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Tetra-auricupride

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Tetra-auricupride
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Tetra-auricupride
Tetra-auricupride probably with auricupride on a skarn matrix. FOV 1.5mm. Acquired from MinTreasure. Brent Thorne specimen and photograph; Locality: Karabash, Chelyabinsk Oblast', Southern Urals, Urals Region, Russia; Fov: 1.5 mm;
Copyright: Brent Thorne; Contribution: Stefan
Location: Russland/Ural, Föderationskreis/Tscheljabinsk, Oblast/Karabash (Karabasch)
Mineral: Tetra-auricupride
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Tetra-auricupride

Tetra-auricupride probably with auricupride on a skarn matrix. FOV 1.5mm. Acquired from MinTreasure. Brent Thorne specimen and photograph; Locality: Karabash, Chelyabinsk Oblast', Southern Urals, U...
Copyright: Brent Thorne
Contribution: Stefan 2017-06-20
Locality: Karabash (Karabasch) / Tscheljabinsk, Oblast / Ural, Föderationskreis / Russland
Gold (silver-rich) intergrown with tetraauricupride (AuCu), rimmed by silver-poor gold.
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Gold (silver-rich) intergrown with tetraauricupride (AuCu), rimmed by silver-poor gold.
Aus Gold-Platin-Seife, Llorente-River, Samar, Philippinen. Erzanschliff von Konzentrat, Auflicht; Literatur: Oberthür T, Melcher F & Weiser T (2017) Detrital platinum-group minerals and gold in placers of south-eastern Samar Island, Philippines. Canadian Mineralogist 54(1), 45-62.
Copyright: T. Oberthür (TO); Contribution: Oberthür
Collection: TO / AS 7438, Schliffsammlung BGR Hannover
Location: Philippinen/Visayas/Eastern Visayas, Region/Samar, Insel/Llorente Fluß
Mineral: Gold, Tetra-auricupride
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Gold (silver-rich) intergrown with tetraauricupride (AuCu), rimmed by silver-poor gold.  W
Analysed with wavelength-dispersive X-ray WDS

Aus Gold-Platin-Seife, Llorente-River, Samar, Philippinen. Erzanschliff von Konzentrat, Auflicht; Literatur: Oberthür T, Melcher F & Weiser T (2017) Detrital platinum-group minerals and gold in pla...
Collection: TO / AS 7438, Schliffsammlung BGR Hannover
Copyright: T. Oberthür (TO)
Contribution: Oberthür 2019-04-19
Locality: Llorente Fluß / Samar, Insel / Eastern Visayas, Region / Visayas / Philippinen
Taimyrit, Pb-Polarit, Tetraauricuprid, Silber etc.
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Taimyrit, Pb-Polarit, Tetraauricuprid, Silber etc.
Erzschliff mit Taimyrit, Auricuprid, Tetraauricuprid, Polarit, Pb- Polarit, Tulameenit, Sperrylith, Silber etc. aus dem Majak Mine, Talnakh, Norilsk, Russland. Analyse von N. Rudashevsky, Sankt Petersburg.
Copyright: Klaus Schäfer; Contribution: Klaus Schäfer
Collection: Klaus Schäfer, Collection number: Erz-Taim-2-1-6
Location: Russland/Sibirien, Föderationskreis/Krasnojarsk, Region (Krasnojarski krai)/Taimyrhalbinsel (Tajmyr)/Putoran-Plateau/Noril'sk/Talnakh/Mayak (Majak)
Mineral: Polarite, Taimyrite, Tetra-auricupride
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Taimyrit, Pb-Polarit, Tetraauricuprid, Silber etc. (SNr: Erz-Taim-2-1-6)

Erzschliff mit Taimyrit, Auricuprid, Tetraauricuprid, Polarit, Pb- Polarit, Tulameenit, Sperrylith, Silber etc. aus dem Majak Mine, Talnakh, Norilsk, Russland. Analyse von N. Rudashevsky, Sankt Pet...
Collection: Klaus Schäfer
Copyright: Klaus Schäfer
Contribution: Klaus Schäfer 2020-02-04
Locality: Mayak (Majak) / Talnakh / Noril'sk / Putoran-Plateau / Taimyrhalbinsel (Tajmyr) / Krasnojarsk, Region (Krasnojarski krai) / Sibirien, Föderationskreis / Russland

Collectors Summary

Color rötlichgelb-met.
Streak color gelb
Lustre Metallglanz
Hardness (Mohs) 4.5
Solubility - Säuren
Crystal System tetragonal, P4/mmm
Morphology körniges Mineral ohne den Anspruch Kristallflächen auszubilden

Chemism

Chemical formula

AuCu

Chemical composition

Gold, Kupfer

Unit weight: 260.512852 u; Number of atoms in the formula: 2

Info

Empirical formula:

AuCu

Element

Symbol

Weight%

Atoms

Atoms%

Atom weight (u)

Sum weight (u)
Copper

Cu

24.39

1

50.00

63.5463000

63.5463000
Gold

Au

75.61

1

50.00

196.9665520

196.9665520

Analysis wt%

Cu : 23.74, Au : 75.18 (Ref: Sci.Geol.Sin.82)

Strunz 9th edition incl. updates

1.AA.10

1: Elemente (Metalle, intermetallische Legierungen, Metalloide u. Nichtmetalle, Carbide, Silicide, Nitride u. Phosphide)
A: Metalle und intermetallische Legierungen
A: Kupfer-Cupalit-Familie
10:Auricuprid-Gruppe

Lapis Classification

I/A.01-060

I: ELEMENTE
A: Metalle und intermetallische Verbindungen

Classification by Hölzel

1.AA.350

1: ELEMENTS
A: Metals, Intermetallic Compounds, and Alloys
A: Cu,Ag,Au-Group

Hey's Chemical Index of Minerals

01.07

01: Elements and Alloys (including the arsenides, antimonides and bismuthides of Cu, Ag and Au)

Dana 8th edition

01.01.02.02

01: Native Elements and Alloys
01: Native Elements with metallic elements other than the platinum group
02: Auricupride Group

IMA status

anerkannt

Mineral status

anerkanntes Mineral

Optical Properties

Color

rötlichgelb-met.

Streak color

gelb

Diaphaneity (Transparency)

opak, opak

Lustre

Metallglanz

Pleochroism

keiner

Optical Data Luminescence

Luminescence

keine Fluoreszenz bekannt

Crystallography

Crystal System

tetragonal

Class (H-M)

4/mmm

Space Group number

123

Space Group

P4/mmm

Cell parameters a (Å)

3.98

Cell parameters b (Å)

-

Cell parameters c (Å)

3.72

Cell parameters a/b or c/a

0.935

Cell parameters c/b

-

Cell parameters α

90°

Cell parameters β

90°

Cell parameters γ

90°

Z

2

Volumne (ų)

58.926

X-Ray Powder Diffraction

2.24(100),
1.99(50),
1.195(100),
1.125(60),
1.040(50),
0.877(70),
0.832(60),
0.797(90)
XRD chart Tetra-auricupride

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

Morphology

körniges Mineral ohne den Anspruch Kristallflächen auszubilden

Crystal Structure 3D

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Physical Properties

Hardness (Mohs)

4.5

VHN (Hardness Vickers)

294 (20g)

Density (g/cm³)

15.03

14.682 ( ρ calc. Mineralienatlas )

Radioactivity

keine

Instability

- Säuren

(Co-)Type locality

(Co-)Type locality

China/Xinjiang, Provinz/Changji, Autonomer Bezirk/Manas (Manasi), Kreis/Manasi/Sardala

Preface

Name from

Der Namme stammt von den tetragonalen Kristallen und der chemischen Nähe zu Auricuprid.

Author (Name, Year)

Chen & Yu & Zhang & Peng, 1982

References

Scientia Geologica Sinica 1982(1), 111-116 (in Chinese with English abstract).

American Mineralogist (1983), 68, 1250-1251 (abstract).

Acta Chemica Scandinavica (1967): 21: 2900.

Canadian Mineralogist (1990), 28, 751.

Canadian Mineralogist (1997), 35, 573.

Strunz Mineralogical Tables 9. Edition (2001), 35.

IMA / CNMNC Liste 2007, Strunz ID Änderung 1.AA.05 -> 1.AA.10

Other languages

German

Tetra-Auricuprid

French

Tetra-Auricupride

English

Tetra-auricupride

Spanish

Tetraauricúprido

Russian

Тетрааурикуприд

Simplified Chinese

四方铜金矿

Alternative Name

German

Tetraauricuprid

English

Tetraauricupride

CNMNC (IMA)-Number

IMA 1982-005

CNMNC symbol

Symbol

Taur

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