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|   |   | Name: Renierite RRUFF ID: R050433 Ideal Chemistry: (Cu1+,Zn)11Fe4(Ge4+,As5+)2S16 Locality: Tsumeb mine, Tsumeb, Otavi District, Oshikoto, Namibia Source: University of Arizona Mineral Museum 8325 [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Bronze metallic massive Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis | 
| Mineral Groups: [ Sphalerite (35) ] [ Germanite (4) ] | ||
| Quick search: [ All Renierite samples (2) ] | ||
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| RRUFF ID: | R050433.1 | |||||||
| Sample Description: | Powder | |||||||
| Cell Refinement Output: | a: 10.6141(7)Å    b: 10.6141(7)Å    c: 10.539(2)Å alpha: 90.° beta: 90.° gamma: 90.° Volume: 1187.3(2)Å3 Crystal System: tetragonal | |||||||
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| REFERENCES for Renierite | |
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| 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] | |
| Vaes J F (1948) La reniérite (anciennement applelée «Bornite orange») Un sulfure germanifère provenant de la Mine Prince-Léopold, Kipushi (Congo Belge), Annales de la Société Géologique de Belgique, 72, 19-32 | |
| Fleischer M (1950) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 35, 135-136 [view file] | |
| Murdoch J (1953) X-ray investigation of colusite, germanite, and reniérite, American Mineralogist, 38, 794-801 [view file] | |
| Strunz H (1959) Tsumeb, seine Erze und Sekundärmineralien, insbesondere der neu aufgeschlossenen zweiten Oxydationszone, Fortschritte der Mineralogie, 37, 87-90 | |
| 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] | |
| Fleischer M (1968) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 53, 2103-2106 [view file] | |
| Bernstein L R (1986) Renierite, Cu10ZnGe2Fe4Si16-Cu11GeAsFe4S16: a coupled solid solution series, American Mineralogist, 71, 210-221 [view file] | |
| Bernstein L R, Reichel D G, Merlino S (1989) Renierite crystal structure refined from Rietveld analysis of powder neutron-diffraction data, American Mineralogist, 74, 1177-1181 [view file] | |
| Gill S B, Piercey S J, Layton-Matthews D (2016) Mineralogy and metal zoning of the Cambrian Zn-Pb-Cu-Ag-Au Lemarchant volcanogenic massive sulfide (VMS) deposit, Newfoundland, The Canadian Mineralogist, 54, 1307-1344 | |
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