Tennantite-(Zn) R050438

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Name: Tennantite-(Zn)
RRUFF ID: R050438
Ideal Chemistry: Cu6(Cu4Zn2)As4S13
Locality: Conception del Oro, Zecatecas, Mexico
Source: University of Arizona Mineral Museum 14712 [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Grey-black crystals associated with white quartz. The crystals appear to vary in chemistry between tennantite and tetrahedrite.
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis
Mineral Group: [ Tetrahedrite (11) ]
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CHEMISTRY 
RRUFF ID: R050438.2
Sample Description: Microprobe Fragment
Measured Chemistry: (Cu9.94Zn1.51Fe0.55)(As3.58Sb0.42)S13.00; = dark phase. (Cu10.03Zn1.70Fe0.27)Σ=12(As2.01Sb1.99)Σ=4S13.00; light phase: (Cu10.03Zn1.84Fe0.13)Σ=12(Sb3.18As0.82)Σ=4S13.00 ; = gray phase
RAMAN SPECTRUM 
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample, will burn if too much intensity from the laser
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RRUFF ID: R050438
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample, will burn if too much intensity from the laser
Instrument settings: Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 1% of 150mW
INFRARED SPECTRUM (Attenuated Total Reflectance) 
RRUFF ID: R050438.1
Instrument settings: SensIR Durascope on a Nicolet Magna 860 FTIR
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POWDER DIFFRACTION 
RRUFF ID: R050438.1
Sample Description: Powder
Cell Refinement Output: a: 10.2232(2)Å    b: 10.2232(2)Å    c: 10.2232(2)Å
alpha: 90.°    beta: 90.°    gamma: 90.°   Volume: 1068.47(7)Å3    Crystal System: cubic
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REFERENCES for Tennantite-(Zn)

Descloizeaux P M (1855) Sur les formes cristallines de la dufrénoysite, Annales des Mines, 5, 389-398   [view file]

Wuensch, B.J., Takéuchi, Y., and Nowacki, W (1966) Refinement of the crystal structure of binnite, Cu12As4S13, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 123, 1-20   [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]

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]