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Berzelianite

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Skrikerum Mine, Valdemarsvik, Östergötland, Sweden
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Formula:
Cu
 
2
Se
System:IsometricColour:Silver-White, shiny ...
Lustre:MetallicHardness:2
Name:For Swedish chemist, Jons Jacob Berzelius (1779-1848).


Berzelianite-Umangite Group.

Classification of Berzelianite

IMA status:Valid - first described prior to 1959 (pre-IMA) - "Grandfathered"
Strunz 8th edition ID:2/B.03-10
Nickel-Strunz 10th (pending) edition ID:2.BA.20

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:2.4.10.1

2 : SULFIDES
4 : AmBnXp, with (m+n):p = 2:1
Hey's CIM Ref.:3.1.9

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 Berzelianite

Type Locality:Skrikerum Mine, Valdemarsvik, Östergötland, Sweden
Year of Discovery:1832

Physical Properties of Berzelianite

Lustre:Metallic
Diaphaneity (Transparency):Opaque
Colour:Silver-White, shiny lead-grey; easily tarnishes iridescent blue-grey
Hardness (Mohs):2
Tenacity:Brittle

Crystallography of Berzelianite

Crystal System:Isometric
Cell Parameters:a = 5.73Å
Unit Cell Volume:V 188.13 ų (Calculated from Unit Cell)

Optical Data of Berzelianite

Type:Isotropic

Chemical Properties of Berzelianite

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

Relationship of Berzelianite 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.25Athabascaite
    Cu
     
    5
    		Se
     
    4
    2.BA.25Umangite
    Cu
     
    3
    		Se
     
    2
    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
    3.1.10Bellidoite
    Cu
     
    2
    		Se
    3.1.11Umangite
    Cu
     
    3
    		Se
     
    2
    3.1.12Yarrowite
    Cu
     
    9
    		S
     
    8
    3.1.13Athabascaite
    Cu
     
    5
    		Se
     
    4
    3.1.14Klockmannite
    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 Berzelianite

    Synonyms:
    Berzeline (of Beudant)SelencupriteSelenite (of Rau)Selenocuprite
    French names:
    Cuivre Sélénié
    German names:
    BerzelianitSelencupritSelenkupferSelenocuprit
    Russian names:
    Берцелианит
    Spanish names:
    BerzelianitaSelencupritaSelenocuprita

    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 Berzelianite

    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.: 182-183.

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

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    Localities for Berzelianite

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    Argentina
     
    • La Rioja
      • 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
        • Sierra de Cacho
    Australia
     
    • New South Wales
      • Robinson Co.
        • Cobar
          • Cobar
    		http://leme.anu.edu.au/Pubs/Advancesinregolith/Leverett_et_al.pdf
    Leverett, P., McKinnon, A. R., Sharpe, J. L. and Williams, P. A. (2005): Secondary minerals from the central Cobar mines. Australian Journal of Mineralogy, 11, 75-82.
    • Tasmania
      • Queenstown district
        • Mount Lyell Mines
    		Bottrill RS & Baker, WE (in prep) Catalogue of Minerals of Tasmania. Mineral Resources Tasmania
    • Western Australia
    		[MinRec 18:28]
      • 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
     
    • Potosí Department
      • Quijarro Province
    		[MinRec 21:137]
    Brazil
     
    • North Region
      • Pará
        • Carajás mineral province
          • Curionópolis
    Canada
     
    • Saskatchewan
      • Beaverlodge Region
        • Lake Athabasca
          • Uranium City
    China
     
    • Gansu (Ganzu) Province
      • Gannan Autonomous Prefecture
        • Luqu Co.
          • Western Qinling gold belt
    		Wen Hanjie and Qiu Yuzhou (2001): Presentation at the 11th Annual V.M. Goldschmidt Conference, Abstract no. 3506.
    • Hubei Province
      • Enshi (E'xi) Autonomous Prefecture
        • Enshi Co.
          • Shuanghe
    		Feng Caixia, Liu Jiajun, Hu Ruizhong, and Liu Shen (2004): Chinese Journal of Geochemistry 23(3), 255-264.
    Czech Republic
     
    • Bohemia (Böhmen; Boehmen)
      • Central Bohemia Region
    		Duda, Rejl, Slivka: "Mineralien", 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.
    Petr Pauliš
    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
        • Western area
          • Kolwezi
    		Can.Min. 46,19-31(2008)
    Germany
     
    • Baden-Württemberg
      • Black Forest
        • Baden-Baden
    		No reference listed
    • 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
    		Weiss: "Mineralfundstellen, Deutschland West", 1990
          • Lerbach
    		No reference listed
    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
    		Can Min 40, 4, (2002), 1161-1170
    The Canadian Mineralogist, V 42, 2004, pp. 1719-1732.
    FÖRSTER et al. (2003) Canadian Mineralogist 41, 1433-1444
    Mexico
     
    • Durango
      • Mun. de Mapimí
        • Mapimí
    		Panczner(1987):112-384.
    Mineralogical Record (2003) 34:5 The Ojuela Mine
    Russia
     
    • Eastern-Siberian Region
      • Transbaikalia (Zabaykalye)
        • Irkutskaya Oblast'
          • Bodaibo Region
    		http://www.igem.ru/igem/chem/pt/sukhloge.htm
    Sweden
     
    • Östergötland
      • Valdemarsvik
    		[MinRec 19:295]
    Switzerland
     
    • Aargau
      • Rheinfelden
    		Stalder, H. A., Wagner, A., Graeser, S. and Stuker, P. (1998): "Mineralienlexikon der Schweiz", Verlag Wepf & Co. (Basel), p. 76
    USA
     
    • Nevada
      • Elko Co.
    		NBMG Spec. Pub. 31 Minerals of Nevada
      • Mineral Co.
        • Aurora District
          • Durant vein
    		NBMG Spec. Pub. 31 Minerals of Nevada
    • 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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