Mineralpedia Details for Renierite
Renierite
- Formula
- (Cu1+,Zn)11Fe4(Ge4+,As5+)2S16
- Crystal System
- Tetragonal
- Crystal Habit
- Massive - Granular, Disseminated, Twinning Common
- Cleavage
- None, None, None
- Luster
- Metallic
- Color
- bronze yellow, pinkish brown
- Streak
- blackish gray
- Class
- Tetragonal - Scalenohedral
- Fracture
- Uneven
- Hardness
- 4-5
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Renierite from Tsumeb mine, Tsumeb, Namibia
0.5mm crystals. EDS
Larger chunk of almost pure metallic purplish-bronze Renierite. EDS
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Renierite from Prince Leopold, Kipushi mine, Katanga, Democratic Republic of Congo
Purplish red Renierite with Chalcopyrite and Bornite (blue). Renierite is a rather rare germanium sulfide.
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