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Stannite Group

Formula:
a
 
2
bcx
 
4
System:Tetragonal
Name:Named after the principal mineral of the Group - stannite.


Nearly isostructural sulfide species sharing the I4#-2m and I4#- space groups; with a structure that is almost identical to that of the Sphalerite Group species. The general formula is A^2BCX^4 where A = Ag, Cu; B = Cu, Ce, Fe, Hg, Zn; C = As, Ge, In, Sb, Se, Sn and X; and X = S, Se. (Where both the A and B positions are occupied by Cu the formula is typically written A^3BX^4; but using the formula as stated above clarifies the structural position of Cu in the B position.) [Note: Dana 8th classifies Famatinite, Luzonite, and Permingeatite as Sulfosalts rather than as Sulfides; but Fleischer's Glossary, 1999, places them within the Stannite Group. An examination of their reported characteristics suggest the latter to be the better classification.]

Classification of Stannite Group

Dana 7th edition ID:2.9.1.0
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Crystallography of Stannite Group

Crystal System:Tetragonal

Chemical Properties of Stannite Group

Formula:
a
 
2
bcx
 
4
Essential elements:
All elements listed in formula:

Relationship of Stannite Group to other Species

Group Members:
Briartite
Cu
 
2
(Fe,Zn)GeS
 
4
Famatinite
Cu
 
3
SbS
 
4
Hocartite
Ag
 
2
(Fe
2+
 
,Zn)SnS
 
4
Kësterite Subgroup
Kuramite
Cu
 
3
SnS
 
4
Luzonite
Cu
 
3
AsS
 
4
Permingeatite
Cu
 
3
SbSe
 
4
Pirquitasite
Ag
 
2
ZnSnS
 
4
Sakuraiite
(Cu,Zn,Fe)
 
3
(In,Sn)S
 
4
Velikite
(Cu,Hg)
 
11
Sn
 
4
S
 
16
Related Minerals - Dana Grouping):

- +
2.9.1.1Chalcopyrite
CuFeS
 
2

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