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Kësterite

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Kesterit, Mushistonit, Muskovit
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Kesterit mit Mushistonitüberzug auf Muskovit; Größe: 71x70x30 mm; Fundort: Beryll-Scheelit-Lagerstätte, Xuebaoding, Pingwu, Mianyang, Sichuan, China; Ex Wolfgang Henkel Sammlung
Copyright: Dan Weinrich; Contribution: Philip Blümner
Location: China/Sichuan, Provinz/Mianyang, Stadt/Pingwu, Kreis/Xuebaoding, Berg/Huya Township/Huya (Xuebaoding) W-Sn-Be-Lagerstätte
Mineral: Kësterite, Muscovite, Mushistonite
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Kesterit mit Mushistonitüberzug auf Muskovit; Größe: 71x70x30 mm; Fundort: Beryll-Scheelit-Lagerstätte, Xuebaoding, Pingwu, Mianyang, Sichuan, China; Ex Wolfgang Henkel Sammlung
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Locality: Huya (Xuebaoding) W-Sn-Be-Lagerstätte / Huya Township / Xuebaoding, Berg / Pingwu, Kreis / Mianyang, Stadt / Sichuan, Provinz / China
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Kristallgröße: 10 mm; Fundort: Huya, Berg Xuebaoding, Kreis Pingwu, Stadt Mianyang, Provinz Sichuan, China
Copyright: Kevin Downey; Contribution: Philip Blümner
Location: China/Sichuan, Provinz/Mianyang, Stadt/Pingwu, Kreis/Xuebaoding, Berg/Huya Township/Huya (Xuebaoding) W-Sn-Be-Lagerstätte
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Kesterit mit Mushistonit-Überzug auf Beryll und Muskovit; Größe: 6.8 x 6 x 4.5 cm; Fundort: Huya W-Sn-Be-Lagerstätte, Xuebaoding, Pingwu, Sichuan Provinz, China; Funddatum 2003
Copyright: Fabre Minerals; Contribution: Philip Blümner
Location: China/Sichuan, Provinz/Mianyang, Stadt/Pingwu, Kreis/Xuebaoding, Berg/Huya Township/Huya (Xuebaoding) W-Sn-Be-Lagerstätte
Mineral: Kësterite, Mushistonite
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Kesterit mit Mushistonit-Überzug auf Beryll und Muskovit; Größe: 6.8 x 6 x 4.5 cm; Fundort: Huya W-Sn-Be-Lagerstätte, Xuebaoding, Pingwu, Sichuan Provinz, China; Funddatum 2003
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Locality: Huya (Xuebaoding) W-Sn-Be-Lagerstätte / Huya Township / Xuebaoding, Berg / Pingwu, Kreis / Mianyang, Stadt / Sichuan, Provinz / China
Kesterit, Quarz
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Location: China/Sichuan, Provinz/Mianyang, Stadt/Pingwu, Kreis/Xuebaoding, Berg/Huya Township/Huya (Xuebaoding) W-Sn-Be-Lagerstätte
Mineral: Kësterite, Quartz
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Größe: 90x70x36 mm; Fundort: Huya, Berg Xuebaoding, Kreis Pingwu, Stadt Mianyang, Provinz Sichuan, China
Copyright: Dan Weinrich
Contribution: Philip Blümner 2011-08-14
Locality: Huya (Xuebaoding) W-Sn-Be-Lagerstätte / Huya Township / Xuebaoding, Berg / Pingwu, Kreis / Mianyang, Stadt / Sichuan, Provinz / China
Kesterit, Muskovit
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Kesterit, Muskovit
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Copyright: Jean-Francois Carpentier; Contribution: Philip Blümner
Location: China/Sichuan, Provinz/Mianyang, Stadt/Pingwu, Kreis/Xuebaoding, Berg/Huya Township/Huya (Xuebaoding) W-Sn-Be-Lagerstätte
Mineral: Kësterite, Muscovite
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Kesterit, Muskovit

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Copyright: Jean-Francois Carpentier
Contribution: Philip Blümner 2011-08-14
Locality: Huya (Xuebaoding) W-Sn-Be-Lagerstätte / Huya Township / Xuebaoding, Berg / Pingwu, Kreis / Mianyang, Stadt / Sichuan, Provinz / China

Collectors Summary

Color blassgrün, grün-schwarz
Streak color schwarz
Lustre Metallglanz
Hardness (Mohs) 4.5
Solubility ++ HNO3
Crystal System tetragonal, I4

Chemism

Chemical formula

Cu2(Zn,Fe)SnS4

Chemical composition

Eisen, Kupfer, Zink, Zinn, Schwefel

Unit weight: 437.08365 u; Number of atoms in the formula: 8

Info

Empirical formula:

Cu2(Zn0.75Fe0.25)SnS4

Element

Symbol

Weight%

Atoms

Atoms%

Atom weight (u)

Sum weight (u)
Sulfur

S

29.34

4

50.00

32.0655000

128.2620000
Iron

Fe

3.19

0.25

3.13

55.8452000

13.9613000
Copper

Cu

29.08

2

25.00

63.5463000

127.0926000
Zinc

Zn

11.22

0.75

9.38

65.4094000

49.0570500
Tin

Sn

27.16

1

12.50

118.7107000

118.7107000

Analysis wt%

Cu : 31.56, Zn : 7.72, Fe : 3.65, Sn : 26.65, S : 29.76 (Ref: Geol.Soc.Am.Mem.62)

Strunz 9th edition incl. updates

2.CB.15

2: Sulfide und Sulfosalze (Sulfide, Selenide, Telluride, Arsenide, Antimonide, Bismutide, Sulfoarsenide, Sulfoantimonide, Sulfobismuthide)
C: Metallsulfide, M : S = 1 : 1 (und ähnliche)
B: mit Zink (Zn), Eisen (Fe), Kupfer (Cu), Silber (Ag), usw.
15:Stannit-Gruppe

Lapis Classification

II/C.06-080

II: SULFIDE UND SULFOSALZE (Sulfide, Selenide, Telluride, Arsenide, Antimonide, Bismutide)
C: Sulfide mit Metall : S,Se,Te ~ 1:1
6: Stannit-Gruppe

Classification by Hölzel

2.CB.370

2: SULFIDES
C: Sulfides (etc) with Me/S=1/1
B: With Zn,Cu (etc), Coordination Number ~[4] Framework of Cornersharing Tetrahedra: Sphalerite-Germanite-Family
3: Stannite-Group

Dana 8th edition

02.09.02.09

02: Sulfide Minerals
09: Sulfides - Including Selenides and Tellurides where Am Bn Xp, with (m+n):p=1:1
02: Stannite Group (Tetragonal: I-42m) A2BCS type

IMA status

Erstbeschreibung vor CNMNC-Gründung (1959), als Mineral meist anerkannt

Mineral status

anerkanntes Mineral

IMA Classification

IMA Classification

 Stannite group

Optical Properties

Color

blassgrün, grün-schwarz

Streak color

schwarz

Lustre

Metallglanz

Crystallography

Crystal System

tetragonal

Class (H-M)

4

Space Group number

82

Space Group

I4

Cell parameters a (Å)

5.427

Cell parameters b (Å)

-

Cell parameters c (Å)

10.871

Cell parameters a/b or c/a

2.003

Cell parameters c/b

-

Cell parameters α

90°

Cell parameters β

90°

Cell parameters γ

90°

Z

2

Volume (ų)

320.176

X-Ray Powder Diffraction

3.13(100),
2.701(30),
1.913(50),
1.638(70),
1.245(30),
1.108(30),
1.045(30),
0.9178(20)
XRD chart Kësterite

Calculated from d-spacing and intensity at 0.1541838 nm (Cu)

Crystals 3D

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Crystal Structure 3D

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Physical Properties

Hardness (Mohs)

4.5

VHN (Hardness Vickers)

338 (100g)

Density (g/cm³)

4.57 (gemessen)

4.533 ( ρ calc. Mineralienatlas )

Instability

++ HNO3

(Co-)Type locality

(Co-)Type locality

Russland/Ferner Osten, Föderationskreis/Sacha (Sakha, Jakutien, Якутия), Republik/Werchojansk (Verkhoyansk), Rajon/Jana-Tal/Jana-Adytscha/Arga-Ynnakh-Khai-Granitmassiv/Kester

Preface

Author (Name, Year)

Soboleva, 1956

References

American Mineralogist (1958): 43: 1222.

American Mineralogist (1959): 44: 1329.

Zapiski Vserossiyskogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva: 88: 165-168.

Canadian Mineralogist: 16: 131-137.

Canadian Mineralogist: 27: 673-688, 689-697.

Strunz Mineralogical Tables 9. Edition.

IMA group assignments

 
Stannite group
A2DEX4
 
 

 
 
Briartite
Cu2(Zn,Fe)GeS4
tetragonal
I42m

 
 
Černýite
Cu2CdSnS4
tetragonal
I42m

 
 
Famatinite
Cu3SbS4
tetragonal
I42m

 
 
Ferrokësterite
Cu2FeSnS4
tetragonal
I4

 
 
Hocartite
Ag2FeSnS4
tetragonal
I42m

 
 
Kësterite
Cu2(Zn,Fe)SnS4
tetragonal
I4

 
 
Keutschite
Cu2AgAsS4
tetragonal
I42m

 
 
Kuramite
Cu3SnS4
tetragonal
I42m

 
 
Luzonite
Cu3AsS4
tetragonal
I42m

 
 
Omariniite
Cu8Fe2ZnGe2S12
orthorhombisch
I222

 
 
Permingeatite
Cu3SbSe4
tetragonal
I42m

 
 
Petrukite
(Cu,Ag)2(Fe,Zn)(Sn,In)S4
orthorhombisch
Pmn21

 
 
Pirquitasite
Ag2ZnSnS4
tetragonal
I42m, I4

 
 
Richardsite
Zn2CuGaS4
tetragonal
I42m

 
 
Stannite
Cu2FeSnS4
tetragonal
I42m

 
 
Stannoidite
Cu8(Fe,Zn)3Sn2S12
orthorhombisch
I222

 
 
UM1984-30-S:CuFeSn
 
 
 

 
 
Velikite
Cu2(Hg,Zn)SnS4
tetragonal
I4

 
 
Zincobriartite
Cu2(Zn,Fe)(Ge,Ga)S4
tetragonal
I42m

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English

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Russian

Кестерит

Russian

Кестёрит

Simplified Chinese

硫锡锌铜矿

Japanese

黄錫亜鉛鉱

Alternative Name

German

Isostannit

Spanish

Isostannita

English

Isostannite

German

Khinganit

Spanish

Khinganita

English

Khinganite

Italian

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Simplified Chinese

硫铜锡锌矿

CNMNC symbol

Symbol

Kës

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