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Skinnerite

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Bankov, Košice, Eastern Slovenské Rudohorie Mts, Košice Region, Slovakia

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Formula:
Cu
 
3
SbS
 
3
System:MonoclinicColour:Gray
Hardness:3½ - 4
Name:Named after Brian John Skinner (b 1928), Professor of Economic Geology.
This page provides mineralogical data about Skinnerite.

Classification of Skinnerite

IMA status:Approved
Strunz 8th edition ID:2/E.03-10
Nickel-Strunz 10th (pending) edition ID:2.GA.20

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:3.4.8.2

3 : SULFOSALTS
4 : ø = 3
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Type Occurrence of Skinnerite

Type Locality:Ilimaussaq complex, Narsaq, Kitaa (West Greenland) Province, Greenland
Year of Discovery:1974

Physical Properties of Skinnerite

Lustre:Metallic
Diaphaneity (Transparency):Opaque
Colour:Gray
Hardness (Mohs):3½ - 4

Crystallography of Skinnerite

Crystal System:Monoclinic
Cell Parameters:a = 7.81Å, b = 10.24Å, c = 13.27Å
β = 90.29°
Ratio:a:b:c = 0.763 : 1 : 1.296
Unit Cell Volume:V 1,061.25 ų (Calculated from Unit Cell)

Chemical Properties of Skinnerite

Formula:
Cu
 
3
SbS
 
3
Essential elements:Cu, S, Sb
All elements listed in formula:Cu, S, Sb
Common Impurities:Ag

Relationship of Skinnerite to other Species

Related Minerals - Nickel-Strunz Grouping):
2.GA.05Proustite
Ag
 
3
AsS
 
3
2.Ga.05Pyrargyrite
Ag
 
3
SbS
 
3
2.GA.10Pyrostilpnite
Ag
 
3
SbS
 
3
2.GA.10Xanthoconite
Ag
 
3
AsS
 
3
2.GA.15Samsonite
Ag
 
4
MnSb
 
2
S
 
6
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

Other Names for Skinnerite

Synonyms:
IMA1973-035
German names:
Skinnerit
Russian names:
Скиннерит
Spanish names:
Skinnerita

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 Skinnerite

Reference List:American Mineralogist (1974): 59: 889-895.

Canadian Mineralogist (1995): 33: 655-663.

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    Localities for Skinnerite

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    Bulgaria
     
    • Plovdiv Oblast
      • Rhodope Mts
        • Nedelino ore field
    		http://www.bgd.bg/summanual_2002_5.htm
    China
     
    • Sichuan Province
      • Ya'an Prefecture
        • Shimian Co.
    		Wang Xiaochun (2000): Acta Geologica Sinica 74(3), 544-547.
    • Yunnan Province
      • Chuxiong Autonomous Prefecture
        • Wuding Co.
    		Yongbei Zhang, Shihua Sun, Chengyan Xu, Hao Wang, Chongsun Zhao, and Zhihua Zhu (2003): Resource Geology 53(4), 261-272.
    Germany
     
    • Baden-Württemberg
      • Black Forest
        • Wolfach
          • Oberwolfach
            • Rankach valley
    		Walenta, K. (1992): Die Mineralien des Schwarzwaldes. Chr. Weise Verlag, München, 336 pp. (in German)
    Greenland
     
    • Kitaa (West Greenland) Province
      • Narsaq
    		Gramaccioli, C. M., 1985. Conoscere i minerali. I solfosali. Istituto Geografico De Agostini, Novara, 96 pp
    Hungary
     
    • Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén Co.
      • Rudabányai Mts.
        • Rudabánya
    		Szakáll: Minerals of Rudabánya, 2001
    Slovakia
     
    • Košice Region
      • Eastern Slovenské Rudohorie Mts
        • Košice
    		Koděra, M. et al., 1986 a 1990 : Topografická mineralógia Slovenska, diel 1- 3, Veda – Vydavateľstvo SAV, Bratislava, 1990, 1 – 1590k
    USA
     
    • Nevada
      • Nye Co.
        • Belmont District
    		NBMG Spec. Pub. 31 Minerals of Nevada
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