R110024 - RRUFF Database: Raman, X-ray, Infrared, and Chemistry

Tennantite-(Fe) R110024

Name: Tennantite-(Fe)
RRUFF ID: R110024
Ideal Chemistry: Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃
Locality: Quiruvilca, La Libertad Department, Peru
Source: William Pinch
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Black metallic tetrahedral crystals associated with pinkish grey famatinite, R110022, on pyrite
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed only by single crystal X-ray diffraction.

Mineral Group: [ Tetrahedrite (11) ]

RAMAN SPECTRUM

RRUFF ID:

Sample Description:

Unoriented Raman on the primary sample

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BROAD SCAN WITH SPECTRAL ARTIFACTS

RRUFF ID:

R110024

Wavelength:

Sample Description:

Unoriented Raman on the primary sample

Instrument settings:

Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 1% of 150mW

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POWDER DIFFRACTION

RRUFF ID:

R110024.9

Sample Description:

Single crystal, powder profile is calculated

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 10.238(2)Å b: 10.238(2)Å c: 10.238(2)Å
alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 90° Volume: 1073.0(1)Å³ Crystal System: cubic

File Type Information

Calculated diffraction file.

File Type Information

Output file from the Bruker D8 Advance instrument. Includes device headers and XY data.

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REFERENCES for Tennantite-(Fe)
American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database Record: [view record]
Anthony J W, Bideaux R A, Bladh K W, and Nichols M C (1990) Handbook of Mineralogy, Mineral Data Publishing, Tucson Arizona, USA, by permission of the Mineralogical Society of America. [view file]
Phillips R (1819) Analysis of the copper ore, described in the preceding paper, The Quarterly Journal of Literature, Science and the Arts, 7, 100-102 [view file]
Phillips W (1819) Description of an ore of copper from Cornwall, The Quarterly Journal of Literature, Science and the Arts, 7, 95-100 [view file]
Fellenberg L R (1854) Über ein eigenthümliches Fahlerz aus dem Einfischthale im Kanton Wallis, Mittheilungen der naturforschenden Gesellschaft In Bern, 317-318, 57-59
Pauling L, Neuman E W (1934) The crystal structure of binnite, (Cu,Fe)₁₂As₄S₁₃, and the chemical composition and structure of minerals of the tetrahedrite group, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 88, 54-62 [view file]
Wuensch B J, Takeuchi Y, Nowaki W (1966) Refinement of the crystal structure of binnite, Cu₁₂As₄S₁₃, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 123, 1-20 [view file]
Lévy C (1967) Contribution a la minéralogie des sulfures de cuivre du type Cu₃XS₄, Mémoires du Bureau de Recherches Géologiques et Minières, 54, 1-178 [view file]
Edenharter A, Koto K, Nowacki W (1971) Über pearceit, polybasit und binnit, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Monatshefte, 1971, 337-341
Chen T T, Dutrizac J E, Owens D R, Laflamme J H G (1980) Accelerated tarnishing of some chalcopyrite and tennantite specimens, The Canadian Mineralogist, 18, 173-180 [view file]
Chikhaoui S, Lévy C (1982) Expression quantitative de la couleur dans la serie tennantite—tetraédrite: Influence des substitutions, The Canadian Mineralogist, 20, 101-109 [view file]
Raabe K C, Sack R O (1984) Growth zoning in tetrahedrite-tennantite from the Hock Hocking mine, Alma, Colorado, The Canadian Mineralogist, 22, 577-582 [view file]
Kase K (1986) Tellurian tennantite from the Besshi-type deposits in the Sambagawa metamorphic belt, Japan, The Canadian Mineralogist, 24, 399-404 [view file]
Seal R R, Essene E J, Kelly W C (1990) Tetrahedrite and tennantite: evaluation of thermodynamic data and phase equilibria, The Canadian Mineralogist, 28, 725-738 [view file]
Arlt T, Diamond L W (1998) Composition of tetrahedrite-tennantite and 'schwazite' in the Schwaz silver mines, North Tyrol, Austria, Mineralogical Magazine, 62, 801-820 [view file]
King R J (2001) Minerals explained 32: The tetrahedrite group, Geology Today, 17, 77-80
Makovicky E, Tippelt G, Forcher K, Lottermoser W, Karup-Møller S, Amthauer G (2003) Mössbauer study of Fe-bearing synthetic tennantite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 41, 1125-1134 [view file]
Ondruš P, Veselovský F, Gabašová A, Hloušek J, Šrein V, Vavrín I, Skála R, Sejkora J, Drábek M (2003) Primary minerals of the Jáchymov ore district, Journal of the Czech Geological Society, 48, 19-147 [view file]
Förster H J, Rhede D (2004) Mineralogy of the Niederschlema—Alberoda U — Se — polymetallic deposit, Erzgebirge, Germany. III. First indication of complete miscibility between tennantite and giraudite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 42, 1719-1732 [view file]
Makovicky E, Karanović L, Poleti D, Balić-Zunić T, Paar W H (2005) Crystal structure of copper-rich unsubstituted tennantite, Cu_12.5As₄S₁₃, The Canadian Mineralogist, 43, 679-688 [view file]
Kharbish S, Libowitzky E, Beran A (2007) The effect of As-Sb substitution in the Raman spectra of tetrahedrite-tennantite and pyrargyrite-proustite solid solutions, European Journal of Mineralogy, 19, 567-574
Apopei A I, Damian G, Buzgar N, Buzatu A, Andráš P, Milovska S (2017) The determination of the Sb/As content in natural tetrahedrite-tennantite and bournonite-seligmannite solid solution series by Raman spectroscopy, Mineralogical Magazine, 81, 1439-1456
Makovicky E, Karup-Møller S (2017) Exploratory studies of substitutions in the tetrahedrite/tennantite-goldfieldite solid solution, The Canadian Mineralogist, 55, 233-244
Biagioni C, George L L, Cook N J, Makovicky E, Moëlo Y, Pasero M, Sejkora J, Stanley C J, Welch M D, Bosi F (2020) The tetrahedrite group: Nomenclature and classification, American Mineralogist, 105, 109-122 [view file]

REFERENCES for Tennantite-(Fe)

American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database Record: [view record]

Anthony J W, Bideaux R A, Bladh K W, and Nichols M C (1990) Handbook of Mineralogy, Mineral Data Publishing, Tucson Arizona, USA, by permission of the Mineralogical Society of America. [view file]

Phillips R (1819) Analysis of the copper ore, described in the preceding paper, The Quarterly Journal of Literature, Science and the Arts, 7, 100-102 [view file]

Phillips W (1819) Description of an ore of copper from Cornwall, The Quarterly Journal of Literature, Science and the Arts, 7, 95-100 [view file]

Fellenberg L R (1854) Über ein eigenthümliches Fahlerz aus dem Einfischthale im Kanton Wallis, Mittheilungen der naturforschenden Gesellschaft In Bern, 317-318, 57-59

Pauling L, Neuman E W (1934) The crystal structure of binnite, (Cu,Fe)₁₂As₄S₁₃, and the chemical composition and structure of minerals of the tetrahedrite group, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 88, 54-62 [view file]

Wuensch B J, Takeuchi Y, Nowaki W (1966) Refinement of the crystal structure of binnite, Cu₁₂As₄S₁₃, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 123, 1-20 [view file]

Lévy C (1967) Contribution a la minéralogie des sulfures de cuivre du type Cu₃XS₄, Mémoires du Bureau de Recherches Géologiques et Minières, 54, 1-178 [view file]

Edenharter A, Koto K, Nowacki W (1971) Über pearceit, polybasit und binnit, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Monatshefte, 1971, 337-341

Chen T T, Dutrizac J E, Owens D R, Laflamme J H G (1980) Accelerated tarnishing of some chalcopyrite and tennantite specimens, The Canadian Mineralogist, 18, 173-180 [view file]

Chikhaoui S, Lévy C (1982) Expression quantitative de la couleur dans la serie tennantite—tetraédrite: Influence des substitutions, The Canadian Mineralogist, 20, 101-109 [view file]

Raabe K C, Sack R O (1984) Growth zoning in tetrahedrite-tennantite from the Hock Hocking mine, Alma, Colorado, The Canadian Mineralogist, 22, 577-582 [view file]

Kase K (1986) Tellurian tennantite from the Besshi-type deposits in the Sambagawa metamorphic belt, Japan, The Canadian Mineralogist, 24, 399-404 [view file]

Seal R R, Essene E J, Kelly W C (1990) Tetrahedrite and tennantite: evaluation of thermodynamic data and phase equilibria, The Canadian Mineralogist, 28, 725-738 [view file]

Arlt T, Diamond L W (1998) Composition of tetrahedrite-tennantite and 'schwazite' in the Schwaz silver mines, North Tyrol, Austria, Mineralogical Magazine, 62, 801-820 [view file]

King R J (2001) Minerals explained 32: The tetrahedrite group, Geology Today, 17, 77-80

Makovicky E, Tippelt G, Forcher K, Lottermoser W, Karup-Møller S, Amthauer G (2003) Mössbauer study of Fe-bearing synthetic tennantite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 41, 1125-1134 [view file]

Ondruš P, Veselovský F, Gabašová A, Hloušek J, Šrein V, Vavrín I, Skála R, Sejkora J, Drábek M (2003) Primary minerals of the Jáchymov ore district, Journal of the Czech Geological Society, 48, 19-147 [view file]

Förster H J, Rhede D (2004) Mineralogy of the Niederschlema—Alberoda U — Se — polymetallic deposit, Erzgebirge, Germany. III. First indication of complete miscibility between tennantite and giraudite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 42, 1719-1732 [view file]

Makovicky E, Karanović L, Poleti D, Balić-Zunić T, Paar W H (2005) Crystal structure of copper-rich unsubstituted tennantite, Cu_12.5As₄S₁₃, The Canadian Mineralogist, 43, 679-688 [view file]

Kharbish S, Libowitzky E, Beran A (2007) The effect of As-Sb substitution in the Raman spectra of tetrahedrite-tennantite and pyrargyrite-proustite solid solutions, European Journal of Mineralogy, 19, 567-574

Apopei A I, Damian G, Buzgar N, Buzatu A, Andráš P, Milovska S (2017) The determination of the Sb/As content in natural tetrahedrite-tennantite and bournonite-seligmannite solid solution series by Raman spectroscopy, Mineralogical Magazine, 81, 1439-1456

Makovicky E, Karup-Møller S (2017) Exploratory studies of substitutions in the tetrahedrite/tennantite-goldfieldite solid solution, The Canadian Mineralogist, 55, 233-244

Biagioni C, George L L, Cook N J, Makovicky E, Moëlo Y, Pasero M, Sejkora J, Stanley C J, Welch M D, Bosi F (2020) The tetrahedrite group: Nomenclature and classification, American Mineralogist, 105, 109-122 [view file]