Stannit
Sign in to saveStannite is a mineral, a sulfide of copper, iron, and tin, in the category of thiostannates.
Key facts
- Mineral.name
- Stannite
- Mineral.category
- Sulfide mineral
- Mineral.image
- Stannite-Chalcopyrite-Quartz-168837.jpg
- Mineral.imagesize
- 260px
- Mineral.formula
- Cu2FeSnS4
- Mineral.IMAsymbol
- Stn
- Mineral.strunz
- 2.CB.15a
- Mineral.system
- Tetragonal
- Mineral.class
- Scalenohedral (2m) H-M symbol: ( 2m)
- Mineral.symmetry
- I2m
- Mineral.unit cell
- a = 5.4432, c = 10.7299 [Å]; Z = 2
- Mineral.color
- Steel-gray to iron-black, may tarnish blue
- Mineral.habit
- Rarely as pseudo-octahedral crystals also massive, granular, and disseminated
- Mineral.twinning
- Penetration twins on {102}
- Mineral.cleavage
- Indistinct on {110} and {001}
- Mineral.fracture
- Uneven
- Mineral.mohs
- 4
- Mineral.luster
- Metallic
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Stannit, Cu2FeSnS4, är ett svavelhaltigt mineral med koppar, järn och tenn. [ Stannit påträffas i tennbärande hydrotermala mineraliseringar tillsammans med kopparkis, zinkblände, tetraedrit, arsenikkis, pyrit, kassiterit, och volframit.
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