2.CB.10a

2 : SULFIDES and SULFOSALTS (sulfides, selenides, tellurides; arsenides, antimonides, bismuthides; sulfarsenites, sulfantimonites, sulfbismuthites, etc.)
C : Metal Sulfides, M: S = 1: 1 (and similar)
B : With Zn, Fe, Cu, Ag, etc.

Dana 8th ed.:

2.9.1.5

2 : SULFIDES
9 : A_mB_nX_p, with (m+n):p = 1:1

Physical Properties of LenaiteHide

Lustre:

Metallic

Colour:

Steel Grey

Streak:

Dark grey to black

Hardness:

4½ on Mohs scale

Hardness:

VHN₁₀=285 kg/mm² - Vickers

Optical Data of LenaiteHide

Type:

Anisotropic

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

Formula:

AgFeS₂

Elements listed:

Ag, Fe, S - search for minerals with similar chemistry

Crystallography of LenaiteHide

Crystal System:

Tetragonal

Class (H-M):

4 2m - Scalenohedral

Space Group:

I4 2d

Cell Parameters:

a = 5.4371 Å, c = 10.8479 Å

Ratio:

a:c = 1 : 1.995

Unit Cell V:

320.69 Å³

Type Occurrence of LenaiteHide

Type Locality:

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

Synonyms of LenaiteHide

IMA1994-008

Other Language Names for LenaiteHide

German:Lenait

Russian:Ленаит

Spanish:Lenaita

Relationship of Lenaite to other SpeciesHide

Member of:

Chalcopyrite Group

Other Members of this group:

Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	Tet. 4 2m : I4 2d
Eskebornite	CuFeSe₂	Tet.
Gallite	CuGaS₂	Tet. 4 2m : I4 2d
Laforêtite	AgInS₂	Tet. 4 2m : I4 2d
Roquesite	CuInS₂	Tet. 4 2m : I4 2d
Shenzhuangite	NiFeS₂	Tet. 4 2m : I4 2d

Common AssociatesHide

Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:

Stephanite	1 photo of Lenaite associated with Stephanite on mindat.org.
Silver Amalgam Group	1 photo of Lenaite associated with Silver Amalgam Group on mindat.org.

Related Minerals - Nickel-Strunz Grouping Hide

2.CB.	Agmantinite	Ag₂MnSnS₄	Orth.
2.CB.05a	Coloradoite	HgTe	Iso. m3m (4/m 3 2/m)
2.CB.05a	Hawleyite	CdS	Iso. 4 3m : F4 3m
2.CB.05a	Metacinnabar	HgS	Iso. 4 3m : F4 3m
2.CB.05c	Polhemusite	(Zn,Hg)S	Tet.
2.CB.05b	Sakuraiite	(Cu,Zn,Fe)₃(In,Sn)S₄	Iso.
2.CB.05a	Sphalerite	ZnS	Iso. 4 3m : F4 3m
2.CB.05a	Stilleite	ZnSe
2.CB.05a	Tiemannite	HgSe	Iso. 4 3m : F4 3m
2.CB.05	UM1998-15-S:CuFeZn	Cu₂Fe₃Zn₅S₁₀
2.CB.05a	Rudashevskyite	(Fe,Zn)S	Iso. 4 3m : F4 3m
2.CB.10a	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	Tet. 4 2m : I4 2d
2.CB.10a	Eskebornite	CuFeSe₂	Tet.
2.CB.10a	Gallite	CuGaS₂	Tet. 4 2m : I4 2d
2.CB.10b	Haycockite	Cu₄Fe₅S₈	Orth. 2 2 2
2.CB.10b	Mooihoekite	Cu₉Fe₉S₁₆	Tet.
2.CB.10b	Putoranite	Cu_1.1Fe_1.2S₂	Iso.
2.CB.10a	Roquesite	CuInS₂	Tet. 4 2m : I4 2d
2.CB.10b	Talnakhite	Cu₉(Fe,Ni)₈S₁₆	Iso. 4 3m : I4 3m
2.CB.10a	Laforêtite	AgInS₂	Tet. 4 2m : I4 2d
2.CB.15a	Černýite	Cu₂(Cd,Zn,Fe)SnS₄	Tet. 4 2m : I4 2m
2.CB.15a	Ferrokësterite	Cu₂(Fe,Zn)SnS₄	Tet. 4 : I4
2.CB.15a	Hocartite	Ag₂(Fe²⁺,Zn)SnS₄	Tet. 4 2m : I4 2m
2.CB.15a	Idaite	Cu₅FeS₆	Hex.
2.CB.15a	Kësterite	Cu₂ZnSnS₄	Tet. 4 : I4
2.CB.15a	Kuramite	Cu₃SnS₄	Tet.
2.CB.15b	Mohite	Cu₂SnS₃	Mon.
2.CB.15a	Pirquitasite	Ag₂ZnSnS₄	Tet. 4 : I4
2.CB.15a	Stannite	Cu₂FeSnS₄	Tet. 4 2m : I4 2m
2.CB.15c	Stannoidite	Cu⁺₆Cu²⁺₂(Fe²⁺,Zn)₃Sn₂S₁₂	Orth.
2.CB.15a	Velikite	Cu₂HgSnS₄	Tet.
2.CB.15c	UM2006-11-S:CuFeGeZn	Cu₈(Fe,Zn)₃Ge₂S₁₂ (?)
2.CB.20	Chatkalite	Cu₆FeSn₂S₈	Tet. 4 2m : P4m2
2.CB.20	Mawsonite	Cu₆Fe₂SnS₈	Tet. 4 2m : P4m2
2.CB.30	Colusite	Cu₁₂VAs₃S₁₆	Iso. 4 3m : P4 3n
2.CB.30	Germanite	Cu₁₃Fe₂Ge₂S₁₆	Iso. 4 3m : P4 3n
2.CB.30	Germanocolusite	Cu₂₆V₂(Ge,As)₆S₃₂	Iso.
2.CB.30	Nekrasovite	Cu₂₆V₂(Sn,As,Sb)₆S₃₂	Iso.
2.CB.30	Stibiocolusite	Cu₁₃V(Sb,Sn,As)₃S₁₆	Iso.
2.CB.30	Ovamboite	Cu₂₀(Fe,Cu,Zn)₆W₂Ge₆S₃₂	Iso.
2.CB.30	Maikainite	Cu₂₀(Fe,Cu)₆Mo₂Ge₆S₃₂
2.CB.35a	Hemusite	Cu₆SnMoS₈	Iso.
2.CB.35a	Kiddcreekite	Cu₆SnWS₈	Iso. 4 3m : F4 3m
2.CB.35a	Polkovicite	(Fe,Pb)₃(Ge,Fe)_1-xS₄	Iso.
2.CB.35a	Renierite	(Cu¹⁺,Zn)₁₁Fe₄(Ge⁴⁺,As⁵⁺)₂S₁₆	Tet. 4 2m : P4 2c
2.CB.35a	Vinciennite	Cu⁺₇Cu²⁺₃Fe²⁺₂Fe³⁺₂Sn(As,Sb)S₁₆	Tet.
2.CB.35a	Morozeviczite	(Pb,Fe)₃Ge_1-xS₄	Iso.
2.CB.35b	Catamarcaite	Cu₆GeWS₈	Hex. 6mm : P6₃mc
2.CB.40	Lautite	CuAsS	Orth. mmm (2/m 2/m 2/m) : Pnma
2.CB.45	Cadmoselite	CdSe	Hex. 6mm : P6₃mc
2.CB.45	Greenockite	CdS	Hex. 6mm : P6₃mc
2.CB.45	Wurtzite	(Zn,Fe)S	Hex. 6mm : P6₃mc
2.CB.45	Rambergite	MnS	Hex. 6mm : P6₃mc
2.CB.45	Buseckite	(Fe,Zn,Mn)S	Hex. 6mm : P6₃mc
2.CB.55a	Cubanite	CuFe₂S₃	Orth. mmm (2/m 2/m 2/m)
2.CB.55b	Isocubanite	CuFe₂S₃	Iso. m3m (4/m 3 2/m) : Fm3m
2.CB.60	Picotpaulite	TlFe₂S₃	Orth. mmm (2/m 2/m 2/m) : Cmcm
2.CB.60	Raguinite	TlFeS₂	Orth.
2.CB.65	Argentopyrite	AgFe₂S₃	Mon. 2/m
2.CB.65	Sternbergite	AgFe₂S₃	Orth. mmm (2/m 2/m 2/m)
2.CB.70	Sulvanite	Cu₃VS₄	Iso.
2.CB.75	Vulcanite	CuTe	Orth.
2.CB.80	Empressite	AgTe	Orth. mmm (2/m 2/m 2/m)
2.CB.85	Muthmannite	AuAgTe₂	Mon. 2/m : P2/m

Related Minerals - Dana Grouping (8th Ed.)Hide

2.9.1.1	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	Tet. 4 2m : I4 2d
2.9.1.2	Eskebornite	CuFeSe₂	Tet.
2.9.1.3	Gallite	CuGaS₂	Tet. 4 2m : I4 2d
2.9.1.4	Roquesite	CuInS₂	Tet. 4 2m : I4 2d

Other InformationHide

Health Risks:

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References for LenaiteHide

Reference List:

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Mandarino, J.A. (1996) Abstracts of new nimeral descriptions. Mineralogical Record: 27(6): 463-466.

Amuzinskii, V.A., Zhdanov, Yu.Ya., Zayakina, N.V., Leskova, N.V. (1995) Lenaite, AgFeS2, a new mineral species. Zapiski Vserossiyskogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva: 124(5): 85-91. [in Russian, abstract in Amer. Mineral., 81, 1283]

Jambor, J.L., Kovalenker, V.A., Puziewics, J., Roberts, A.C. (1996) New mineral names. American Mineralogist: 81: 1282-1286.

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. The Canadian Mineralogist: 44: 207-212.

Locock, A.J., Ercit, T.S., Kjellman, J., Piilonen, C. (2006) New mineral names. American Mineralogist: 91: 1945-1954.

Boon, J.W. (2010) The crystal structure of chalcopyrite (CuFeS2) and AgFeS2: The permutoidic reactions KFeS2 -> CuFeS2 and KFeS2 -> AgFeS2. Recueil des Travaux Chimiques des Pays-Bas: 63: 69-80.

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Localities for LenaiteHide

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Austria
Lower Austria Mostviertel 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
Honshu Island Tohoku Region Yamagata Prefecture Yonezawa City ⓘ Yatani mine ?	Dr. Kameki Kinoshita collection (curated at Geological Survey of Japan)

Russia
Eastern-Siberian Region 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.
Sakha Republic (Yakutia) ⓘ 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.
Yana-Kolyma Foldbelt ⓘ 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
Far-Eastern Region Kamchatka Oblast' ⓘ 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).
Magadanskaya Oblast' Kolyma River Basin Ducat District Omsukchan ⓘ 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.

Turkey
Marmara Region Balikesir Province Sindirgi ⓘ 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

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