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Luzonit

Luzonit xx bis knapp 3mm auf Pyrit; Fundort: Grube Laurani, La Paz, Bolivien

Erik

Contribution: Erik 2007-11-02

Locality: Grube Laurani / Laurani, Distrikt / Aroma, Provinz / La Paz, Departamento / Bolivien

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Luzonit

Fundort: Grube Clara, Wolfach, Schwarzwald, Deutschland; Bildbreite: 3 mm

Stephan Wolfsried

Contribution: Hg 2007-08-20

Locality: Grube Clara / Oberwolfach / Ortenaukreis / Freiburg, Bezirk / Baden-Württemberg / Deutschland

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Luzonit

Bildbreite: 2 mm, Fundort: Furtei, Provinz Medio Campidano, Sardinien, Italien

Luigi Chiappino

Contribution: thdun5 2011-01-15

Locality: Goldbergbau / Furtei / Sud Sardegna, Provinz / Sardinien (Sardegna), Region / Italien

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Luzonit

Größe: 73x66 mm; Fundort: Luzon, Philippinen

Collection:

Dave Wilber

Rock Currier

Contribution: slugslayer 2011-08-13

Locality: Luzón / Philippinen

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Luzonit

winziger Luzonit auf Chalkopyrit. Kristallgröße: 1,65 mm, Fundort: Grube Clara, Wolfach, Schwarzwald, Deutschland

Collection:

Domenico Preite

Enrico Bonacina

Contribution: thdun5 2010-07-15

Locality: Grube Clara / Oberwolfach / Ortenaukreis / Freiburg, Bezirk / Baden-Württemberg / Deutschland

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Luzonit, z.T. pseudomorph nach Enargit

Größe: 74x71x65 mm; Fundort: Pen-Shan Erkörper, Chinkuahshih Mine, Rueifang, Taipeh, Provinz Taiwan, China

Rob Lavinsky

Contribution: slugslayer 2010-11-06

Locality: Pen Shan Erzkörper / Jinguashi (Chinkuahshih) Mine / Rueifang (Jui-Fang) / Taipeh, Kreis / Taiwan (Republik China)

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Collectors Summary

Color

tief bräunlichrosa

Streak color

schwarz

Lustre

Metallglanz

Hardness (Mohs)

3.5

Solubility

+++ HNO₃, Königswasser

Crystal System

tetragonal, I42m

Chemism

Chemical formula

Cu₃AsS₄

Chemical composition

Arsen, Kupfer, Schwefel

Unit weight: 393.822502 u; Number of atoms in the formula: 8

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Empirical formula:

Cu₃AsS₄

Element	Symbol	Weight%	Atoms	Atoms%	Atom weight (u)	Sum weight (u)
Sulfur	S	32.57	4	50.00	32.0655000	128.2620000
Copper	Cu	48.41	3	37.50	63.5463000	190.6389000
Arsenic	As	19.02	1	12.50	74.9216020	74.9216020

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Analysis wt%

Cu : 48.82, Fe : 0.87, Zn : 0.97, As : 17.87, S : 31.44 (Ref: Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, (Monatshefte) 90)

Strunz 9th edition incl. updates

2.KA.10

2: Sulfide und Sulfosalze (Sulfide, Selenide, Telluride, Arsenide, Antimonide, Bismutide, Sulfarsenite, Sulfantimonite, Sulfbismuthite)
K: Sulfoarsenate
A: Unterteilung 2.KA - 2.KB
10:Luzonit-Gruppe

Lapis Classification

II/C.06-010

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

Classification by Hölzel

2.CB.400

2: SULFIDES
C: Sulfides (etc) with Me/S=1/1
B: With Zn,Cu (etc), Coordination Number ~[4] Framework of Cornersharing Tetrahedra: Sphalerite-Germanite-Family
4: Luzonite-Hemusite-Group

Dana 8th edition

03.02.02.01

03: Sulfides - Sulfosalts
02: Sulfides - Sulfosalts where z/y = 4 - (A+)i (A++)j [By Cz], A=metals, B=semi-metals, C=non-metals
02: Luzonite Group

IMA status

anerkannt, (vor 1959 pre IMA) vererbt

Mineral status

anerkanntes Mineral

IMA Classification

Stannite group

Optical Properties

Color	tief bräunlichrosa
Streak color	schwarz
Diaphaneity (Transparency)	opak
Lustre	Metallglanz

Crystallography

Crystal System	tetragonal
Class (H-M)	42m
Space Group number	121
Space Group	I42m
Cell parameters a (Å)	5.290
Cell parameters b (Å)	-
Cell parameters c (Å)	10.465
Cell parameters a/b or c/a	1.978
Cell parameters c/b	-
Cell parameters α	90°
Cell parameters β	90°
Cell parameters γ	90°
Z	2
Volumne (Å³)	292.854
X-Ray Powder Diffraction	3.046(100), 1.855(90), 1.592(70), 1.578(60), 1.321(50), 1.204(60), 1.078(60), 1.071(50)
	Calculated from d-spacing and intensity at 0.1541838 nm (Cu)

Crystals 3D

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Crystal Structure 3D

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Physical Properties

Hardness (Mohs)	3.5
VHN (Hardness Vickers)	130 (ungefähre Angabe abgeleitet aus der Mohshärte)
Density (g/cm³)	4.4 - 4.6 (Durchschnittlich = 4.5; berec
	4.466 ( ρ calc. Mineralienatlas )
Instability	+++ HNO₃, Königswasser

(Co-)Type locality

(Co-)Type locality	Philippinen /Luzón /Cordillera, Bezirk /Benguet, Provinz /Mankayan /Lepanto Mine
Type material	Mineralogische Sammlung der TU Bergakademie Freiberg
Collection number of type material	6974
Paragenesis of type material	Enargit

Preface

Name from	der Typlokalität - Mancayan, Luzon, Philippinen
Author (Name, Year)	Weisbach, 1874

References

American Mineralogist (1957): 42: 766-779.

Zeitschrift für Kristallographie (1967): 124: 1.

Gaines, Richard V., H. Catherine, W. Skinner, Eugene E. Foord, Brian Mason, Abraham Rosenzweig (1997), Dana's New Mineralogy : The System of Mineralogy of James Dwight Dana and Edward Salisbury Dana: 156.

Strunz Mineralogical Tables 9. Edition.

IMA group assignments

Stannite group

A₂DEX₄

Briartite

Cu₂(Zn,Fe)GeS₄

tetragonal

I42m

Černýite

Cu₂CdSnS₄

tetragonal

I42m

Famatinite

Cu₃SbS₄

tetragonal

I42m

Ferrokësterite

Cu₂FeSnS₄

tetragonal

Hocartite

Ag₂FeSnS₄

tetragonal

I42m

Kësterite

Cu₂(Zn,Fe)SnS₄

tetragonal

Keutschite

Cu₂AgAsS₄

tetragonal

I42m

Kuramite

Cu₃SnS₄

tetragonal

I42m

Luzonite

Cu₃AsS₄

tetragonal

I42m

Omariniite

Cu₈Fe₂ZnGe₂S₁₂

orthorhombisch

I222

Permingeatite

Cu₃SbSe₄

tetragonal

I42m

Petrukite

(Cu,Ag)₂(Fe,Zn)(Sn,In)S₄

orthorhombisch

Pmn2₁

Pirquitasite

Ag₂ZnSnS₄

tetragonal

I42m, I4

Richardsite

Zn₂CuGaS₄

tetragonal

I42m

Stannite

Cu₂FeSnS₄

tetragonal

I42m

Stannoidite

Cu₈(Fe,Zn)₃Sn₂S₁₂

orthorhombisch

I222

UM1984-30-S:CuFeSn

Velikite

Cu₂(Hg,Zn)SnS₄

tetragonal

Zincobriartite

Cu₂(Zn,Fe)(Ge,Ga)S₄

tetragonal

I42m

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Related minerals "Strunz Classification" (9. Edition) [Mineral | Chemical formula | Crystal system : Class (H-M) : Space Group | Indenture number]

Luzonite	Cu₃AsS₄ tetragonal : 42m : I42m	2.KA.10
Briartite	Cu₂(Zn,Fe)GeS₄ tetragonal : 42m : I42m	2.KA.10
Famatinite	Cu₃SbS₄ tetragonal : 42m : I42m	2.KA.10
Permingeatite	Cu₃SbSe₄ tetragonal : 42m : I42m	2.KA.10
Zincobriartite	Cu₂(Zn,Fe)(Ge,Ga)S₄ tetragonal : 42m : I42m	2.KA.10

Related minerals "Lapis Classification" [Mineral | Chemical formula | Crystal system : Class (H-M) : Space Group | Indenture number]

Luzonite	Cu₃AsS₄ tetragonal : 42m : I42m	II/C.06-010
Famatinite	Cu₃SbS₄ tetragonal : 42m : I42m	II/C.06-020
Permingeatite	Cu₃SbSe₄ tetragonal : 42m : I42m	II/C.06-030
Briartite	Cu₂(Zn,Fe)GeS₄ tetragonal : 42m : I42m	II/C.06-040
Barquillite	Cu₂(Cd,Fe)GeS₄ tetragonal : 42m : I42m	II/C.06-045
Kuramite	Cu₃SnS₄ tetragonal : 42m : I42m	II/C.06-050
Stannite	Cu₂FeSnS₄ tetragonal : 42m : I42m	II/C.06-060
Ferrokësterite	Cu₂FeSnS₄ tetragonal : 4 : I4	II/C.06-070
Kësterite	Cu₂(Zn,Fe)SnS₄ tetragonal : 4 : I4	II/C.06-080
Černýite	Cu₂CdSnS₄ tetragonal : 42m : I42m	II/C.06-090
Velikite	Cu₂(Hg,Zn)SnS₄ tetragonal : 4 : I4	II/C.06-100
Hocartite	Ag₂FeSnS₄ tetragonal : 42m : I42m	II/C.06-110
Pirquitasite	Ag₂ZnSnS₄ tetragonal : 42m, 4 : I42m, I4	II/C.06-120
Richardsite	Zn₂CuGaS₄ tetragonal : 42m : I42m	II/C.06-125
Sakuraiite	(Cu,Zn,Fe)₃(In,Sn)S₄ kubisch	II/C.06-130
Petrukite	(Cu,Ag)₂(Fe,Zn)(Sn,In)S₄ orthorhombisch : mm2 : Pmn2₁	II/C.06-140
Rhodostannite	(Cu,Ag)₂FeSn₃S₈ tetragonal : 4/m : I4₁/a	II/C.06-150
Toyohaite	Ag₂FeSn₃S₈ tetragonal : 4/m : I4₁/a	II/C.06-160

Related minerals "Hoelzel Classification" [Mineral | Chemical formula : Crystal system : Class (H-M) | Space Group | Indenture number]

Luzonite	Cu₃AsS₄ tetragonal : 42m : I42m	2.CB.400
Famatinite	Cu₃SbS₄ tetragonal : 42m : I42m	2.CB.405
Permingeatite	Cu₃SbSe₄ tetragonal : 42m : I42m	2.CB.410
Briartite	Cu₂(Zn,Fe)GeS₄ tetragonal : 42m : I42m	2.CB.420
Barquillite	Cu₂(Cd,Fe)GeS₄ tetragonal : 42m : I42m	2.CB.430
Vinciennite	Cu₁₀Fe₄Sn(As,Sb)S₁₆ tetragonal	2.CB.440
Polhemusite	(Zn,Hg)S tetragonal	2.CB.450
Sakuraiite	(Cu,Zn,Fe)₃(In,Sn)S₄ kubisch	2.CB.460
Hemusite	Cu¹⁺₄Cu²⁺₂SnMoS₈ kubisch	2.CB.470
Kiddcreekite	Cu₆SnWS₈ kubisch	2.CB.475
Morozeviczite	(Pb,Fe)₃Ge_1-xS₄ kubisch	2.CB.485
Catamarcaite	Cu₆GeWS₈ hexagonal : 6mm : P6₃mc	2.CB.487
Polkovicite	(Fe,Pb)₃(Ge,Fe)_1-xS₄ kubisch	2.CB.490

Related minerals "Dana 8. Classification" [Mineral | Chemical formula : Crystal system : Class (H-M) | Space Group | Indenture number]

Enargite	Cu₃AsS₄ orthorhombisch : mm2 : Pmn2₁	03.02.01.01
Luzonite	Cu₃AsS₄ tetragonal : 42m : I42m	03.02.02.01
Famatinite	Cu₃SbS₄ tetragonal : 42m : I42m	03.02.02.02
Permingeatite	Cu₃SbSe₄ tetragonal : 42m : I42m	03.02.02.03
Sulvanite	Cu₃VS₄ kubisch : 43m : P43m	03.02.03.01
Stephanite	Ag₅SbS₄ orthorhombisch : mm2 : Cmc2₁	03.02.04.01
Selenostephanite	Ag₅SbSe₄ orthorhombisch : 222 : P2₁2₁2₁	03.02.04.02
Hauchecornite	Ni₉Bi(Sb,Bi)S₈ tetragonal : 4/mmm : P4/mmm	03.02.05.01
Bismutohauchecornite	Ni₉Bi₂S₈ tetragonal : 4/mmm : P4/mmm	03.02.05.02
Tellurohauchecornite	Ni₉BiTeS₈ tetragonal : 4/mmm : P4/mmm	03.02.05.03
Arsenohauchecornite	Ni₁₈Bi₃AsS₁₆ tetragonal : 4/mmm : I4/mmm	03.02.05.04
Tučekite	Ni₉Sb₂S₈ tetragonal : 4/mmm : P4/mmm	03.02.05.05
Arcubisite	Ag₆CuBiS₄	03.02.06.01
Chalcothallite	(Tl,K)₂Cu_5.5(Fe,Ag)SbS₄ tetragonal : 4/mmm : I4/mmm	03.02.07.01
Chaméanite	(Cu,Fe)₄As(Se,S)₄ kubisch	03.02.08.01
Fangite	Tl₃AsS₄ orthorhombisch : mmm : Pnma	03.02.09.01

Alternative Name

	Stibioluzonite (of Stevanović)
Traditional Chinese	四方硫砷銅礦
Simplified Chinese	四方硫砷铜矿
Simplified Chinese	块状硫砷铜矿
Traditional Chinese	塊狀硫砷銅礦

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Symbol

Luz

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