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Rheniite

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Kudriavy (Kudryavyi) volcano, Iturup Island, Kuril Islands, Maritime Province, Sakhalinskaya Oblast', Far-Eastern Region, Russia
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Formula:
ReS
 
2
System:TriclinicColour:Black, red translucent


mm sized wedge shaped xls that transmit red light.

Classification of Rheniite

IMA status:Approved 2004
Strunz 8th edition ID:2/D.25-05
Nickel-Strunz 10th (pending) edition ID:2.EB.35

2 : SULFIDES and SULFOSALTS (sulfides, selenides, tellurides; arsenides, antimonides, bismuthides; sulfarsenites, sulfantimonites, sulfbismuthites, etc.)
E : Metal Sulfides, M: S <= 1:2
B : M:S = 1:2, with Fe, Co, Ni, PGE, etc.
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Type Occurrence of Rheniite

Type Locality:Kudriavy (Kudryavyi) volcano, Iturup Island, Kuril Islands, Maritime Province, Sakhalinskaya Oblast', Far-Eastern Region, Russia

Physical Properties of Rheniite

Lustre:Metallic
Diaphaneity (Transparency):Translucent
Colour:Black, red translucent

Crystallography of Rheniite

Crystal System:Triclinic

Chemical Properties of Rheniite

Formula:
ReS
 
2
Essential elements:Re, S
All elements listed in formula:Re, S

Relationship of Rheniite to other Species

Related Minerals - Nickel-Strunz Grouping):
2.EB.05Aurostibite
AuSb
 
2
2.EB.05Bambollaite
Cu(Se,Te)
 
2
2.EB.05Cattierite
CoS
 
2
2.EB.05Erlichmanite
OsS
 
2
2.EB.05Fukuchilite
Cu
 
3
FeS
 
8
2.EB.05Geversite
PtSb
 
2
2.EB.05Hauerite
MnS
 
2
2.EB.05Insizwaite
Pt(Bi,Sb)
 
2
2.EB.05Krut'aite
CuSe
 
2
2.EB.05Laurite
RuS
 
2
2.EB.05Penroseite
(Ni,Co,Cu)Se
 
2
2.EB.05Pyrite
FeS
 
2
2.EB.05Sperrylite
PtAs
 
2
2.EB.05Trogtalite
CoSe
 
2
2.EB.05Vaesite
NiS
 
2
2.EB.05Villamanínite
(Cu,Ni,Co,Fe)S
 
2
2.EB.05Dzharkenite
FeSe
 
2
2.EB.05Gaotaiite
Ir
 
3
Te
 
8
2.EB.10Ferroselite
FeSe
 
2
2.EB.10Frohbergite
FeTe
 
2
2.EB.10Hastite
CoSe
 
2
2.EB.10Kullerudite
NiSe
 
2
2.EB.10Marcasite
FeS
 
2
2.EB.10Mattagamite
CoTe
 
2
2.EB.15Alloclasite
(Co
 
0.65
Fe
 
0.35
)AsS - CoAsS
2.EB.15Anduoite
(Ru,Os)As
 
2
2.EB.15Clinosafflorite
(Co,Fe,Ni)As
 
2
2.EB.15Costibite
CoSbS
2.EB.15Krutovite
NiAs
 
2
2.EB.15Löllingite
FeAs
 
2
2.EB.15Nisbite
NiSb
 
2
2.EB.15Omeiite
(Os,Ru)As
 
2
2.EB.15Paracostibite
CoSbS
2.EB.15Pararammelsbergite
NiAs
 
2
2.EB.15Rammelsbergite
NiAs
 
2
2.EB.15Safflorite
(Co,Fe)As
 
2
2.EB.15Seinäjokite
(Fe,Ni)(Sb,As)
 
2
2.EB.15Oenite
CoSbAs
2.EB.20Arsenopyrite
FeAsS - (Fe
 
0.90
Co
 
0.10
)AsS
2.EB.20Glaucodot
(Fe
 
0.65
Co
 
0.35
)AsS - (Co
 
0.65
Fe
 
0.35
)AsS
2.EB.20Gudmundite
FeSbS
2.EB.20Osarsite
(Os,Ru)AsS
2.EB.20Paxite
CuAs
 
2
2.EB.20Ruarsite
(Ru,Os)AsS
2.EB.25Cobaltite
CoAsS
2.EB.25Gersdorffite
NiAsS
2.EB.25Hollingworthite
(Rh,Pt,Pd)AsS
2.EB.25Irarsite
(Ir,Ru,Rh,Pt)AsS
2.EB.25Jolliffeite
NiAsSe
2.EB.25Maslovite
PtBiTe
2.EB.25Michenerite
PdBiTe
2.EB.25Padmaite
PdBiSe
2.EB.25Platarsite
(Pt,Rh,Ru)AsS
2.EB.25Testibiopalladite
PdTe(Sb,Te)
2.EB.25Tolovkite
IrSbS
2.EB.25Ullmannite
NiSbS
2.EB.25Willyamite
(Co,Ni)SbS
2.EB.25Changchengite
IrBiS
2.EB.25Mayingite
IrBiTe
2.EB.25Hollingsworthite
2.EB.25Kalungaite
PdAsSe
2.EB.25Milotaite
PdSbSe
2.EB.30Urvantsevite
Pd(Bi,Pb)
 
2

Other Names for Rheniite

Synonyms:
IMA1999-004a
German names:
Rheniit
Spanish names:
Rheniita

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 Rheniite

Reference List:Kelty S.P., Ruppert A.F., Chianelli R.R., Ren, J., Whangbo, M-H. (1994): Jour. Amer. Chem. Soc., 116, 7857-7863.

Murray H.H., Kelty S.P., Chianelli R.R., Day C.S. (1994): Inorg.Chem., 33, 4418-4420.

Korzhinsky M.A., Tkachenko S.I., Shmulovich K.I., Taran Y.A., Steinberg G.S. (1994): Nature, 369, 51-20.

Canadian Mineralogist (2005) 43, 834.

V. S. Znamensky, M. A. Korzhinsky, G. S. Steinberg, S. I. Trachenko, A. I. Yakushev, I. P. Laputina, I. A. Bryzgalov, N. D. Samotoin, L. O. Magazina, O. V. Kuzmina, N. I. Organova, V. A. Rassulov & I. V. Chaplygin (2005), Rheniite, ReS2, the natural rhenium disulphide from fumaroles of of Kudryavy volcano, Iturup Island, Kurile Islands. (Russian with English abstract) Zapiski Vserossiyskogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva (Proceedings of the Russian Mineralogical Society), 134(5), 32–40.

http://www.cnt.ru/users/yakushev/rhenium/

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    Localities for Rheniite

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    Japan
     
    • Hokkaido Island
      • Iburi Province
    		Bernard & Dumortier (1986): Proceedings 11th International Conference Electron Microscopy, 1691-1692
    Russia
     
    • Far-Eastern Region
      • Sakhalinskaya Oblast'
        • Maritime Province
          • Kuril Islands
            • Iturup Island
    		Znamenskiy V.S., Korzhinsky M.A., Steinberg G.S., Tkachenko S.I., Yakushev A.I., Laputina I.P., Bryzgalov I.A., Samotoin N.D., Magazina L.O., Kuzmina O.V., Organova N.I., Rassulov V.A., Chaplygin I.V. (2005): Zapiski Vse.Mineral.Obshch., 134(5), 32-40
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