Dayingite Mineral Data


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General Dayingite Information

Help on Chemical  Formula: Chemical Formula: CuCoPtS4
Help on Composition: Composition: Molecular Weight = 445.82 gm
   Cobalt    13.22 %  Co
   Copper    14.25 %  Cu
   Platinum  43.76 %  Pt
   Sulfur    28.77 %  S
            ______ 
            100.00 % 
Help on Empirical Formula: Empirical Formula: CuCoPtS4
Help on IMA Status: IMA Status: Discredited IMA 1980
Help on Locality: Locality: Link to MinDat.org Location Data.
 

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Dayingite Crystallography

Help on Cell Dimensions: Cell Dimensions: a = 9.697, Z = 8; V = 911.83 Den(Calc)= 6.49
Help on Crystal System: Crystal System: Isometric - HexoctahedralH-M Symbol (4/m 3 2/m) Space Group: F m3m
Help on X Ray Diffraction: X Ray Diffraction: By Intensity(I/Io): 2.435(1), 1.869(0.9), 5.71(0.8),
 

Physical Properties of Dayingite

Help on Color: Color: White, Silver white.
Help on Diaphaniety: Diaphaniety: Opaque
Help on Hardness: Hardness: 5 - Apatite
Help on Luster: Luster: Metallic
 

Calculated Properties of Dayingite

Help on Electron Density: Electron Density:

relectron=5.76 gm/cc
note: rDayingite =6.49 gm/cc.

Help on Fermion Index Fermion Index Fermion Index = 0.15005
Boson Index = 0.84995
Help on Photoelectric: Photoelectric:

PEDayingite = 651.46 barns/electron
U=PEDayingite x relectron=3,755.48 barns/cc.

Help on Radioactivity: Radioactivity: GRapi = 0 (Gamma Ray American Petroleum Institute Units)

Dayingite is Not Radioactive

 

Dayingite Classification

Help on  Dana Class: Dana Class: 2.0.0.0 (2)Sulfide Minerals
  (2.0)Without Dana Classification Numbers
  (Sulfide)
Help on  Strunz Class: Strunz Class: II/D.02-10 II - Sulfides and sulphosalts
  II/D - Sulfides with metal: sulfur, selenium and tellurium < 1:1, Tellurides with Copper, Silver, Gold
  II/D.02 - Dayingite - Xingzhongite series
 
II/D.02-10 Dayingite CuCoPtS4 F m3m 4/m 3 2/m
 
II/D.02-20 Cuprorhodsite CuRh2S4 F d3m 4/m 3 2/m
 
II/D.02-30 Cuproiridsite CuIr2S4 F d3m 4/m 3 2/m
 
II/D.02-40 Malanite Cu(Pt,Ir)2S4 F d3m 4/m 3 2/m
 
II/D.02-45 Ferrorhodsite (Fe,Cu)(Rh,Ir,Pt)2S4 F d3m 4/m 3 2/m
 
II/D.02-50 Xingzhongite (Pb,Cu,Fe)(Ir,Pt,Rh)2S4 F d3m 4/m 3 2/m
 

Other Dayingite Information

Help on References: References: PHYS. PROP.(Enc. of Minerals,2nd ed.,1990)
Help on See Also: See Also: Links to other databases for Dayingite :
1 -Am. Min. Crystal Structure Database 2 -Athena 3 -Google Images 4 -Google Scholar 5 -MinDAT 6 -MinMax(Deutsch) 7 -MinMax(English) 8 -Mineralienatlas (Deutsch) 9 -QUT Mineral Atlas

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Dayingite

CuCoPtS4
Dana No: Unknown Strunz No: II/D.02-10
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