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href="/web/20170107225402/http://www.mindat.org/min-1746.html">Greenockite</a></b><br><br><a href="/web/20170107225402/http://www.mindat.org/loc-336.html">Siglo Veinte Mine, Llallagua, Rafael Bustillo Province, Potosí Department, Bolivia</a></div></div><div class="clearer"></div></div></div><div><div class="namedforpic"><div class="userbigpicture " style="float: right; width: 150px;"><a href="/web/20170107225402/http://www.mindat.org/photo-249929.html"><img width="150" src="/web/20170107225402im_/http://www.mindat.org/arphotos/150-0975313001252174347.jpg"></a><div class="userbigpicturecomment"><b>Charles Murray Cathcart</b></div></div></div><div id="introdata"><div><span>Formula:</span><div class="twocol"><span class="newformula">CdS</span></div></div><div><span>System:</span><div>Hexagonal</div></div><div><span>Colour:</span><div>Yellow to red.</div></div><div><span>Hardness:</span><div>3 - 3½</div></div><div><span>Member of:</span><div><a href="min-10922.html">Wurtzite Group</a></div></div><div><span>Name:</span><div class="twocol">Named in 1840 by Henry James Brooke and Arthur Connell for Lord Greenock - later Earl Charles Murray Cathcart, 2nd Earl Cathcart December 21, 1783 Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex, England, UK - July 16, 1859 St Leonards-on-Sea, Hastings, England, UK]. Earl Charles Murray Cathcart was a general in the British army and served as Governor of the Province of Canada. He was also author of two papers: one on igneous rocks in Edinburgh, Scotland and one on coal in the southern Scotland.</div></div><div><span>Dimorph of:</span><div class="twocol"><a href="min-1834.html">Hawleyite</a></div></div></div></div><div class="clearer"></div><div class="padder4">Typically found as yellow to red hemimorphic pyramidal crystals and earthy coatings. Caution should be used in sight identifying yellow cadmium sulfide coatings as <a href="/web/20170107225402/http://www.mindat.org/min-1834.html">hawleyite</a> (dimorph of greenockite) is not a very rare species and occurs in identical appearing coatings and identical environments; furthermore some of these coatings can be X-ray amorphous ("<a href="/web/20170107225402/http://www.mindat.org/min-10991.html">xanthochroite</a>"). <br/><br/><br/></div><h2 class="mindatadivh2">Classification of Greenockite</h2><div class="mindatarow"><div class="mindatath"><a href="/web/20170107225402/http://www.mindat.org/glossary/IMA_status">IMA status:</a></div><div class="mindatam2">Approved, 'Grandfathered' (first described prior to 1959)</div></div><div class="mindatarow"><div class="mindatath"><a href="strunz8.php">Strunz 8th ed.:</a></div><div class="mindatam2">2/C.13-30<br></div></div><div class="mindatarow"><div class="mindatath"><a href="strunz.php">Nickel-Strunz 10th (pending) ed.:</a></div><div class="mindatam2">2.CB.45<br><br>2 : SULFIDES and SULFOSALTS (sulfides, selenides, tellurides; arsenides, antimonides, bismuthides; sulfarsenites, sulfantimonites, sulfbismuthites, etc.)<br>C : Metal Sulfides, M: S = 1: 1 (and similar)<br>B : With Zn, Fe, Cu, Ag, etc.</div></div><div class="mindatarow"><div class="mindatath">Dana 7th ed.:</div><div class="mindatam2">2.6.4.2</div></div><div class="mindatarow"><div class="mindatath"><a href="dana.php">Dana 8th ed.:</a></div><div class="mindatam2">2.8.7.2<br><br>2 : SULFIDES<br>8 : A<sub>m</sub>X<sub>p</sub>, with m:p = 1:1</div></div><div class="mindatarow"><div class="mindatath"><a href="cim.php">Hey's CIM Ref.:</a></div><div class="mindatam2">3.4.7<br><br>3 : Sulphides, Selenides, Tellurides, Arsenides and Bismuthides (except the arsenides, antimonides and bismuthides of Cu, Ag and Au, which are included in Section 1)<br>4 : Sulphides etc. of Group II metals other than Hg (Mg, Ca, Zn, Cd)</div></div><script> $(function() { $("div.tree li:last-child").addClass("lasttree"); }); </script> <h2 class="mindatadivh2">Occurrences of Greenockite</h2><h2 class="mindatadivh2">Type Occurrence of Greenockite</h2><div class="mindatarow"><div class="mindatath"><a href="/web/20170107225402/http://www.mindat.org/glossary/type_locality">Type Locality:</a></div><div class="mindatam2"><a href="loc-3003.html">Bishopton tunnel, Bishopton, Strathclyde, Scotland, UK</a></div></div><h2 class="mindatadivh2">Physical Properties of Greenockite</h2><div class="mindatarow"><div class="mindatath"><a href="/web/20170107225402/http://www.mindat.org/glossary/lustre">Lustre:</a></div><div class="mindatam2">Adamantine, Resinous</div></div><div class="mindatarow"><div class="mindatath">Diaphaneity (Transparency):</div><div class="mindatam2">Translucent</div></div><div class="mindatarow"><div class="mindatath">Colour:</div><div class="mindatam2">Yellow to red.</div></div><div class="mindatarow"><div class="mindatath">Streak:</div><div class="mindatam2">Orange-yellow to brick red.</div></div><div class="mindatarow"><div class="mindatath">Hardness (Mohs):</div><div class="mindatam2">3 - 3½</div></div><div class="mindatarow"><div class="mindatath">Hardness (Vickers):</div><div class="mindatam2">VHN<sub>25</sub>=98 kg/mm<sup>2</sup> </div></div><div class="mindatarow"><div class="mindatath">Hardness Data:</div><div class="mindatam2">Measured</div></div><div class="mindatarow"><div class="mindatath">Tenacity:</div><div class="mindatam2">Brittle</div></div><div class="mindatarow"><div class="mindatath">Cleavage:</div><div class="mindatam2">Distinct/Good<br>Distinct on {11<span class="o">2</span>2}, imperfect on {0001}.</div></div><div class="mindatarow"><div class="mindatath">Fracture:</div><div class="mindatam2">Conchoidal</div></div><div class="mindatarow"><div class="mindatath">Density:</div><div class="mindatam2">4.8 - 4.9 g/cm<sup>3</sup> (Measured)    4.824 g/cm<sup>3</sup> (Calculated)</div></div><h2 class="mindatadivh2">Crystallography of Greenockite</h2><div class="mindatarow"><div class="mindatath">Crystal System:</div><div class="mindatam2">Hexagonal</div></div><div class="mindatarow"><div class="mindatath">Class (H-M):</div><div class="mindatam2">6<i>m</i><i>m</i> - Dihexagonal Pyramidal</div></div><div class="mindatarow"><div class="mindatath">Space Group:</div><div class="mindatam2"><i>P</i>6<sub>3</sub><i>m</i><i>c</i></div></div><div class="mindatarow"><div class="mindatath">Cell Parameters:</div><div class="mindatam2">a = 4.136Å, c = 6.713Å<br></div></div><div class="mindatarow"><div class="mindatath">Ratio:</div><div class="mindatam2">a:c = 1 : 1.623</div></div><div class="mindatarow"><div class="mindatath">Unit Cell Volume:</div><div class="mindatam2">V 99.45 Å³ (Calculated from Unit Cell)</div></div><div class="mindatarow"><div class="mindatath">Z:</div><div class="mindatam2">2</div></div><div class="mindatarow"><div class="mindatath">Morphology:</div><div class="mindatam2">Crystals hemimorphic pyramidal. Earthy coatings (sphalerite)</div></div><div class="mindatarow"><div class="mindatath">Twinning:</div><div class="mindatam2">Twin plane {11<span class="o">2</span>2} rare forming trillings.</div></div><h2 class="mindatadivh2">Crystallographic forms of Greenockite</h2><div class="mindatarow"><div class="mindatath">Crystal Atlas:</div><div class="mindatam2"><div id="xtlbox"> <div id="xtlboximage"> <div id="waitxtl">Image Loading</div> <img id="xtlboximagefile" src="/web/20170107225402im_/http://www.mindat.org/min-1746.html" onload="msghide('waitxtl');"> </div> <div id="xtlbox3d"> <script src="/web/20170107225402js_/http://www.mindat.org/js/jsc3d.js"></script> <script src="/web/20170107225402js_/http://www.mindat.org/js/smorf3d.js"></script> <canvas id="cv" style="float:left; " width="350" height="350"></canvas> <script> var canvas = document.getElementById('cv'); var smorf = new Smorf(canvas); smorf.setParameter('backgroundcolor', '#ffffff'); smorf.setParameter('axes', false); smorf.setParameter('rotation', '-20'); smorf.setParameter('filename', 'Greenockite_D1.smorf.bin'); smorf.setParameter('files_directory', '__crystals'); smorf.setParameter('definition', 'high'); smorf.init(); </script></div> </div> <div class="xtlscroll"> <b>Click on an icon to view</b><br> <div class="xtlscrollline"><div class="xtlscroll2d"> </div><div class="xtlscroll3d"> <a href="javascript:;" onclick="swapcrystal('Greenockite_D1', 'smorf', '{100}, {00-1}, {00-1}, modified<br />Locality: Renfrewshire, Scotland<br />C. 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Vol I, 7th edition, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1944.');"><img src="/web/20170107225402im_/http://www.mindat.org/images/3d.gif"></a> </div> <div class="xtlname"> Greenockite - {100}, {00-1}, {00-1}, modified</div></div> </div> <div id="xtlinfo"> </div> <div id="xtlabout"> 3d models and HTML5 code kindly provided by <a target="_blank" href="/web/20170107225402/http://www.mindat.org/click.php?enc=aHR0cDovL3d3dy5zbW9yZi5ubA%3D%3D">www.smorf.nl</a>.<br><br> <b>Toggle</b><br> <span class="clicky" onclick="javascript:smorf.toggleLines();">Edge Lines</span> | <span class="clicky" onclick="javascript:smorf.toggleMillers();">Miller Indicies</span> | <span class="clicky" onclick="javascript:smorf.toggleAxes();">Axes</span> <br><br> <b>Transparency</b><br> <span class="clicky" onclick="javascript:smorf.setTransparency(0);">Opaque</span> | <span class="clicky" onclick="javascript:smorf.setTransparency(0.5);">Translucent</span> | <span class="clicky" onclick="javascript:smorf.setTransparency(1);">Transparent</span> <br><br> <b>View</b><br> <span class="clicky" onclick="javascript:smorf.viewAlongAxis('a');">Along a-axis</span> | <span class="clicky" onclick="javascript:smorf.viewAlongAxis('b');">Along b-axis</span> | <span class="clicky" onclick="javascript:smorf.viewAlongAxis('c');">Along c-axis</span> | <span class="clicky" onclick="javascript:smorf.autoRotate(-2, 100);">Start rotation</span> | <span class="clicky" onclick="javascript:smorf.stopAutoRotate();">Stop rotation</span> </div> <script type="text/javascript"> swapcrystal('Greenockite_D1','smorf',"{100}, {00-1}, {00-1}, modified<br />Locality: Renfrewshire, Scotland<br />C. 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Vol I, 7th edition, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1944."); </script> </div></div><div class="mindatarow"><div class="mindatath">X-Ray Powder Diffraction Data:</div><div class="mindatam2"><table class="xrdpd"><tr><th>d-spacing</th><th>Intensity</th></tr><tr><td>3.58</td><td>(80)</td></tr><tr><td>3.37</td><td>(60)</td></tr><tr><td>3.16</td><td>(100)</td></tr><tr><td>2.45</td><td>(30)</td></tr><tr><td>2.07</td><td>(60)</td></tr><tr><td>1.90</td><td>(40)</td></tr><tr><td>1.79</td><td>(20)</td></tr><tr><td>1.76</td><td>(50)</td></tr></table></div></div><h2 class="mindatadivh2">Optical Data of Greenockite</h2><div class="mindatarow"><div class="mindatath">Type:</div><div class="mindatam2">Uniaxial (-)</div></div><div class="mindatarow"><div class="mindatath">RI values:</div><div class="mindatam2"> <i>n</i><sub>ω</sub> = 2.529 <i>n</i><sub>ε</sub> = 2.506</div></div><div class="mindatarow"><div class="mindatath">Max Birefringence:</div><div class="mindatam2">δ = 0.023<br><div id="birefnote">Image shows birefringence interference colour range (at 30µm thickness) and does not take into account mineral colouration.</div><img src="/web/20170107225402im_/http://www.mindat.org/levy.php?rate=0.023"></div></div><div class="mindatarow"><div class="mindatath">Surface Relief:</div><div class="mindatam2">Very High</div></div><div class="mindatarow"><div class="mindatath">Pleochroism:</div><div class="mindatam2">Weak</div></div><div class="mindatarow"><div class="mindatath">Comments:</div><div class="mindatam2">Uniaxial + for wavelengths red to blue-green</div></div><h2 class="mindatadivh2">Chemical Properties of Greenockite</h2><div class="mindatarow"><div class="mindatath">Formula:</div><div class="mindatam2"><span class="newformula">CdS</span></div></div><div class="mindatarow"><div class="mindatath">Elements listed in formula:</div><div class="mindatam2"><a href="/web/20170107225402/http://www.mindat.org/element/Cadmium">Cd</a>, <a href="/web/20170107225402/http://www.mindat.org/element/Sulfur">S</a> - <a href="chemsearch.php?inc=CdS,">search for minerals with similar chemistry</a></div></div><div class="mindatarow"><div class="mindatath">Common Impurities:</div><div class="mindatam2">Zn</div></div><h2 class="mindatadivh2">Relationship of Greenockite to other Species</h2><div class="mindatarow"><div class="mindatath">Member of:</div><div class="mindatam2"><a href="min-10922.html">Wurtzite Group</a></div></div><div class="mindatarow"><div class="mindatath">Other Members of Group:</div><div class="mindatam2"><table class="grouptable gtshift"><tr><td class="mw12em" style="background-color: #f5ffff"><a href="min-42371.html">Buseckite</a></td><td><span class="newformula">(Fe,Zn,Mn)S</span></td></tr><tr><td class="mw12em" style="background-color: #f5ffff"><a href="min-844.html">Cadmoselite</a></td><td><span class="newformula">CdSe</span></td></tr><tr><td class="mw12em" style="background-color: #f5ffff"><a 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Languages:</div><div class="mindatam2"><div class="newgrouptable3"><div><b>Catalan:</b><span><a href="min-14616.html">Greenockita</a></span></div><div><b>Dutch:</b><span><a href="min-38171.html">Greenockiet</a></span></div><div><b>German:</b><span><a href="min-14615.html">Greenockit</a></span></div><div><b>Italian:</b><span><a href="min-1746.html">Greenockite</a></span></div><div><b>Japanese:</b><span><a href="min-38172.html">硫カドミウム鉱</a></span></div><div><b>Polish:</b><span><a href="min-38173.html">Grenokit</a></span></div><div><b>Russian:</b><span><a href="min-33572.html">Гринокит</a></span></div><div><b>Simplified Chinese:</b><span><a href="min-40807.html">硫镉矿</a></span></div><div><b>Slovak:</b><span><a href="min-14615.html">Greenockit</a></span></div><div><b>Spanish:</b><span><a href="min-14616.html">Greenockita</a></span></div><div><b>Traditional Chinese:</b><span><a href="min-41538.html">硫鎘礦</a></span></div><div><b>Ukrainian:</b><span><a href="min-38174.html">Гринокіт</a></span></div></div></div></div><div class="mindatarow"><div class="mindatath"><a href="/web/20170107225402/http://www.mindat.org/glossary/variety">Varieties:</a></div><div class="mindatam2"><div class="newgrouptable2"><p><a href="min-11026.html">Zincian Greenockite</a></p></div></div></div><h2 class="mindatadivh2">Other Information</h2><div class="mindatarow"><div class="mindatath">Health Risks:</div><div class="mindatam2">Contains cadmium - always wash hands after handling. Avoid inhaling dust when handling or breaking. Never lick or ingest.</div></div><h2 class="mindatadivh2">References for Greenockite</h2><div class="mindatarow"><div class="mindatath">Reference List:</div><div class="mindatam2"><div id="minreflist"></div>Brooke, J. & Connell, A. (1840): Der Greenockit, ein neues Mineral, Annalen der Physik und Chemie, 127, 274-275. <br/> <br/> Breithaupt, A. (1840): Greenockit, ein neues Mineral, Annalen der Physik und Chemie, 127, 507-510.<br/> <br/> 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.: 228-230.<br/> <br/> American Mineralogist (1961): 46: 1382.<br/> <br/> Gaines, Richard V., H. Catherine, W. Skinner, Eugene E. Foord, Brian Mason, Abraham Rosenzweig (1997), Dana's New Mineralogy : The System of Mineralogy of James Dwight Dana and Edward Salisbury Dana: 73.<br/> <br/> Deore, S. and Navrotsky, A. (2006) Oxide melt solution calorimetry of sulfides: Enthalpy of formation of sphalerite, galena, greenockite, and hawleyite. 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