Institute of Experimental Mineralogy
                 Russian Academy of Sciences
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           142432, Chernogolovka, Moscow district
             A.V. Chichagov  +7(496)52-22320

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GOLDFIELDITE

1, As, t-tennantite-tetrahedrite, f-fahlores, s-goldfieldite

Cu(22.2)[Te(5.9)As(2.1)]S(25.7)


Cubic  I 4(-)3m  Z = 1

R =0.051          NR =611

19 .1 .1993

Ref.Str.:

         Dmitrieva M.T., Efremov V.A., Kovalenker V.A.(1987)

         * Dokl. Akad. Nauk SSSR, 297, 3, 687-690

Reserv:

         D.T.N.

                   Initial data from BDM-file 

   Lattice parameters (cub. angs.,degr.):

             a =  10.247    alpha =   90.0 
             b =  10.247    beta  =   90.0 
             c =  10.247    gamma =   90.0 

    Unit cell volume (cub. angs.) =  1075.95

    Molar volume ( cub.cm/mol.) =   648.08

  Co-ordinates, thermal parameters, occupation for atomic positions:

NoP   x/a     y/b     z/c    B(j)   atom  / occupation

   1 0.25    0.5     0.0      2.1    Cu    = 1.00
   2 0.5     0.5     0.7137   2.9    Cu    = 0.85, Cu    = 0.0 
   3 0.1401  0.386   0.386    1.8    S     = 1.00
   4 0.5     0.5     0.5      1.4    S     = 0.85, S     = 0.0 
   5 0.2388  0.2388  0.2388   1.56   Te    = 0.74, As    = 0.26


  Co-ordinates for all atomic positions :

   No       NoP      x/a        y/b       z/c 

     1       1     0.25       0.5        0.0   
     2       2     0.5        0.5        0.7137
     3       3     0.1401     0.386      0.386 
     4       4     0.5        0.5        0.5   
     5       5     0.2388     0.2388     0.2388
     6       1     0.25       0.0        0.5   
     7       2     0.0        0.0        0.2137
     8       3     0.3599     0.114      0.886 
     9       4     0.0        0.0        0.0   
    10       5     0.2612     0.2612     0.7388
    11       1     0.5        0.75       0.0   
    12       1     0.75       0.5        0.0   
    13       1     0.5        0.25       0.0   
    14       2     0.5        0.5        0.2863
    15       3     0.386      0.8599     0.614 
    16       3     0.8599     0.614      0.386 
    17       3     0.614      0.1401     0.614 
    18       5     0.2388     0.7612     0.7612
    19       5     0.7612     0.7612     0.2388
    20       5     0.7612     0.2388     0.7612
    21       1     0.0        0.75       0.5   
    22       1     0.75       0.0        0.5   
    23       1     0.0        0.25       0.5   
    24       2     0.0        0.0        0.7863
    25       3     0.114      0.6401     0.114 
    26       3     0.6401     0.886      0.886 
    27       3     0.886      0.3599     0.114 
    28       5     0.2612     0.7388     0.2612
    29       5     0.7388     0.7388     0.7388
    30       5     0.7388     0.2612     0.2612
    31       3     0.386      0.1401     0.386 
    32       3     0.114      0.3599     0.886 
    33       3     0.8599     0.386      0.614 
    34       3     0.614      0.8599     0.386 
    35       3     0.1401     0.614      0.614 
    36       3     0.6401     0.114      0.114 
    37       3     0.886      0.6401     0.886 
    38       3     0.3599     0.886      0.114 
    39       1     0.5        0.0        0.25  
    40       2     0.5        0.7137     0.5   
    41       2     0.7137     0.5        0.5   
    42       3     0.386      0.386      0.1401
    43       1     0.0        0.5        0.25  
    44       2     0.0        0.2137     0.0   
    45       2     0.2137     0.0        0.0   
    46       3     0.114      0.886      0.3599
    47       1     0.0        0.5        0.75  
    48       1     0.5        0.0        0.75  
    49       2     0.5        0.2863     0.5   
    50       2     0.2863     0.5        0.5   
    51       3     0.614      0.386      0.8599
    52       3     0.614      0.614      0.1401
    53       2     0.0        0.7863     0.0   
    54       2     0.7863     0.0        0.0   
    55       3     0.114      0.114      0.6401
    56       3     0.886      0.886      0.6401
    57       3     0.886      0.114      0.3599
    58       3     0.386      0.614      0.8599


X-ray density (g/cm cub.)   =      4.85

MU (1/cm) =     577.107    Mass attenuation coefficient (cm**2/g) =    118.904

 Selected interatomic distances (cation-anion,anion-anion):

 NoP    Atom              Rad.sph.      C.N.    Distance     NoP N.
                           (angs.)               (angs.)

    1    Cu                  3.36         4
                                                 2.3168       3
                                                 2.3168       3
                                                 2.3168       3
                                                 2.3168       3
    2   Cu   ,Cu             3.36         3
                                                 2.1898       4
                                                 2.2301       3
                                                 2.2301       3
    3    S                   4.368       10
                                                 4.041        4
                                                 3.7017       3
                                                 3.8235       3
                                                 3.8235       3
                                                 3.5634       3
                                                 3.7017       3
                                                 3.304        3
                                                 3.5634       3
                                                 3.8235       3
                                                 3.8235       3
    4   S    ,S              4.368       12
                                                 4.041        3
                                                 4.041        3
                                                 4.041        3
                                                 4.041        3
                                                 4.041        3
                                                 4.041        3
                                                 4.041        3
                                                 4.041        3
                                                 4.041        3
                                                 4.041        3
                                                 4.041        3
                                                 4.041        3
    5   Te   ,As             3.252        3
                                                 2.3608       3
                                                 2.3608       3
                                                 2.3608       3

  X-ray diffraction powder data (II),  X-Ray W.L. =   1.54056(angs.):

  No   H   K   L   Theta 2*Theta    S       LPG   MF        F          I int.
                    ( degree )                                         *100

    1   1   1   0  6.103  12.205   0.069  174.0    12        3.8        2.6
    2   2   0   0  8.647  17.294   0.098   85.55    6      108.3      520.4
    3   1   1   2 10.61   21.221   0.12    56.08   24       59.2      408.1
    4   2   2   0 12.276  24.551   0.138   41.37   12      170.4     1245.7
    5   3   1   0 13.752  27.503   0.154   32.55   24       28.3       53.9
    6   2   2   2 15.094  30.188   0.169   26.69    8      792.0    11569.2
    7   3   2   1 16.336  32.671   0.183   22.51   48       84.7      669.3
    8   4   0   0 17.499  34.998   0.195   19.38    6      488.6     2397.5
    9   1   1   4 18.598  37.196   0.207   16.96   24      119.8      504.8
   10   3   3   0 18.598  37.196   0.207   16.96   12      128.1      288.2
   11   4   2   0 19.644  39.288   0.218   15.02   24      112.7      395.5
   12   3   3   2 20.645  41.291   0.229   13.45   24       75.9      160.7
   13   2   2   4 21.609  43.217   0.239   12.14   24      105.0      277.3
   14   4   3   1 22.538  45.076   0.249   11.04   48      101.6      472.4
   15   5   1   0 22.538  45.076   0.249   11.04   24       88.0      177.3
   16   5   2   1 24.314  48.627   0.267    9.3    48      139.5      750.9
   17   4   4   0 25.165  50.331   0.276    8.6    12      768.4     5263.9
   18   3   3   4 25.997  51.993   0.285    7.99   24      102.4      173.6
   19   5   3   0 25.997  51.993   0.285    7.99   24       31.9       16.9
   20   4   4   2 26.81   53.619   0.293    7.45   24       99.8      153.8
   21   6   0   0 26.81   53.619   0.293    7.45    6       38.9        5.8
   22   1   1   6 27.606  55.212   0.301    6.97   24      189.0      515.7
   23   5   3   2 27.606  55.212   0.301    6.97   48       52.2       78.8
   24   6   2   0 28.387  56.774   0.309    6.54   24      144.1      281.6
   25   5   4   1 29.154  58.309   0.316    6.16   48       48.1       59.2
   26   2   2   6 29.909  59.819   0.324    5.81   24      495.7     2961.2
   27   6   3   1 30.653  61.306   0.331    5.5    48       59.7       81.3
   28   4   4   4 31.386  62.772   0.338    5.22    8      322.2      374.8
   29   5   4   3 32.11   64.219   0.345    4.97   48       74.3      113.7
   30   5   5   0 32.11   64.219   0.345    4.97   12      123.9       79.1
   31   7   1   0 32.11   64.219   0.345    4.97   24       85.3       74.9
   32   6   4   0 32.825  65.649   0.352    4.74   24       20.5        4.1
   33   3   3   6 33.531  67.063   0.359    4.53   24       88.1       72.8
   34   5   5   2 33.531  67.063   0.359    4.53   24       78.5       57.9
   35   7   2   1 33.531  67.063   0.359    4.53   48       15.3        4.4
   36   6   4   2 34.231  68.462   0.365    4.34   48       93.1      155.9
   37   7   3   0 34.924  69.848   0.372    4.16   24       20.0        3.5
   38   6   5   1 36.292  72.584   0.384    3.86   48       75.3       90.6
   39   7   3   2 36.292  72.584   0.384    3.86   48       50.0       39.9
   40   8   0   0 36.968  73.936   0.39     3.73    6      517.1      516.4
   41   1   1   8 37.64   75.279   0.396    3.6    24       74.3       41.2
   42   5   5   4 37.64   75.279   0.396    3.6    24       85.4       54.5
   43   7   4   1 37.64   75.279   0.396    3.6    48       68.2       69.5
   44   4   4   6 38.307  76.614   0.402    3.49   24       54.9       21.9
   45   8   2   0 38.307  76.614   0.402    3.49   24       84.7       52.0
   46   6   5   3 38.971  77.942   0.408    3.39   48      142.5      285.9
   47   2   2   8 39.632  79.263   0.414    3.3    24       29.0        5.7
   48   6   6   0 39.632  79.263   0.414    3.3    12      109.4       41.0
   49   7   4   3 40.289  80.579   0.42     3.22   48       90.5      109.4
   50   7   5   0 40.289  80.579   0.42     3.22   24        1.4        0.0
   51   8   3   1 40.289  80.579   0.42     3.22   48      132.7      235.0
   52   6   6   2 40.945  81.889   0.425    3.14   24      336.9      739.9
   53   7   5   2 41.598  83.195   0.431    3.08   48       72.4       66.8
   54   8   4   0 42.249  84.498   0.436    3.02   24      220.0      302.6
   55   3   3   8 42.899  85.797   0.442    2.96   24      113.2       78.7
   56   9   1   0 42.899  85.797   0.442    2.96   24       48.4       14.4
   57   8   4   2 43.548  87.095   0.447    2.91   48       88.9       95.5
   58   5   5   6 44.196  88.391   0.453    2.87   24      141.6      119.5
   59   7   6   1 44.196  88.391   0.453    2.87   48       80.2       76.7
   60   9   2   1 44.196  88.391   0.453    2.87   48       46.4       25.6
   61   6   6   4 44.843  89.686   0.458    2.84   24      103.2       62.6


  X-ray diffraction powder data (I)...X-Ray wave length =  1.54056 (angs.):

  No   H   K   L   Theta 2*Theta    d           I int   I int.n.  I p.h.n.   H(Si)
                    ( degree )   (angstrem)     *100                         *100

    1   2   0   0   8.647  17.294  5.1235       520.4      4.5      4.5     5.6
    2   1   1   2  10.61   21.221  4.18332      408.1      3.5      3.6     5.6
    3   2   2   0  12.276  24.551  3.62286     1245.7     10.8     10.8     5.6
    4   2   2   2  15.094  30.188  2.95805    11569.2    100.0    100.0     5.6
    5   3   2   1  16.336  32.671  2.73863      669.3      5.8      5.8     5.6
    6   4   0   0  17.499  34.998  2.56175     2397.5     20.7     20.6     5.7
    7   1   1   4  18.598  37.196  2.41524      793.0      6.9      6.8     5.7
    8   4   2   0  19.644  39.288  2.2913       395.5      3.4      3.4     5.7
    9   3   3   2  20.645  41.291  2.18467      160.7      1.4      1.4     5.7
   10   2   2   4  21.609  43.217  2.09166      277.3      2.4      2.4     5.7
   11   4   3   1  22.538  45.076  2.0096       649.6      5.6      5.5     5.7
   12   5   2   1  24.314  48.627  1.87084      750.9      6.5      6.4     5.7
   13   4   4   0  25.165  50.331  1.81143     5263.9     45.5     44.6     5.8
   14   3   3   4  25.997  51.993  1.75735      190.5      1.6      1.6     5.8
   15   4   4   2  26.81   53.619  1.70783      159.6      1.4      1.3     5.8
   16   1   1   6  27.606  55.212  1.66228      594.6      5.1      5.0     5.8
   17   6   2   0  28.387  56.774  1.62019      281.6      2.4      2.4     5.8
   18   2   2   6  29.909  59.819  1.54479     2961.2     25.6     24.8     5.8
   19   4   4   4  31.386  62.772  1.47903      374.8      3.2      3.1     5.9
   20   5   4   3  32.11   64.219  1.44914      267.7      2.3      2.2     5.9
   21   3   3   6  33.531  67.063  1.39444      135.1      1.2      1.1     5.9
   22   6   4   2  34.231  68.462  1.36931      155.9      1.3      1.3     5.9
   23   6   5   1  36.292  72.584  1.30137      130.6      1.1      1.1     6.0
   24   8   0   0  36.968  73.936  1.28087      516.4      4.5      4.2     6.0
   25   7   4   1  37.64   75.279  1.26132      165.3      1.4      1.3     6.0
   26   6   5   3  38.971  77.942  1.22475      285.9      2.5      2.3     6.0
   27   8   3   1  40.289  80.579  1.19119      344.5      3.0      2.8     6.1
   28   6   6   2  40.945  81.889  1.17541      739.9      6.4      5.9     6.1
   29   8   4   0  42.249  84.498  1.14565      302.6      2.6      2.4     6.1
   30   5   5   6  44.196  88.391  1.10496      221.8      1.9      1.8     6.2

Reference:
Chichagov A.V. et al.
Information-Calculating System on Crystal Structure Data of Minerals
(MINCRYST)
- Kristallographiya, v.35, n.3, 1990, p.610-616 (in Russian)