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Name: Renierite RRUFF ID: R050428 Ideal Chemistry: (Cu1+,Zn)11Fe4(Ge4+,As5+)2S16 Locality: Tsumeb mine, Tsumeb, Otavi District, Oshikoto, Namibia Source: University of Arizona Mineral Museum 10225 [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Reddish bronze metallic massive, associated with siderite. 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: | R050428.1 | |||||||
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Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 10.6145(5)Å b: 10.6145(5)Å c: 10.548(1)Å alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 90° Volume: 1188.4(1)Å3 Crystal System: tetragonal |
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REFERENCES for Renierite | |
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American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database Record: [view record] |
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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] |
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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 |
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Fleischer M (1950) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 35, 135-136 [view file] |
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Murdoch J (1953) X-ray investigation of colusite, germanite, and reniérite, American Mineralogist, 38, 794-801 [view file] |
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Strunz H (1959) Tsumeb, seine Erze und Sekundärmineralien, insbesondere der neu aufgeschlossenen zweiten Oxydationszone, Fortschritte der Mineralogie, 37, 87-90 |
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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] |
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Fleischer M (1968) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 53, 2103-2106 [view file] |
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Bernstein L R (1986) Renierite, Cu10ZnGe2Fe4Si16-Cu11GeAsFe4S16: a coupled solid solution series, American Mineralogist, 71, 210-221 [view file] |
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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] |
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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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