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Pyrostilpnite

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Silver tunnel, Van Silver Mine, Van Silver Property, Brandywine Creek, Vancouver Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada
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Formula:
Ag
 
3
SbS
 
3
System:MonoclinicColour:Red, brownish red ...
Hardness:2
Name:originally described as Feuerblende (Feuer = fire, Blende from blenden = to blind, for the adamantine luster), later translated into Pyrostilpnite (from Greek pyr = fire, stilpnos = bright or shining)
Dimorph of:Pyrargyrite


Proustite Group. The monoclinic dimorph of Pyrargyrite.

Classification of Pyrostilpnite

IMA status:Valid - first described prior to 1959 (pre-IMA) - "Grandfathered"
Strunz 8th edition ID:2/E.07-40
Nickel-Strunz 10th (pending) edition ID:2.GA.10

2 : SULFIDES and SULFOSALTS (sulfides, selenides, tellurides; arsenides, antimonides, bismuthides; sulfarsenites, sulfantimonites, sulfbismuthites, etc.)
G : Sulfarsenites, sulfantimonites, sulfbismuthites
A : Neso-sulfarsenites, etc. without additional S
Dana 8th edition ID:3.4.2.2

3 : SULFOSALTS
4 : ø = 3
Hey's CIM Ref.:5.2.10

5 : Sulphosalts - Sulpharsenites and Sulphobismuthites (those containing Sn, Ge,or V are in Section 6)
2 : Sulpharsenites etc. of Ag
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Type Occurrence of Pyrostilpnite

Type Locality:Churprinz Friedrich August Erbstolln Mine (Churprinz Mine; Kurprinz Mine), Großschirma, Freiberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Year of Discovery:1832

Physical Properties of Pyrostilpnite

Lustre:Adamantine
Diaphaneity (Transparency):Transparent, Translucent
Colour:Red, brownish red orange-red, fire red
Hardness (Mohs):2

Crystallography of Pyrostilpnite

Crystal System:Monoclinic
Cell Parameters:a = 12.17Å, b = 15.84Å, c = 6.24Å
β = 90°
Ratio:a:b:c = 0.768 : 1 : 0.394
Unit Cell Volume:V 1,202.90 ų (Calculated from Unit Cell)

Chemical Properties of Pyrostilpnite

Formula:
Ag
 
3
SbS
 
3
Essential elements:As, S, Sb
All elements listed in formula:Ag, S, Sb

Relationship of Pyrostilpnite to other Species

Related to:
  • Proustite Group
    • Related Minerals - Nickel-Strunz Grouping):
    2.GA.05Proustite
    Ag
     
    3
    		AsS
     
    3
    2.Ga.05Pyrargyrite
    Ag
     
    3
    		SbS
     
    3
    2.GA.10Xanthoconite
    Ag
     
    3
    		AsS
     
    3
    2.GA.15Samsonite
    Ag
     
    4
    		MnSb
     
    2
    		S
     
    6
    2.GA.20Skinnerite
    Cu
     
    3
    		SbS
     
    3
    2.GA.20Wittichenite
    Cu
     
    3
    		BiS
     
    3
    2.GA.25Lapieite
    NiCuSbS
     
    3
    2.GA.25Mückeite
    NiCu(Bi,Sb)S
     
    3
    2.GA.25IMA2007-003
    PtCuBiS
     
    3
    2.GA.30Aktashite
    Cu
     
    6
    		Hg
     
    3
    		As
     
    4
    		S
     
    12
    2.GA.30Gruzdevite
    Cu
     
    6
    		Hg
     
    3
    		Sb
     
    4
    		S
     
    12
    2.GA.30Nowackiite
    Cu
     
    6
    		Zn
     
    3
    		As
     
    4
    		S
     
    12
    2.GA.35Laffittite
    AgHgAsS
     
    3
    2.GA.40Routhierite
    CuHg
     
    2
    		TlAs
     
    2
    		S
     
    6
    2.GA.40Stalderite
    (Tl,Cu)(Zn,Fe,Hg)AsS
     
    3
    2.GA.45Erniggliite
    Tl
     
    2
    		SnAs
     
    2
    		S
     
    6
    2.GA.50Bournonite
    PbCuSbS
     
    3
    2.GA.50Seligmannite
    PbCuAsS
     
    3
    2.GA.50Součekite
    PbCuBi(S,Se)
     
    3
    2.GA.55Malyshevite
    PdCuBiS
     
    3
    Related Minerals - Hey's Index Grouping:
    5.2.1Smithite
    AgAsS
     
    2
    5.2.2Trechmannite
    AgAsS
     
    2
    5.2.3Proustite
    Ag
     
    3
    		AsS
     
    3
    5.2.4Xanthoconite
    Ag
     
    3
    		AsS
     
    3
    5.2.5Pearceite
    (Ag,Cu)
     
    16
    		(As,Sb)
     
    2
    		S
     
    11
    5.2.6Pearceite-T2ac
    (Ag,Cu)
     
    16
    		(As,Sb)
     
    2
    		S
     
    11
    5.2.7Argentotennantite
    (Ag,Cu)
     
    10
    		(Zn,Fe)
     
    2
    		(As,Sb)
     
    4
    		S
     
    13
    5.2.8Miargyrite
    AgSbS
     
    2
    5.2.9Pyrargyrite
    Ag
     
    3
    		SbS
     
    3
    5.2.11Stephanite
    Ag
     
    5
    		SbS
     
    4
    5.2.12Polybasite
    (Ag,Cu)
     
    16
    		(Sb,As)
     
    2
    		S
     
    11
    5.2.13Billingsleyite
    Ag
     
    7
    		AsS
     
    6
    5.2.14Polybasite-Tac
    (Ag,Cu)
     
    16
    		(Sb,As)
     
    2
    		S
     
    11
    5.2.15Freibergite
    (Ag,Cu,Fe)
     
    12
    		(Sb,As)
     
    4
    		S
     
    13
    5.2.16Aramayoite
    Ag(Sb,Bi)S
     
    2
    5.2.17Matildite
    AgBiS
     
    2
    5.2.18Schapbachite
    AgBiS
     
    2
    5.2.19Pavonite
    (Ag,Cu)(Bi,Pb)
     
    3
    		S
     
    5
    5.2.20Arcubisite
    Ag
     
    6
    		CuBiS
     
    4
    5.2.21Bohdanowiczite
    AgBiSe
     
    2
    5.2.22Selenostephanite
    Ag
     
    5
    		Sb(Se,S)
     
    4
    5.2.23Benleonardite
    Ag
     
    8
    		(Sb,As)Te
     
    2
    		S
     
    3
    5.2.24Volynskite
    AgBiTe
     
    2

    Other Names for Pyrostilpnite

    Synonyms:
    FeuerblendeFireblendePyrichrolitePyrochrotite
    German names:
    Pyrostilpnit
    Italian names:
    Pirostilpnite
    Russian names:
    Пиростильпнит
    Spanish names:
    Pyrostilpnita

    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 Pyrostilpnite

    Reference List:Breithaupt, A. (1832): Vollständige Charakteristik des Mineral-Systems.- Dresden and Leipzig, 3rd ed., p. 285 and 333 (as Feuerblende).

    Dana, J. D. (1868): A System of Mineralogy, 5th edition, New York (name translated to pyrostilpnite).

    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: 369-371.

    Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Monatshefte (1968): 145-160.

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    Localities for Pyrostilpnite

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    Australia
     
    • New South Wales
      • Yancowinna Co.
    		No reference listed
    • Tasmania
      • Heazlewood district
    		Dana 7:I:370.
      • Waratah district
        • Waratah
    		Bottrill, unpub.
      • Zeehan district
        • Zeehan
    		Bottrill & Baker (in prep) Catalogue of minerals of Tasmania
    Bolivia
     
    • Potosí Department
      • Potosí City
    		[MinRec 32:465]
    Canada
     
    • British Columbia
      • Slocan Mining Division
        • Sandon
    		[MinRec 1996]
      • Vancouver Mining Division
        • Brandywine Creek
          • Van Silver Property
            • Van Silver Mine
    		[
    Czech Republic
     
    • Bohemia (Böhmen; Boehmen)
      • Central Bohemia Region
        • Kutná Hora (Kuttenberg)
    		No reference listed
        • Příbram
          • Březové Hory (Birkenberg)
            • Březové Hory deposit
    		[Bull.N.M.Praha 2002, 10, p.43-77]
          • Třebsko
    		Kašpar, P., Řídkošil, T., Šrein, V.: Minerogeneze žíly T 1 z Třebska u Příbrami. Acta Universitatis Carolinae – Geologica, 1983, vol. 27, nos. 1-2, s. 61-96.
      • Karlovy Vary Region
        • Krušné Hory Mts (Erzgebirge)
          • Ostrov
    		Lapis 2002(7/8), 63-65
      • Pardubice Region
        • Třemošnice
    		Fengl, M.: Mineralogie těžených fluoritových ložisek (2.). Minerál, 1998, roč. 6, č. 4, s. 243-252.
    France
     
    • Brittany
      • Morbihan
        • Plumelin
    		collect. : p le roch
    • Midi-Pyrénées
      • Tarn
        • Réalmont
          • Peyrebrune
    		Bernadi G. (2004), Quelques nouvelles de Peyrebrune (Tarn), Le Cahier des Micromonteurs, n°86, pp 13-18
    Germany
     
    • Baden-Württemberg
      • Black Forest
        • Elz valley
          • Waldkirch
    		K. Walenta: "Die Mineralien des Schwarzwaldes", Weise (Munich), 1992
        • Hausach
          • Adlersbach valley
    		No reference listed
        • Münstertal
          • Belchen Mt.
    		S. Weiss: "Mineralfundstellen, Deutschland West", Weise (Munich), 1990
    K. Walenta: "Die Mineralien des Schwarzwaldes", Weise (Munich), 1992
        • Wieden
    		Aufschluss 71(6), 195-200
        • Wolfach
          • Oberwolfach
            • Frohnbach valley
    		No reference listed
            • Rankach valley
    		Walenta, K. (1992): Die Mineralien des Schwarzwaldes. Chr. Weise Verlag, München, 336 pp. (in German); KOLITSCH, U., GRÖBNER, J. & BAYERL, R. (1995): Die Mineralien der Silber-Antimon-Vererzungen der Grube Clara im Zeitraum 1993 bis 1995. - Erzgräber 9 (2), 61-77.
    • Hesse
      • Odenwald
        • Nieder-Ramstadt
    		Weiss: "Mineralfundstellen, Deutschland West", Weise (Munich), 1990
    • Lower Saxony
      • Harz Mts
        • St Andreasberg District
          • St Andreasberg
    		No reference listed
    No reference listed
    Weiss: "Mineralfundstellen, Deutschland West", Weise (Munich), 1990
    Weiss: "Mineralfundstellen, Deutschland West", Weise (Munich), 1990
    No reference listed
    Weiss: "Mineralfundstellen, Deutschland West", Weise (Munich), 1990
    • North Rhine-Westphalia
      • Siegerland
        • Eiserfeld
          • Kohlenbach Valley
    		Wittern: "Mineralfundorte in Deutschland", 2001
    • Rhineland-Palatinate
      • Siegerland
        • Niederfischbach
    		Weiss: "Mineralfundstellen, Deutschland West", 1990
    • Saxony
      • Erzgebirge
        • Ehrenfriedersdorf
    		Wittern: "Mineralfundorte in Deutschland", 2001
        • Freiberg District
          • Brand-Erbisdorf
    		Lapis 11(7/8), 13-60 (1986)
    Lapis 11(7/8), 13-60 (1986)
          • Bräunsdorf
    		Lapis 11(7/8), 13-60 (1986)
          • Freiberg
    		Lapis 11(7/8), 13-60 (1986)
          • Großschirma
    		A. Breithaupt (1832): Vollständige Charakteristik des Mineral-System's.- Dresden und Leipzig, 3. Auflage, p. 285 und 333
          • Roßwein
            • Gersdorf
    		J.C. Freiesleben (1847): Vom Vorkommen der Silbererze in Sachsen.- Magazin für die Oryktographie von Sachsen, 14. Heft, Verl. J.G. Engelhardt, Freiberg
        • Schneeberg District
          • Türkschacht Mine (Shaft 83)
    		Lapis 30(7/8):41-70 (2005)
    Greece
     
    • Attikí (Attica; Attika) Prefecture
      • Lavrion (Laurion; Laurium) District
        • Lavrion District Mines
          • Plaka
            • Plaka Mines
    		No reference listed
    No reference listed
    Hungary
     
    • Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén Co.
      • Rudabányai Mts.
        • Rudabánya
    		Szakáll: Minerals of Rudabánya, 2001
      • Zempléni Mts.
        • Telkibánya
    Italy
     
    • Lombardy
      • Lecco Province
        • Valsassina
          • Faidallo
    		AA. VV., 1996. Collezionare minerali. Hobby & Work
    • Sardinia
      • Cagliari Province
        • Muravera
    		Stara, P., Rizzo, R., Brizzi G., (1993): Sarrabus Miniere e Minerali. Edito a cura dell'EMSA e "varie associazioni mineralogiche", 208 pp.
        • San Vito
    		Stara, P., Rizzo, R., Brizzi G., (1993): Sarrabus Miniere e Minerali. Edito a cura dell'EMSA e "varie associazioni mineralogiche", 208 pp.
    Stara, P., Rizzo, R., Brizzi G., (1993): Sarrabus Miniere e Minerali. Edito a cura dell'EMSA e "varie associazioni mineralogiche", 208 pp.
    Japan
     
    • Kyushu Island
      • Kagoshima Prefecture
        • Kushikino City
      • Miyazaki Prefecture
        • Koyu-gun
          • Nishimera-son
    		K. Watanabe collection
    Alfredo Petrov specimen
    Mexico
     
    • Mexico
      • Mun. de Temascaltepec
        • Temascaltepec de González (Temascaltepec)
    		Camprubi, A., Canals, A., Cardellach, E., Prol-Ledesma, R.M., Rivera, R., 2001, The La Guitarra Ag-Au low-sulfidation epithermal deposit, Temascaltepec district, Mexico: vein structure, mineralogy, and sulfide-sulfosalt chemistry. Society of Economic Geologists Special Publication, v. 8, p. 133-158.
    Morocco
     
    • Souss-Massa-Draâ Region
      • Ouarzazate Province
        • Boumalne-Dadès
    		Thomas
    Slovakia
     
    • Banská Bystrica Region
      • Štiavnica Mts
        • Banská Štiavnica Mining District
    Sweden
     
    • Dalarna
      • Hedemora
        • Garpenberg
    		No reference listed
    UK
     
    • England
      • Cornwall
        • Liskeard District
          • Menheniot Area
            • Lanreath
    		No reference listed
        • Wadebridge District
          • Area East of Wadebridge
    		No reference listed
    USA
     
    • California
      • Kern Co.
    		AmMin 26:130
    • Colorado
      • Clear Creek Co.
        • Georgetown District
          • Illinois Mine
    		Minerals of Colorado (1997) E.B. Eckels
      • Mineral Co.
        • Creede District
    		Minerals of Colorado (1997) E.B. Eckels
    • Idaho
      • Owyhee Co.
        • Silver City District (Carson District)
    		R&M 70:4 pp 242-263
    • Michigan
    		www.deq.state.mi.us/documents/deq-glm-rcim-geology-Minerals_Found_In_Michigan.Pdf.
    • Nevada
      • Lander Co.
        • Lewis District
    		NBMG Spec. Pub. 31 Minerals of Nevada
      • Nye Co.
        • Morey District
    		NBMG Spec. Pub. 31 Minerals of Nevada
      • White Pine Co.
    		Am Min 50:1498-1500
    NBMG Spec. Pub. 31 Minerals of Nevada
    • New Mexico
      • Grant Co.
    		[Rocks & Minerals Vol 68 March/April 1993 p96]
    David Von Bargen, Rocks & Minerals, Black Hawk Mine (1993)
      • Sierra Co.
    		Minerals of New Mexico 3rd ed.
    • Washington
      • Chelan Co.
        • Wenatchee District
          • Wenatchee
            • Squillchuck Creek
    		Lasmanis, R. (1995): Mineral News: A Compendium of Wenatchee District Mineralogy, Chelan County, Washington, p.6-7
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