Card No: 11831       Created: 20/04/23    Last edition: 27/03/2026

Name: CHALCOCYANITE
Specification: [2], structure type - barite, syn
Formula: CuSO4
Symmetry Class: orthorhombic
Space Group: P nma
Unit Cell
Parameters:
a = 8.3958 | b = 6.6760 | c = 4.8270
Number of Formula Unit: Z = 4Unit Cell Volume, Å3: Vc = 270.56
Number of Atomic Position
per full Unit Cell
:
P/U = 24 Molar Volume, cm3/mol: Vm = 40.74
Number of Reflexes used in
Structure Determination
:

NR = 738
X-ray density, g/cm3: p = 3.92
R-factor: R = 0.0205MU, 1/cm: µ = 170.668
Wave Length for Calculated
Powder Diffraction Patterns
:
Cu=1.54056Mass attenuation coefficient,
cm2/g
:
µ/p = 43.571
Theta-Interval for CPDP: T/I = 1-45