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Mindat Short Description

Very sensitive to temperature, pressure and compositional variations. When heated between 200 and 210°C, cubanite transforms irreversibly to isocubanite (Cabri et al. 1973; see also Sawada et al., 1962; Yund & Kullerud, 1966; Fleet, 1970; Dutrizac, 19...

Geoscience Ontology Status Notes

Breithaupt A (1843) Cuban, ein neuer, dem weisskupfererz ähnlicher kies, Annalen der Physik und Chemie 59, 325-327

IMA Formula (from Mindat)

CuFe₂S₃

RRUFF Formula (from Geoscience Ontology)

Cu¹⁺Fe²⁺Fe³⁺S^2-₃

Additional References

• http://www.handbookofmineralogy.com/pdfs/cubanite.pdf

• http://www.webmineral.com/data/Cubanite.shtml