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Clerite

Collectors Summary

Color schwarz
Hardness (Mohs) 4.00 - 4.50
Cleavages fehlt
Fracture uneben
Crystal System orthorhombisch, Pnam

Additional information / Summary

Klerit / Clerit / Clerite

Chemism

Chemical formula

Mn(Sb,As)2S4

Chemical composition

Antimon, Arsen, Mangan, Schwefel

Unit weight: 403.3010009 u; Number of atoms in the formula: 7

Info

Empirical formula:

Mn(Sb0.75As0.25)2S4

Element

Symbol

Weight%

Atoms

Atoms%

Atom weight (u)

Sum weight (u)

Sulfur

S

31.80

4

57.14

32.0655000

128.2620000

Manganese

Mn

13.62

1

14.29

54.9380499

54.9380499

Arsenic

As

9.29

0.5

7.14

74.9216020

37.4608010

Antimony

Sb

45.29

1.5

21.43

121.7601000

182.6401500

Analysis wt%

Ø Mn : 13.10, Sb : 51.20, As : 4.40, S : 30.80 (Ref: Zapiski Vsesoyuznogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva, 1904-1974 96)

Strunz 9th edition incl. updates

2.HA.20

2: Sulfide und Sulfosalze (Sulfide, Selenide, Telluride, Arsenide, Antimonide, Bismutide, Sulfoarsenide, Sulfoantimonide, Sulfobismuthide)
H: Sulfosalze mit SnS als Vorbild
A: Mit Cu, Ag, Fe (ohne Pb)
20:Berthierit-Gruppe

Lapis Classification

II/E.01-005

II: SULFIDE UND SULFOSALZE (Sulfide, Selenide, Telluride, Arsenide, Antimonide, Bismutide)
E: Sulfosalze (S : As,Sb,Bi = x)
1: Sulfosalze mit Eisen/Kupfer vorherrschend (x=2,0-1,6)

Classification by Hölzel

2.GA.240

2: SULFIDES
G: SnS Archetype
A: With Cu,Ag,Fe (without Pb)
2: Berthierite-Group

Dana 8th edition

03.07.09.05

03: Sulfides - Sulfosalts
07: Sulfides - Sulfosalts where z/y = 2 - (A+)i (A++)j [By Cz], A=metals, B=semi-metals, C=non-metals
09: Galenobismutite Group

IMA status

Anerkannt von der CNMNC

Mineral status

anerkanntes Mineral

Optical Properties

Color

schwarz

Crystallography

Crystal System

orthorhombisch

Class (H-M)

mmm

Space Group number

62

Space Group

Pnam

Cell parameters a (Å)

11.47

Cell parameters b (Å)

14.36

Cell parameters c (Å)

3.81

Cell parameters a/b or c/a

0.799

Cell parameters c/b

0.265

Cell parameters α

90°

Cell parameters β

90°

Cell parameters γ

90°

Z

4

Volume (ų)

627.542

X-Ray Powder Diffraction

4.46(40),
3.69(90),
3.23(70),
3.05(40),
2.90(80),
2.65(100),
2.18(40),
1.813(50)

XRD chart Clerite

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

Crystal Structure 3D

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Physical Properties

Hardness (Mohs)

4.00 - 4.50

VHN (Hardness Vickers)

252 (15g)

Density (g/cm³)

4.48 (gemessen)

4.268 ( ρ calc. Mineralienatlas )

Cleavages

fehlt

Fracture

uneben

Tenacity

spröde

Preface

Author (Name, Year)

Murzin & Bushmakin & Sustavov & Shcherbachev, 1996

References

Zapiski Vserossiskogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchetstva 125 (1996) (3), 95

Other languages

Spanish

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English

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French

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German

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Russian

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Japanese

クレル鉱

Alternative Name

German

Clerit

Spanish

Klerita

Klerite

CNMNC (IMA)-Number

IMA 1995-029

CNMNC symbol

Symbol

Cle

Locations with GPS information

IDs

GUSID (Global unique identifier short form) 8yP8bugfRE60Th9ZUZ_owA
GUID (Global unique identifier) 6EFC23F3-1FE8-4E44-B44E-1F59519FE8C0
Database ID 1968