Chalcopyrite Group

Chalcopyrite, etc.

Tincroft Mine, Pool, Carn Brea, Cornwall, England, UK

Chalcopyrite, etc.

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

Chalcopyrite, etc.

Boldut Mine, Cavnic, Maramureș County, Romania

Chalcopyrite, etc.

Banská Štiavnica, Banská Štiavnica District, Banská Bystrica Region, Slovakia

Chalcopyrite, etc.

Tincroft Mine, Pool, Carn Brea, Cornwall, England, UK

Chalcopyrite, etc.

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

Chalcopyrite, etc.

Boldut Mine, Cavnic, Maramureș County, Romania

Chalcopyrite, etc.

Banská Štiavnica, Banská Štiavnica District, Banská Bystrica Region, Slovakia

Chalcopyrite, etc.

Tincroft Mine, Pool, Carn Brea, Cornwall, England, UK

Chalcopyrite, etc.

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

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ID	Species	Reference	Link	Year	Locality	Pressure (GPa)	Temp (K)
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	0	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	0	4.2
0009476	Chalcopyrite	Hall S R, Stewart J M (1973) The crystal structure refinement of chalcopyrite, CuFeS2 Acta Crystallographica B29 579-585		1973		0	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		0	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		0	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	0	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	0	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	0	293
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	0	293
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		0	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	0	293

CIF Raw Data - click here to closedata_global _chemical_name_mineral 'Chalcopyrite' loop_ _publ_author_name 'Knight K S' 'Marshall W G' 'Zochowski S W' _journal_name_full 'The Canadian Mineralogist' _journal_volume 49 _journal_year 2011 _journal_page_first 1015 _journal_page_last 1034 _publ_section_title ; The low-temperature and high-pressure thermoelastic and structural properties of chalcopyrite, CuFeS2 T = 300 K ; _database_code_amcsd 0018622 _chemical_compound_source 'Palabora mine, South Africa' _chemical_formula_sum 'Cu Fe S2' _cell_length_a 5.2900 _cell_length_b 5.2900 _cell_length_c 10.4217 _cell_angle_alpha 90 _cell_angle_beta 90 _cell_angle_gamma 90 _cell_volume 291.642 _exptl_crystal_density_diffrn 4.180 _symmetry_space_group_name_H-M 'I -4 2 d' loop_ _space_group_symop_operation_xyz 'x,y,z' '1/2+x,1/2+y,1/2+z' '1/2-y,-x,3/4+z' '-y,1/2-x,1/4+z' 'y,-x,-z' '1/2+y,1/2-x,1/2-z' '-x,1/2+y,1/4-z' '1/2-x,+y,3/4-z' '-x,-y,z' '1/2-x,1/2-y,1/2+z' '1/2+y,x,3/4+z' '+y,1/2+x,1/4+z' '-y,x,-z' '1/2-y,1/2+x,1/2-z' 'x,1/2-y,1/4-z' '1/2+x,-y,3/4-z' loop_ _atom_site_label _atom_site_fract_x _atom_site_fract_y _atom_site_fract_z _atom_site_U_iso_or_equiv Cu 0.00000 0.00000 0.00000 0.01610 Fe 0.00000 0.00000 0.50000 0.00970 S 0.26040 0.25000 0.12500 0.00840

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