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Manganoquadratite

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Uchucchacua Mine, Oyon Province, Lima Department, Peru
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Formula:
AgMnAsS
 
3
System:Tetragonal
Name:For the relation to quadratite.


The Mn analogue of quadratite.

Classification of Manganoquadratite

IMA status:Approved 2011
Nickel-Strunz 10th (pending) edition ID:2.GC.25

2 : SULFIDES and SULFOSALTS (sulfides, selenides, tellurides; arsenides, antimonides, bismuthides; sulfarsenites, sulfantimonites, sulfbismuthites, etc.)
G : Sulfarsenites, sulfantimonites, sulfbismuthites
C : Poly-sulfarsenites
Dana 8th edition ID:3.4.12.4

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

Type Locality:Uchucchacua Mine, Oyon Province, Lima Department, Peru
Place of Conservation of Type Material:Museo di Storia Naturale, Sezione di Mineralogia e Litologia, Universita` di Firenze, Firenze, Italy, catalogue number 3108/I

Crystallography of Manganoquadratite

Crystal System:Tetragonal
Class (H-M):4 2 2 - Trapezohedral
Space Group:P43 2 2
Cell Parameters:a = 5.4496(5) Å, c = 32.949(1) Å
Ratio:a:c = 1 : 6.046
Unit Cell Volume:V 978.52 ų (Calculated from Unit Cell)
X-Ray Powder Diffraction:
d-spacingIntensity
3.154(77)
2.746(52)
2.725(100)
2.716(13)
1.934(53)
1.927(27)
1.644(28)
1.577(21)

Chemical Properties of Manganoquadratite

Formula:
AgMnAsS
 
3
Essential elements:Ag, As, Mn, S
All elements listed in formula:Ag, As, Mn, S

Relationship of Manganoquadratite to other Species

Related Minerals - Nickel-Strunz Grouping):

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2.GC.05Hatchite
AgTlPbAs
 
2
S
 
5
2.GC.05Wallisite
(Cu,Ag)TlPbAs
 
2
S
 
5
2.GC.10Sinnerite
Cu
 
6
As
 
4
S
 
9
2.GC.15Watanabeite
Cu
 
4
(As,Sb)
 
2
S
 
5
2.GC.20Simonite
TlHgAs
 
3
S
 
6
2.GC.25Quadratite
Ag(Cd,Pb)AsS
 
3
2.GC.30Smithite
AgAsS
 
2
2.GC.35Trechmannite
AgAsS
 
2
2.GC.40aAleksite
PbBi
 
2
Te
 
2
S
 
2
2.GC.40bKochkarite
PbBi
 
4
Te
 
7
2.GC.40cPoubaite
PbBi
 
2
(Se,Te,S)
 
4
2.GC.40cRucklidgeite
(Bi,Pb)
 
3
Te
 
4
2.GC.40eBabkinite
Pb
 
2
Bi
 
2
(S,Se)
 
3
2.GC.40dSaddlebackite
Pb
 
2
Bi
 
2
Te
 
2
S
 
3
2.GC.45Tvalchrelidzeite
Hg
 
3
SbAsS
 
3
2.GC.50Mutnovskite
Pb
 
4
As
 
2
S
 
6
ICl

Other Names for Manganoquadratite

Synonyms:
IMA2011-008
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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 Manganoquadratite

Reference List:

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http://www.geoitalia.org/index.php?action=folder_list〈=it&folder_id=297


Bonazzi, P., Bindi, L. and Keutsch, F.N. (2011): Manganoquadratite, IMA 2011-008. CNMNC Newsletter No. 10, October 2011, page 2550

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