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Chalcopyrite Group

A group of related mineral species

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Recorded Ages and Analyses Discuss Chalcopyrite Group

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Chalcopyrite, etc.

Mount Lyell Mines, Queenstown, Queenstown district, West Coast municipality, Tasmania, Australia

Gallite, etc.

Kipushi Mine, Kipushi, Kipushi Territory, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo

Roquesite, etc.

Kidd Mine, Kidd Township, Timmins, Cochrane District, Ontario, Canada

Chalcopyrite, etc.

Mount Lyell Mines, Queenstown, Queenstown district, West Coast municipality, Tasmania, Australia

Gallite, etc.

Kipushi Mine, Kipushi, Kipushi Territory, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo

Roquesite, etc.

Kidd Mine, Kidd Township, Timmins, Cochrane District, Ontario, Canada

Chalcopyrite, etc.

Mount Lyell Mines, Queenstown, Queenstown district, West Coast municipality, Tasmania, Australia

Gallite, etc.

Kipushi Mine, Kipushi, Kipushi Territory, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo

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About Chalcopyrite GroupHide

Formula:

ADX₂

A, D = various metals
X = S, Se.

A group of metal sulphides and selenides, structurally closely related to the sphalerite (ZnS) structure type.
The general formula is ADX₂, where A, D = various metals, X = S, Se.

Unique IdentifiersHide

Mindat ID:

29281

Long-form identifier:

mindat:1:1:29281:0

Chemistry of Chalcopyrite GroupHide

Mindat Formula:

ADX₂

A, D = various metals
X = S, Se.

Age distributionHide

Recorded ages:

Phanerozoic : 299.7 ± 1.8 Ma to 57 Ma - based on 8 recorded ages.

Sample ages:

Sample ID	Recorded age	Geologic Time	Dating method
1	57 Ma	Paleocene	K-Ar
2	57 Ma	Paleocene	K-Ar
3	211 Ma	Late/Upper Triassic	K-Ar
4	228.7 ± 1.4 Ma	Late/Upper Triassic	Re-Os
5	229.9 ± 1.7 Ma	Late/Upper Triassic	Re-Os
6	275.2 ± 4.2 Ma	Cisuralian	Re-Os
7	299.7 ± 1.8 Ma	Pennsylvanian	Re-Os

Sample references:

ID	Locality	Reference
1	Toquepala Mine, Ilabaya, Jorge Basadre Province, Tacna, Peru	Tilton, G. R., Pollak, R. J., Clark, A. H., & Robertson, R. C. (1981) Isotopic composition of Pb in central Andean ore deposits. Geological Society of America Memoirs, 154, 791-816.
2	" "	Tilton, G. R., Pollak, R. J., Clark, A. H., & Robertson, R. C. (1981) Isotopic composition of Pb in central Andean ore deposits. Geological Society of America Memoirs, 154, 791-816.
3	Chojlla Mine, Yanacachi District, Sud Yungas Province, La Paz, Bolivia	Tilton, G. R., Pollak, R. J., Clark, A. H., & Robertson, R. C. (1981) Isotopic composition of Pb in central Andean ore deposits. Geological Society of America Memoirs, 154, 791-816.
4	Huangshandong Cu-Ni-PGE deposit, Huangshan-Jing'erquan ore belt, Yizhou District, Hami Prefecture, Xinjiang, China	Jingwen, M., Jianmin, Y., Wenjun, Q., Andao, D., Zhiliang, W., & Chunming, H. (2003). Re?Os Age of Cu?Ni Ores from the Huangshandong Cu?Ni Sulfide Deposit in the East Tianshan Mountains and Its Implication for Geodynamic Processes.
5	" "	Jingwen, M., Jianmin, Y., Wenjun, Q., Andao, D., Zhiliang, W., & Chunming, H. (2003). Re?Os Age of Cu?Ni Ores from the Huangshandong Cu?Ni Sulfide Deposit in the East Tianshan Mountains and Its Implication for Geodynamic Processes.
6	" "	Jingwen, M., Jianmin, Y., Wenjun, Q., Andao, D., Zhiliang, W., & Chunming, H. (2003). Re?Os Age of Cu?Ni Ores from the Huangshandong Cu?Ni Sulfide Deposit in the East Tianshan Mountains and Its Implication for Geodynamic Processes.
7	" "	Jingwen, M., Jianmin, Y., Wenjun, Q., Andao, D., Zhiliang, W., & Chunming, H. (2003). Re?Os Age of Cu?Ni Ores from the Huangshandong Cu?Ni Sulfide Deposit in the East Tianshan Mountains and Its Implication for Geodynamic Processes.

Chemical AnalysisHide

Oxide wt%:

	1
Fe	30.45 %
Cu	33.46 %
S	33.46 %
Total:	97.37 %

Sample references:

ID	Locality	Reference	Notes
1	Kudremukh, Western Ghat region, Chikkamagaluru District, Karnataka, India	Devaraju, T. C.; Halkoaho, T. A.; Laajoki, K.; Shreerama, M.; Subbarao, G. (1996) Ag-Bi-Tellurides from Kudremukh BIF, Karnataka. Journal Geological Society of India, 47 (2). 263 doi:10.17491/jgsi/1996/470215	EMPA analysis of chalkopyrite found in association with a BIF.

Crystal StructureHide

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ID	Species	Reference	Year	Locality	Temp (K)
0006082	Lenaite	Bindi L, Spry P G, Pratesi G (2006) Lenaite from the Gies gold-silver telluride deposit, Judith Mountains, Montana, USA: occurrence, composition, and crystal structure The Canadian Mineralogist 44 207-212	2006	Gies gold-silver telluride deposit, Judith Mountains, Montana, USA	293
0014365	Eskebornite	Delgado J M, Diaz de Delgado G, Quintero M, Woolley J C (1992) The crystal structure of copper iron selenide, CuFeSe2 Materials Research Bulletin 27 367-373	1992	synthetic	293
0015450	Roquesite	Brandt G, Rauber A, Schneider J (1973) ESR and X-ray analysis of the ternary semiconductors CuAlS2, CuInS2, and AgGaS2 Solid State Communications 12 481-483	1973	Synthetic sample	293
0015449	Gallite	Brandt G, Rauber A, Schneider J (1973) ESR and X-ray analysis of the ternary semiconductors CuAlS2, CuInS2, and AgGaS2 Solid State Communications 12 481-483	1973	Synthetic sample	293
0013004	Gallite	Abrahams S C, Bernstein J L (1973) Piezoelectric nonlinear optic CuGaS2 and CuInS2 crystal structure: Sublattice distortion in AIBIIIC2VI and AIIBIVC2V type chalcopyrites Journal of Chemical Physics 59 5415-5420	1973	Synthetic sample	293
0018622	Chalcopyrite	Knight K S, Marshall W G, Zochowski S W (2011) The low-temperature and high-pressure thermoelastic and structural properties of chalcopyrite, CuFeS2 The Canadian Mineralogist 49 1015-1034	2011	Palabora mine, South Africa	300
0018623	Chalcopyrite	Knight K S, Marshall W G, Zochowski S W (2011) The low-temperature and high-pressure thermoelastic and structural properties of chalcopyrite, CuFeS2 The Canadian Mineralogist 49 1015-1034	2011	Palabora mine, South Africa	4.2
0013005	Roquesite	Abrahams S C, Bernstein J L (1973) Piezoelectric nonlinear optic CuGaS2 and CuInS2 crystal structure: Sublattice distortion in AIBIIIC2VI and AIIBIVC2V type chalcopyrites Journal of Chemical Physics 59 5415-5420	1973		293
0009476	Chalcopyrite	Hall S R, Stewart J M (1973) The crystal structure refinement of chalcopyrite, CuFeS2 Acta Crystallographica B29 579-585	1973		293
0017661	Chalcopyrite	Pauling L, Brockway L (1932) The Crystal Structure of Chalkopyrite Cu Fe S2 _cod_database_code 1010940 Zeitschrift fur Kristallographie 82 188-194	1932		293
0017651	Chalcopyrite	Burdick C, Ellis J (1917) The Crystal Structure of Chalcopyrite Determined by X-Rays _cod_database_code 1010929 Journal of the American Chemical Society 39 2519-2525	1917		293

CIF Raw Data - click here to close

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 Lenaite from the Gies gold-silver telluride deposit, Judith Mountains, Montana, USA:
 occurrence, composition, and crystal structure
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_chemical_formula_sum 'Ag Fe S2'
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_cell_volume 320.686
_exptl_crystal_density_diffrn      4.719
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Fe   0.00000   0.00000   0.50000   0.01505
S   0.28570   0.25000   0.12500   0.01800
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Ag 0.01620 0.01620 0.01586 0.00000 0.00000 0.00000
Fe 0.01520 0.01520 0.01480 0.00000 0.00000 0.00000
S 0.01890 0.01750 0.01760 0.00000 0.00000 -0.00030

Relationship of Chalcopyrite Group to other SpeciesHide

Chalcopyrite Group Members:

Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	Tet. 42m : I42d
Eskebornite	CuFeSe₂	Tet. 42m : P42c
Gallite	CuGaS₂	Tet. 42m : I42d
Laforêtite	AgInS₂	Tet. 42m : I42d
Lenaite	AgFeS₂	Tet. 42m : I42d
Roquesite	CuInS₂	Tet. 42m : I42d
Shenzhuangite	NiFeS₂	Tet. 42m : I42d
'Unnamed (Cu-Mn-Sn Sulphide)'	Cu₂MnSnS₄

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Other InformationHide

Health Risks:

No information on health risks for this material has been entered into the database. You should always treat mineral specimens with care.

Chalcopyrite Group in petrologyHide

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References for Chalcopyrite GroupHide

Reference List:

GOODMAN, C. H. L. (1957) A New Group of Compounds with Diamond type (Chalcopyrite) Structure. Nature, 179 (4564). 828-829 doi:10.1038/179828b0

Hall, S. R. (1975) Crystal structures of the chalcopyrite series. The Canadian Mineralogist, 13 (2) 168-172

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