Putoranite
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Formula:
Cu1.1Fe1.2S2
Previously given as Cu9(Fe,Ni)9S16.
Colour:
Yellow
Lustre:
Metallic
Hardness:
4½
Crystal System:
Isometric
Member of:
Name:
For the Putoran Mountain
Classification of Putoranite
Approved
2/C.04-30
2.CB.10b
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.
2.9.7.1
2 : SULFIDES
9 : AmBnXp, with (m+n):p = 1:1
2 : SULFIDES
9 : AmBnXp, with (m+n):p = 1:1
3.1.31
3 : Sulphides, Selenides, Tellurides, Arsenides and Bismuthides (except the arsenides, antimonides and bismuthides of Cu, Ag and Au, which are included in Section 1)
1 : Sulphides etc. of Cu
3 : Sulphides, Selenides, Tellurides, Arsenides and Bismuthides (except the arsenides, antimonides and bismuthides of Cu, Ag and Au, which are included in Section 1)
1 : Sulphides etc. of Cu
Physical Properties of Putoranite
Metallic
Transparency:
Opaque
Colour:
Yellow
Hardness:
4½ on Mohs scale
Hardness:
VHN50=259 - 263 kg/mm2 - Vickers
Comment:
Nickeloan variety is slightly softer
Optical Data of Putoranite
Type:
Isotropic
Anisotropism:
Distinct greenish-grey to rose-grey (nickel rich)
Bireflectance:
Stronger in oxidized specimens
Comments:
Pure material is isotropic.
Chemical Properties of Putoranite
Formula:
Cu1.1Fe1.2S2
Previously given as Cu9(Fe,Ni)9S16.
Previously given as Cu9(Fe,Ni)9S16.
IMA Formula:
Cu1.1Fe1.2S2
Elements listed:
Common Impurities:
Ni
Crystallography of Putoranite
Crystal System:
Isometric
Cell Parameters:
a = 5.3 Å
Unit Cell V:
148.88 ų (Calculated from Unit Cell)
Morphology:
Intergrowths with mooihoekite, rare single crystals
Twinning:
Polysynthetic
Type Occurrence of Putoranite
Synonyms of Putoranite
Other Language Names for Putoranite
German:Putoranit
Spanish:Putoranita
Relationship of Putoranite to other Species
Member of:
Other Members of this group:
Haycockite | Cu4Fe5S8 | Orth. 2 2 2 |
Mooihoekite | Cu9Fe9S16 | Tet. |
Talnakhite | Cu9(Fe,Ni)8S16 | Iso. 4 3m : I4 3m |
Common Associates
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Mooihoekite | 1 photo of Putoranite associated with Mooihoekite on mindat.org. |
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 | |
2.CB.05a | Tiemannite | HgSe | |
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.10a | Lenaite | AgFeS2 | Tet. 4 2m : I4 2d |
2.CB.10b | Mooihoekite | Cu9Fe9S16 | Tet. |
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 | Ferrokesterite | 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 | Kesterite | 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)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. |
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 - Hey's Chemical Index of Minerals Grouping
3.1.1 | Chalcocite | Cu2S | Mon. 2/m : P21/b |
3.1.2 | Djurleite | Cu31S16 | Mon. 2/m |
3.1.3 | Digenite | Cu9S5 | Trig. 3m (3 2/m) : R3m |
3.1.4 | Anilite | Cu7S4 | Orth. mmm (2/m 2/m 2/m) : Pnma |
3.1.5 | Roxbyite | Cu9S5 | Tric. 1 : P1 |
3.1.6 | Spionkopite | Cu39S28 | Trig. |
3.1.7 | Geerite | Cu8S5 | Trig. 3 |
3.1.8 | Covellite | CuS | Hex. 6/mmm (6/m 2/m 2/m) : P63/mmc |
3.1.9 | Berzelianite | Cu2Se | Iso. m3m (4/m 3 2/m) : Fm3m |
3.1.10 | Bellidoite | Cu2Se | Tet. 4/m : P42/n |
3.1.11 | Umangite | Cu3Se2 | Tet. |
3.1.12 | Yarrowite | Cu9S8 | Trig. |
3.1.13 | Athabascaite | Cu5Se4 | Orth. |
3.1.14 | Klockmannite | CuSe | Hex. 6/mmm (6/m 2/m 2/m) : P63/mmc |
3.1.15 | Krut'aite | CuSe2 | Iso. m3 (2/m 3) : Pa3 |
3.1.16 | Weissite | Cu2-xTe | Hex. |
3.1.17 | Rickardite | Cu7Te5 | Orth. |
3.1.18 | Vulcanite | CuTe | Orth. |
3.1.19 | Bambollaite | Cu(Se,Te)2 | Tet. |
3.1.20 | Lautite | CuAsS | Orth. mmm (2/m 2/m 2/m) : Pnma |
3.1.21 | Mgriite | Cu3AsSe3 | |
3.1.22 | Cubanite | CuFe2S3 | Orth. mmm (2/m 2/m 2/m) |
3.1.23 | Bornite | Cu5FeS4 | Orth. mmm (2/m 2/m 2/m) : Pbca |
3.1.24 | Fukuchilite | Cu3FeS8 | Iso. m3 (2/m 3) : Pa3 |
3.1.25 | Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 | Tet. 4 2m : I4 2d |
3.1.26 | Mooihoekite | Cu9Fe9S16 | Tet. |
3.1.27 | Haycockite | Cu4Fe5S8 | Orth. 2 2 2 |
3.1.28 | Isocubanite | CuFe2S3 | Iso. m3m (4/m 3 2/m) : Fm3m |
3.1.29 | Idaite | Cu5FeS6 | Hex. |
3.1.30 | Nukundamite | Cu3.4Fe0.6S4 | Trig. 3m (3 2/m) : P3m1 |
3.1.32 | Orickite | 2CuFeS2 · H2O | Hex. |
3.1.33 | Eskebornite | CuFeSe2 | Tet. |
3.1.34 | Chaméanite | (Cu,Fe)4As(Se,S)4 | Iso. |
3.1.35 | Talnakhite | Cu9(Fe,Ni)8S16 | Iso. 4 3m : I4 3m |
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 Putoranite
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American Mineralogist (1981): 66: 638-639.
Internet Links for Putoranite
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Localities for Putoranite
Locality List




All localities listed without proper references should be considered as questionable.
Russia (TL) | |
| Am Min 66:638-639; Pekov, I. (1998) Minerals First discovered on the territory of the former Soviet Union 369p. Ocean Pictures, Moscow |
| 2014 Ultramafic-mafic intrusions, volcanic rocks and PGE-Cu-Ni sulfide deposits of the Noril’sk Province, Polar Siberia . 12th International Platinum Symposium |
| Orsoev, D.A. [Орсоев, Д.А.] (1985): Mineralogy of copper-nickel ores of the Lovnoozero deposit (Kola peninsula) [Минералогия сульфидных медно-никелевых руд Ловноозерского местророждения (Кольский полуостров)]. Candidate's degree thesis, USSR Academy of Sciences, Apatity, 253 pp. (in Russian). |
Turkey | |
| Uysal, I.; Zaccarini, F.; Sadiklar, M. B.; Tarkian, M.; Thalhammer, O. A. R.; Garuti, G. (2009): The podiform chromitites in the Dağküplü and Kavak mines, Eskişehir ophiolite (NW-Turkey): genetic implications of mineralogic and geochemical data. Geologica Acta 7, 351-362. [http://redalyc.uaemex.mx/pdf/505/50513114004.pdf] |
Uysal, I.; Zaccarini, F.; Sadiklar, M. B.; Tarkian, M.; Thalhammer, O. A. R.; Garuti, G. (2009): The podiform chromitites in the Dağküplü and Kavak mines, Eskişehir ophiolite (NW-Turkey): genetic implications of mineralogic and geochemical data. Geologica Acta 7, 351-362. [http://redalyc.uaemex.mx/pdf/505/50513114004.pdf] | |
USA | |
| Good, D., Borysenko, J., McBride, J., Walford, P., Smyk, M., Hollings, P., ... & Corkery, J. (2010) Cu-Ni-PGE Deposits in Mafic Intrusions of the Lake Superior Region June 24-30, 2010. 11th International Platinum Symposium |
Oktyabrsky Mine, Talnakh Cu-Ni Deposit, Noril'sk, Putoran Plateau, Taimyr Peninsula, Taymyrskiy Autonomous Okrug, Eastern-Siberian Region, Russia