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Argentotetrahedrite-(Cd), Ag6(Cu4Cd2)Sb4S13, a new member of the tetrahedrite group from Rudno nad Hronom, Slovakia.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 December 2022

Tomáš Mikuš ,
Jozef Vlasáč ,
Juraj Majzlan Open the ORCID record for Juraj Majzlan [Opens in a new window] ,
Jiří Sejkora Open the ORCID record for Jiří Sejkora [Opens in a new window] ,
Gwladys Steciuk ,
Jakub Plášil Open the ORCID record for Jakub Plášil [Opens in a new window] ,
Christiane Rößler  and
Christian Matthes
Tomáš Mikuš*
Affiliation:
Earth Science Institute, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Ďumbierska 1, 974 11 Banská Bystrica, Slovakia
Jozef Vlasáč
Affiliation:
Earth Science Institute, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Ďumbierska 1, 974 11 Banská Bystrica, Slovakia
Juraj Majzlan
Affiliation:
Institute of Geosciences, Friedrich-Schiller University, Burgweg 11, 07749 Jena, Germany
Jiří Sejkora
Affiliation:
Department of Mineralogy and Petrology, National Museum, Cirkusová 1740, 193 00 Praha 9, Czech Republic
Gwladys Steciuk
Affiliation:
 Institute of Physics ASCR, v.v.i., Na Slovance 1999/2, 18221 Praha 8, Czech Republic
Jakub Plášil
Affiliation:
 Institute of Physics ASCR, v.v.i., Na Slovance 1999/2, 18221 Praha 8, Czech Republic
Christiane Rößler
Affiliation:
Bauhaus University, Coudraystrasse 11, 99423 Weimar, Germany
Christian Matthes
Affiliation:
Bauhaus University, Coudraystrasse 11, 99423 Weimar, Germany
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*Author for correspondence: Tomáš Mikuš, Email: mikus@savbb.sk
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Abstract

Argentotetrahedrite-(Cd), Ag6(Cu4Cd2)Sb4S13, has been approved as a new mineral species by the Commission on New Minerals, Nomenclature and Classification of the International Mineralogical Association using samples from Rudno nad Hronom, Slovak Republic. It occurs as anhedral grains up to 30 μm in size, steel-grey to black in colour, with a metallic lustre, in association with greenockite and other tetrahedrite-group minerals [argentotetrahedrite-(Zn) and tetrahedrite-(Zn)], earlier base-metal minerals, Ag sulfides and sulfosalts (acanthite, pyrargyrite and polybasite) and later galena. Argentotetrahedrite-(Cd) is isotropic, grey in colour, with a creamy tint and rapidly (tens of minutes) tarnishes to orange–brown. Reflectance data for Commission on Ore Mineralogy (COM) wavelengths in air are [λ (nm), R (%)]: 470, 30.4; 546, 30.3; 589, 30.3; and 650, 28.7. The chemical formula of the samples studied, recalculated on the basis of ΣMe = 16 atoms per formula unit, is: (Ag3.28Cu2.72)Ʃ6.00[Cu4(Cd1.68Fe0.27Zn0.16)]Ʃ6.11(Sb3.71As0.15)Ʃ3.86S12.79. Argentotetrahedrite-(Cd) is cubic, I$\bar{4}$3m, with a = 10.65(2) Å, V = 1208(4) Å3 and Z = 2. Argentotetrahedrite-(Cd) is isotypic with other members of the tetrahedrite group. The structural relationship between argentotetrahedrite-(Cd) and other members of the freibergite series are discussed and previous findings of this species are briefly reviewed.

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tetrahedrite groupargentotetrahedrite-(Cd)new mineralsulfosaltcoppersilverantimonycadmiumcrystal structure
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Mineralogical Magazine , Volume 87 , Issue 2 , April 2023 , pp. 262 - 270
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Copyright © The Author(s), 2022. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of The Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland

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Associate Editor: Oleg I Siidra

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