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Marshite-Miersite Series

A solid-solution series between two end-member minerals

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Miersite

Broken Hill, Broken Hill district, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales, Australia

Miersite, etc.

Rubtsovsk Mine, Rubtsovsky District, Altai Krai, Russia

Marshite

Rubtsovsk Mine, Rubtsovsky District, Altai Krai, Russia

Miersite

Broken Hill, Broken Hill district, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales, Australia

Miersite, etc.

Rubtsovsk Mine, Rubtsovsky District, Altai Krai, Russia

Marshite

Rubtsovsk Mine, Rubtsovsky District, Altai Krai, Russia

Miersite

Broken Hill, Broken Hill district, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales, Australia

Miersite, etc.

Rubtsovsk Mine, Rubtsovsky District, Altai Krai, Russia

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About Marshite-Miersite SeriesHide

Crystal System:

Isometric

Series Formula:

CuI to (Ag,Cu)I

A series between Marshite and Miersite

Unique IdentifiersHide

Mindat ID:

8775

Long-form identifier:

mindat:1:1:8775:5

Optical Data of Marshite-Miersite SeriesHide

Type:

Isotropic

Crystallography of Marshite-Miersite SeriesHide

Crystal System:

Isometric

Crystal StructureHide

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ID	Species	Reference	Year	Locality	Pressure (GPa)	Temp (K)
0005529	Marshite	Cooper M A, Hawthorne F C (1997) A note on the crystal structure of marshite The Canadian Mineralogist 35 785-786	1997		0	293
0011522	Marshite	Wyckoff R W G (1963) Second edition. Interscience Publishers, New York, New York Crystal Structures 1 85-237	1963		0	293
0018105	Marshite	Wyckoff R, Posnjak E (1922) The crystal structures of the cuprous halides _cod_database_code 1011239 Journal of the American Chemical Society 44 30-36	1922		0	293
0015180	Marshite	Hull S, Keen D A (1994) High-pressure polymorphism of the copper(I) halides: A neutron-diffraction study to ~10 GPa Physical Review B50 5868-5885	1994		0	293
0015181	Marshite	Hull S, Keen D A (1994) High-pressure polymorphism of the copper(I) halides: A neutron-diffraction study to ~10 GPa Physical Review B50 5868-5885	1994		0	293
0015182	Marshite	Hull S, Keen D A (1994) High-pressure polymorphism of the copper(I) halides: A neutron-diffraction study to ~10 GPa Physical Review B50 5868-5885	1994		0	293
0015183	Marshite	Hull S, Keen D A (1994) High-pressure polymorphism of the copper(I) halides: A neutron-diffraction study to ~10 GPa Physical Review B50 5868-5885	1994		0	293
0015184	Marshite	Hull S, Keen D A (1994) High-pressure polymorphism of the copper(I) halides: A neutron-diffraction study to ~10 GPa Physical Review B50 5868-5885	1994		0	293
0015224	Miersite	Hull S, Keen D A (1999) Pressure-induced phase transitions in AgCl, AgBr, and AgI Physical Review B59 750-761	1999	synthetic	0	293
0015226	Miersite	Hull S, Keen D A (1999) Pressure-induced phase transitions in AgCl, AgBr, and AgI Physical Review B59 750-761	1999		1.5	293
0015227	Miersite	Hull S, Keen D A (1999) Pressure-induced phase transitions in AgCl, AgBr, and AgI Physical Review B59 750-761	1999		3.4	293
0015228	Miersite	Hull S, Keen D A (1999) Pressure-induced phase transitions in AgCl, AgBr, and AgI Physical Review B59 750-761	1999		6.4	293
0015229	Miersite	Hull S, Keen D A (1999) Pressure-induced phase transitions in AgCl, AgBr, and AgI Physical Review B59 750-761	1999		8.9	293
0015230	Miersite	Hull S, Keen D A (1999) Pressure-induced phase transitions in AgCl, AgBr, and AgI Physical Review B59 750-761	1999		11.1	293

CIF Raw Data - click here to close

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'Hawthorne F C'
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_publ_section_title
;
 A note on the crystal structure of marshite
 Note: ZnS structure, sphalerite structure
;
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_chemical_formula_sum 'Cu I'
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_atom_site_label
_atom_site_fract_x
_atom_site_fract_y
_atom_site_fract_z
Cu   0.25000   0.25000   0.25000
I   0.00000   0.00000   0.00000
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_atom_site_aniso_label
_atom_site_aniso_U_11
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_atom_site_aniso_U_33
_atom_site_aniso_U_12
_atom_site_aniso_U_13
_atom_site_aniso_U_23
Cu 0.03360 0.03360 0.03360 0.00000 0.00000 0.00000
I 0.01940 0.01940 0.01940 0.00000 0.00000 0.00000

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Localities for Marshite-Miersite SeriesHide

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- World class for species or very significant. (TL) - Type Locality for a valid mineral species. (FRL) - First Recorded Locality for everything else (eg varieties). ~~Struck out~~ - Mineral was erroneously reported from this locality. Faded * - Never found at this locality but inferred to have existed at some point in the past (e.g. from pseudomorphs).

All localities listed without proper references should be considered as questionable.


Australia
New South Wales Yancowinna Co. Broken Hill district ⓘ Broken Hill	[Marshite] Palache et al. (1951) +1 other reference
ⓘ Block 14 opencut	[Marshite] Steve Sorrell Collection
ⓘ Broken Hill Proprietary Mine	[Marshite] Marsh (1892)
ⓘ Block 14	[Marshite] Museum Victoria collection
Broken Hill South Mine (BHS Mine; South Mine) ⓘ Kintore opencut	[Marshite] Birch et al. (1997)
ⓘ MMM Mine	[Miersite] Sorrell (n.d.)
ⓘ Consols Mine (ABH Consols Mine; Australian Broken Hill Consols Mine)	[Marshite] Smith (1987)
North Mine Block 39 ⓘ Junction Mine	[Marshite] Lavinsky (n.d.)
South Australia Copper Coast Council ⓘ Poona Mine (Mattapara; Alameda Pty Ltd; EML 5525; ML 5524)	[Marshite] Elliot (1990)
Pastoral Unincorporated Area Mingary Mutooroo area Mutooroo Homestead ⓘ Mutooroo Copper Mine	[Marshite] Sorrell (n.d.)

Brazil
Paraíba Nova Palmeira ⓘ Roncadeira pegmatite ?	[Marshite] Thomas et al. (2023)

Chile
Antofagasta El Loa Province Calama Chuquicamata District ⓘ Chuquicamata Mine	[Marshite] Jarrell (1939) +2 other references
Atacama Chañaral Province Diego de Almagro San Pedro de Cachiyuyo mining district Delirio mine ⓘ Manto Cuba pit	[Marshite] Maurizio Dini collection - analysed ...
Huasco Province Alto del Carmen ⓘ Pascua Lama project	[Marshite] Chouinard et al. (2005)
Tarapacá Iquique Province Santa Rosa-Huantajaya mining district (Huantajaya mining district) ⓘ San Agustín Mine	[Marshite] Palache et al (1944)

DR Congo
Haut-Katanga Kambove Territory Likasi ⓘ Likasi Mine	[Miersite] Deliens (1996)

Germany
Rhineland-Palatinate Rhein-Lahn-Kreis Lahnstein Friedrichssegen ⓘ Friedrichssegen Mine	[Marshite] Der Aufschluss Vol.55

Mexico
Sonora Moctezuma Municipality ⓘ Moctezuma	[Miersite] Lapis 2001 (1)
Santa Cruz Municipality Milpillas ⓘ Milpillas Mine	[Marshite] Jones et al. (2021)

Mongolia
Ömnögovi Province Khanbogd District ⓘ Tsogttsetsii area	[Marshite] Davaasuren et al. (2016)

Russia
Altai Krai Rubtsovsky District ⓘ Rubtsovsk Mine	[Marshite] Minerals offered by Excalibur minerals +1 other reference
Tuva Sut-Kholsky District Aldan-Maadyr ore cluster ⓘ Khaak-Sair occurrence	[Marshite] Kuzhuget et al. (2015)

South Africa
Mpumalanga Nkangala District Municipality Thembisile Hani Local Municipality ⓘ Albert silver mine	[Marshite] Meulenbeld et al. (2014)

Spain
Andalusia Almería Níjar Rodalquilar ⓘ María Josefa Mine	[Miersite] Christian Rewitzer et.al. (2014)

USA
Arizona Cochise County ⓘ Bisbee	[Miersite] Graeme (1993)
Hendricks Gulch ⓘ Southwest Mine	[Miersite] Graeme (1993) +1 other reference
Pima County Comobabi Mountains Cababi Mining District (Comobabi Mining District) Ko Vaya Mildren Mine group ⓘ Mildren Mine (Mildren claim; Mildred Mine)	[Miersite] Williams et al. (1963) +1 other reference
ⓘ Steppe Mine (Steppe claim; Little Mary Mine)	[Miersite] Williams et al. (1963) +1 other reference

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