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Cooperite

Formula:
(Pt,Pd,Ni)S
System:TetragonalHardness:4 - 5
Name:Named after R.A. Cooper, who first described the mineral.
This page provides mineralogical data about Cooperite.

Classification of Cooperite

IMA status:Valid - first described prior to 1959 (pre-IMA) - "Grandfathered"
Strunz 8th edition ID:2/C.25-30
Nickel-Strunz 10th (pending) edition ID:2.CC.35b

2 : SULFIDES and SULFOSALTS (sulfides, selenides, tellurides; arsenides, antimonides, bismuthides; sulfarsenites, sulfantimonites, sulfbismuthites, etc.)
C : Metal Sulfides, M: S = 1: 1 (and similar)
C : With Ni, Fe, Co, PGE, etc.
Dana 8th edition ID:2.8.5.1

2 : SULFIDES
8 : AmXp, with m:p = 1:1
Hey's CIM Ref.:3.12.44

3 : Sulphides, Selenides, Tellurides, Arsenides and Bismuthides (except the arsenides, antimonides and bismuthides of Cu, Ag and Au, which are included in Section 1)
12 : Sulphides etc. of the platinum metals
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Type Occurrence of Cooperite

Co-type Localities:Potgietersrus, Eastern Bushveld Complex, Limpopo Province, South Africa
Rustenburg Mine, Rustenburg District, Western Bushveld Complex, Northwest Province, South Africa
Year of Discovery:1928

Physical Properties of Cooperite

Hardness (Mohs):4 - 5

Crystallography of Cooperite

Crystal System:Tetragonal
Cell Parameters:a = 3.47Å, c = 6.1Å
Ratio:a:c = 1 : 1.758
Unit Cell Volume:V 73.45 ų (Calculated from Unit Cell)

Chemical Properties of Cooperite

Formula:
(Pt,Pd,Ni)S
Idealised Formula:
PtS
Essential elements:Pt, S
All elements listed in formula:Ni, Pd, Pt, S

Relationship of Cooperite to other Species

Related Minerals - Nickel-Strunz Grouping):

- +
2.CC.05Achavalite
FeSe
2.CC.05Breithauptite
NiSb
2.CC.05Freboldite
CoSe
2.CC.05Kotulskite
Pd(Te,Bi)
 
1-2
2.CC.05Langisite
(Co,Ni)As ratio Co:Ni = 5:1
2.CC.05Nickeline
NiAs
2.CC.05Sederholmite
NiSe Beta-NiSe
2.CC.05Sobolevskite
PdBi
2.CC.05Stumpflite
Pt(Sb,Bi)
2.CC.05Sudburyite
(Pd,Ni)Sb
2.CC.05Jaipurite
CoS
2.CC.05Zlatogorite
NiCuSb
 
2
2.CC.10Pyrrhotite
Fe
 
0.83-1
S
2.CC.10Smythite
(Fe,Ni)
 
9
S
 
11
2.CC.10Troilite
FeS
2.CC.15Cherepanovite
RhAs
2.CC.15Modderite
(Co,Fe)As
2.CC.15Ruthenarsenite
(Ru,Ni)As
2.CC.15Westerveldite
(Fe,Ni,Co)As
2.CC.20Millerite
NiS
2.CC.20Mäkinenite
γ-NiSe
2.CC.25Mackinawite
(Fe,Ni)
 
9
S
 
8
2.CC.30Hexatestibiopanickelite
Ni(Te,Sb)
2.CC.30Vavřínite
Ni
 
2
SbTe
 
2
2.CC.35aBraggite
(Pt,Pd,Ni)S
2.CC.35aVysotskite
(Pd,Ni)S
Related Minerals - Hey's Index Grouping:

- +
3.12.1Seinäjokite
(Fe,Ni)(Sb,As)
 
2
3.12.2Laurite
RuS
 
2
3.12.3Ruthenarsenite
(Ru,Ni)As
3.12.4Anduoite
(Ru,Os)As
 
2
3.12.5Ruarsite
(Ru,Os)AsS
3.12.6Xingzhongite
(Pb,Cu,Fe)(Ir,Pt,Rh)
 
2
S
 
4
3.12.7Rhodplumsite
Rh
 
3
Pb
 
2
S
 
2
3.12.8Cuprorhodsite
(Cu,Fe)Rh
 
2
S
 
4
3.12.9Konderite
Cu
 
3
Pb(Rh,Pt,Ir)
 
8
S
 
16
3.12.10Bowieite
(Rh,Ir,Pt)
 
2
S
 
3
3.12.11Cherepanovite
RhAs
3.12.12Hollingworthite
(Rh,Pt,Pd)AsS
3.12.13Vysotskite
(Pd,Ni)S
3.12.14Vasilite
(Pd,Cu)
 
16
(S,Te)
 
7
3.12.15Palladseite
Pd
 
17
Se
 
15
3.12.16Oosterboschite
(Pd,Cu)
 
7
Se
 
5
3.12.17Telluropalladinite
Pd
 
9
Te
 
4
3.12.18Temagamite
Pd
 
3
HgTe
 
3
3.12.19Sopcheite
Ag
 
4
Pd
 
3
Te
 
4
3.12.20Michenerite
PdBiTe
3.12.21Kotulskite
Pd(Te,Bi)
 
1-2
3.12.22Telargpalite
(Pd,Ag)
 
3
(Te,Bi)
3.12.23Merenskyite
(Pd,Pt)(Te,Bi)
 
2
3.12.24Palladoarsenide
Pd
 
2
As
3.12.25Stillwaterite
Pd
 
8
As
 
3
3.12.26Atheneite
(Pd,Hg)
 
3
As
3.12.27Majakite
PdNiAs
3.12.28Palarstanide
Pd
 
8
(As,Sn)
 
3
3.12.29Arsenopalladinite
Pd
 
8
(As,Sb)
 
3
3.12.30Vincentite
Pd
 
3
As
3.12.31Palladobismutharsenide
Pd
 
2
(As,Bi)
3.12.32Stibiopalladinite
Pd
 
5
Sb
 
2
3.12.33Hexatestibiopanickelite
Ni(Te,Sb)
3.12.34Sudburyite
(Pd,Ni)Sb
3.12.35Testibiopalladite
PdTe(Sb,Te)
3.12.36Borovskite
Pd
 
3
SbTe
 
4
3.12.37Isomertieite
Pd
 
11
Sb
 
2
As
 
2
3.12.38Mertieite-I
Pd
 
11
(Sb,As)
 
4
3.12.39Mertieite-II
Pd
 
8
(Sb,As)
 
3
3.12.40Sobolevskite
PdBi
3.12.41Froodite
α-PdBi
 
2
3.12.42Polarite
Pd(Bi,Pb)
3.12.43Urvantsevite
Pd(Bi,Pb)
 
2
3.12.45Braggite
(Pt,Pd,Ni)S
3.12.46Kharaelakhite
(Pt,Cu,Pb,Fe,Ni)
 
9
S
 
8
3.12.47Malanite
Cu(Pt
3+
 
,Ir
3+
 
)
 
2
S
 
4
3.12.48Moncheite
(Pt,Pd)(Te,Bi)
 
2
3.12.49Maslovite
PtBiTe
3.12.50Sperrylite
PtAs
 
2
3.12.51Platarsite
(Pt,Rh,Ru)AsS
3.12.52Geversite
PtSb
 
2
3.12.53Daomanite
CuPtAsS
 
2
3.12.54Genkinite
(Pt,Pd,Rh)
 
4
Sb
 
3
3.12.55Stumpflite
Pt(Sb,Bi)
3.12.56Insizwaite
Pt(Bi,Sb)
 
2
3.12.57Erlichmanite
OsS
 
2
3.12.58Omeiite
(Os,Ru)As
 
2
3.12.59Osarsite
(Os,Ru)AsS
3.12.60Kashinite
(Ir,Rh)
 
2
S
 
3
3.12.61Inaglyite
Cu
 
3
Pb(Ir,Pt)
 
8
S
 
16
3.12.62Cuproiridsite
(Cu,Fe)Ir
 
2
S
 
4
3.12.63Iridarsenite
(Ir,Ru)As
 
2
3.12.64Irarsite
(Ir,Ru,Rh,Pt)AsS
3.12.65Tolovkite
IrSbS

Other Names for Cooperite

Synonyms:
Cooperite (of Wartenweiler)
Other Languages:
German:Cooperit
Russian:Куперит
Spanish:Cooperita

Other Information

Health Warning:No information on health risks for this material has been entered into the database. You should always treat mineral specimens with care.

References for Cooperite

Reference List:Wartenweiler (discussion of paper by Cooper)(1928), Journal of Chem. Met. Mining Soc. South Africa: 28: 281.

American Mineralogist (1929): 14: 339.

Bannister and Hey (1932), Mineralogical Magazine: 23: 188.

Palache, Charles, Harry Berman & Clifford Frondel (1944), The System of Mineralogy of James Dwight Dana and Edward Salisbury Dana Yale University 1837-1892, Volume I: Elements, Sulfides, Sulfosalts, Oxides. John Wiley and Sons, Inc., New York. 7th edition, revised and enlarged, 834pp.: 258-259.

Cabri, L.J., Laflamme, J.H.G., Stewart, J.M., Turner, K., and Skinner, B.J. (1978) On cooperite, braggite, and vysotskite. American Mineralogist: 63: 832-839.

Palache, Charles, Harry Berman & Clifford Frondel (1944), The System of Mineralogy of James Dwight Dana and Edward Salisbury Dana Yale University 1837-1892, Seventh edition, Volume I: 258-259.

Journal of the Chemical, Metallurgical and Mineralogical Society of South Africa: 28: 281-283.

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    Localities for Cooperite

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    Bulgaria
     
    • Blagoevgrad Oblast
    Canada
     
    • British Columbia
    		Canadian Mineralogist (2005): 43: 1705.
      • Nanaimo Mining Division
        • Vancouver Island
          • Comox District
    • Québec
      • Mégantic Co.
        • Thetford Mines
    		Can. Min. 28, 579
    China
     
    • Hebei Province
      • Chengde Prefecture
        • Chengde Co.
          • Damiao village
    		Yu Zuxiang (1997): Acta Geologia Sinica 71(4), 329-331.
        • Fengning Co.
    		Yu Zuxiang (1982): Bull. Institute of Geology, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences, 4, 78–81.
    Yu Zuxiang, Lin Shujen, Chao Pao, Fang Chingsung, and Huang Chishun (1974): Acta Geologica Sinica 48(2), 202-218.
        • Longhua Co.
    		Chen Keqiao, Yang Huifang, Ma Letian and Peng Zhizhong (1981): Dizhi Pinglun 27, 107-115.
        • Luan River (Luan He) valley
    		Yu Zuxiang (1997): Acta Geologica Sinica 71(4), 486-490.
        • Xinglong Co.
    		Yu Zuxiang (1996): Acta Geologica Sinica 70(4), 309-314.
      • Tangshan Prefecture
        • Zunhua Co.
    		Yu Zuxiang (1981): Geological Review 27, 55-71.
    • Yunnan Province
      • Dali Autonomous Prefecture
        • Midu Co.
    		Huanbin Song, Mingqin He, Shangzhong Zhang, and Fenghuang Yi (2008): Chinese Journal of Geochemistry 27, 104-108.
    Finland
     
    • Lapin (Lapland) Lääni
      • Sodankylä
    Japan
     
    • Hokkaido Island
      • Sorachi Province
    		Stum & Tarkin (1976) Economic Geology, 71, 1451-1460.
    Madagascar
     
    • Fianarantsoa Province
      • Atsimo-Atsinanana Region
        • Antanambao Manampotsy
    		Legendre, O., and Augé, T. (1992): Australian Journal of Earth Sciences 39, 389-404.
    • Toamasina (Tamatave) Province
      • Sahafary
    		Lapis nr 10 /1993 p. 7
    New Zealand
     
    • South Island
      • Southland
        • Orepuki
    		Railton, G.L. & Watters, W.A., Minerals of New Zealand, New Zealand Geological Survey Bull. #104 (1990).
        • Southland District
    		Railton, G.L. & Watters, W.A., Minerals of New Zealand, New Zealand Geological Survey Bull. #104 (1990).
    Norway
     
    • Finnmark
      • Karasjok (Kárásjohka)
    		Bjørlykke (1966); Neumann (1985, p. 31).
      • Porsanger
    		No reference listed
    • Telemark
      • Kviteseid
        • Dalane
          • Dalane copper and silver mines
    		Sverderup et al. (1967, p. 21); Neumann (1985, p. 31).
    Russia
     
    • Eastern-Siberian Region
      • Krasnoyarsk Territory (Krasnoyarsk Kray; Krasnoyarskii Krai)
        • Taimyr Autonomous Region (Taymyrskiy Okrug)
          • Taimyr Peninsula
            • Putoran Plateau
              • Noril'sk
                • Talnakh Cu-Ni Deposit
      • Saha Republic (Sakha Republic; Yakutia)
        • Aldan Shield
    		Mineralogical Magazine 68:871 -- 885
      • Taymyrskiy Autonomous Okrug
        • Putoran Mts
    		Anthony, Bideaux, Bladh, Nichols: "Handbook of Mineralogy", Vol. 1, 1990
      • Transbaikalia (Zabaykalye)
        • Irkutskaya Oblast'
          • Bodaibo Region
    		http://www.igem.ru/igem/chem/pt/sukhloge.htm
    • Far-Eastern Region
      • Chukot Peninsula
        • Chukotka (Tchukotka) Okrug
          • Pekul'nei Range
            • Northern Pekul'nei River
      • Kamchatka Oblast'
    		[CanMin 38 p1251-1264 "The association of platinum-group minerals in placers of the Pustaya River, Kamchatka, Russia"]
      • Khabarovskiy Kray
        • Ayan-Maya district
          • Aldan shield
    		P.M. Kartashov data
      • Primorskiy Kray
        • Khanka lake
    		Shcheka G.G., Vrzhosek A.A., Lehmann B., Tolstykh N.D. (2004) Associations of platinum-group minerals from the Zolotaya gold placiers, Primorye, Russian Far East, - Can. Miner., v.42, pp. 583-599.
    • Northern Region
      • Murmanskaja Oblast'
        • Kola Peninsula
          • Monche-Tundra
    		http://www.duke.edu/~boudreau/9thPtSymposium/Grokhovskaya_Abstract.pdf
            • Monchegorsk
    • Urals Region
      • Central Urals
      • Southern Urals
        • Bashkiria republic
    		F. Zaccarini et al. , The Canadian Mineralogist, Vol. 42, pp. 545-562 (2004).
        • Chelyabinsk Oblast'
    Sierra Leone
     
    • Guma Water
    South Africa
     
    • Eastern Cape Province
      • Transkei
        • Pondoland
          • Insizwa
    		Minerals of South Africa
    • Free State Province
    		Minerals of South Africa
    Minerals of South Africa
    • Gauteng Province
      • Pilanesberg Mt
    		Minerals of South Africa
    • Limpopo Province
    		www.bgr.de/b423/oberthuer_ptconf_pgm_bushveld.pdf.
        • Burgersfort
          • Sekhukhuneland
    		Minerals of South Africa
    Minerals of South Africa
      • Eastern Bushveld Complex
        • Merensky Reef
    		Minerals of South Africa
        • Mokopane
    		Am Min 68:11-12 pp 1249-1254
    • Mpumalanga Province
      • Eastern Bushveld Complex
        • Lydenburg District
    		Minerals of South Africa
      • Witwatersrand field
        • West Rand
    		http://www.unileoben.ac.at/~buero62/minpet/malitch/4IASMalitch.pdf
    • Northwest Province
      • Western Bushveld Complex
        • Rustenburg District
    		ourn.Chem.Metall.Mining Soc.S.Africa,(1928) 28, 281-283
    Minerals of South Africa
    Minerals of South Africa
    Minerals of South Africa
    USA
     
    • Montana
      • Stillwater Co.
    		No reference listed
          • J-M Reef (Howland Reef)
    Zimbabwe
     
    • Masvingo
      • Chiredzi District (Hartley District)
    		Chusi Li, Ripley, E.M., Oberthür, T., Miller, Jr., J.D., and Joslin, G.D. (2008): Mineralium Deposita 43, 97-110.
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