com (Carsten Slotta); Contribution: slugslayer
Location: Schweden/Värmland, Provinz/Filipstad, Gemeinde/Långban, Distrikt/Långban Fe-Mn-(Ba-As-Pb-Sb) Lagerstätte
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Roquesit

Kristallgröße: ca. 0,5 mm; Fundort: Langban, Värmland, Schweden

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Contribution: slugslayer 2016-07-11
Locality: Långban Fe-Mn-(Ba-As-Pb-Sb) Lagerstätte / Långban, Distrikt / Filipstad, Gemeinde / Värmland, Provinz / Schweden
Roquesit mit Stannoidit, Cassiterit, Wismut und Chalkopyrit etc.
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Roquesit mit Stannoidit, Cassiterit, Wismut und Chalkopyrit etc.
Erzanschliff mit Roquesit, Stannoidit, Cassiterit, Wismut und Chalkopyrit etc. aus Pravourmiyskoe in Russland. Analysiert von Prof. N. Rudashevsky, Petersburg.
Copyright: Klaus Schäfer; Contribution: Klaus Schäfer
Collection: Klaus Schäfer, Collection number: Erz-Roqu-2-1-19
Location: Russland/Ferner Osten, Föderationskreis/Chabarowsk (Khabarovsk), Krai/Malyi-Khingan-Gebirge/Boureinsky Massiv/Pravourmiyskoe
Mineral: Roquesite, Stannoidite
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Roquesit mit Stannoidit, Cassiterit, Wismut und Chalkopyrit etc. (SNr: Erz-Roqu-2-1-19)

Erzanschliff mit Roquesit, Stannoidit, Cassiterit, Wismut und Chalkopyrit etc. aus Pravourmiyskoe in Russland. Analysiert von Prof. N. Rudashevsky, Petersburg.

Collection: Klaus Schäfer
Copyright: Klaus Schäfer
Contribution: Klaus Schäfer 2020-01-25
Locality: Pravourmiyskoe / Boureinsky Massiv / Malyi-Khingan-Gebirge / Chabarowsk (Khabarovsk), Krai / Ferner Osten, Föderationskreis / Russland

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Collectors Summary

Color grau mit einem leichtbläulichen Farbton
Hardness (Mohs) 4.25
Solubility +++ HNO3
Crystal System tetragonal, I42d

Chemism

Chemical formula

CuInS2

Chemical composition

Indium, Kupfer, Schwefel

Unit weight: 242.4956 u; Number of atoms in the formula: 4

Info

Empirical formula:

CuInS2

Element

Symbol

Weight%

Atoms

Atoms%

Atom weight (u)

Sum weight (u)

Sulfur

S

26.45

2

50.00

32.0655000

64.1310000

Copper

Cu

26.21

1

25.00

63.5463000

63.5463000

Indium

In

47.35

1

25.00

114.8183000

114.8183000

Analysis wt%

Cu : 26.80, In : 47.80, S : 27.30 (Ref: Bulletin de Mineralogie 63)

Strunz 9th edition incl. updates

2.CB.10

2: Sulfide und Sulfosalze (Sulfide, Selenide, Telluride, Arsenide, Antimonide, Bismutide, Sulfarsenite, Sulfantimonite, Sulfbismuthite)
C: Metallsulfide, M : S = 1 : 1 (und ähnliche)
B: mit Zink (Zn), Eisen (Fe), Kupfer (Cu), Silber (Ag), usw.
10:Chalkopyrit-Gruppe

Lapis Classification

II/C.03-040

II: SULFIDE UND SULFOSALZE (Sulfide, Selenide, Telluride, Arsenide, Antimonide, Bismutide)
C: Sulfide mit Metall : S,Se,Te ~ 1:1
3: Chalkopyrit-Gruppe

Classification by Hölzel

2.CB.250

2: SULFIDES
C: Sulfides (etc) with Me/S=1/1
B: With Zn,Cu (etc), Coordination Number ~[4] Framework of Cornersharing Tetrahedra: Sphalerite-Germanite-Family
2: Chalcopyrite-Group

Hey's Chemical Index of Minerals

03.05.19

03: Sulphides, Selenides, Tellurides, Arsenides and Bismuthides (except the arsenides, antimonides and bismuthides of Cu, Ag and Au, which are included in Section 1)
05: Sulphides etc. of Hg and Tl

Dana 8th edition

02.09.01.04

02: Sulfide Minerals
09: Sulfides - Including Selenides and Tellurides where Am Bn Xp, with (m+n):p=1:1
01: Chalcopyrite Group (Tetragonal: I-42d)

IMA status

anerkannt

Mineral status

anerkanntes Mineral

IMA Classification

IMA Classification

Chalcopyrite group

Optical Properties

Color

grau mit einem leichtbläulichen Farbton

Diaphaneity (Transparency)

opak

Crystallography

Crystal System

tetragonal

Class (H-M)

42m

Space Group number

122

Space Group

I42d

Cell parameters a (Å)

5.520

Cell parameters b (Å)

-

Cell parameters c (Å)

11.122

Cell parameters a/b or c/a

2.015

Cell parameters c/b

-

Cell parameters α

90°

Cell parameters β

90°

Cell parameters γ

90°

Z

4

Volume (ų)

338.892

X-Ray Powder Diffraction

4.94(30),
3.19(100),
2.76(60),
2.40(10),
1.915(90),
1.66(80),
1.268(20),
1.127(10)

XRD chart Roquesite

Calculated from d-spacing and intensity at 0.1541838 nm (Cu)

Crystal Structure 3D

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Physical Properties

Hardness (Mohs)

4.25

VHN (Hardness Vickers)

241 (100g)

Density (g/cm³)

4.80 (berechnet)

4.753 ( ρ calc. Mineralienatlas )

Instability

+++ HNO3

Preface

Name from

Maurice Roques, Professor der Geologie

Author (Name, Year)

Picot & Pierrot, 1963

References

American Mineralogist (1969): 54: 1212.

Picot, P. and Pierrot, R. (1963) La roquesite, premier minéral d'indium: CuInS2. Bulletin de la Société française de Minéralogie et de Cristallographie: 86: 7-14.

American Mineralogist (1963): 48: 1178.

Strunz Mineralogical Tables 9. Auflage

IMA group assignments


 
 
CuFeS2
tetragonal
I42d

 
 
CuFeSe2
tetragonal
P42c

 
 
CuGaS2
tetragonal
I42d

 
 
AgInS2
tetragonal
I42d

 
 
AgFeS2
tetragonal
I42d

 
 
CuInS2
tetragonal
I42d

 
 
NiFeS2
tetragonal
I42d

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English

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Russian

Рокезит

CNMNC (IMA)-Number

IMA 1962-001

CNMNC symbol

Symbol

Ro

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IDs

GUSID (Global unique identifier short form) ERy90YDl7UuqQTxTBW4AUg
GUID (Global unique identifier) D1BD1C11-E580-4BED-AA41-3C53056E0052
Database ID 3304