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Jaipurite

A valid IMA mineral species - grandfathered - questionable

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Jaipurite

Khetri Mines, Khetri, Sikar District, Jaipur district, Rajasthan, India

Jaipurite, etc.

Kempirsai Cr deposit, Kargaly District, Aktobe Region, Kazakhstan

Jaipurite

Khetri Mines, Khetri, Sikar District, Jaipur district, Rajasthan, India

Jaipurite, etc.

Kempirsai Cr deposit, Kargaly District, Aktobe Region, Kazakhstan

Jaipurite

Khetri Mines, Khetri, Sikar District, Jaipur district, Rajasthan, India

Jaipurite, etc.

Kempirsai Cr deposit, Kargaly District, Aktobe Region, Kazakhstan

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About JaipuriteHide

Formula:

CoS

Colour:

steel gray

Lustre:

Metallic

Crystal System:

Hexagonal

Type Locality:

ⓘ Khetri Mines (Ketri Mine), Khetri, Sikar District, Jaipur district, Rajasthan, India

Possibly identical to the beta-Co_1-xS (NiAs-type) mineral of Clark (1974).

Unique IdentifiersHide

Mindat ID:

7119

Long-form identifier:

mindat:1:1:7119:8

IMA Classification of JaipuriteHide

IMA status:

Approved, 'Grandfathered' (first described prior to 1959), Questionable

Classification of JaipuriteHide

Strunz-mindat (2026):

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.

Mineral SymbolsHide

As of 2021 there are now IMA–CNMNC approved mineral symbols (abbreviations) for each mineral species, useful for tables and diagrams.

Symbol	Source	Reference for Standard
Jai	IMA–CNMNC	Warr, L.N. (2021). IMA–CNMNC approved mineral symbols. Mineralogical Magazine, 85(3), 291-320. doi:10.1180/mgm.2021.43

Physical Properties of JaipuriteHide

Lustre:

Metallic

Colour:

Steel gray

Chemistry of JaipuriteHide

Mindat Formula:

CoS

Element Weights:

Element	% weight
Co	64.763 %
S	35.237 %

Calculated from ideal end-member formula.

Elements listed:

Co, S - search for minerals with similar chemistry

Crystallography of JaipuriteHide

Crystal System:

Hexagonal

Comment:

No crystallographic information

Crystal StructureHide

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ID	Species	Reference	Link	Year	Locality	Pressure (GPa)	Temp (K)
0011562	Jaipurite	Wyckoff R W G (1963) Second edition. Interscience Publishers, New York, New York Crystal Structures 1 85-237		1963		0	293
0017941	Jaipurite	Alsen N (1925) Roentgenographische Untersuchungen der Kristallstrukturen von Magnetkies, Breithauptit, Pentlandit, Millerit und verwandten Verbindungen _cod_database_code 1011037 Geologiska Foreningens i Stockholm Forhandlingar 47 19-73		1925		0	293

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data_global
_chemical_name_mineral 'Jaipurite'
loop_
_publ_author_name
'Wyckoff R W G'
_journal_name_full 'Crystal Structures'
_journal_volume 1 
_journal_year 1963
_journal_page_first 85
_journal_page_last 237
_publ_section_title
;
 Second edition. Interscience Publishers, New York, New York
 Note: ideal nickel arsenide structure
;
_database_code_amcsd 0011562
_chemical_formula_sum 'Co S'
_cell_length_a 3.367
_cell_length_b 3.367
_cell_length_c 5.160
_cell_angle_alpha 90
_cell_angle_beta 90
_cell_angle_gamma 120
_cell_volume 50.660
_exptl_crystal_density_diffrn      5.966
_symmetry_space_group_name_H-M 'P 63 m c'
loop_
_space_group_symop_operation_xyz
  'x,y,z'
  '-x,-x+y,1/2+z'
  'x-y,x,1/2+z'
  '-y,-x,z'
  '-y,x-y,z'
  'x-y,-y,1/2+z'
  '-x,-y,1/2+z'
  'x,x-y,z'
  '-x+y,-x,z'
  'y,x,1/2+z'
  'y,-x+y,1/2+z'
  '-x+y,y,z'
loop_
_atom_site_label
_atom_site_fract_x
_atom_site_fract_y
_atom_site_fract_z
Co   0.00000   0.00000   0.00000
S   0.33333   0.66667   0.25000

Geological EnvironmentHide

Paragenetic Mode(s):

Paragenetic Mode	Earliest Age (Ga)
High-? alteration and/or metamorphism
33 : Minerals deposited by hydrothermal metal-rich fluids (see also [#12])

Type Occurrence of JaipuriteHide

Type Locality:

ⓘ Khetri Mines (Ketri Mine), Khetri, Sikar District, Jaipur district, Rajasthan, India

Synonyms of JaipuriteHide

Jeypoorite

Other Language Names for JaipuriteHide

Dutch:Jaipuriet

German:Jaipurit
Jeypoorit

Russian:Джайпурит

Simplified Chinese:块硫钴矿

Spanish:Jaipurita
Jeypoorita

Common AssociatesHide

Associations Based on Photo Data:

3 photos of Jaipurite associated with Maucherite	Ni₁₁As₈
3 photos of Jaipurite associated with Millerite	NiS
3 photos of Jaipurite associated with Jamborite	Ni²⁺_1-xCo³⁺_x(OH)_2-x(SO₄)_x · nH₂O
3 photos of Jaipurite associated with Népouite	Ni₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄
3 photos of Jaipurite associated with Goethite	Fe³⁺O(OH)
3 photos of Jaipurite associated with Serpentine Subgroup	D₃[Si₂O₅](OH)₄

Related Minerals - Strunz-mindat Grouping Hide

2.CC.	Eliopoulosite	V₇S₈	Trig. 32 : P3₂21
2.CC.	Tilkerodeite	Pd₂HgSe₃	Trig. 3m(32/m) : P3m1
2.CC.	'UM2007-26-S:CuFeIrNiPtRh'	(Ir,Cu,Ni,Pt,Rh,Fe)₉S₁₁
2.CC.	Proxitwelvefoldite	Pd₃Ni₄Te₈	Tet. 4/mmm(4/m2/m2/m) : P4₂/mnm
2.CC.	Ferrotorryweiserite	Rh₅Fe₁₀S₁₆	Trig. 3m(32/m) : R3m
2.CC.	Tamuraite	Ir₅Fe₁₀S₁₆	Trig. 3m(32/m) : R3m
2.CC.	Crowningshieldite	(Ni_0.9Fe_0.1)S	Hex. 6/mmm(6/m2/m2/m) : P6₃/mmc
2.CC.	Kuvaevite	Ir₅Ni₁₀S₁₆	Trig. 3m(32/m) : R3m
2.CC.	Torryweiserite	Rh₅Ni₁₀S₁₆	Trig. 3m(32/m) : R3m
2.CC.05	Achávalite	FeSe	Hex. 6/mmm(6/m2/m2/m) : P6₃/mmc
2.CC.05	Langisite	CoAs	Hex. 6 : P6₃
2.CC.05	Sederholmite	NiSe	Hex. 6/mmm(6/m2/m2/m) : P6₃/mmc
2.CC.05	Freboldite	CoSe	Hex. 6/mmm(6/m2/m2/m) : P6₃/mmc
2.CC.05	Nickeline	NiAs	Hex. 6/mmm(6/m2/m2/m) : P6₃/mcm
2.CC.05	Sobolevskite	PdBi	Hex.
2.CC.05	Kotulskite	Pd(Te,Bi)_2-x (x ≈ 0.4)	Hex.
2.CC.05	Zlatogorite	NiCuSb₂	Trig. 3m(32/m) : P31m
2.CC.05	Stumpflite	PtSb	Hex. 6/mmm(6/m2/m2/m) : P6₃/mmc
2.CC.05	Sudburyite	PdSb	Hex. 6/mmm(6/m2/m2/m) : P6₃/mmc
2.CC.05	Breithauptite	NiSb	Hex. 6/mmm(6/m2/m2/m) : P6₃/mmc
2.CC.10	Pyrrhotite	Fe_1-xS	Mon.
2.CC.10	Smythite	(Fe,Ni)_3+xS₄ (x=0-0.3)	Trig. 3m(32/m) : R3m
2.CC.10	Troilite	FeS	Hex. 6/mmm(6/m2/m2/m) : P6₃/mmc
2.CC.15	Ruthenarsenite	(Ru,Ni)As	Orth. mmm(2/m2/m2/m) : Pnma
2.CC.15	Westerveldite	(Fe,Ni,Co)As	Orth. mmm(2/m2/m2/m)
2.CC.15	Modderite	CoAs	Orth. mmm(2/m2/m2/m)
2.CC.15	Minakawaite	RhSb	Orth. mmm(2/m2/m2/m) : Pnma
2.CC.15	Cherepanovite	RhAs	Orth. mmm(2/m2/m2/m) : Pnma
2.CC.20	'UM1990-38-S:CuFeIrNiPtRh'	(Ni,Fe,Rh,Cu,Ir,Pt)S
2.CC.20	Millerite	NiS	Trig. 3m : R3m
2.CC.20	Mäkinenite	NiSe	Trig. 3m
2.CC.25	Mackinawite	FeS	Tet. 4/mmm(4/m2/m2/m) : P4/nmm
2.CC.30	Vavřínite	Ni₂SbTe₂	Hex. 6/mmm(6/m2/m2/m) : P6₃/mmc
2.CC.30	'Hexatestibiopanickelite'	(Pd,Ni)(Sb,Te) ?	Hex.
2.CC.35b	Cooperite	PtS	Tet. 4/mmm(4/m2/m2/m) : P4₂/mmc
2.CC.35a	Vysotskite	PdS	Tet. 4/m : P4₂/m
2.CC.35a	Braggite	PdPt₃S₄	Tet. 4/m : P4₂/m
2.CC.45	Jacutingaite	Pt₂HgSe₃	Trig. 3m(32/m) : P3m1
2.CC.50	'Imgreite'	NiTe (?)	Hex.

Other InformationHide

Health Risks:

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

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References for JaipuriteHide

Reference List:

Palache, Charles, Berman, Harry, Frondel, Clifford (1944) The System of Mineralogy (7th ed.) Vol. 1 - Elements, Sulfides, Sulfosalts, Oxides. John Wiley and Sons, New York.

Clark, Alan H. (1974) Hypogene and supergene cobalt-copper sulfides, Carrizal Alto, Atacama, Chile. American Mineralogist, 59 (3-4) 302-306

Dutta, Dimple P., Sharma, Garima, Gopalakrishnan, I.K. (2008) Single molecular precursor route to nanocrystalline Jaipurite: Synthesis, characterization and magnetic property. Materials Letters, 62. 1275-1278 doi:10.1016/j.matlet.2007.08.068

Localities for JaipuriteHide

Showing 10 localities.

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Locality ListHide

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- This locality has estimated coordinates. ⓘ - Click for references and further information on this occurrence. ? - Indicates mineral may be doubtful at this locality.

- Good crystals or important locality for species.

- World class for species or very significant. (TL) - Type Locality for a valid mineral species. (FRL) - First Recorded Locality for everything else (eg varieties). ~~Struck out~~ - Mineral was erroneously reported from this locality. Faded * - Never found at this locality but inferred to have existed at some point in the past (e.g. from pseudomorphs).

All localities listed without proper references should be considered as questionable.


Atlantic Ocean
Mid-Atlantic Ridge complex ⓘ Ocean Drilling Program Hole 1274A	Marchesi et al. (2013)

Austria
Styria Bruck-Mürzzuschlag District Sankt Barbara im Mürztal Veitsch Kleinveitsch ⓘ Kaiblinggraben	Girtler et al. (2015) +1 other reference

Chile
Atacama Huasco Province ⓘ Carrizal Alto district ?	Clark (1974)

China
Xinjiang Hami Prefecture (Kumul Prefecture; Qumul Prefecture) Yizhou District ⓘ Xiadong mafic–ultramafic complex	Yang et al. (2018)

Czech Republic
Central Bohemian Region Příbram District Háje ⓘ Uranium Mine No. 9 (Shaft No. 9)	Škácha et al. (2021)

Finland
North Ostrobothnia Kuusamo ⓘ Kouvervaara	Geological Survey of Finland 2008. ...

India (TL)
Rajasthan Jaipur district Sikar District Khetri ⓘ Khetri Mines (Ketri Mine) (TL)	Rec. Geol. Survey India 14 (1880)

Kazakhstan
Aktobe Region Kargaly District ⓘ Kempirsai Cr deposit	Pavel M. Kartashov analytical data 2019

Russia
Murmansk Oblast ⓘ Khibiny Massif	Olga Yakovleva et al. (2009)
Nenets Autonomous Okrug Yugorskii Peninsula Pai-Khoi Range (Paikhoi; Pay Khoy) ⓘ Nadeiyakha occurrence	Brusnitsyn et al. (2019)

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Jaipurite

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