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Jalpaite

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La Mesa, Chihuahua, Mexico
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Formula:
Ag
 
3
CuS
 
2
System:TetragonalColour:Gray or dark gray
Lustre:MetallicHardness:2 - 2½
This page provides mineralogical data about Jalpaite.

Classification of Jalpaite

IMA status:Valid - first described prior to 1959 (pre-IMA) - "Grandfathered"
Strunz 8th edition ID:2/B.06-10
Nickel-Strunz 10th (pending) edition ID:2.BA.45

2 : SULFIDES and SULFOSALTS (sulfides, selenides, tellurides; arsenides, antimonides, bismuthides; sulfarsenites, sulfantimonites, sulfbismuthites, etc.)
B : Metal Sulfides, M: S > 1: 1 (mainly 2: 1)
A : With Cu, Ag, Au
Dana 8th edition ID:2.4.4.1

2 : SULFIDES
4 : AmBnXp, with (m+n):p = 2:1
Hey's CIM Ref.:3.2.12

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

Type Locality:Leonora Mine, Jalpa, Mun. de Jalpa, Zacatecas, Mexico
Year of Discovery:1858

Physical Properties of Jalpaite

Lustre:Metallic
Colour:Gray or dark gray
Streak:Black
Hardness (Mohs):2 - 2½

Crystallography of Jalpaite

Crystal System:Tetragonal
Cell Parameters:a = 8.67Å, c = 11.75Å
Ratio:a:c = 1 : 1.355
Unit Cell Volume:V 883.23 ų (Calculated from Unit Cell)

Chemical Properties of Jalpaite

Formula:
Ag
 
3
CuS
 
2
Essential elements:Ag, Cu, S
All elements listed in formula:Ag, Cu, S
Common Impurities:Fe

Relationship of Jalpaite to other Species

Related Minerals - Nickel-Strunz Grouping):
2.BA.05Chalcocite
Cu
 
2
S
2.BA.05Djurleite
Cu
 
31
S
 
16
2.BA.05Geerite
Cu
 
8
S
 
5
2.BA.05Roxbyite
Cu
 
9
S
 
5
2.BA.10Anilite
Cu
 
7
S
 
4
2.BA.10Digenite
Cu
 
9
S
 
5
2.BA.15Bornite
Cu
 
5
FeS
 
4
2.BA.20Bellidoite
Cu
 
2
Se
2.BA.20Berzelianite
Cu
 
2
Se
2.BA.25Athabascaite
Cu
 
5
Se
 
4
2.BA.25Umangite
Cu
 
3
Se
 
2
2.BA.30Rickardite
Cu
 
7
Te
 
5
2.BA.30Weissite
Cu
 
2-x
Te
2.BA.35Acanthite
Ag
 
2
S
2.BA.35Argentite
2.BA.40Mckinstryite
(Ag,Cu)
 
2
S
2.BA.40Stromeyerite
AgCuS
2.BA.45Selenojalpaite
Ag
 
3
CuSe
 
2
2.BA.50Eucairite
AgCuSe
2.BA.55Aguilarite
Ag
 
4
SeS
2.BA.55Naumannite
Ag
 
2
Se
2.BA.60Cervelleite
Ag
 
4
TeS
2.BA.60Hessite
Ag
 
2
Te
2.BA.65Henryite
Ag
 
3
Cu
 
4
Te
 
4
2.BA.65Stützite
Ag
 
7
Te
 
4
2.BA.70Argyrodite
Ag
 
8
GeS
 
6
2.BA.70Canfieldite
Ag
 
8
(Sn,Ge)(S,Te)
 
6
2.BA.70Putzite
(Cu
 
4.7
Ag
 
3.3
)GeS
 
6
2.BA.75Fischesserite
Ag
 
3
AuSe
 
2
2.BA.75Penzhinite
(Ag,Cu)
 
4
Au(S,Se)
 
4
2.BA.75Petrovskaite
AuAg(S,Se)
2.BA.75Petzite
Ag
 
3
AuTe
 
2
2.BA.75Uytenbogaardtite
Ag
 
3
AuS
 
2
2.BA.80Bezsmertnovite
(Au,Ag)
 
4
Cu(Te,Pb)
2.BA.80Bilibinskite
PbCuAu
 
3
Te
 
2
2.BA.80Bogdanovite
(Au,Te,Pb)
 
3
(Cu,Fe)
Related Minerals - Hey's Index Grouping:
3.2.1Acanthite
Ag
 
2
S
3.2.3Naumannite
Ag
 
2
Se
3.2.4Aguilarite
Ag
 
4
SeS
3.2.5Hessite
Ag
 
2
Te
3.2.6Empressite
AgTe
3.2.7Stützite
Ag
 
7
Te
 
4
3.2.8Cervelleite
Ag
 
4
TeS
3.2.9Dervillite
Ag
 
2
AsS
 
2
3.2.10Stromeyerite
AgCuS
3.2.11Mckinstryite
(Ag,Cu)
 
2
S
3.2.13Eucairite
AgCuSe
3.2.14Cameronite
AgCu
 
7
Te
 
10
3.2.15Henryite
Ag
 
3
Cu
 
4
Te
 
4
3.2.16Sternbergite
AgFe
 
2
S
 
3
3.2.17Argentopyrite
AgFe
 
2
S
 
3
3.2.18Geffroyite
(Cu,Fe,Ag)
 
9
(Se,S)
 
8
3.2.19Argentopentlandite
Ag(Fe,Ni)
 
8
S
 
8

Other Names for Jalpaite

German names:
Jalpait
Spanish names:
Jalpaita

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 Jalpaite

Reference List:American Mineralogist (1968): 53: 1530-1542, 1778.

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    Localities for Jalpaite

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    Australia
     
    • New South Wales
      • Yancowinna Co.
    		No reference listed
    • Tasmania
      • Queenstown district
    		Ralph Bottrill et al in prep.
    Bottrill RS & Baker, WE (in prep) Catalogue of Minerals of Tasmania. Mineral Resources Tasmania
    Bolivia
     
    • Potosí Department
      • Chayanta Province
    		Dr. Werner Paar analyses
      • Sud Lípez Province
        • Buena Vista
    		USGS Bulletin # 1975.
    Canada
     
    • Northwest Territories
      • Mackenzie District
        • Great Bear Lake
    		[MinRec 1989]
    China
     
    • Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region
      • Hulunbuir (Hulunbei'er) League
        • Xin Barag Right Banner
          • Altan Emel
    		Dong Zhensheng et al. (1996). In: Tu Guangzhi, Ed.: Low Temperature Geochemistry, Science Press (Beijing), 32-42.
    • Shandong Province
      • Jiaodong Gold Province
        • Yantai Prefecture
          • Zhaoyuan Co.
    		Xiang-Ping Gu, Makoto Watanabe, Kenichi Hoshino, and Yasuhiro Shibata (2003): European Journal of Mineralogy 15(1), 147-155.
    Czech Republic
     
    • Bohemia (Böhmen; Boehmen)
      • Central Bohemia Region
        • Příbram
          • Bohutín
            • Bohutín deposit
    		Anthony, Bideaux, Bladh, Nichols: "Handbook of Mineralogy", Vol. 1, 1990
          • Vrančice
    		[Lapis 1995, 12, p.13-24]
      • Ústí Region
        • Krušné Hory Mts (Erzgebirge)
          • Dubí
    		Sejkora, J.: Minerály ložiska Moldava v Krušných horách. Bulletin Mineralogicko-petrografického oddělení Národního muzea v Praze, 1994, roč. 2, s. 110-116.
    France
     
    • Auvergne
      • Haute-Loire
        • Brioude - Massiac area
          • Brioude
            • Paulhac
    		P.G. Pélisson : "Etude Minéralogique et Métallogénique du District Filonien Polytype de Paulhaguet (Haute-Loire, Massif Central Français)", Doctorate Thesis, Orléans, France, 1989
          • Lavoûte-Chilhac
            • Ferrussac
    		P.G. Pélisson : "Etude Minéralogique et Métallogénique du District Filonien Polytype de Paulhaguet (Haute-Loire, Massif Central Français)", Doctorate Thesis, Orléans, France, 1989
        • Paulhaguet
          • Mazerat-Aurouze
            • Aurouze
    		P.G. Pélisson : "Etude Minéralogique et Métallogénique du District Filonien Polytype de Paulhaguet (Haute-Loire, Massif Central Français)", Doctorate Thesis, Orléans, France, 1989
    P.G. Pélisson : "Etude Minéralogique et Métallogénique du District Filonien Polytype de Paulhaguet (Haute-Loire, Massif Central Français)", Doctorate Thesis, Orléans, France, 1989
    • Languedoc-Roussillon
      • Aude
        • Carcassonne
          • Mas-Cabardès
            • Fournes-Cabardès
    		Anthony, Bideaux, Bladh, Nichols: "Handbook of Mineralogy", Vol. 1, 1990
    Germany
     
    • Baden-Württemberg
      • Black Forest
        • Wolfach
          • Oberwolfach
            • Rankach valley
    		BLAß, G. & GRAF, H. W. (1996): Neue Mineralienfunde aus dem Siegerland und von der Grube Clara im Schwarzwald. - Mineralien-Welt 7 (4), 14-16.
    • Hesse
      • Odenwald
        • Nieder-Ramstadt
          • Nieder-Beerbach
    		Weiss: "Mineralfundstellen, Deutschland West", Weise (Munich), 1990
    • Saxony-Anhalt
    		Wittern: "Mineralfundorte in Deutschland", 2001
    Hungary
     
    • Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén Co.
      • Zempléni Mts.
        • Telkibánya
    		Szakáll & Weiszburg: Topographia Mineralogica Hungariae II.
    Ireland
     
    • Co. Longford
    		No reference listed
    Italy
     
    • Lombardy
      • Varese Province
        • Boarezzo
    		Orlandi P. & Silvani A (1994).: Jalpaite, Pearceite ed altri minerali di argento di Boarezzo VA., Riv. Min. It., 4, 343-347. Orlandi, P., & Campostrini, I., 2006. Boarezzo. I minerali della ricerca mineraria "Pradisci". Rivista Mineralogica Italiana, 30 (1), 14-24.
    • Sardinia
      • Cagliari Province
    		AA. VV., 1996. Collezionare minerali. Hobby & Work
      • Carbonia-Iglesias Province
        • Iglesias
          • Punta della Torre
    		Orlandi, P. & Campostrini, I. (2005): Zibaldone. Aggiornamenti di mineralogia italiana 2004. Rivista Mineralogica Italiana, 3/2005, 184-191.
    Japan
     
    • Honshu Island
      • Chubu Region
        • Niigata Prefecture
          • Sado Island
    		Taguchi et al (1974) Koubutsugaku Zasshi, 11, 345-358.
    Mexico
     
    • Chihuahua
    		Rick Turner.
    • Jalisco
      • Mun. de Hostotipaquillo
        • Hostotipaquillo
    		Panczner(1987):81&241.
    • Zacatecas
      • Mun. de Jalpa
        • Jalpa
    		Berg- und hüttenm. Zeitung (1858) 17, 85-86; Panczner(1987):241.
    Norway
     
    • Buskerud
    		Mineralogical Record: 17: 19-35.
        • Kongsberg Silver Mines
          • Overbergets Mine-field
    		Lietz 1939; Neumann 1985, p. 16.
    Lietz 1939; Neumann 1985, p. 16.
    Peru
     
    • Huánuco Department
      • Dos de Mayo Province
        • Huallanca District
    		Hyrsl & Rosales (2003) Mineralogical Record, 34, 241-254.
    Russia
     
    • Far-Eastern Region
      • Kamchatka Oblast'
    		[Der Aufschluss 1995:4 p.163-180]
    • Western-Siberian Region
      • Altai Republic (Gorno-Altayskaya Autonomous Oblast')
        • Alei River Basin
          • Korbalikha River
            • Zmeevka Stream
    		Frank Keutsch collection analyzed specimen
    Slovakia
     
    • Košice Region
      • Southern Slanské Mts
    		Koděra, P., Rojkovičová, Ľ.,Košárková, M., 1998: Mineralógická správa lokality Byšta, Au-Ag. Manuscript, Archiv Geofond, Bratislava, 68 p
    • Prešov Region
      • Northern Slanské Mts
    		Duda et. all.,1981:Minerály severnej časti Slanských vrchov. Min.Slovca,Monografia 2,Bratislava, 98 p
    USA
     
    • Arizona
      • Cochise Co.
        • Mule Mts
          • Warren District
    		[MinRec 24:421]
    Anthony, J.W., et al (1995), Mineralogy of Arizona, 3rd.ed.: 260; Graeme, R. (1993), Bisbee revisited, Min.Rec.: 24: 421-436.
      • Pinal Co.
        • Mineral Mountain District
          • Superior area
            • Reymert Canyon
    		Anthony, J.W., et al (1995), Mineralogy of Arizona, 3rd.ed.: 100, 260.
    • Colorado
      • Boulder Co.
        • Caribou District
          • Grand Island
    		("Minerals of Colorado, updated & revised", by Eckel, Edwin B., 1997)
    Minerals of Colorado (1997) Eckels, E. B.
    Minerals of Colorado (1997) Eckels, E. B.
        • Ward District
          • Ward
    		Minerals of Colorado (1997) Eckel, E. B.
      • Clear Creek Co.
        • Georgetown District
          • Illinois Mine
    		Minerals of Colorado (1997) Eckels, E. B.
      • Custer Co.
        • Silver Cliff District
    		Minerals of Colorado (1997) Eckels, E. B.
      • Mineral Co.
        • Creede District
    		Minerals of Colorado (1997) Eckels, E. B.
    Minerals of Colorado (1997) Eckels, E. B.
      • Park Co.
        • Alma District
          • Alma
    		Minerals of Colorado (1997) E.B. Eckels
      • Summit Co.
        • Argentine District
          • Peru Creek Area
    		Minerals of Colorado (1997) Eckels, E. B.
    Minerals of Colorado (1997) Eckel, E. B.
    • Nevada
      • Mineral Co.
        • Rawhide District
    		NBMG Spec. Pub. 31 Minerals of Nevada
      • Storey Co.
        • Comstock District
          • Comstock Lode
    		NBMG Spec. Pub. 31 Minerals of Nevada
    NBMG Spec. Pub. 31 Minerals of Nevada
    • New Mexico
      • Catron Co.
      • Grant Co.
    		[Rocks & Minerals Vol 68 March/April 1993 p96]
      • Sierra Co.
    		Minerals of New Mexico 3rd ed.
          • Chloride
    		Minerals of New Mexico 3rd ed.
    • Utah
      • Juab Co.
        • East Tintic Mts
          • Tintic District
    		[MinRecord 29:177]
      • Utah Co.
        • East Tintic Mts
          • East Tintic District
    		UGMS Bull 117 Minerals and Mineral Localities of Utah
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