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Wurtzite Group
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About Wurtzite Group
Formula:
MX
M = Cd, Mn, Zn; X = S, Se
Unique Identifiers
Mindat ID:
10922
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:1:10922:8
Chemistry of Wurtzite Group
Mindat Formula:
MX
M = Cd, Mn, Zn; X = S, Se
M = Cd, Mn, Zn; X = S, Se
Chemical Analysis
Empirical formulas:
| Sample ID | Empirical Formula |
|---|---|
| 1 | (Zn0.62Cd0.38)S |
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Data courtesy of the American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database. Click on an AMCSD ID to view structure
| ID | Species | Reference | Link | Year | Locality | Pressure (GPa) | Temp (K) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0019081 | Buseckite | Ma C, Beckett J R, Rossman G R (2012) Buseckite, (Fe,Zn,Mn)S, a new mineral from the Zaklodzie meteorite American Mineralogist 97 1226-1233 | 2012 | Zaklodzie, Poland | 0 | 293 | |
| 0010364 | Rambergite | Eriksson L, Kalinowski M P (2001) Mn1-xFexS, x=0.05, an example of an anti-wurtzite structure Acta Crystallographica E57 i92-i93 |  | 2001 | synthetic | 0 | 293 |
| 0005544 | Wurtzite | Chao G Y, Gault R A (1998) The occurence of two rare polytypes of wurtzite, 4H and 8H, at Mont Saint-Hilaire, Quebec The Canadian Mineralogist 36 775-778 |  | 1998 | Mont Saint-Hilaire, Quebec, Canada | 0 | 293 |
| 0010082 | Wurtzite | Kisi E H, Elcombe M M (1989) U parameters for the wurtzite structure of ZnS and ZnO using powder neutron diffraction Acta Crystallographica C45 1867-1870 | | 1989 | synthetic | 0 | 293 |
| 0019175 | Cadmoselite | Freeman D K, Mair S L, Barnea Z (1977) The structure and Bijvoet ratios of cadmium selenide Acta Crystallographica A33 355-359 | | 1977 | synthetic | 0 | 293 |
| 0000115 | Wurtzite | Myer G H (1962) Hydrothermal wurtzite at Thomaston Dam, Connecticut American Mineralogist 47 977-979 | | 1962 | Thomaston Dam, Connecticut | 0 | 293 |
| 0014998 | Wurtzite | Ballentyne D W G, Roy B (1961) Electroluminescence and crystal structure in the alloy system ZnS - CdS Physica 27 337-341 | 1961 | synthetic | 0 | 293 | |
| 0005075 | Wurtzite | Mloszewski M J, Saha A K, Nuffield E W (1957) Manganoan ferroan wurtzite from Llallagua, Bolivia (II) The Canadian Mineralogist 6 136-139 | | 1957 | Llallagua, Bolivia | 0 | 293 |
| 0005074 | Wurtzite | Mloszewski M J, Saha A K, Nuffield E W (1957) Manganoan ferroan wurtzite from Llallagua, Bolivia (II) The Canadian Mineralogist 6 136-139 | | 1957 | Llallagua, Bolivia | 0 | 293 |
| 0010493 | Wurtzite | Ulrich F, Zachariasen W H (1925) Ueber die kristallstruktur des alpha- und beta-CdS, sowie des wurtzits Zeitschrift fur Kristallographie 62 260-273 | 1925 | synthetic | 0 | 293 | |
| 0015179 | Wurtzite | Xu Y N, Ching W Y (1993) Electronic, optical, and structural properties of some wurtzite crystals Physical Review B48 4335-4351 | 1993 | 0 | 293 | ||
| 0015177 | Greenockite | Xu Y N, Ching W Y (1993) Electronic, optical, and structural properties of some wurtzite crystals Physical Review B48 4335-4351 | 1993 | 0 | 293 | ||
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