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Chalcocite crystals from the Mammoth Mine, Mount Isa – Cloncurry area, Queensland, Australia (size: 3.0 x 2.9 x 2.4 cm) Since chalcocite is a secondary mineral that forms from the alteration of other minerals, it has been known to form pseudomorphs of many different minerals. A pseudomorph is a mineral that has replaced another mineral atom ...
The production of copper from chalcocite is a typical process in extracting the metal from ores. Usually, the conversion involves roasting, to give Cu 2 O and sulfur dioxide: [6] Cu 2 S + O 2 → 2 Cu + SO 2. Cuprous oxide readily converts to copper metal upon heating.
Formula % Copper when pure Chalcopyrite: CuFeS 2: 34.5 Chalcocite: Cu 2 S: 79.8 Covellite: CuS: 66.5 Bornite: 2Cu 2 S·CuS·FeS 63.3 Tetrahedrite: Cu 3 SbS 3 + x(Fe ...
Although many textbooks (e.g. [7]) give the mixed valence formula (Cu +) 2 (Cu 2+)(S 2−)(S 2) 2− for CuS, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopic data give strong evidence that, in terms of the simple oxidation state formalism, all the known copper sulfides should be considered as purely monovalent copper compounds, and more appropriate formulae ...
On exposure to air, chalcopyrite tarnishes to a variety of oxides, hydroxides, and sulfates. Associated copper minerals include the sulfides bornite (Cu 5 FeS 4), chalcocite (Cu 2 S), covellite (CuS), digenite (Cu 9 S 5); carbonates such as malachite and azurite, and rarely oxides such as cuprite (Cu 2 O). It is rarely found in association with ...
Bornite is an important copper ore mineral and occurs widely in porphyry copper deposits along with the more common chalcopyrite.Chalcopyrite and bornite are both typically replaced by chalcocite and covellite in the supergene enrichment zone of copper deposits.
The group was composed according to external characteristics, and the most famous minerals of the luster group, by their appearance, immediately give an approximate idea of it. These include: lead glance (galena), copper (chalcocite), antimony (stibnite), molybdenum (molybdenite), as well as cobalt (cobaltine), silver (stephanite) and some others.
Djurleite is a copper sulfide mineral of secondary origin with formula Cu 31 S 16 that crystallizes with monoclinic-prismatic symmetry. It is typically massive in form, but does at times develop thin tabular to prismatic crystals. It occurs with other supergene minerals such as chalcocite, covellite and digenite in the enriched zone of copper ...