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Umangite

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Eagle shaft area, Melville Lake, Goldfields District, Beaverlodge Region, Saskatchewan, Canada
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Formula:
Cu
 
3
Se
 
2
System:TetragonalColour:Red, bluish red-black, ...
Lustre:MetallicHardness:3
Name:Named after its discovery locality, Sierra de Umango (Umango Mountains), Argentina.


Berzelianite-Umangite Group.

Classification of Umangite

IMA status:Valid - first described prior to 1959 (pre-IMA) - "Grandfathered"
Strunz 8th edition ID:2/B.03-50
Nickel-Strunz 10th (pending) edition ID:2.BA.25

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:2.5.1.1

2 : SULFIDES
5 : AmBnXp, with (m+n):p = 3:2
Hey's CIM Ref.:3.1.11

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 Umangite

Co-type Localities:Sierra de Umango, La Rioja, Argentina
Trogtal Quarries, Lautenthal, Harz Mts, Lower Saxony, Germany
Year of Discovery:1891

Physical Properties of Umangite

Lustre:Metallic
Diaphaneity (Transparency):Opaque
Colour:Red, bluish red-black, iridescent violet-blue (tarnished)
Streak:Black
Hardness (Mohs):3

Crystallography of Umangite

Crystal System:Tetragonal
Cell Parameters:a = 6.4Å, c = 4.28Å
Ratio:a:c = 1 : 0.669
Unit Cell Volume:V 175.31 ų (Calculated from Unit Cell)

Chemical Properties of Umangite

Formula:
Cu
 
3
Se
 
2
Essential elements:Cu, Se
All elements listed in formula:Cu, Se
Common Impurities:Ag

Relationship of Umangite to other Species

Related to:
  • Berzelianite-Umangite Group
    • 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.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.45Jalpaite
    Ag
     
    3
    		CuS
     
    2
    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:
    3.1.1Chalcocite
    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
    3.1.12Yarrowite
    Cu
     
    9
    		S
     
    8
    3.1.13Athabascaite
    Cu
     
    5
    		Se
     
    4
    3.1.14Klockmannite
    CuSe
    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 Umangite

    German names:
    Umangit
    Russian names:
    Умангит
    Spanish names:
    UmangitaUmanguita

    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 Umangite

    Reference List: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.: 194-195.

    Zeitschrift für Kristallographie (1891): 29: 269.

    American Mineralogist (1950): 35: 337-364.

    Science: 152: 345.

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    Localities for Umangite

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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)
    Minerales de la Republica Argentina, E. O. Zappettini Ed., Buenos Aires 1999 ISSN 0328-2325
    No reference listed
    [Am Min 35 (1950), 354]
        • Sierra de Cacho
    • Mendoza
    		Anthony, Bideaux, Bladh, Nichols: "Handbook of Mineralogy", Vol. 1, 1990
    Australia
     
    • South Australia
      • Eyre peninsula
        • Middleback Range
          • Iron Knob
    		www.crocoite.com (Steve Sorrell) and refs therein
    • Western Australia
      • Pilbara Region
    		CanMin 40:419-433.(2002)
    Austria
     
    • Styria
      • Neuberg an der Mürz
        • Altenberg an der Rax
          • Eselberg Mt.
    		Postl, W. & Paar, W.H. (1997)
    Bolivia
     
    • La Paz Department
      • Aroma Province
    		USGS Bulletin # 1975, p. 255.
    • Potosí Department
      • Quijarro Province
    		[MinRec 21:133]
    Canada
     
    • Northwest Territories
      • Baker Lake
    		Anthony, Bideaux, Bladh, Nichols: "Handbook of Mineralogy", Vol. 1, 1990
    • Ontario
      • Haliburton Co.
        • Cardiff Township
    		GSC Report 39
    • Saskatchewan
      • Beaverlodge Region
        • Goldfields District
          • Beaverlodge Lake
    		Anthony, Bideaux, Bladh, Nichols: "Handbook of Mineralogy", Vol. 1, 1990
          • Melville Lake
    		No reference listed
        • Lake Athabasca
    		Anthony, Bideaux, Bladh, Nichols: "Handbook of Mineralogy", Vol. 1, 1990
          • Uranium City
    China
     
    • Anhui Province
      • Huaibei Prefecture
        • Suixi Co.
          • Sanpu ore field
    		Yanjing Chen, Huayong Chen, Khin Zaw, Pirajno, F., and Zengjie Zhang (2007): Ore Geology Reviews 31, 139-169.
    Yiming Zhao, Yinan Zhang, and Chengsi Bi (1999): Ore Geology Reviews 14, 227-249.
    • Hubei Province
      • Huangshi Prefecture
        • Daye Co.
          • Edong Mining District
    		Yiming Zhao, Yinan Zhang, and Chengsi Bi (1999): Ore Geology Reviews 14, 227-249.
        • Yangxin Co.
          • Jiurui Mining District
            • Fengshan ore field
    		Yiming Zhao, Yinan Zhang, and Chengsi Bi (1999): Ore Geology Reviews 14, 227-249.
    Czech Republic
     
    • Bohemia (Böhmen; Boehmen)
      • Central Bohemia Region
    		Strübel, Zimmer: "Lexikon der Minerale", 2nd Ed., 1991
      • Plzeň Region
        • Planá
    		Scharmová, M., Scharm, B.: Minerály selenu na uranovém ložisku Zadní Chodov. Bulletin mineralogicko-petrografického oddělení Národního muzea v Praze, 1995, roč. 3, s. 43-47.
    • 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.
    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.
    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. ; 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.
    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.
    Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaïre)
     
    • Katanga (Shaba)
      • Katanga Copper Crescent
        • Central area
          • Shinkolobwe
    		MinRec 20:287-288
    France
     
    • Alsace
      • Haut-Rhin
        • Thur valley (Thann valley)
          • Kruth
    		Hohl: "Minéraux et Mines du Massif Vosgien", Editions du Rhin (Mulhouse), 1994
    • Auvergne
      • Puy-de-Dôme
        • Sauxillanges
          • Chaméane
    		Anthony, Bideaux, Bladh, Nichols: "Handbook of Mineralogy", Vol. 1, 1990
    Germany
     
    • Baden-Württemberg
      • Black Forest
        • Menzenschwand
    		Walenta: "Die Mineralien des Schwarzwaldes", Weise (Munich), 1992
        • Wolfach
          • Oberwolfach
            • Rankach valley
    		Walenta, K. (1992): Die Mineralien des Schwarzwaldes. Chr. Weise Verlag, München, 336 pp. (in German)
    • 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
        • Lautenthal
    		Weiss: "Mineralfundstellen, Deutschland West", 1990
        • St Andreasberg District
          • St Andreasberg
    		Weiss: "Mineralfundstellen, Deutschland West", Weise (Munich), 1990
    • 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
    		FÖRSTER et al. (2003) Canadian Mineralogist 41, 1433-1444
    Greenland
     
    • Kitaa (West Greenland) Province
      • Narsaq
        • Qaqortoq (Julianehåb)
    		Anthony, Bideaux, Bladh, Nichols: "Handbook of Mineralogy", Vol. 1, 1990
    Mexico
     
    • Durango
      • Mun. de Mapimí
        • Mapimí
    		Panczner(1987):112-384.
    Mineralogical Record (2003) 34:5 The Ojuela Mine
    Namibia
     
    • Otjikoto (Oshikoto) Region
      • Tsumeb
    		No reference listed
    Poland
     
    • Lower Silesia (Dolnośląskie)
      • Jelenia Góra District
        • Kowary area
    		 Mochnacka K. 1971: Okruszcowanie w Kowarach (Dolny Śląsk). Prz. Geol. nr 11
      • Kłodzko District
    		Anthony, Bideaux, Bladh, Nichols: "Handbook of Mineralogy", Vol. 1, 1990
    Russia
     
    • Eastern-Siberian Region
      • Transbaikalia (Zabaykalye)
        • Irkutskaya Oblast'
          • Bodaibo Region
    		http://www.igem.ru/igem/chem/pt/sukhloge.htm
    Sweden
     
    • Östergötland
      • Valdemarsvik
    		No reference listed
    UK
     
    • England
      • Devon
        • South Devon
          • Torquay
    		[Camm, 1995, 71 - "Gold in the Counties of Cornwall and Devon"]
    USA
     
    • Colorado
      • San Juan Co.
        • Minnesota Gulch
    		Minerals of Colorado (1997) E.B. Eckels
    • Washington
      • Ferry Co.
        • Republic District
          • Republic
            • Klondike Mountain
    		Huntting, M. (1956): Inventory of Washington Minerals, Part II, Metallic Minerals, Vol. 1, p.121; Cannon, B. (1975): Minerals of Washington, p.35, 64, 136, 174; Lasmanis, R. Et Al (1990): Metal Mines of Washington-Preliminary Report, p.55
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