Lenaite
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About Lenaite

Lena River (near Yakutsk, Siberia, Russia)
Lena River Basin, Bulun District, Polar Yakutia, Sakha Republic, 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:
Name:
For the river Lena, Russia
Classification of Lenaite
Approved
2/C.03-25
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.
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.
2.9.1.5
2 : SULFIDES
9 : AmBnXp, with (m+n):p = 1:1
2 : SULFIDES
9 : AmBnXp, with (m+n):p = 1:1
Physical Properties of Lenaite
Metallic
Colour:
Steel Grey
Streak:
Dark grey to black
Hardness:
4½ on Mohs scale
Hardness:
VHN10=285 kg/mm2 - Vickers
Optical Data of Lenaite
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 Lenaite
Formula:
AgFeS2
Elements listed:
Crystallography of Lenaite
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 ų
Z:
4
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ID | Species | Reference | Link | Year | Locality | Pressure (GPa) | Temp (K) |
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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 |
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Type Occurrence of Lenaite
Synonyms of Lenaite
Other Language Names for Lenaite
Relationship of Lenaite to other Species
Member of:
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 |
Unnamed (Cu-Mn-Sn Sulfide) | Cu2MnSnS4 |
Common Associates
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
1 photo of Lenaite associated with Stephanite | Ag5SbS4 |
1 photo of Lenaite associated with Silver Amalgam Group |
Related Minerals - Nickel-Strunz Grouping
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 | Iso. 4 3m : F4 3m |
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 | Cu1.1Fe1.2S2 | 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 | Cu2FeSnS4 | 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 | Cu13VAs3S16 | Iso. 4 3m : P4 3n |
2.CB.30 | Germanite | Cu13Fe2Ge2S16 | Iso. 4 3m : P4 3n |
2.CB.30 | Germanocolusite | Cu26V2(Ge,As)6S32 | Iso. 4 3m : P4 3m |
2.CB.30 | Nekrasovite | Cu26V2(Sn,As,Sb)6S32 | Iso. |
2.CB.30 | Stibiocolusite | Cu13V(Sb,Sn,As)3S16 | Iso. 4 3m : P4 3m |
2.CB.30 | Ovamboite | Cu20(Fe,Cu,Zn)6W2Ge6S32 | Iso. |
2.CB.30 | Maikainite | Cu20(Fe,Cu)6Mo2Ge6S32 | Iso. m3m (4/m 3 2/m) |
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)3Ge1-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. 4 3m : P4 3m |
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.)
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 Information
Health Risks:
No information on health risks for this material has been entered into the database. You should always treat mineral specimens with care.
References for Lenaite
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.
Djaafri, T., Bouafia, H., Sahli, B., Djebour, B., Uğur, Ş., Uğur, G., & Moussa, H. (2020). Study of the ground-state magnetic ordering, magnetic and optoelectronic properties of (Lenaite) AgFeS2 in its chalcopyrite structure. Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, 493, 165730.
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Localities for Lenaite
Locality List




All localities listed without proper references should be considered as questionable.
Austria | |
| 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 | |
| Dr. Kameki Kinoshita collection (curated at Geological Survey of Japan) |
Russia | |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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 |
| 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. |
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. | |
| 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 |
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 | |
unpublished SEM/EDS analysis | |
| 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 |
Pavlova, G.G., and Borisenko, A.S. (2009): Ore Geology Reviews 35, 164-185. | |
Turkey | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 |
Privol'noye mine, Sakha Republic, Russia