Jaipurite Mineral Data

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General Jaipurite Information

Help on Chemical  Formula: Chemical Formula: CoS
Help on Composition: Composition: Molecular Weight = 91.00 gm
   Cobalt  64.76 %  Co
   Sulfur  35.24 %  S
          ______ 
          100.00 % 
Help on Empirical Formula: Empirical Formula: CoS
Help on Environment: Environment: Doubtful species.
Help on IMA Status: IMA Status: Not Approved IMA
Help on Locality: Locality: Khetri mines, Jaipur, India Link to MinDat.org Location Data.
Help on Name Origin: Name Origin: Named for the locality
Help on Synonym: Synonym: ICSD 29305
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Jaipurite Crystallography

Help on Axial Ratios: Axial Ratios: a:c = 1:1.53252
Help on Cell Dimensions: Cell Dimensions: a = 3.367, c = 5.16, Z = 2; V = 50.66 Den(Calc)= 5.97
Help on Crystal System: Crystal System: Hexagonal - Dihexagonal DipyramidalH-M Symbol (6/m 2/m 2/m) Space Group: P 63/mmc
Help on X Ray Diffraction: X Ray Diffraction: By Intensity(I/Io): 1.9322(1)(102), 2.9159(0.602)(100), 1.6835(0.449)(110),2.5386(0.316)(101), 1.2693(0.251)(202), 1.458(0.066)(200), 1.29(0.064)(004), 2.58(0.059)(002), 1.4815(0.05)(103),
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Wyckoff R W G , Crystal Structures , 1 (1963) p.85-237, Second edition. Interscience Publishers, New York, New York, Note: ideal nickel arsenide structure

 

Physical Properties of Jaipurite

Help on Color: Color: Steel gray.
Help on Density: Density: 5.45
Help on Diaphaniety: Diaphaniety: Opaque
Help on Luster: Luster: Metallic
 

Calculated Properties of Jaipurite

Help on Electron Density: Electron Density:

relectron=5.64 gm/cc
note: rJaipurite =5.97 gm/cc.

Help on Fermion Index Fermion Index Fermion Index = 0.00264
Boson Index = 0.99736
Help on Photoelectric: Photoelectric:

PEJaipurite = 24.33 barns/electron
U=PEJaipurite x relectron= 137.29 barns/cc.

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

Jaipurite is Not Radioactive

 

Jaipurite 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/C.19-25 II - Sulfides and sulphosalts
  II/C - Sulfides with metal: sulfur, selenium and tellurium = 1:1
  II/C.19 - Troilite - Pyrrhotite - Haideite series
 
II/C.19-10 Troilite FeS P 63/mmc 6/m 2/m 2/m
 
II/C.19-20 Pyrrhotite Fe(1-x)S(x=0-0.17) A2/a 2/m
 
II/C.19-25 Jaipurite CoS P 63/mmc 6/m 2/m 2/m
 
II/C.19-30 Westerveldite (Fe,Ni,Co)As Pnam 2/m 2/m 2/m
 
II/C.19-40 Modderite (Co,Fe)As Pmcn 2/m 2/m 2/m
 
II/C.19-50 Smythite (Fe,Ni)9S11or(Fe,Ni)13S16 R 3m 3 2/m
 
II/C.19-60 Achavalite* FeSe P 63/mmc 6/m 2/m 2/m
 
II/C.19-70 Heideite (Fe,Cr)1x(Ti,Fe)2S4 I2/m 2/m
 

Other Jaipurite Information

Help on References: References: PHYS. PROP.(Dana's Sys. of Min.,7th ed.,Vol.1,1944)
Help on See Also: See Also: Links to other databases for Jaipurite :
1 -Am. Min. Crystal Structure Database 2 -Athena 3 - EUROmin Project 4 -Google Images 5 -Google Scholar 6 -MinDAT 7 -MinMax(Deutsch) 8 -MinMax(English) 9 -Mineralienatlas (Deutsch) 10 -QUT Mineral Atlas 11 - WWW-MINCRYST 12 -École des Mines de Paris

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