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Castaingite

Collectors Summary

Color gelblichgrau-met.
Lustre Metallglanz
Hardness (Mohs) 1.75
Crystal System hexagonal,

Chemism

Chem­ical formula

CuMo2S5

Addi­tional chem. informa­tion

Gemisch aus kupferhaltigen Molybdänits mit schwankendem Gerhardtit-Anteil

Chem­ical com­po­si­tion

Kupfer, Molybdän, Schwefel

Unit weight: 415.7578 u; Number of atoms in the formula: 8

Info

Empirical formula:

CuMo2S5

Element

Symbol

Weight%

Atoms

Atoms%

Atom weight (u)

Sum weight (u)
Sulfur

S

38.56

5

62.50

32.0655000

160.3275000
Copper

Cu

15.28

1

12.50

63.5463000

63.5463000
Molybdenum

Mo

46.15

2

25.00

95.9420000

191.8840000

Anal­y­sis wt%

Mo : 47.20, S : 34.00, Cu : 13.50, Fe : 1.00, Pb : 2.50, Bi : 2.00 (Ref: Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, (Monatshefte) 63)

Strunz 9th edi­tion incl. updates

2.EA.30

2: Sulfide und Sulfosalze (Sulfide, Selenide, Telluride, Arsenide, Antimonide, Bismutide, Sulfarsenite, Sulfantimonite, Sulfbismuthite)
E: Metallsulfide mit M:S >= 1:2
A: M:S = 1:2, mit Cu, Ag, Au; Ni, Sn, PGE, Mo, W
30:Molybdänit-Gruppe

Lapis Clas­sifica­tion

II/D.25-050

II: SULFIDE UND SULFOSALZE (Sulfide, Selenide, Telluride, Arsenide, Antimonide, Bismutide)
D: Sulfide mit Metall : S,Se,Te < 1:1

Clas­sifica­tion by Hölzel

2.EA.560

2: SULFIDES
E: Me/S=1/2 (also < 1/2)
A: Me/S=1/2 with Cu,Ag,Au, etc.
5: Molybdenite-Group

IMA sta­tus

diskreditiert

Optical Properties

Color

gelblichgrau-met.

Lus­tre

Metallglanz

Crystallography

Crystal Sys­tem

hexagonal

Cell param­e­ters b (Å)

-

Cell param­e­ters c/b

-

Cell param­e­ters α

90°

Cell param­e­ters β

90°

Cell param­e­ters γ

120°

X-Ray Pow­der Diffrac­tion

6.33(60),
4.27(80),
3.50(80),
3.40(100),
3.05(100),
2.60(80),
2.60(60)
XRD chart Castaingite

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

Physical Properties

Hard­ness (Mohs)

1.75

Density (g/cm³)

5.68 (gemessen)

(Co-)Type locality

(Co-)Type locality

Deutschland/Sachsen-Anhalt/Mansfeld-Südharz, Landkreis/Klostermansfeld/Zirkelschacht

Preface

Author (Name, Year)

Schüller & Ottemann, 1963

References

Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Abhandlungen 100 (1963), 317.

American Mineralogist 50 (1965), 264 (Zusammenfasung).

Mineralogical Magazine 36 (1967), 133.

Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Monatshefte (1969), 529.

Related minerals "Strunz Classification" (9. Edition) [Mineral | Chemical formula | Crystal system : Class (H-M) : Space Group | Indenture number]

Jordisite

MoS2

amorph

2.EA.30

'Castaingite'

CuMo2S5

2.EA.30

Drysdallite

Mo(Se,S)2

hexagonal : 6/mmm : P63/mmc

2.EA.30

Tungstenite

WS2

hexagonal : 6/mmm : P63/mmc

2.EA.30

Molybdenite

MoS2

2.EA.30

'Dzhezkazganite'

ReMoCu2PbS6

2.EA.30

'Molybdenite-2H' (Pol.v. Molybdenite)

MoS2

hexagonal : 6/mmm : P63/mmc

2.EA.30

'Molybdenite-3R' (Pol.v. Molybdenite)

MoS2

trigonal : 3m : R3m

2.EA.30

Related minerals "Lapis Classification" [Mineral | Chemical formula | Crystal system : Class (H-M) : Space Group | Indenture number]

Rheniite

ReS2

triklin : 1 : P1

II/D.25-005

Molybdenite

MoS2

II/D.25-010

Jordisite

MoS2

amorph

II/D.25-020

Drysdallite

Mo(Se,S)2

hexagonal : 6/mmm : P63/mmc

II/D.25-030

Tungstenite

WS2

hexagonal : 6/mmm : P63/mmc

II/D.25-040

'Castaingite'

CuMo2S5

II/D.25-050

Related minerals "Hoelzel Classification" [Mineral | Chemical formula : Crystal system : Class (H-M) | Space Group | Indenture number]

Molybdenite

MoS2

2.EA.50

'Molybdenite-2H' (Pol.v. Molybdenite)

MoS2

hexagonal : 6/mmm : P63/mmc

2.EA.500

Tungstenite

WS2

hexagonal : 6/mmm : P63/mmc

2.EA.510

Drysdallite

Mo(Se,S)2

hexagonal : 6/mmm : P63/mmc

2.EA.520

'Molybdenite-3R' (Pol.v. Molybdenite)

MoS2

trigonal : 3m : R3m

2.EA.530

Jordisite

MoS2

amorph

2.EA.540

'Castaingite'

CuMo2S5

2.EA.560

Rheniite

ReS2

triklin : 1 : P1

2.EA.580

'Dzhezkazganite'

ReMoCu2PbS6

2.EA.590

Other languages

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English

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Alternative Name

Spanish

Castaingita

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