Lenaite

Lenaite, etc.

Privol'noye mine, Sakha Republic, Russia

Lenaite, etc.

Privol'noye mine, Sakha Republic, Russia

Lenaite, etc.

Privol'noye mine, Sakha Republic, Russia

About LenaiteHide

Lena River (near Yakutsk, Siberia, Russia)

Lena River Basin, Bulun District, Polar Yakutia, Sakha Republic, Russia

Formula:

AgFeS₂

Colour:

Steel Grey

Lustre:

Metallic

Hardness:

4½

Crystal System:

Tetragonal

Member of:

Chalcopyrite Group

Name:

For the river Lena, Russia

Type Locality:

ⓘ Khachakchan Ag-Sb-Hg deposit, Khachakchan ore cluster, Verkhoyansk Silver Province, Verkhoyansk Fold Belt, Sakha Republic (Yakutia), Russia

Chalcopyrite Group.

Compare argentopyrite and, e.g., 'UM1987-10-S:AgFe'.

Classification of LenaiteHide

Physical Properties of LenaiteHide

Optical Data of LenaiteHide

Anisotropism:

moderate, in yellowish tints

Bireflectance:

None

Reflectivity:

471.1 nm	R1=28.2%	R2= 30.6%
548.3 nm	R1=31.8%	R2= 35.8%
586.6 nm	R1=32.8%	R2= 36.5%
652.3 nm	R1=30.9%	R2= 35.0%

Graph shows reflectance levels at different wavelengths (in nm). Top of box is 100%. Peak reflectance is 36.5%.
R₁ shown in black, R₂ shown in red

Colour in reflected light:

Greyish white

Pleochroism:

Non-pleochroic

Chemical Properties of LenaiteHide

Crystallography of LenaiteHide

Crystal StructureHide

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ID	Species	Reference	Link	Year	Locality	Pressure (GPa)	Temp (K)
0006082	Lenaite	Bindi L, Spry P G, Pratesi G (2006) Lenaite from the Gies gold-silver telluride deposit, Judith Mountains, Montana, USA: occurrence, composition, and crystal structure The Canadian Mineralogist 44 207-212		2006	Gies gold-silver telluride deposit, Judith Mountains, Montana, USA	0	293

CIF Raw Data - click here to closedata_global _chemical_name_mineral 'Lenaite' loop_ _publ_author_name 'Bindi L' 'Spry P G' 'Pratesi G' _journal_name_full 'The Canadian Mineralogist' _journal_volume 44 _journal_year 2006 _journal_page_first 207 _journal_page_last 212 _publ_section_title ; Lenaite from the Gies gold-silver telluride deposit, Judith Mountains, Montana, USA: occurrence, composition, and crystal structure ; _database_code_amcsd 0006082 _chemical_compound_source 'Gies gold-silver telluride deposit, Judith Mountains, Montana, USA' _chemical_formula_sum 'Ag Fe S2' _cell_length_a 5.4371 _cell_length_b 5.4371 _cell_length_c 10.8479 _cell_angle_alpha 90 _cell_angle_beta 90 _cell_angle_gamma 90 _cell_volume 320.686 _exptl_crystal_density_diffrn 4.719 _symmetry_space_group_name_H-M 'I -4 2 d' loop_ _space_group_symop_operation_xyz 'x,y,z' '1/2+x,1/2+y,1/2+z' '1/2-y,-x,3/4+z' '-y,1/2-x,1/4+z' 'y,-x,-z' '1/2+y,1/2-x,1/2-z' '-x,1/2+y,1/4-z' '1/2-x,+y,3/4-z' '-x,-y,z' '1/2-x,1/2-y,1/2+z' '1/2+y,x,3/4+z' '+y,1/2+x,1/4+z' '-y,x,-z' '1/2-y,1/2+x,1/2-z' 'x,1/2-y,1/4-z' '1/2+x,-y,3/4-z' loop_ _atom_site_label _atom_site_fract_x _atom_site_fract_y _atom_site_fract_z _atom_site_U_iso_or_equiv Ag 0.00000 0.00000 0.00000 0.01609 Fe 0.00000 0.00000 0.50000 0.01505 S 0.28570 0.25000 0.12500 0.01800 loop_ _atom_site_aniso_label _atom_site_aniso_U_11 _atom_site_aniso_U_22 _atom_site_aniso_U_33 _atom_site_aniso_U_12 _atom_site_aniso_U_13 _atom_site_aniso_U_23 Ag 0.01620 0.01620 0.01586 0.00000 0.00000 0.00000 Fe 0.01520 0.01520 0.01480 0.00000 0.00000 0.00000 S 0.01890 0.01750 0.01760 0.00000 0.00000 -0.00030

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Relationship of Lenaite to other SpeciesHide

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Localities for LenaiteHide

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Locality ListHide

- This locality has map coordinates listed. - This locality has estimated coordinates. ⓘ - Click for further information on this occurrence. ? - Indicates mineral may be doubtful at this locality. - Good crystals or important locality for species. - World class for species or very significant. (TL) - Type Locality for a valid mineral species. (FRL) - First Recorded Locality for everything else (eg varieties). Struck out - Mineral was erroneously reported from this locality. Faded * - Never found at this locality but inferred to have existed at some point in the past (eg from pseudomorphs.)

All localities listed without proper references should be considered as questionable.

Austria
Lower Austria Lilienfeld District Annaberg ⓘ St Anna Mine ("Hocheck" mine) ?	Kolitsch, U., Auer, C. & Zeug, M. (2017): 2046) Austinit, Billingsleyit, Konichalcit, Lenait?, Luzonit, Marrit, Trechmannit und Zinkrosasit von Annaberg, Niederösterreich (ein Vorbericht). Pp. 265-268 in Walter, F. et al. (2017): Neue Mineralfunde aus Österreich LXVI. Carinthia II, 207./127., 217-284.
Japan
Yamagata Prefecture Yonezawa City ⓘ Yatani mine ?	Dr. Kameki Kinoshita collection (curated at Geological Survey of Japan)
Russia
Kamchatka Krai ⓘ Rodnikovoe	Okrugin, V. M. (2004). Miocene to Quaternary center volcanic, hydrothermal and ore-forming activity in the Southern Kamchatka. In Metallogeny of the Pacific Northwest (Russian Far East)-Tectonics, Magmatism and Metallogeny of Active Continental Margin, Interim IAGOD Conference, Excursion Guidebook, Dalnauka, Vladivostok, 2004 (pp. 147-176).; Takahashi, R., Matsueda, H., & Okrugin, V. M. (2002). Hydrothermal gold mineralization at the Rodnikovoe deposit in South Kamchatka, Russia. Resource Geology, 52(4), 359-369.
Krasnoyarsk Krai Maimecha and Kotui Rivers Basin ⓘ Gulinskii massif (Guli)	N. V. Sorokhtina, A.M. Asavin, V.G .Senin (2010) K-bearing sulfides in carbonatites of the Guli massif of the Polar Siberia. Abstracts of XXVII International conference School «Geochemistry of Alkaline rocks». – Moscow-Koktebel’. pp. 240 pp.; Sorokhtina, N. V., Kogarko, L. N., Zaitsev, V. A., Kononkova, N. N., & Asavin, A. M. (2019). Sulfide Mineralization in the Carbonatites and Phoscorites of the Guli Massif, Polar Siberia, and Their Noble-Metal Potential. Geochemistry International, 57(11), 1125-1146.
Magadan Oblast Omsukchansky District Engteri ore cluster ⓘ Julietta deposit	Palyanova, G.A., Savva, N.E., Zhuravkova, T.V., Kolova, E.E. (2016): Gold and silver minerals in low-sulfidaton ores of the Julietta deposit (northeastern Russia). Russian Geology and Geophysics: 57: 1171-1190
Primorskoe deposit ⓘ Teplyi	Savva, N. E., Volkov, A. V., Sidorov, A. A., Kolova, E. E., & Murashov, K. Y. (2019). Primorskoe Epithermal Ag-Au Deposit (Northeastern Russia): Geological Setting, Mineralogy, Geochemistry, and Ore Formation Conditions. Geology of Ore Deposits, 61(1), 50-73.
ⓘ Teploe deposit	Volkov, A. V., Savva, N. E., Kolova, E. E., Sidorov, A. A. (2018): Peculiarities of ore formation at the Teploe Ag–Au deposit, Northeast Russia. Doklady Earth Sciences 481, 869-872.
Sakha Republic (Yakutia) ⓘ Aid deposit ?	Nekrasov, I.Ya. , Gamyanin, G.N., Goryachev, N.A., Zhdanov, Yu.Ya., Goryacheva, E.M., Leskova, N.V. (1987): Mineralogical and geochemical peculiarities of silver mineralization in the Verkhoyan-Kolymian Folded Region. Mineral associations of ores of the silver-antimony and gold-silver formations. Mineral. Zhurnal: 9(6): 5-27 (in Russian; in: Jambor, J.L., Puziewicz, J., (1990): New mineral Names. American Mineralogist: 75: 435
ⓘ Alfa deposit ?	Nekrasov, I.Ya. , Gamyanin, G.N., Goryachev, N.A., Zhdanov, Yu.Ya., Goryacheva, E.M., Leskova, N.V. (1987): Mineralogical and geochemical peculiarities of silver mineralization in the Verkhoyan-Kolymian Folded Region. Mineral associations of ores of the silver-antimony and gold-silver formations. Mineral. Zhurnal: 9(6): 5-27 (in Russian; in: Jambor, J.L., Puziewicz, J., (1990): New mineral Names. American Mineralogist: 75: 435
ⓘ Privol'noye mine	unpublished SEM/EDS analysis
Verkhoyansk Fold Belt Verkhoyansk Silver Province Khachakchan ore cluster ⓘ Khachakchan Ag-Sb-Hg deposit (TL)	Amuzinskii et al (1995), Zapiski Vserossiyskogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva: 124(5): 85-91.; Pekov, I. (1998) Minerals First discovered on the territory of the former Soviet Union 369p. Ocean Pictures, Moscow
ⓘ Nochnoe Ag-Sb-Hg deposit	Pavlova, G.G., and Borisenko, A.S. (2009): Ore Geology Reviews 35, 164-185.
Turkey
Balikesir Province Sindirgi District ⓘ Kiziltepe deposit	Blanks, D. E., Holwell, D. A. and Coller, I. V. (2014), Multi Stage Epithermal Au-Ag Mineralisation in the Kiziltepe Deposit, Western Turkey: Evidence From 3D High Resolution CT Scanning. Acta Geologica Sinica, 88: 706–707.
UK
England Cumbria Eden Alston Moor Garrigill ⓘ Tynebottom Mine ?	Ixer, R.A., Stanley, C.J. (1987): A silver-nickel-cobalt mineral association at Tynebottom Mine, Garrigill, near Alston, Cumbria. Proc. Yorkshire Geol. Soc.: 46: 133-139; in: Jambor, J.L., Burke, E.A.J., Ercit, T.J., Grice, J.D. (1988): New mineral Names. American Mineralogist: 73: 1497
USA
Montana Fergus Co. Warm Springs District (Gilt Edge District; Gold Hill District; Maiden District) Cone Butte Sub-District ⓘ Geis Mine (Red Metal Claim group; Gies Mine; Elk Peak project; Bertha claim group)	Bindi, L., Spry, P.G., Pratesi, G. (2006): Lenaite from the Gies gold–silver telluride deposit, Judith Mountains, Montana, U.S.A.: occurrence, composition, and crystal structure. Canadian Mineralogist 44, 207-212