Unnamed (Cu-Bi Sulphide)

A synonym of 'UM1975-12-S:BiCu'

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Formula:

Cu₄BiS₄

Synonym:

A synonym of UM1975-12-S:BiCu

Stability limit is from 200-400°.

In the synthetic system Cu-Bi-S, Wang (1994) observed a metastable solid solution series Cu₁₀Bi₂S₁₃ at 178°C, coexisting with CuS.

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43539 (as Unnamed (Cu-Bi Sulphide))
47360 (as UM1975-12-S:BiCu)

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mindat:1:1:43539:0 (as Unnamed (Cu-Bi Sulphide))
mindat:1:1:47360:0 (as UM1975-12-S:BiCu)

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Abulgazina, S.D., Kuzentsova, E.I., Slyusarev, A.P. (1975): Composition of two bismuth copper sulfosalts from skarn deposits of the Sayak group. Doklady Akad. Nauk SSSR: 222: 183-185 (in Russian). (Ab. in: Fleischer, M., Pabst, A., Cabri, L.J. (1976): New mineral names. American Mineralogist: 61: 1055)

Wang, Naiding (1994) The Cu-Bi-S system: results from low-temperature experiments. Mineralogical Magazine, 58 (391) 201-204 doi:10.1180/minmag.1994.058.391.02

Gertsen, L. E.; Pavlova, Z. N. (2005): Geochemistry and mineralogy of bismuth in ores of porphyry copper deposits in Kazakhstan. Kazakstan Respublikasy Ulttyk Gylym Akademiyasynyn Khabarlary, Geologiyalyk Seriyasy 2005 (4), 17-30 (in Russian).

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