Jaipurite

Where it forms, where it's found

Type locality: Khetri Mines (Ketri Mine)
Khetri
Sikar District
Jaipur district
Rajasthan
India
28.0150°, 75.7756°

8recorded occurrences

Source · OpenStreetMap

Physical

Lustre: Metallic
Colour: steel gray

Crystallography

Crystal system: Hexagonal
Comment: No crystallographic information

Crystal structure

Chemical composition

Constituent elements: Mass composition breakdown
Element Atoms At. mass g/mol Mass g/mol Mass share
27CoCobalt Cobalt 1 58.933 58.933
64.77%
16SSulfur Sulfur 1 32.060 32.060
35.23%
Total 90.993 100.00%
Mass share = atoms × atomic mass ÷ molar mass × 100
From IMA formula

Mass composition breakdown
Element	Atoms	At. mass g/mol	Mass g/mol	Mass share
27CoCobalt	Cobalt	1	58.933	58.933	64.77%
16SSulfur	Sulfur	1	32.060	32.060	35.23%
	Total	90.993	100.00%

Synonyms

Jaipuriet
Jeypoorit
Jeypoorita
Jeypoorite

In other languages

French: Jaipurite
German: Jaipurit
Italian: Jaipurite

Classification

Strunz

10th ed.

2.CC.05

2Sulfides and SulfosaltsClass
2.CMetal Sulfides, M: S = 1: 1 (and similar)Division
2.CCWith Ni, Fe, Co, PGE, etc.Group
2.CC.05JaipuriteSpecies

Literature, links & citation

Citations

1944Palache, Charles, Berman, Harry, Frondel, Clifford (1944) The System of Mineralogy (7th ed.) Vol. 1 - Elements, Sulfides, Sulfosalts, Oxides. John Wiley and Sons, New York.
1974Clark, Alan H. (1974) Hypogene and supergene cobalt-copper sulfides, Carrizal Alto, Atacama, Chile. American Mineralogist, 59 (3-4) 302-306
2008Dutta, 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.2007.08.068DOI: 10.1016/j.matlet.2007.08.068

Cite this entry

@misc{mineral2026,
  author    = {Mineral Index editorial board},
  title     = {Jaipurite — Mineral Index},
  year      = {2026},
  url       = {https://mineralindex.org/minerals/jaipurite-7119},
  note      = {Accessed 2026-05-11}
}