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    Chalcocite
    Cc
    Cu2S
    Cu1+2S2-
    Cu1+ S2-
    Mineral name, or its predecessor chalcitis, has been known since antiquity and predates any formal descriptive publication. Eg.
    Hill J (1751) Of vitriolic minerals. in A History of the Materia Medica, Longman, Hitch and Hawes (London) 140-147  [view file]
    Hill J (1751) Of vitriolic minerals. in A History of the Materia Medica, Longman, Hitch and Hawes (London) 140-147  [view file]
    Evans H T (1979) The crystal structures of low chalcocite and djurleite. Zeitschrift für Kristallographie 150, 299-320  [view file]
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    Beudant F S (1832) Chalkosine, cuivre sulfuré. in Traité Élémentaire de Minéralogie, 2nd Edition, (Paris) 408-410  [view file]
    Cook W R (1972) Phase changes in Cu2S as a function of temperature. National Bureau of Standards Special Publication 364, Solid State Chemistry 364, 703-712  [view file]
    Evans H T (1981) Copper coordination in low chalcocite djurleite and other copper-rich sulfides. American Mineralogist 66, 807-818  [view file]
    Evans H T (1971) Crystal structure of low chalcocite. Nature Physical Science 232, 69-70
    Evans H T (1979) Djurleite (Cu1.94S) and low chalcocite (Cu2S): New crystal structure studies. Science 203, 356-358
    Evans H T (1979) The crystal structures of low chalcocite and djurleite. Zeitschrift für Kristallographie 150, 299-320  [view file]
    Goh S W, Buckley A N, Lamb R N, Rosenberg R A, Moran D (2006) The oxidation states of copper and iron in mineral sulfides, and the oxides formed on initial exposure of chalcopyrite and bornite to air. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 70, 2210-2228
    Hill J (1751) Of vitriolic minerals. in A History of the Materia Medica, Longman, Hitch and Hawes (London) 140-147  [view file]
    Hoffmann C A S (1789) Mineralsystem des Herrn Inspektor Werners mit dessen Erlaubnis herausgegeben von C A S Hoffmann. Bergmannisches Journal 1, 369-398  [view file]
    Mathieu H J, Rickert H (1972) Elektrochemisch-thermodynamische Untersuchungen am System Kupfer-Schwefel bei Temperaturen T = 15-90°C. Zeitschrift für Physikalische Chemie Neue Folge 79, 315-330
    Ondruš P, Veselovský F, Gabašová A, Hloušek J, Šrein V, Vavrín I, Skála R, Sejkora J, Drábek M (2003) Primary minerals of the Jáchymov ore district. Journal of the Czech Geological Society 48, 19-147  [view file]
    Pósfai M, Buseck P R (1994) Djurleite, digenite, and chalcocite: Intergrowths and transformations. American Mineralogist 79, 308-315  [view file]
    Potter R W II (1977) An electrochemical investigation of the system copper-sulfur. Economic Geology 72, 1524-1542
    Roseboom E H (1966) An investigation of the system Cu-S and some natural copper sulfides between 25° and 700° C. Economic Geology 61, 641-672
    Schumer B N, Stegen R J, Barton M D, Hiskey M D, Downs R T (2019) Mineralogical profile of supergene sulfide ore in the Western Copper area, Morenci mine, Arizona. The Canadian Mineralogist 57, 391-401  [view file]
    Steger H F, Desjardins L E (1980) Oxidation of sulfide minerals. V. Galena, sphalerite and chalcocite. The Canadian Mineralogist 18, 365-372  [view file]
    Tatsuka K, Morimoto N (1977) Tetrahedrite stability relations in the Cu-Fe-Sb-S system. American Mineralogist 62, 1101-1109  [view file]
    Whiteside L S, Goble R J (1986) Structural and compositional changes in copper sulfides during leaching and dissolution. The Canadian Mineralogist 24, 247-258  [view file]