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Argentotennantite-(Zn)

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Argentotennantit

Dzhezkazgan, Kasachstan; 4x4 cm
Copyright: John Sobolewski
Contribution: Collector 2008-08-26
Locality: Dzhezkazgan Mine / Dzhezkazgan (Dscheskasgan) / Qaraghandy oblysy (Karaganda) / Kasachstan

Collectors Summary

Color hellgrau zu grünlich grau
Streak color rot braun
Hardness (Mohs) 3.5
Crystal System kubisch, I43m

Chemism

Chem­ical formula

Ag6(Cu4Zn2)As4S13

Addi­tional chem. informa­tion

Mögliche Beimengungen werden in George 2017 beschrieben, siehe auch Tetraedrit-Gruppe.

Chem­ical com­po­si­tion

Arsen, Kupfer, Silber, Zink, Schwefel

Unit weight: 1748.751228 u; Number of atoms in the formula: 29

Info

Empirical formula:

Ag6(Cu4Zn2)As4S13

Element

Symbol

Weight%

Atoms

Atoms%

Atom weight (u)

Sum weight (u)
Sulfur

S

23.84

13

44.83

32.0655000

416.8515000
Copper

Cu

14.54

4

13.79

63.5463000

254.1852000
Zinc

Zn

7.48

2

6.90

65.4094000

130.8188000
Arsenic

As

17.14

4

13.79

74.9216020

299.6864080
Silver

Ag

37.01

6

20.69

107.8682200

647.2093200

Anal­y­sis wt%

Ag : 33.54, Cu : 15.60, Zn : 5.44, Fe : 1.13, As : 8.80, Sb : 12.59, S : 22.66 (Ref: Doklady Akademiia Nauk, SSSR 86)

Strunz 9th edi­tion incl. updates

2.GB.05

2: Sulfide und Sulfosalze (Sulfide, Selenide, Telluride, Arsenide, Antimonide, Bismutide, Sulfarsenite, Sulfantimonite, Sulfbismuthite)
G: Sulfoarsenide, Sulfoantimonide, Sulfobismuthide
B: Insel(Neso)-Sulfarsenide, usw., mit zusätzlichen Schwefel (S)
05:Tennantit-Gruppe

Lapis Clas­sifica­tion

II/C.11-020

II: SULFIDE UND SULFOSALZE (Sulfide, Selenide, Telluride, Arsenide, Antimonide, Bismutide)
C: Sulfide mit Metall : S,Se,Te ~ 1:1
11: Tetraedrit-Gruppe

Clas­sifica­tion by Hölzel

2.FB.170

2: SULFIDES
F: Sulfarsenites, Sulfantimonites, Sulfbismuthinites Trigonal Pyramids ~[AsS3]3-, ~[SbS3]3-, ~[BiS3]3-
B: Neso Sulfarsenites with additional S
1: Tennantite-Group

Dana 8th edi­tion

03.03.06.07

03: Sulfides - Sulfosalts
03: Sulfides - Sulfosalts where 3 < z/y < 4 - (A+)i (A++)j [By Cz], A=metals, B=semi-metals, C=non-metals
06: Tetrahedrite Group (Isometric: I-43m)

IMA sta­tus

Anerkannt von der CNMNC

Min­eral sta­tus

anerkanntes Mineral

IMA Classification

IMA Clas­sifica­tion

 Tetrahedrite Group  ⇒ Arsenofreibergite Series

Optical Properties

Color

hellgrau zu grünlich grau

Streak color

rot braun

Diaphane­ity (Trans­parency)

opak

Crystallography

Crystal Sys­tem

kubisch

Class (H-M)

43m

Space Group number

217

Space Group

I43m

Cell param­e­ters a (Å)

10.584

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

Volumne (ų)

1185.631

X-Ray Pow­der Diffrac­tion

3.06(100),
2.65(30),
2.073(20),
1.869(80),
1.595(40),
1.230(20),
1.161(20),
1.080(20)
XRD chart Argentotennantite-(Zn)

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

Physical Properties

Hard­ness (Mohs)

3.5

VHN (Hard­ness Vick­ers)

308 (30g)

Density (g/cm³)

5.05 (berechnet)

4.898 ( ρ calc. Mineralienatlas )

(Co-)Type locality

(Co-)Type locality

Kasachstan/Aqmola oblysy/Stepnogorsk/Aksu (Aqsu)-Erzfeld/Kvartsitovje Gorki

Preface

Author (Name, Year)

Spiridonov & Sokolova & Gapeev & Dashevskaya & Evstigneeva & Chvileva

References

Transactions (Doklady) of the USSR Academy of Sciences, Earth Science Sections 290 (1986), 167

Moëlo, Y.; Makovicky, E.; Mozgova, N.N.; Jambor, J.L.; Cook, N.J.; Pring, A.; Paar,W.; Nickel, E.H.; Graeser, G.; Karup-Møller, S.; et al. Sulfosalt systematics: A review. Report of the sulfosalt sub-committee of the IMA commission on ore mineralogy. Eur. J. Mineral. 2008, 20, 7–46.

George, L. L., Cook, N. J., & Ciobanu, C. L. (2017). Minor and trace elements in natural tetrahedrite-tennantite: Effects on element partitioning among base metal sulphides. Minerals, 7(2), 17. doi:10.3390/min7020017

IMA group assignments

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Japanese

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CNMNC (IMA)-Number

IMA 1985-026

CNMNC symbol

Symbol

Atnt-Zn

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