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Tetrahedrite-(Hg)

Collectors Summary

Color schwarz
Lustre Metallglanz
Crystal System kubisch, I43m

Chemism

Chemical formula

Cu6(Cu4Hg2)Sb4S13

Empirical formula (analysis)

(Cu9.44Ag0.07)Σ9.51(Hg1.64Zn0.36Fe0.06)Σ2.06Sb4(S12.69Se0.01)Σ12.70

Chemical composition

Antimon, Kupfer, Quecksilber, Schwefel

Unit weight: 1858.0380484 u; Number of atoms in the formula: 28.27

Info

Empirical formula:

(Cu9.44Ag0.07)(Hg1.64Zn0.36Fe0.06)Sb4(S12.69Se0.01)

Element

Symbol

Weight%

Atoms

Atoms%

Atom weight (u)

Sum weight (u)
Sulfur

S

21.90

12.69

44.89

32.0655000

406.9111950
Iron

Fe

0.18

0.06

0.21

55.8452000

3.3507120
Copper

Cu

32.29

9.44

33.39

63.5463000

599.8770720
Zinc

Zn

1.27

0.36

1.27

65.4094000

23.5473840
Selenium

Se

0.04

0.01

0.04

78.9630000

0.7896300
Silver

Ag

0.41

0.07

0.25

107.8682200

7.5507754
Antimony

Sb

26.21

4

14.15

121.7601000

487.0404000
Mercury

Hg

17.71

1.64

5.80

200.5920000

328.9708800

Strunz 9th edition incl. updates

2.GB.05

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

IMA status

anerkannt, CNMNC Newsletter 51, Aug. 2019

Mineral status

anerkanntes Mineral

IMA Classification

IMA Classification

 Tetrahedrite Group  ⇒ Tetrahedrite series

Optical Properties

Color

schwarz

Lustre

Metallglanz

Crystallography

Crystal System

kubisch

Class (H-M)

43m

Space Group number

217

Space Group

I43m

Cell parameters a (Å)

10.5057(8)

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

Volume (ų)

1159.511

Crystal structure

Tetrahedrit-Gruppe; Struktur ermittelt

X-Ray Powder Diffraction

4.29(w), 3.716(w), 3.035(vs), 2.806(w), 2.626(w), 2.476(w), 1.860(m), 1.584(mw)

Physical Properties

Density (g/cm³)

5.321 ( ρ calc. Mineralienatlas )

(Co-)Type locality

(Co-)Type locality

Italien/Toskana (Toscana)/Massa-Carrara, Provinz/Stazzema/Buca della Vena

Type material

Das Typenmaterial ist in den mineralogischen Sammlungen des Museo di Storia Naturale, Università di Pisa, Via Roma 79, Calci (PI), Italien, Katalognummer 19895 (Buca della Vena), und der Abteilung für Mineralogie und Petrologie, Nationalmuseum, Prag, Tschechien, Katalognummern P1N9961 (Jedová hora) und P1N33538 (Rožňava) hinterlegt.

Paragenesis of type material

Buca della Vena: neben Zinnober und Chalcostibit in Dolomit-Adern

Preface

Author (Name, Year)

Cristian Biagioni; Jiří Sejkora; Silvia Musetti; Dalibor Velebil; Marco Pasero (2020)

References

Cristian Biagioni; Jiří Sejkora; Silvia Musetti; Dalibor Velebil; Marco Pasero: Tetrahedrite-(Hg), a new ‘old’ member of the tetrahedrite group. Mineralogical Magazine Vol. 84, Nr. 4 (2020) S. 584-592.

Biagioni, C., Sejkora, J., Musetti, S., Velebil, D. and Pasero, M. (2019) Tetrahedrite-(Hg), IMA 2019-003. CNMNC Newsletter No. 51; European Journal of Mineralogy, 31, https://doi.org/10.1127/ejm/2019/0031-2894

IMA group assignments

Other languages

German

Tetraedrit-(Hg)

English

Tetrahedrite-(Hg)

CNMNC (IMA)-Number

IMA 2019-003

CNMNC symbol

Symbol

Ttr-Hg

Locations with GPS information

IDs

GUSID (Global unique identifier short form) DbSJsuEA606Gw-ECqDEibg
GUID (Global unique identifier) B289B40D-00E1-4EEB-86C3-E102A831226E
Database ID 8759