Tetra-auricupride

A valid IMA mineral species

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Tetra-auricupride

Karabash, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia

Tetra-auricupride

Karabash, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia

Tetra-auricupride, etc.

Nizhnetagilskii massif, Nizhnii Tagil, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia

Tetra-auricupride

Karabash, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia

Tetra-auricupride

Karabash, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia

Tetra-auricupride, etc.

Nizhnetagilskii massif, Nizhnii Tagil, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia

Tetra-auricupride

Karabash, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia

Tetra-auricupride

Karabash, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia

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Formula:

AuCu

Colour:

golden yellow

Lustre:

Metallic

Hardness:

4½

Specific Gravity:

14.67 (Calculated)

Crystal System:

Tetragonal

Name:

The name is derived from the tetragonal crystal system and compositional similarity to auricupride.

Type Locality:

ⓘ Sardala, Manasi (Manas; Marneshi), Manasi Co. (Manas Co.), Changji Autonomous Prefecture (Sanji Autonomous Prefecture), Xinjiang, China

Compare, e.g.: auricupride and its dimorph bogdanovite; UM2001-05-E:AuCu, and UM2001-04-E:AgAuCu.

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Mindat ID:

3920

Long-form identifier:

mindat:1:1:3920:4

GUID
(UUID V4):

e8b2a8f0-f5fa-4a82-b96d-402224a9ac13

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Anisotropism:

Weak, with colors from gray to light gray

Reflectivity:

Wavelength	R
405nm	44.6%
436nm	46.8%
480nm	50.3%
526nm	55.8%
546nm	61.2%
578nm	74.4%
589nm	76.6%
622nm	83.6%
644nm	84.9%
656nm	85.4%
664nm	86.6%
700nm	91.3%

Graph shows reflectance levels at different wavelengths (in nm). Top of box is 100%. Peak reflectance is 91.3%.

Colour in reflected light:

Copper-red with a yellow tint

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Reference List:

Year ⬇Author Title Publisher

Acta Chemica Scandinavica (1967): 21: 2900.

Chen Keqiao, Yu Tinggao, Zhang Yongge, and Peng Zhizhong (1982): Tetra-auricupride, CuAu, discovered in China. Scientia Geologica Sinica: 1982(1): 111-116. (in Chinese with English abstract)

Chen Keqiao, Yu Tinggao, Zhang Yongge, and Peng Zhizhong (1982): Tetra-auricupride, CuAu, discovered in China. Scientia Geologica Sinica: 1982(1): 111-116.

Dunn, P.J., Fleischer, M., Chao, G.Y., Cabri, L.J., Mandarino, J.A. (1983) New mineral names. American Mineralogist: 68: 1248-1252.

Bayliss, P. (1990) Revised unit cell dimensions, space group, and chemical formula of some metallic minerals. The Canadian Mineralogist: 28: 751-755.

Knipe, S.W., Fleet, M.E. (1997) Gold-copper alloy minerals from the Kerr Mine, Ontario. The Canadian Mineralogist: 35(3): 573-586.

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- This locality has map coordinates listed. - This locality has estimated coordinates. ⓘ - Click for references and 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 (e.g. from pseudomorphs).

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

Australia
Queensland Mareeba Shire Mungana ⓘ Red Dome Mine	Lehrmann, B. (2012). Polymetallic mineralisation in the Chillagoe district of north-east Queensland: insights into base metal rich intrusion-related gold systems (Doctoral dissertation, James Cook University).
Austria
Styria Leoben District ⓘ Kraubath an der Mur	K. N. Malitch. (2001) Unusual PGE-, REE-, Au- and U-rich Mineral Assemblage in Mantle-derived Chromitites from the Eastern Alps, Austria: a Combined Multl-disciplinary Study . Mitt.österr.miner.ges. 146:183-185
Sankt Stefan ob Leoben Mitterberg ⓘ Unnamed chromite pit	Malitch, K. N., & Knauf, V. V. (2002). Diversity of PGM assemblages at Kraubath: a case study of mantle-derived chromitites from the Eastern Alps, Austria. In 9th International Platinum Symposium (Abstracts).
Brazil
Minas Gerais Catas Altas ⓘ Fazendão mine	Cabral A, Galbiatti H (2014)Platinum minerals from the Fazendão hematite-ore mine, Quadrilátero Ferrífero of Minas Gerais, Brazil. 21 st meeting of the International Mineralogical Association. p 102
Itabira ⓘ Cauê mine	Kwitko, R., Cabral, A. R., Lehmann, B., Laflamme, J. G., Cabri, L. J., Criddle, A. J., & Galbiatti, H. F. (2002). Hongshiite, PtCu, from itabirite-hosted Au–Pd–Pt mineralization (jacutinga), Itabira district, Minas Gerais, Brazil. The Canadian Mineralogist, 40(2), 711-723.
Canada
Ontario Thunder Bay District Coldwell complex ⓘ Marathon deposit	Mcdonald, A.M., Cabri, L.J., Stanley, C.J., Good, D.J., Redpath, J., Lane, G., Spratt, J. & Ames, D.E. (2015) Coldwellite, Pd3Ag2S, a new mineral species from the Marathon deposit, Coldwell complex, Ontario, Canada. Canadian Mineralogist 53, 1-13.
Timiskaming District McGarry Township ⓘ Kerr-Addison Mine (Kerr Mine)	Knipe, S.W., Fleet, M.E. (1997) Copper-gold alloy minerals from the Kerr mine, Ontario. The Canadian Mineralogist: 35: 573-586.
China (TL)
Xinjiang Changji Autonomous Prefecture (Sanji Autonomous Prefecture) Manasi Co. (Manas Co.) Manasi (Manas; Marneshi) ⓘ Sardala (TL)	Keqiao Chen, Tinggao Yu, and Yongge Zhang (1982): Chinese Journal of Geology 25(1), 111-116
France
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Bouches-du-Rhône Aix-en-Provence Peyrolles-en-Provence ⓘ Durance river alluvial deposits	Y. Moëlo : "Compte-rendu de la réunion "Systématique des Minéraux" du 23 novembre 1989", Bull. Soc. Franç. Minéral. 5th International Platinum Symposium Bulletin of The Geological Society of Finland Number 61, Part 1,1989,1-64
Georgia
Racha-Lechkhumi and Kvemo Svaneti Svaneti District ⓘ Lukhra Au deposit	Kekelia, S., Kekelia, M., Gagnidze, N., Popkhadze, N., Mshvenieradze, I., Lobzhanidze, K., & Kharazishvili, G. (2017). Svaneti Gold Occurence (Kirar-Abakuri Ore Knot) and its Genesis. Bull. Georg. Natl. Acad. Sci, 11(2).
Greece
Central Macedonia Chalkidiki Aristotelis ⓘ Gomati ophiolite	Bussolesi, M., Zaccarini, F., Grieco, G., & Tzamos, E. (2020) Rare and new minerals in the Ni-Cu-Sb-As system: first occurrence in the Gomati ophiolite, Greece. Periodico di Mineralogia, 89, 63-76.
Thessaly Trikala Meteora ⓘ Korydallos area	Argyrios Kapsiotis, Tassos A. Grammatikopoulos, Basilios Tsikouras and Konstantinos Hatzipanagiotou (2010): Platinum-Group Mineral Characterization in Concentrates from High-Grade PGE Al-rich Chromitites of Korydallos Area in the Pindos Ophiolite Complex (NW Greece). Resource Geology 60, 178-191.
Greenland
Sermersooq ⓘ Skaergaard intrusion	Thomassen, B., and Nielsen, T.F.D. (2006): Geology and Ore No. 6, Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland (GEUS), February 2006. Nielsen, T. F., Andersen, J. Ø., Holness, M. B., Keiding, J. K., Rudashevsky, N. S., Rudashevsky, V. N., ... & Veksler, I. V. (2015). The Skaergaard PGE and gold deposit: the result of in situ fractionation, sulphide saturation, and magma chamber-scale precious metal redistribution by immiscible Fe-rich melt. Journal of Petrology, 56(8), 1643-1676.
ⓘ Platinova reef	Holwell, D. A., Keays, R. R., McDonald, I., & Williams, M. R. (2015). Extreme enrichment of Se, Te, PGE and Au in Cu sulfide microdroplets: evidence from LA-ICP-MS analysis of sulfides in the Skaergaard Intrusion, east Greenland. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 170(5-6), 1-26. Holwell, D. A., Barnes, S. J., Le Vaillant, M., Keays, R. R., Fisher, L. A., & Prasser, R. (2016). 3D textural evidence for the formation of ultra-high tenor precious metal bearing sulphide microdroplets in offset reefs: an extreme example from the Platinova Reef, Skaergaard Intrusion, Greenland. Lithos, 256, 55-74.
Morocco
Drâa-Tafilalet Region Zagora Province Zagora Cercle Tinzouline Caïdat Bleida Mines ⓘ Bleida Far West Mine	El Ghorfi, M., Oberthür, T., Melcher, F., Lüders, V., El Boukhari, A., Maacha, L., Ziadi, R., and Baoutoul, H. (2006): Mineralium Deposita 41, 549-564.
Pakistan
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province Upper Kohistan District ⓘ Jijal complex	Miller, D., & Loucks, R. R. (1991). Platinum-group Element Mineralization in the Jijal Layered Ultramafic-mafic Complex, Pakistani Himalayas. Economic Geology, 86:1093-1102.
Philippines
Visayas Eastern Visayas Region Samar Island ⓘ Llorente river	Oberthür, T., Melcher, F., & Weiser, T. W. (2017). Detrital Platinum-Group Minerals and Gold In Placers of Southeastern Samar Island, Philippines. The Canadian Mineralogist, 55(1), 45-62.
Poland
Lower Silesian Voivodeship Głogów County Gmina Jerzmanowa Bądzów ⓘ SW-1'Jan Wyżykowski' shaft	Jadwiga PIECZONKA, Adam PIESTRZYŃSKI, Jacek MUCHA, Adam GŁUSZEK, Maciej KOTARBA, Dariusz WIĘCŁAW (2008): The red-bed-type precious metal deposit in the Sieroszowice-Polkowice copper mining district, SW Poland. Annales Societatis Geologorum Poloniae 78, 151-280.
ⓘ Lubin–Głogów mining district	Piestrzyński, A., & Pieczonka, J. (2012). Low temperature ore minerals associations in the Kupferschiefer type deposit, Lubin–Sieroszowice mining district, SW Poland. Мінералогічний збірник, (2), 59-66.
Lubin County ⓘ Lubin	Kucha H. 2007: Mineralogia kruszcowa i geochemia ciała rudnego złoża Lubin-Sieroszowice. Biuletyn PIG, vol. 423, pp. 77-94
Russia
Buryatia Severo-Baykalsky District Dovyren Highlands ⓘ Yoko-Dovyrensky Massif	Rudashevskiy N.S., Krecer D.A., Orsoev D.A., Kislov E.V. (2003) Palladium-platinum mineralization in vein Cu-Ni-ores of Yoko-Dovyrenskiy laiered massif, - DAN, 391(4), p. 519-522 (in Rus.)
Chelyabinsk Oblast ⓘ Karabash	SEM-EDX analysis T. Witzke
Karabash ophiolite massif Soimon Valley ⓘ Zolotaya Gora Au deposit	Murzin, V. V., Varlamov, D. A., Ronkin, Y. L., & Shanina, S. N. (2013). Origin of Au-bearing rodingite in the Karabash massif of alpine-type ultramafic rocks in the southern Urals. Geology of Ore Deposits, 55(4), 278-297. Murzin, V. V., Chudnenko, K. V., Palyanova, G. A., Varlamov, D. A., Naumov, E. A., & Pirajno, F. (2018). Physicochemical model for the genesis of Cu-Ag-Au-Hg solid solutions and intermetallics in the rodingites of the Zolotaya Gora gold deposit (Urals, Russia). Ore Geology Reviews, 93, 81-97.
Kamchatka Krai Ust-Kamchatsky District ⓘ Olkhovaya–1 River placer	Sandimirova, E. I., Sidorov, E. G., Chubarov, V. M., Ibragimova, E. K., & Antonov, A. V. (2014). Native metals and intermetallic compounds in heavy concentrate halos of the Ol’khovaya-1 River, Kamchatsky Mys Peninsula, eastern Kamchatka. Geology of Ore Deposits, 56(8), 657-664.
Khabarovsk Krai Ayan-Maya district ⓘ Konder alkaline-ultrabasic massif	Shcheka G.G., Lehmann B., Gierth E., Gomann K., Wallianos A. (2004) Macrocrystals of Pt-Fe alloy from the Kondyor PGE placer deposit, Khabarovskiy kray, Russia: trace-element content, mineral inclusions and reaction assemblages, - Canadian Mineralogist, v.42, N2, pp. 601-617.
Krasnoyarsk Krai Maimecha and Kotui Rivers Basin ⓘ Gulinskii massif (Guli)	Dvorani, S. N. (2016). Solid Inclusions in Au-nuggets, genesis and derivation from alkaline rocks of the Guli Massif, Northern Siberia. Open Geosciences, 8(1), 195-213.
Taymyrskiy Autonomous Okrug Taimyr Peninsula Putoran Plateau ⓘ Noril'sk	Spiridonov, E. M., E. A. Kulagov, A. A. Serova, I. M. Kulikova, N. N. Korotaeva, E. V. Sereda, I. N. Tushentsova, S. N. Belyakov, and N. N. Zhukov. "Genetic Pd, Pt, Au, Ag, and Rh mineralogy in Noril’sk sulfide ores." Geology of Ore Deposits 57, no. 5 (2015): 402-432.
ⓘ Talnakh Cu-Ni Deposit	Vymazalová, A., Laufek, F., Sluzhenikin, S.F., Stanley, C.J. (2016): Norilskite, (Pd,Ag)7Pb4, a new mineral from Noril`sk -Talnakh deposit, Russia. Mineralogical Magazine: 80: (in press) forum.amiminerals.it (2016) http://forum.amiminerals.it/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=12845 (2016)
ⓘ Southern-2 orebody	Kalugin, Valery, Viktor Gusev, Nadezhda Tolstykh, Andrey Lavrenchuk, and Elena Nigmatulina. (2021) "Origin of the Pd-Rich Pentlandite in the Massive Sulfide Ores of the Talnakh Deposit, Norilsk Region, Russia" Minerals 11, no. 11: 1258. https://doi.org/10.3390/min11111258
Taymyrsky Dolgano-Nenetsky District Kureika river ⓘ Dzheltul'skii massif (Dzhaltul)	Ryabov, V. V., & Lapkovsky, A. A. (2010, October). Unique polymineral association of Co-Ni and noble metal phases in gabbro-dolerite of the Dzhaltul trap intrusion (Siberian Platform). In Doklady Earth Sciences (Vol. 434, No. 2, pp. 1325-1329). MAIK Nauka/Interperiodica.
Western Sayan range ⓘ Zolotaya river placers	Tolstyk, N., Krivenko, A., Pospelova, L. (1997): New compounds of Ir, Os and Ru with selenium, arsenic and tellurium. Eur. J. Mineral.: 9: 457–465 in: Jambor, J.L., Roberts, A.C. (1997): New mineral names. American Mineralogist: 82: 1263
Yermakovsky District ⓘ Bolshoy Khailyk River placers	Barkov, Andrei Y., Nobumichi Tamura, Gennadiy I. Shvedov, Camelia V. Stan, Chi Ma, Björn Winkler, and Robert F. Martin. (2019) "Platiniferous Tetra-Auricupride: A Case Study from the Bolshoy Khailyk Placer Deposit, Western Sayans, Russia" Minerals 9, no. 3: 160. https://doi.org/10.3390/min9030160
Republic of Karelia ⓘ Burakovskii Layered Complex	Grokhovskaya, T. L., Lapina, M. I., Ganin, V. A., & Grinevich, N. G. (2005). PGE mineralization in the Burakovsk Layered Complex, Southern Karelia, Russia. Geology of Ore Deposits C/C of Geologiia Rudnykh Mestorozhdenii, 47(4), 283.
Sverdlovsk Oblast Nizhnii Tagil ⓘ Nizhnetagilskii massif (Nizhne-Tagilskii)	Mineralogy of Ural. Native elements, carbides, sulphides. - edited by N.P. Yushkin, Sverdlovsk, 1990, pp. 92-97 (in Rus.)
Yekaterinburg ⓘ Uktus complex	(2014) 12th International Platinum Symposium p283
Tuva Tes-Khemsky District ⓘ Agardag ultramafic massif	Palyanova, G. A., Murzin, V. V., Zhuravkova, T. V., & Varlamov, D. A. (2018). Au-Cu-Ag mineralization in rodingites and nephritoids of the Agardag ultramafic massif (southern Tuva, Russia). Russian Geology and Geophysics, 59(3), 238-256.
South Africa
Limpopo Mopani District Municipality Ba-Phalaborwa Local Municipality Phalaborwa ⓘ Palabora Mine	Nikolay Rudashevsky et al (2001) Efficient Technology of Ore Minerals Investigation of PGE-Bearing Deposits – Case Study in (2001) European Union of Geosciences Conference XI (OS6)
Sekhukhune District Municipality Fetakgomo Tubatse Local Municipality Burgersfort ⓘ Mooihoek Farm 255 KT	Cairncross, B., Dixon, R. (1995) Cairncross, B., Dixon, R. (1995) Minerals of South Africa. Geological Society of South Africa, PO Box 44283, Linden 2104, South Africa.
Switzerland
Fribourg Sarine Grolley ⓘ Rio de Miséry	Stalder, H. A., Wagner, A., Graeser, S. and Stuker, P. (1998): "Mineralienlexikon der Schweiz", Wepf (Basel), p. 401.
See (Lac) ⓘ Chandon	Meisser, N., & Brugger, J. (2000). Alluvial native gold, tetraauricupride and AuSn2 from Western Switzerland. Schweiz. Mineral. Petrogr. Mitt, 80(3), 291-298.
Valais Goms Binn Geisspfad area ⓘ Züe lake	Stalder, H. A., Wagner, A., Graeser, S. and Stuker, P. (1998): "Mineralienlexikon der Schweiz", Wepf (Basel), p. 401.
Tanzania
Kigoma Region ⓘ Kapalagulu Intrusion	Wilhelmij, H.R. and Cabri, L.J. (2016) Platinum mineralization in the Kapalagulu Intrusion, western Tanzania. Mineralium Deposita, 51(3), 343-367.
USA
Colorado Montrose County Uravan Mining District Paradox Valley ⓘ Bedrock area	Eckel, Edwin Butt , Cobban, Robert R., Mosburg, Shirley K., Foord, Eugene E. (1997) Minerals of Colorado. Fulcrum Publishing.