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Djerfisherite

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Material'naya Adit, Yukspor Mt, Khibiny Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast', Northern Region, Russia
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Formula:
K
 
6
(Cu,Fe,Ni)
 
25
S
 
26
Cl
Hardness:3½
Name:After Professor Daniel Jerome Fisher (1896–1988), American mineralogist,
University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
This page provides mineralogical data about Djerfisherite.

Classification of Djerfisherite

IMA status:Approved
Strunz 8th edition ID:2/F.06-10
Nickel-Strunz 10th (pending) edition ID:2.FC.05

2 : SULFIDES and SULFOSALTS (sulfides, selenides, tellurides; arsenides, antimonides, bismuthides; sulfarsenites, sulfantimonites, sulfbismuthites, etc.)
F : Sulfides of arsenic, alkalies; sulfides with halide, oxide, hydroxide, H2O
C : With Cl, Br, I (halide-sulfides)
Dana 8th edition ID:2.15.2.1

2 : SULFIDES
15 : Chlor-sulfides
Hey's CIM Ref.:6.5.11

6 : Sulphosalts - Sulphostannates, Sulphogermanates,Sulpharsenates, Sulphantimonates, Sulphovanadates and Sulphohalides
5 : Sulphohalides
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Type Occurrence of Djerfisherite

Type Locality:Kota-Kota Meteorite, Marimba, Malawi
Year of Discovery:1966

Physical Properties of Djerfisherite

Hardness (Mohs):3½

Chemical Properties of Djerfisherite

Formula:
K
 
6
(Cu,Fe,Ni)
 
25
S
 
26
Cl
Essential elements:Cl, Cu, K, S
All elements listed in formula:Cl, Cu, Fe, K, Ni, S
Common Impurities:Na,Mg

Relationship of Djerfisherite to other Species

Related Minerals - Nickel-Strunz Grouping):

- +
2.FC.05Thalfenisite
Tl
 
6
(Fe,Ni,Cu)
 
25
S
 
26
Cl
2.FC.05Owensite
(Ba,Pb)
 
6
(Cu,Fe,Ni)
 
25
S
 
27
2.FC.10Bartonite
K
 
3
Fe
 
10
S
 
14
2.FC.10Chlorbartonite
K6Fe24S26(Cl,S)
2.FC.15aArzakite
Hg
2+
3
[(Br,Cl)
 
2
|S
 
2
]
2.FC.15aCorderoite
Hg
2+
3
[Cl
 
2
|S
 
2
]
2.FC.15cGrechishchevite
Hg
2+
3
[(Br,Cl,I)
 
2
|S
 
2
]
2.FC.15aLavrentievite
Hg
2+
3
[(Cl,Br)
 
2
|S
 
2
]
2.FC.15dRadtkeite
Hg
2+
3
[Cl|I|S
 
2
]
2.FC.15bKenhsuite
Hg
2+
3
[Cl
 
2
|S
 
2
]
2.FC.20aCapgaronnite
HgS·Ag(Cl,Br,I)
2.FC.20cPerroudite
Hg
 
5
Ag
 
4
S
 
5
I
 
2
Cl
 
2
2.FC.20bIltisite
HgSAg(Cl,Br)
Related Minerals - Hey's Index Grouping:

- +
6.5.1Corderoite
Hg
2+
3
[Cl
 
2
|S
 
2
]
6.5.2Arzakite
Hg
2+
3
[(Br,Cl)
 
2
|S
 
2
]
6.5.3Lavrentievite
Hg
2+
3
[(Cl,Br)
 
2
|S
 
2
]
6.5.4Grechishchevite
Hg
2+
3
[(Br,Cl,I)
 
2
|S
 
2
]
6.5.5Radtkeite
Hg
2+
3
[Cl|I|S
 
2
]
6.5.6Capgaronnite
HgS·Ag(Cl,Br,I)
6.5.7Perroudite
Hg
 
5
Ag
 
4
S
 
5
I
 
2
Cl
 
2
6.5.8Ardaite
Pb
 
19
Sb
 
13
S
 
35
Cl
 
7
6.5.9Dadsonite
Pb
 
23
Sb
 
25
S
 
60
Cl
6.5.10Radhakrishnaite
PbTe
 
3
(Cl,S)
 
2
6.5.12Thalfenisite
Tl
 
6
(Fe,Ni,Cu)
 
25
S
 
26
Cl

Other Names for Djerfisherite

Synonyms:
GertfisheriteIMA1965-028
Other Languages:
German:Djerfisherit
Gertfisherit
Russian:Джерфишерит
Spanish:Djerfisherita
Gertfisherita

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 Djerfisherite

Reference List:Fuchs, L.H. (1966) Djerfisherite, alkali copper–iron sulfide: a new mineral
from enstatite chondrites. Science, 153, 166–167.

American Mineralogist (1966): 51: 1815 (abstract).

Geologiya Rudnykh Mestorozhdeniy: 11(5): 57-64.

American Mineralogist (1970): 55: 1071.

Czamanske, G.K., R.C. Erd, M.N. Sokolova, M.G. Dobovol’skaya & M.T. Dmitrieva (1979), New data on rasvumite and djerfisherite: American Mineralogist: 64: 776-778.

Dmitrieva, M.T., V.V. Ilyukhin, and G.B. Bokii (1979) Close packing and cation arrangement in the jerfisherite [sic] structure. Kristallografiya (Sov. Phys. Crystal.), 24, 1193–1197 (in Russian).

Evans, H.T. & J.R. Clark (1981), The crystal structure of bartonite, a potassium iron sulfide and its relationship to pentlandite and djerfisherite: American Mineralogist: 66: 376-384.

Clarke, D.B., R.H. Mitchell, C.A.T. Chapman, and R.M. MacKay
(1994) Occurrence and origin of djerfisherite from the Elwin Bay kimberlite, Somerset Island,
Northwest Territories. Canadian Mineralogist, 32, 815–823.

Azarova, Yu.V., Krinov, D.I., Sokolova, M.N. (2006): Structural and genetic relationship of djerfisherite and bartonite and problem of isomorphism in the system djerfisherite-"Cu-djerfisherite"-bartonite. New Data on Minerals, 41, 98-107.

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    Localities for Djerfisherite

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    Antarctica
     
    • Eastern Antarctica
      • Victoria Land
        • Allan Hills
    		bersite, troilite, daubreelite, and djerfisherite
    Canada
     
    • Northwest Territories
    Greenland
     
    • Avanna (North Greenland) Province
      • Saviksoah Peninsula
    		Kracher, A., G.Kurat, V.F.Buchwald, Geochemical J. 11,207-217(1977)
    • Kitaa (West Greenland) Province
      • Narsaq
    		[Mineralogical Record - Vol 24 No 2]
    Iraq
     
    • Qala-Diz (Qala-Dizeh; Qala-Diza)
      • Hero
    Japan
     
    • Honshu Island
      • Chugoku Region
        • Hiroshima prefecture
    		Takechi et al (1999) Koubutsu-Gakkai Kou’en-Youshi, 97
    Malawi
     
    • Marimba
    		Am Min 64 (1979), 776
    Norway
     
    • Telemark
      • Skien
    		Jamtveit B., Dahlgren S. and Austrheim H., (1997): "High-grade contact metamorphism of calcareous rocks from the Oslo Rift, Southern Norway".
    Russia
     
    • Eastern-Siberian Region
      • Krasnoyarsk Territory (Krasnoyarsk Kray; Krasnoyarskii Krai)
        • Taimyr Autonomous Region (Taymyrskiy Okrug)
          • Taimyr Peninsula
            • Putoran Plateau
              • Noril'sk
    		Anthony, Bideaux, Bladh, Nichols: "Handbook of Mineralogy", Vol. 1, 1990; Am Min 66:638-639
    Anthony, Bideaux, Bladh, Nichols: "Handbook of Mineralogy", Vol. 1, 1990
      • Saha Republic (Sakha Republic; Yakutia)
        • Aldan Shield
          • Torgo River Basin
            • Davan
              • Chara River (Charo River)
    		[Lapis 1993:4 p.13-20]
        • Daldyn-Alakit kimberlite field
          • Daldyn
    		Anthony, Bideaux, Bladh, Nichols: "Handbook of Mineralogy", Vol. 1, 1990
        • Mirny
    		Anthony, Bideaux, Bladh, Nichols: "Handbook of Mineralogy", Vol. 1, 1990
    Anthony, Bideaux, Bladh, Nichols: "Handbook of Mineralogy", Vol. 1, 1990
    • Northern Region
      • Murmanskaja Oblast'
        • Kola Peninsula
          • Khibiny Massif
            • Kukisvumchorr Mt
    		No reference listed
            • Rasvumchorr Mt
            • Yukspor Mt
    		Pavel M. Kartashov data
          • Kovdor Massif
    		[World of Stones 95:5-6, p64]
    www.koeln.netsurf.de/~w.steffens/lovo.htm
          • Turii Cape
    		www.koeln.netsurf.de/~w.steffens/tury.htm
    South Africa
     
    • Eastern Cape Province
    		Minerals of South Africa
    Switzerland
     
    • Ticino (Tessin)
      • Centovalli
        • Palagnedra
    		Stalder, H. A., Wagner, A., Graeser, S. and Stuker, P. (1998): Mineralienlexikon der Schweiz. Wepf (Basel), p. 138.
    USA
     
    • California
      • Humboldt Co.
        • Orick
    		www.koeln.netsurf.de/~w.steffens/usa.htm.
    Yemen
     
    • South Yemen
    		Zolensky, M. & A.Ivanov, Chemie der Erde 63,185-246(2003)
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