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Name: Germanite RRUFF ID: R050439 Ideal Chemistry: Cu13Fe2Ge2S16 Locality: Tsumeb mine, Tsumeb, Otavi District, Oshikoto, Namibia Source: University of Arizona Mineral Museum 10953 [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Black with purple hints, massive Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis |
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Mineral Groups: [ Germanite (4) ] [ Sphalerite (35) ] |
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RRUFF ID: | R050439.1 | |||||||
Sample Description: | Powder, with minor tennantite (cubic: a=10.24) | |||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 10.6110(9)Å b: 10.6110(9)Å c: 10.6110(9)Å alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 90° Volume: 1194.7(3)Å3 Crystal System: cubic |
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REFERENCES for Germanite | |
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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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Pufahl O (1922) Germanit ein Germanium-Mineral und -Erz von Tsumeb, Südwest-Afrika, Metall und Erz, 19, 324-325 [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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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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Fleischer M (1971) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 56, 1487-1489 [view file] |
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Tettenhorst R T, Corbato C E (1984) Crystal structure of germanite, Cu26Ge4Fe4S32, determined by powder X-ray diffraction, American Mineralogist, 69, 943-947 [view file] |
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Jambor J L, Vanko D A (1989) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 74, 946-951 [view file] |
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Frank-Kamenetskaya O V, Rozhdenstvenskaya I V, Yanulova L A (2002) New data on the crystal structures of colusites and arsenosulvanites, Journal of Structural Chemistry, 43, 89-100 |
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Nenasheva S N (2003) On the chemical composition of germanite, New Data on Minerals. Moscow, 38, 34-40 [view file] |
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