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Jaipurite

Formula:
CoS
System:HexagonalColour:steel gray
Lustre:Metallic
This page provides mineralogical data about Jaipurite.

Classification of Jaipurite

IMA status:Questionable/Doubtful
Strunz 8th edition ID:2/C.19-25
Nickel-Strunz 10th (pending) edition ID:2.CC.05

2 : SULFIDES and SULFOSALTS (sulfides, selenides, tellurides; arsenides, antimonides, bismuthides; sulfarsenites, sulfantimonites, sulfbismuthites, etc.)
C : Metal Sulfides, M: S = 1: 1 (and similar)
C : With Ni, Fe, Co, PGE, etc.
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Type Occurrence of Jaipurite

Type Locality:Khetri Mines (Ketri Mine), Jhunjhunu District, Jaipur Division, Rajasthan (Rajputana), India
Year of Discovery:1880

Physical Properties of Jaipurite

Lustre:Metallic
Colour:steel gray

Crystallography of Jaipurite

Crystal System:Hexagonal

Chemical Properties of Jaipurite

Formula:
CoS
Essential elements:Co, S
All elements listed in formula:Co, S

Relationship of Jaipurite to other Species

Related Minerals - Nickel-Strunz Grouping):

- +
2.CC.05Achavalite
FeSe
2.CC.05Breithauptite
NiSb
2.CC.05Freboldite
CoSe
2.CC.05Kotulskite
Pd(Te,Bi)
 
1-2
2.CC.05Langisite
(Co,Ni)As
2.CC.05Nickeline
NiAs
2.CC.05Sederholmite
NiSe beta-NiSe
2.CC.05Sobolevskite
PdBi
2.CC.05Stumpflite
Pt(Sb,Bi)
2.CC.05Sudburyite
(Pd,Ni)Sb
2.CC.05Zlatogorite
NiCuSb
 
2
2.CC.10Pyrrhotite
Fe
 
7
S
 
8
, (-4M), also given as Fe
 
1-x
S (x = 0 - 0.2)
2.CC.10Smythite
(Fe,Ni)
 
9
S
 
11
2.CC.10Troilite
FeS
2.CC.15Cherepanovite
RhAs
2.CC.15Modderite
(Co,Fe)As
2.CC.15Ruthenarsenite
(Ru,Ni)As
2.CC.15Westerveldite
(Fe,Ni,Co)As
2.CC.20Millerite
NiS
2.CC.20Mäkinenite
γ-NiSe
2.CC.20UM1990-38-S:CuFeIrNiPtRh
(Ir,Pt,Ni,Fe)S
2.CC.25Mackinawite
(Fe,Ni)
 
9
S
 
8
2.CC.30Hexatestibiopanickelite
Ni(Te,Sb)
2.CC.30Vavřínite
Ni
 
2
SbTe
 
2
2.CC.35aBraggite
(Pt,Pd,Ni)S
2.CC.35bCooperite
(Pt,Pd,Ni)S
2.CC.35aVysotskite
(Pd,Ni)S

Other Names for Jaipurite

Synonyms:
Jeypoorite
Other Languages:
German:Jaipurit
Jeypoorit
Russian:Джайпурит
Spanish:Jaipurita
Jeypoorita

Other Information

Health Warning:No information on health risks for this material has been entered into the database. You should always treat mineral specimens with care.

References for Jaipurite

Reference List:Palache, Charles, Harry Berman & Clifford Frondel (1944), The System of Mineralogy of James Dwight Dana and Edward Salisbury Dana Yale University 1837-1892, Volume I: Elements, Sulfides, Sulfosalts, Oxides. John Wiley and Sons, Inc., New York. 7th edition, revised and enlarged, 834pp.: 242.

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    Localities for Jaipurite

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    • Rajasthan (Rajputana)
      • Jaipur Division
        • Jhunjhunu District
    		Rec. Geol. Survey India 14 (1880), 190
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