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Klockmannite

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Lichtenberg open cast, Ronneburg U deposit, Gera, Thuringia, Germany
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Formula:
CuSe
System:HexagonalHardness:2 - 2½
Name:For German mineralogist Friedrich Klockmann (1858-1937), from Aachen.
This page provides mineralogical data about Klockmannite.

Classification of Klockmannite

IMA status:Valid - first described prior to 1959 (pre-IMA) - "Grandfathered"
Strunz 8th edition ID:2/C.22-20
Nickel-Strunz 10th (pending) edition ID:2.CA.05

2 : SULFIDES and SULFOSALTS (sulfides, selenides, tellurides; arsenides, antimonides, bismuthides; sulfarsenites, sulfantimonites, sulfbismuthites, etc.)
C : Metal Sulfides, M: S = 1: 1 (and similar)
A : With Cu
Dana 8th edition ID:2.8.12.2

2 : SULFIDES
8 : AmXp, with m:p = 1:1
Hey's CIM Ref.:3.1.14

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

Type Locality:Sierra de Umango, La Rioja, Argentina
Year of Discovery:1928

Physical Properties of Klockmannite

Hardness (Mohs):2 - 2½

Crystallography of Klockmannite

Crystal System:Hexagonal
Cell Parameters:a = 3.94Å, c = 17.25Å
Ratio:a:c = 1 : 4.378
Unit Cell Volume:V 231.91 ų (Calculated from Unit Cell)

Chemical Properties of Klockmannite

Formula:
CuSe
Essential elements:Cu, Se
All elements listed in formula:Cu, Se
Common Impurities:Ag

Relationship of Klockmannite to other Species

Related Minerals - Nickel-Strunz Grouping):
2.CA.05Covellite
CuS
2.CA.05Spionkopite
Cu
 
39
S
 
28
2.CA.05Yarrowite
Cu
 
9
S
 
8
2.CA.10Nukundamite
(Cu,Fe)
 
4
S
 
4
2.CA.15Calvertite
Cu
 
5
Ge
 
0.5
S
 
4
Related Minerals - Hey's Index Grouping:
3.1.1Chalcocite
Cu
 
2
S
3.1.2Djurleite
Cu
 
31
S
 
16
3.1.3Digenite
Cu
 
9
S
 
5
3.1.4Anilite
Cu
 
7
S
 
4
3.1.5Roxbyite
Cu
 
9
S
 
5
3.1.6Spionkopite
Cu
 
39
S
 
28
3.1.7Geerite
Cu
 
8
S
 
5
3.1.8Covellite
CuS
3.1.9Berzelianite
Cu
 
2
Se
3.1.10Bellidoite
Cu
 
2
Se
3.1.11Umangite
Cu
 
3
Se
 
2
3.1.12Yarrowite
Cu
 
9
S
 
8
3.1.13Athabascaite
Cu
 
5
Se
 
4
3.1.15Krut'aite
CuSe
 
2
3.1.16Weissite
Cu
 
2-x
Te
3.1.17Rickardite
Cu
 
7
Te
 
5
3.1.18Vulcanite
CuTe
3.1.19Bambollaite
Cu(Se,Te)
 
2
3.1.20Lautite
CuAsS
3.1.21Mgriite
Cu
 
3
AsSe
 
3
3.1.22Cubanite
CuFe
 
2
S
 
3
3.1.23Bornite
Cu
 
5
FeS
 
4
3.1.24Fukuchilite
Cu
 
3
FeS
 
8
3.1.25Chalcopyrite
CuFeS
 
2
3.1.26Mooihoekite
Cu
 
9
Fe
 
9
S
 
16
3.1.27Haycockite
Cu
 
4
Fe
 
5
S
 
8
3.1.28Isocubanite
CuFe
 
2
S
 
3
3.1.29Idaite
Cu
 
5
FeS
 
6
3.1.30Nukundamite
(Cu,Fe)
 
4
S
 
4
3.1.31Putoranite
Cu
 
9
Fe
 
9
S
 
16
3.1.32Orickite
2CuFeS
 
2
·H
 
2
O
3.1.33Eskebornite
CuFeSe
 
2
3.1.34Chaméanite
(Cu,Fe)
 
4
As(Se,S)
 
4
3.1.35Talnakhite
Cu
 
9
(Fe,Ni)
 
8
S
 
16

Other Names for Klockmannite

German names:
Klockmannit
Russian names:
Клокманнит
Spanish names:
Klockmannita

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 Klockmannite

Reference List:Ramdohr (1928), Cbl. Min.: 225.

Schneiderhöhn and Ramdohr (1931): 2: 317.

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.: 249.

Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Monatshefte (1981): 197-205.

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    Localities for Klockmannite

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    Argentina
     
    • La Rioja
      • Famatina
        • Puerto Alegre
    		Paar, et al. (1996): Revista de la Asociacion Geologica Argentina 51 (4):304-312
      • Jagué
    		Can. Min. Vol. 42, 1745-1755 (2004).
    Recursos Minerales de la Republica Argentina, E. O. Zappettini Ed., Buenos Aires 1999 ISSN 0328-2325
      • Sañogasta District
    		M.K. de Brodtkorb (ed.) (2002) Las Especies Minerales de la Republica Argentina, (Asociacion Mineralogica Argentina)
    Anthony, Bideaux, Bladh, Nichols: "Handbook of Mineralogy", Vol. 1, 1990
    No reference listed
    Am Min 34 (1939), 435
        • Sierra de Cacho
    • Mendoza
    		Anthony, Bideaux, Bladh, Nichols: "Handbook of Mineralogy", Vol. 1, 1990
    Bolivia
     
    • Potosí Department
      • Quijarro Province
    		[MinRec 21:133]
    Canada
     
    • Ontario
      • Algoma District
        • Montreal River harbor
      • Cochrane District
        • Kidd Township
          • Timmins
    		ontariominerals.com
    • Saskatchewan
      • Beaverlodge Region
        • Goldfields District
          • Beaverlodge Lake
    		Anthony, Bideaux, Bladh, Nichols: "Handbook of Mineralogy", Vol. 1, 1990
        • Lake Athabasca
          • Uranium City
    Anthony, Bideaux, Bladh, Nichols: "Handbook of Mineralogy", Vol. 1, 1990
    Chile
     
    • Atacama Region
      • Chañaral Province
    		Atlas of Ore Minerals, Picot and Johan (1982)
    China
     
    • Hubei Province
      • Enshi (E'xi) Autonomous Prefecture
        • Enshi Co.
          • Shuanghe
    		Hanjie Wen, Carignan, J., Yuzhuo Qiu, and Shirong Liu (2006): Environmental Science and Technology 40(4), 1126-1132.
    Czech Republic
     
    • Bohemia (Böhmen; Boehmen)
      • Central Bohemia Region
    		Anthony, Bideaux, Bladh, Nichols: "Handbook of Mineralogy", Vol. 1, 1990
    • Moravia (Mähren; Maehren)
      • Vysočina Region
        • Nové Město na Moravě
    		Kvaček, M.: Selenides from the deposits of Western Moravia, Czechoslovakia – Part II. Acta Universitatis Carolinae – Geologica, 1979, vol. 23, nos. 1-2, s. 15-38.
    Vavřín, I.: Nové poznatky o selenidech Českého masívu. Bulletin Mineralogicko-petrografického oddělení Národního muzea v Praze, 1994, roč. 2, s. 82-89.
    Kvaček, M.: Selenides from the deposits of Western Moravia, Czechoslovakia – Part II. Acta Universitatis Carolinae – Geologica, 1979, vol. 23, nos. 1-2, s. 15-38.
        • Rožná deposit
    		Vavřín, I.: Nové poznatky o selenidech Českého masívu. Bulletin Mineralogicko-petrografického oddělení Národního muzea v Praze, 1994, roč. 2, s. 82-89.
    Anthony, Bideaux, Bladh, Nichols: "Handbook of Mineralogy", Vol. 1, 1990
    Vavřín, I.: Nové poznatky o selenidech Českého masívu. Bulletin Mineralogicko-petrografického oddělení Národního muzea v Praze, 1994, roč. 2, s. 82-89.
        • Žďár nad Sázavou
    		Kvaček, M.: Selenides from the deposits of Western Moravia, Czechoslovakia – Part II. Acta Universitatis Carolinae – Geologica, 1979, vol. 23, nos. 1-2, s. 15-38.
    France
     
    • Alsace
      • Haut-Rhin
        • Thur valley (Thann valley)
          • Kruth
    		Hohl: "Minéraux et Mines du Massif Vosgien", Editions du Rhin (Mulhouse), 1994
    • Midi-Pyrénées
      • Aveyron
    Germany
     
    • Baden-Württemberg
      • Black Forest
        • Menzenschwand
    		Walenta: "Die Mineralien des Schwarzwaldes", Weise (Munich), 1992
    • Bavaria
      • Franconia
        • Fichtelgebirge
          • Weißenstadt
            • Großschloppen
    		Weiss: "Mineralfundstellen, Deutschland West", Weise (Munich), 1990
      • Upper Palatinate
        • Schwandorf
          • Wölsendorf Fluorite mining District
    		Weiss: "Mineralfundstellen, Deutschland West", Weise (Munich), 1990
    • Lower Saxony
      • Harz Mts
        • Bad Sachsa
          • Zorge
    		Weiss: "Mineralfundstellen, Deutschland West", 1990
        • Clausthal-Zellerfeld
          • Lerbach
    		Weiss: "Mineralfundstellen, Deutschland West", 1990
        • St Andreasberg District
          • St Andreasberg
    		Wittern: "Mineralfundorte in Deutschland", 2001
    • Saxony-Anhalt
      • Harz Mts
        • Gernrode
          • Rieder
    		Schaarschmidt, H. (2007): Weltweit einmalig: Clausthalit als freie Kristalle aus dem Harz. Lapis 32 (3), 41-42. (in German)
    Wittern: "Mineralfundorte in Deutschland", 2001
    • Saxony
      • Erzgebirge
        • Schlema-Hartenstein District
          • Alberoda
    		The Canadian Mineralogist, V 42, 2004, pp. 1719-1732.
    • Thuringia
      • Gera
        • Ronneburg U deposit
    		T. Witzke & F. Rüger: Lapis 1998(7/8), 26-64
    Mexico
     
    • Sonora
      • Mun. de Moctezuma
        • Moctezuma
    		Panczner(1987):108-401.
    Poland
     
    • Lower Silesia (Dolnośląskie)
      • Kłodzko District
    		Anthony, Bideaux, Bladh, Nichols: "Handbook of Mineralogy", Vol. 1, 1990
    Sweden
     
    • Östergötland
      • Valdemarsvik
    		No reference listed
    • Västerbotten
      • Skellefteå
        • Boliden
    		No reference listed
    UK
     
    • England
      • Devon
        • South Devon
          • Torquay
    		[Camm, 1995, 71 - "Gold in the Counties of Cornwall and Devon"]
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