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Tennantite-(Ni)

Collectors Summary

Crystal System kubisch, I43m

Chemism

Chemical formula

Cu6(Cu4Ni2)As4S13

Chemical composition

Arsen, Kupfer, Nickel, Schwefel

Unit weight: 1469.387748 u; Number of atoms in the formula: 29

Info

Empirical formula:

Cu6(Cu4Ni2)As4S13

Element

Symbol

Weight%

Atoms

Atoms%

Atom weight (u)

Sum weight (u)

Sulfur

S

28.37

13

44.83

32.0655000

416.8515000

Nickel

Ni

7.99

2

6.90

58.6934200

117.3868400

Copper

Cu

43.25

10

34.48

63.5463000

635.4630000

Arsenic

As

20.40

4

13.79

74.9216020

299.6864080

IMA status

anerkannt - CNMNC Newsletter 62, Juni - Juli 2021

Mineral status

anerkanntes Mineral

IMA Classification

IMA Classification

Tetrahedrite Group  ⇒ Tennantite series

Crystallography

Crystal System

kubisch

Class (H-M)

43m

Space Group number

217

Space Group

I43m

Cell parameters a (Å)

10.2957(9)

Cell parameters b (Å)

-

Cell parameters c (Å)

-

Cell parameters a/b or c/a

1

Cell parameters c/b

-

Cell parameters α

90°

Cell parameters β

90°

Cell parameters γ

90°

Z

2

Volume (ų)

1091.359

Crystal structure

Tetraedrit-Gruppe; Struktur ermittelt

X-Ray Powder Diffraction

4.233(27), 2.968(100), 2.753(13), 2.563(20), 2.017(13), 1.815(33), 1.549(27)

XRD chart Tennantite-(Ni)

Calculated from d-spacing and intensity at 0.1541838 nm (Cu)

Physical Properties

Density (g/cm³)

4.471 ( ρ calc. Mineralienatlas )

(Co-)Type locality

(Co-)Type locality

China/Tibet (Xizang AR)/Shannan, Präfektur/Qusum (Qusong), Kreis/Luobusa-Ophiolith

Type material

Das Typmaterial ist in den mineralogischen Sammlungen des Geologischen Museums von China, Nr. 16 Yangrou Hutong, Xisi, Peking 100031, Volksrepublik China, hinterlegt, Katalognummer M16117

Preface

Author (Name, Year)

Yanjuan Wang; Rujun Chen; Xiangping Gu; Zengqian Hou; Fabrizio Nestola; Zhusen Yang; Guang Fan; Guochen Dong; Lijuan Ye; Kai Qu (2023)

References

Wang, Y., Chen, R., Gu, X., Yang, Z., Hou, Z., Fan, G., Ye, L. and Qu, K. (2021) Tennantite-(Ni), IMA 2021-018. CNMNC Newsletter 62; Mineralogical Magazine, 85, https://doi.org/10.1180/mgm.2021.62

Yanjuan Wang; Rujun Chen; Xiangping Gu; Zengqian Hou; Fabrizio Nestola; Zhusen Yang; Guang Fan; Guochen Dong; Lijuan Ye; Kai Qu: Tennantite-(Ni), Cu6(Cu4Ni2)As4S13, from Luobusa ophiolite, Tibet, China: a new Ni member of the tetrahedrite group. Mineralogical Magazine Vol. 87, Nr. 4 (2023) S. 591-598. doi: 10.1180/mgm.2023.41

IMA group assignments


 
 
Cu10(Fe,Zn)2As4S13
kubisch
I43m

 
 
 
Cu6(Cu4Cd2)As4S13
kubisch
I43m

 
 
 
Cu6(Cu4Cu2)As4S13
kubisch
I43m

 
 
 
Cu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S13
kubisch
I43m

 
 
 
Cu6(Cu4Hg2)As4S13
kubisch
I43m

 
 
 
Cu6(Cu5In)As4S13
kubisch
I43m

 
 
 
Cu6(Cu4Mn2)As4S13
kubisch
I43m

 
 
 
Cu6(Cu4Ni2)As4S13
kubisch
I43m

 
 
 
Cu6(Cu4Zn2)As4S13
kubisch
I43m

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CNMNC (IMA)-Number

IMA 2021-018

Locations with GPS information

IDs

GUSID (Global unique identifier short form) mLOmZL9g0kGPiiK0PQZBww
GUID (Global unique identifier) 64A6B398-60BF-41D2-8F8A-22B43D0641C3
Database ID 9051