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Color

grünlich grau zu hellgrau mit grünlich-bräunlichen Farbton

Streak color

grau

Hardness (Mohs)

4.5

Cleavages

keine

Fracture

uneben

Crystal System

tetragonal, I4

Chemism

Chemical formula

Cu₂(Hg,Zn)SnS₄

Chemical composition

Kupfer, Quecksilber, Zink, Zinn, Schwefel

Unit weight: 540.86165 u; Number of atoms in the formula: 8

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Empirical formula:

Cu₂(Hg_0.75Zn_0.25)SnS₄

Element	Symbol	Weight%	Atoms	Atoms%	Atom weight (u)	Sum weight (u)
Sulfur	S	23.71	4	50.00	32.0655000	128.2620000
Copper	Cu	23.50	2	25.00	63.5463000	127.0926000
Zinc	Zn	3.02	0.25	3.13	65.4094000	16.3523500
Tin	Sn	21.95	1	12.50	118.7107000	118.7107000
Mercury	Hg	27.82	0.75	9.38	200.5920000	150.4440000

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Analysis wt%

Ø Cu : 23.16, Hg : 29.49, Zn : 2.49, Sn : 17.60, Ge : 1.31, S : 24.78 (Ref: Doklady Akademiia Nauk, SSSR 88)

Strunz 9th edition incl. updates

2.CB.15

2: Sulfide und Sulfosalze (Sulfide, Selenide, Telluride, Arsenide, Antimonide, Bismutide, Sulfarsenite, Sulfantimonite, Sulfbismuthite)
C: Metallsulfide, M : S = 1 : 1 (und ähnliche)
B: mit Zink (Zn), Eisen (Fe), Kupfer (Cu), Silber (Ag), usw.
15:Stannit-Gruppe

Lapis Classification

II/C.06-100

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.340

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
3: Stannite-Group

Dana 8th edition

02.09.02.08

02: Sulfide Minerals
09: Sulfides - Including Selenides and Tellurides where Am Bn Xp, with (m+n):p=1:1
02: Stannite Group (Tetragonal: I-42m) A2BCS type

IMA status

Anerkannt von der CNMNC

Mineral status

anerkanntes Mineral

IMA Classification

Stannite group

Optical Properties

Color	grünlich grau zu hellgrau mit grünlich-bräunlichen Farbton
Streak color	grau
Diaphaneity (Transparency)	opak

Crystallography

Crystal System	tetragonal
Class (H-M)	4
Space Group number	82
Space Group	I4
Cell parameters a (Å)	5.554
Cell parameters b (Å)	-
Cell parameters c (Å)	10.911
Cell parameters a/b or c/a	1.965
Cell parameters c/b	-
Cell parameters α	90°
Cell parameters β	90°
Cell parameters γ	90°
Z	2
Volumne (Å³)	336.571
X-Ray Powder Diffraction	5.37(10), 3.17(100), 1.958(20), 1.941(80), 1.671(40), 1.646(30), 1.264(20), 1.132(20)
	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)	4.5
VHN (Hardness Vickers)	270 (30g)
Density (g/cm³)	5.45
	5.337 ( ρ calc. Mineralienatlas )
Cleavages	keine
Fracture	uneben
Tenacity	spröde

(Co-)Type locality

(Co-)Type locality	Kirgistan /Batken, Oblast /Kadamdschai, Bezirk /Hg-Sb-Lagerstätten /Khaidarkan (Aidarken; Chaidarkan; Khaydarkan)
Type material	Kyrgystan - Khaidarkan Sb-Hg-deposit (N39 58', E71 15') -Russia: FMM-Moscow - Type: T: 83006 -Russia: MM-St.Petersburg - Type: T: 2097/1

Preface

Author (Name, Year)

Kaplunnik & Pobedimskaya & Belov, 1977

References

Strunz Mineralogical Tables 9. Edition

Mineralogical Record: 29: 478.

Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Abhandlungen: 144: 307-309.

Kaplunnik LN, Pobedimskaya EA, Belov NV: Kristallografiya,(1977) 22, 175-177

IMA group assignments

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

Idaite	Cu₃FeS₄ tetragonal : 42m : I42m	2.CB.15
Mohite	Cu₂SnS₃ monoklin : m : Cc	2.CB.15
Černýite	Cu₂CdSnS₄ tetragonal : 42m : I42m	2.CB.15
Kuramite	Cu₃SnS₄ tetragonal : 42m : I42m	2.CB.15
Stannite	Cu₂FeSnS₄ tetragonal : 42m : I42m	2.CB.15
Velikite	Cu₂(Hg,Zn)SnS₄ tetragonal : 4 : I4	2.CB.15
Hocartite	Ag₂FeSnS₄ tetragonal : 42m : I42m	2.CB.15
Keutschite	Cu₂AgAsS₄ tetragonal : 42m : I42m	2.CB.15
Kësterite	Cu₂(Zn,Fe)SnS₄ tetragonal : 4 : I4	2.CB.15
Stannoidite	Cu₈(Fe,Zn)₃Sn₂S₁₂ orthorhombisch : 222 : I222	2.CB.15
Pirquitasite	Ag₂ZnSnS₄ tetragonal : 42m, 4 : I42m, I4	2.CB.15
Ferrokësterite	Cu₂FeSnS₄ tetragonal : 4 : I4	2.CB.15
Richardsite	Zn₂CuGaS₄ tetragonal : 42m : I42m	2.CB.15
Omariniite	Cu₈Fe₂ZnGe₂S₁₂ orthorhombisch : 222 : I222	2.CB.15c

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]

'Plumbostannite'	Pb₂Fe₂Sn₂Sb₂S₁₁	2.CB.3
Stannite	Cu₂FeSnS₄ tetragonal : 42m : I42m	2.CB.300
Kuramite	Cu₃SnS₄ tetragonal : 42m : I42m	2.CB.310
Černýite	Cu₂CdSnS₄ tetragonal : 42m : I42m	2.CB.320
Velikite	Cu₂(Hg,Zn)SnS₄ tetragonal : 4 : I4	2.CB.340
Hocartite	Ag₂FeSnS₄ tetragonal : 42m : I42m	2.CB.350
Pirquitasite	Ag₂ZnSnS₄ tetragonal : 42m, 4 : I42m, I4	2.CB.360
Kësterite	Cu₂(Zn,Fe)SnS₄ tetragonal : 4 : I4	2.CB.370
Ferrokësterite	Cu₂FeSnS₄ tetragonal : 4 : I4	2.CB.375
Stannoidite	Cu₈(Fe,Zn)₃Sn₂S₁₂ orthorhombisch : 222 : I222	2.CB.390

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

Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂ tetragonal : 42m : I42d	02.09.01.01
Eskebornite	CuFeSe₂ tetragonal : 42m : P42c	02.09.01.02
Gallite	CuGaS₂ tetragonal : 42m : I42d	02.09.01.03
Roquesite	CuInS₂ tetragonal : 42m : I42d	02.09.01.04
Lenaite	AgFeS₂ tetragonal : 42m : I42d	02.09.01.05
Laforêtite	AgInS₂ tetragonal : 42m : I42d	02.09.01.06
Stannite	Cu₂FeSnS₄ tetragonal : 42m : I42m	02.09.02.01
Černýite	Cu₂CdSnS₄ tetragonal : 42m : I42m	02.09.02.02
Briartite	Cu₂(Zn,Fe)GeS₄ tetragonal : 42m : I42m	02.09.02.03
Kuramite	Cu₃SnS₄ tetragonal : 42m : I42m	02.09.02.04
Sakuraiite	(Cu,Zn,Fe)₃(In,Sn)S₄ kubisch	02.09.02.05
Hocartite	Ag₂FeSnS₄ tetragonal : 42m : I42m	02.09.02.06
Pirquitasite	Ag₂ZnSnS₄ tetragonal : 42m, 4 : I42m, I4	02.09.02.07
Velikite	Cu₂(Hg,Zn)SnS₄ tetragonal : 4 : I4	02.09.02.08
Kësterite	Cu₂(Zn,Fe)SnS₄ tetragonal : 4 : I4	02.09.02.09
Ferrokësterite	Cu₂FeSnS₄ tetragonal : 4 : I4	02.09.02.10
Barquillite	Cu₂(Cd,Fe)GeS₄ tetragonal : 42m : I42m	02.09.02.11
Chatkalite	Cu₆Fe²⁺Sn₂S₈ tetragonal : 42m : P4m2	02.09.03.02
Stannoidite	Cu₈(Fe,Zn)₃Sn₂S₁₂ orthorhombisch : 222 : I222	02.09.03.03
Renierite	(Cu,Zn)₁₁(Ge,As)₂Fe₄S₁₆ tetragonal : 42m : P42c	02.09.04.01
Germanite	Cu₁₃Fe₂Ge₂S₁₆ kubisch : 43m : P43n	02.09.04.02
Maikainite	Cu₁₀Fe₃MoGe₃S₁₆ kubisch	02.09.04.03
Ovamboite	Cu₁₀Fe₃WGe₃S₁₆ kubisch	02.09.04.04
Morozeviczite	(Pb,Fe)₃Ge_1-xS₄ kubisch	02.09.05.01
Polkovicite	(Fe,Pb)₃(Ge,Fe)_1-xS₄ kubisch	02.09.05.02
Hemusite	Cu¹⁺₄Cu²⁺₂SnMoS₈ kubisch	02.09.06.01
Kiddcreekite	Cu₆SnWS₈ kubisch	02.09.06.02
Putoranite	Cu_1.1Fe_1.2S₂ kubisch : m3m	02.09.07.01
Talnakhite	Cu₉(Fe,Ni)₈S₁₆ kubisch : 43m : I43m	02.09.08.01
Haycockite	Cu₄Fe₅S₈ orthorhombisch	02.09.08.02
Mooihoekite	Cu₉Fe₉S₁₆ tetragonal : 42m : P42m	02.09.08.03
Raguinite	TlFeS₂ monoklin : 2/m : C2/m	02.09.09.01

IMA Number

IMA 1996-052

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