renierite
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Renierite is a rare copper zinc germanium bearing sulfide mineral with the chemical formula . It occurs at the Kipushi Mine, Democratic Republic of the Congo; and Namibia, among other places.
Key facts
- Mineral.name
- Renierite
- Mineral.category
- Sulfide mineral
- Mineral.image
- Renierit.JPG
- Mineral.IMAsymbol
- Ren
- Mineral.strunz
- 2.CB.35a
- Mineral.system
- Tetragonal
- Mineral.class
- Scalenohedral (2m) H-M symbol: ( 2m)
- Mineral.symmetry
- P2c
- Mineral.color
- bronze yellow, pinkish brown
- Mineral.habit
- granular
- Mineral.cleavage
- absent
- Mineral.fracture
- Uneven
- Mineral.mohs
- 4.5
- Mineral.luster
- metallic
- Mineral.refractive
- opaque
- Mineral.streak
- dark gray
- Mineral.gravity
- 4.4
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Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- sulfosalt subclass of minerals
- Image
- Renierit.JPG
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- crystal system
- tetragonal crystal system
- Commons category
- Renierite
- Nickel-Strunz 9th edition (updated 2009)
- 2.CB.35a
- Nickel-Strunz '10th ed', review of (9th ed/ 2009 update)
- 2.CB.35a
- type locality (geology)
- Kipushi Mine
- IMA Mineral Symbol
- Ren
- chemical formula
- (Cu¹⁺,Zn)₁₁Fe₄(Ge⁴⁺,As⁵⁺)₂S₁₆
- Strunz 8th edition (series ID, updated)
- II/B.03b
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Renierite is a rare copper zinc germanium bearing sulfide mineral with the chemical formula . It occurs at the Kipushi Mine, Democratic Republic of the Congo; and Namibia, among other places.
Renierite was named after Armand Renier (26 June 1876 – 9 October 1951), a Belgian geologist and director of the Belgian Geological Survey.
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