Colusite-Sulvanite Series
A solid-solution series between two end-member minerals
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About Colusite-Sulvanite Series
Unique Identifiers
Mindat ID:
8606
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:1:8606:2
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| ID | Species | Reference | Link | Year | Locality | Pressure (GPa) | Temp (K) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0000011 | Colusite | Zachariasen W H (1933) X-Ray examination of colusite, (Cu,Fe,Mo,Sn)4(S,As,Te)3-4 American Mineralogist 18 534-537 | ![]() | 1933 | Leonard mine, Butte, Montana, USA | 0 | 293 |
| 0001671 | Colusite | 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 | ![]() | 1994 | 0 | 293 | |
| 0014060 | Colusite | Frank-Kamenetskaya O V, Rozhdestvenskaya I V, Yanulova L A (2002) New data on the crystal structures of colusites and arsenosulvanites Journal of Structural Chemistry 43 89-100 | 2002 | Pai-Khoi, Arkhangelsk region | 0 | 293 | |
| 0014061 | Colusite | Frank-Kamenetskaya O V, Rozhdestvenskaya I V, Yanulova L A (2002) New data on the crystal structures of colusites and arsenosulvanites Journal of Structural Chemistry 43 89-100 | 2002 | Butte, Montana, USA | 0 | 293 | |
| 0014062 | Colusite | Frank-Kamenetskaya O V, Rozhdestvenskaya I V, Yanulova L A (2002) New data on the crystal structures of colusites and arsenosulvanites Journal of Structural Chemistry 43 89-100 | 2002 | Kafan, Mongolia | 0 | 293 | |
| 0000146 | Sulvanite | Trojer F J (1966) Refinement of the structure of sulvanite American Mineralogist 51 890-894 | ![]() | 1966 | 0 | 293 | |
| 0018085 | Sulvanite | Pauling L, Hultgren R (1932) The crystal structure of sulvanite Cu3 V S4 _cod_database_code 1011219 Zeitschrift fur Kristallographie 84 204-212 | 1932 | 0 | 293 | ||
| 0017516 | Sulvanite | Lundqvist D, Westgren A (1936) The crystal structure of CuVS4 _cod_database_code 1010634 Svensk Kemisk Tidskrift 48 241-243 | 1936 | 0 | 293 |
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Localities for Colusite-Sulvanite Series
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East Colusa Mine, Butte Mining District, Silver Bow County, Montana, USA