General Rickardite Information![]() Cu7Te5 |
![]() Molecular Weight = 1,082.82 gm |
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Copper 41.08 % Cu |
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Tellurium 58.92 % Te |
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100.00 % |
![]() Cu7Te5 |
![]() A late-stage mineral of low-temperature hydrothermal origin. |
![]() Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1903 |
![]() Good Hope mine, Vulcan, Gunnison Co., Colorado, USA. Link to MinDat.org Location Data. |
![]() Named for Thomas Arthur Rickard (1864-1953), mining engineer and Editor of the Engineering and Mining Journal, New York and London. |
![]() Rickardite + Pronunciation |
![]() ![]() ICSD 24173 |
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PDF 26-1117 |
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Rickardite Crystallography![]() a:b:c =0.2012:1:0.6142 |
![]() a = 4.0032, b = 19.893, c = 12.22, Z = 4; V = 973.15 Den(Calc)= 7.39 |
![]() OrthorhombicSpace Group: Unk |
![]() By Intensity(I/Io): 2.07(1), 3.36(0.6), 1.988(0.4),2.55(0.4), 1.158(0.3), 1.706(0.2), 2.82(0.2), |
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| Physical Properties of Rickardite![]() None |
![]() Violet, Purple red. |
![]() 7.54 |
![]() Opaque |
![]() Brittle - Uneven - Very brittle fracture producing uneven fragments. |
![]() Massive - Uniformly indistinguishable crystals forming large masses. |
![]() 3.5 - Copper Penny |
![]() Non-fluorescent. |
![]() Metallic |
![]() Nonmagnetic |
![]() black |
| Optical Properties of Rickardite![]() Strong. |
![]() Strong, carmine to violet-gray. |
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| Calculated Properties of Rickardite![]() Bulk Density (Electron Density)=6.32 gm/cc |
note: Specific Gravity of Rickardite =7.39 gm/cc. ![]() Fermion Index = 0.04 |
Boson Index = 0.96 ![]() PERickardite = 231.48 barns/electron |
U=PERickardite x rElectron Density=1,462.90 barns/cc. ![]() GRapi = 0 (Gamma Ray American Petroleum Institute Units) |
Rickardite is Not Radioactive | Rickardite Classification![]() 02.16.15.01 (02)Sulfides - Including Selenides and Tellurides |
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(02.16)with miscellaneous formulae |
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(02.16.15)Dana Group |
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![]() 02.BA.20a 02 - SULFIDES and SULFOSALTS (sulfides, selenides, tellurides; arsenides, antimonides, bismuthides; sulfarsenites, sulf |
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02.B - Metal Sulfides, M:S > 1:1 (mainly 2:1) |
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02.BA -With Cu, Ag, Au |
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| Other Rickardite Information![]() NAME( AntBidBlaNic1) PHYS. PROP.(AntBidBlaNic1) OPTIC PROP.(AntBidBlaNic1) |
![]() Links to other databases for Rickardite : |
1 - Am. Min. Crystal Structure Database 2 - Athena 3 - EUROmin Project 4 - Ecole des Mines de Paris 5 - GeoScienceWorld 6 - Google Images 7 - Google Scholar 8 - Handbook of Mineralogy (MinSocAm) 9 - Handbook of Mineralogy (UofA) 10 - MinDAT 11 - Mineralienatlas (Deutsch) 12 - Online Mineral Museum 13 - QUT Mineral Atlas 14 - Ruff.Info 15 - WWW-MINCRYST Search for Rickardite using: Visit our Advertisers for Rickardite : A Bijoux Google Search for RickarditeAdam's Minerals Google Search for Rickardite Cape Minerals Google Search for Rickardite Dakota Matrix Minerals Google Search for Rickardite Excalibur Mineral Corp. Google Search for Rickardite Exceptional Minerals Google Search for Rickardite John Betts Fine Minerals Search for Rickardite McDougall Minerals Google Search for Rickardite Mineral News Website Link Rock and Mineral Shows Google Search for Rickardite Weinrich Minerals, Inc. Google Search for Rickardite Ask about Rickardite here : Print or Cut-and-Paste your Rickardite Specimen Label here :
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