Tetrahedrite R070423 - RRUFF Database: Raman, X-ray, Infrared, and Chemistry

Tetrahedrite-(Zn) R070423

Name: Tetrahedrite-(Zn)
RRUFF ID: R070423
Ideal Chemistry: Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃
Locality: Tunnel Extension mine, Marysvale District (Marysvale Uranium area), Piute County, Utah, USA
Source: Michael Scott S104523 [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Lead-gray massive in a polished slab, associated with pyrite and quartz
Status: The identification of this mineral is confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis.

Mineral Group: [ Tetrahedrite (11) ]

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CHEMISTRY

RRUFF ID:	R070423.2
Sample Description:	Microprobe Fragment
Measured Chemistry:	gray: (Cu_10.26Zn_1.66Fe_0.08)_Σ=12(Sb_2.63Te_0.27As_0.10)_Σ=4(S_12.84As_1.16)_Σ=13; lighter: (Cu_10.05Zn_1.90Fe_0.05)_Σ=12(Sb_3.72As_0.24Te_0.04)_Σ=4(S_12.90As_0.10)_Σ=13
Microprobe Data File:	[ Download Excel File ]

RAMAN SPECTRUM

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Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

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BROAD SCAN WITH SPECTRAL ARTIFACTS

RRUFF ID:

R070423

Wavelength:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

Instrument settings:

Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW

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POWDER DIFFRACTION

RRUFF ID:

R070423.9

Sample Description:

Single crystal, powder profile is calculated

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 10.334(1)Å b: 10.334(1)Å c: 10.334(1)Å
alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 90° Volume: 1103.6(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 Tetrahedrite-(Zn)
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]
Haidinger W (1845) Zweite Klasse: Geogenide. XIV. Ordnung. Glanze. I. Dystomglanz. Tetraedrit., in Handbuch der Bestimmenden Mineralogie Bei Braumüller and Seidel Wien 563-570 [view file]
Genth F A (1868) Contributions to mineralogy - No. VII, American Journal of Science and Arts, 95, 305-321 [view file]
International Mineralogical Association (1962) International Mineralogical Association: Commission on new minerals and mineral names, Mineralogical Magazine, 33, 260-263 [view file]
Wuensch B J (1964) The crystal structure of tetrahedrite, Cu₁₂Sb₄S₁₃, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 119, 437-453 [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]
Avilov A S, Imamov R M, Muradyan L A (1971) An electron diffraction study of some phases in the Cu-Sb-S system, Soviet Physics - Crystallography, 15, 616-619 [view file]
Tatsuka K, Morimoto N (1977) Tetrahedrite stability relations in the Cu-Fe-Sb-S system, American Mineralogist, 62, 1101-1109 [view file]
Makovicky E, Skinner B J (1978) Studies of the sulfosalts of copper. VI. Low-temperature exsolution in synthetic tetrahedrite solid solution, Cu_12+xSb_4+yS₁₃, The Canadian Mineralogist, 16, 611-623 [view file]
Makovicky E, Skinner B J (1979) Studies of the sulfosalts of copper VII. Crystal structures of the exsolution products Cu_12.3Sb₄S₁₃ and Cu_13.8Sb₄S₁₃ of unsubstituted synthetic tetrahedrite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 17, 619-634 [view file]
International Mineralogical Association (1980) International Mineralogical Association: Commission on new minerals and mineral names, Mineralogical Magazine, 43, 1053-1055 [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]
Johnson M L, Burnham C W (1985) Crystal structure refinement of an arsenic-bearing argentian tetrahedrite, American Mineralogist, 70, 165-170 [view file]
Johnson N E, Craig J R, Rimstidt J D (1986) Compositional trends in tetrahedrite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 24, 385-397 [view file]
Peterson R C, Miller I (1986) Crystal structure and cation distribution in freibergite and tetrahedrite, Mineralogical Magazine, 50, 717-721
Johnson N E, Craig J R, Rimstidt J D (1987) Effect of substitutions on the cell dimension of tetrahedrite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 25, 237-244 [view file]
Lynch J V G (1989) Large–scale hydrothermal zoning reflected in the tetrahedrite—freibergite solid solution, Keno Hill Ag—Pb—Zn district, Yukon, The Canadian Mineralogist, 27, 383-400 [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]
Rozhdestvenskaya I V, Zayakina N V, Samusikov V P (1993) Crystal structure features of minerals from a series of tetrahedrite-freibergite, Mineralogiceskij Zhurnal, 15, 9-17 [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
Sack R O (2002) Note in "large-scale hydrothermal zoning reflected in tetrahedrite-freibergite solid solution, Keno Hill Ag—Pb—Zn district, Yukon" by J.V. Gregory Lynch, The Canadian Mineralogist, 40, 1717-1719 [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]
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
Ramasamy K, Sims H, Butler W H, Gupta A (2014) Selective nanocrystal synthesis and calculated electronic structure of all four phases of copper–antimony–sulfide, Chemistry of Materials, 26, 2891-2899
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
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 Tetrahedrite-(Zn)

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]

Haidinger W (1845) Zweite Klasse: Geogenide. XIV. Ordnung. Glanze. I. Dystomglanz. Tetraedrit., in Handbuch der Bestimmenden Mineralogie Bei Braumüller and Seidel Wien 563-570 [view file]

Genth F A (1868) Contributions to mineralogy - No. VII, American Journal of Science and Arts, 95, 305-321 [view file]

International Mineralogical Association (1962) International Mineralogical Association: Commission on new minerals and mineral names, Mineralogical Magazine, 33, 260-263 [view file]

Wuensch B J (1964) The crystal structure of tetrahedrite, Cu₁₂Sb₄S₁₃, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 119, 437-453 [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]

Avilov A S, Imamov R M, Muradyan L A (1971) An electron diffraction study of some phases in the Cu-Sb-S system, Soviet Physics - Crystallography, 15, 616-619 [view file]

Tatsuka K, Morimoto N (1977) Tetrahedrite stability relations in the Cu-Fe-Sb-S system, American Mineralogist, 62, 1101-1109 [view file]

Makovicky E, Skinner B J (1978) Studies of the sulfosalts of copper. VI. Low-temperature exsolution in synthetic tetrahedrite solid solution, Cu_12+xSb_4+yS₁₃, The Canadian Mineralogist, 16, 611-623 [view file]

Makovicky E, Skinner B J (1979) Studies of the sulfosalts of copper VII. Crystal structures of the exsolution products Cu_12.3Sb₄S₁₃ and Cu_13.8Sb₄S₁₃ of unsubstituted synthetic tetrahedrite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 17, 619-634 [view file]

International Mineralogical Association (1980) International Mineralogical Association: Commission on new minerals and mineral names, Mineralogical Magazine, 43, 1053-1055 [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]

Johnson M L, Burnham C W (1985) Crystal structure refinement of an arsenic-bearing argentian tetrahedrite, American Mineralogist, 70, 165-170 [view file]

Johnson N E, Craig J R, Rimstidt J D (1986) Compositional trends in tetrahedrite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 24, 385-397 [view file]

Peterson R C, Miller I (1986) Crystal structure and cation distribution in freibergite and tetrahedrite, Mineralogical Magazine, 50, 717-721

Johnson N E, Craig J R, Rimstidt J D (1987) Effect of substitutions on the cell dimension of tetrahedrite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 25, 237-244 [view file]

Lynch J V G (1989) Large–scale hydrothermal zoning reflected in the tetrahedrite—freibergite solid solution, Keno Hill Ag—Pb—Zn district, Yukon, The Canadian Mineralogist, 27, 383-400 [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]

Rozhdestvenskaya I V, Zayakina N V, Samusikov V P (1993) Crystal structure features of minerals from a series of tetrahedrite-freibergite, Mineralogiceskij Zhurnal, 15, 9-17 [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

Sack R O (2002) Note in "large-scale hydrothermal zoning reflected in tetrahedrite-freibergite solid solution, Keno Hill Ag—Pb—Zn district, Yukon" by J.V. Gregory Lynch, The Canadian Mineralogist, 40, 1717-1719 [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]

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

Ramasamy K, Sims H, Butler W H, Gupta A (2014) Selective nanocrystal synthesis and calculated electronic structure of all four phases of copper–antimony–sulfide, Chemistry of Materials, 26, 2891-2899

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

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]