Tennantita

Características generales

Fórmula: Cu₆[Cu₄(Fe,Zn)₂]As₄S₁₃
Sistema de cristalización: Cúbico
Lustre: Metálico
Color: Gris acero o negro
Dureza: 3-4
Rareza: común
Grupo de minerales: Grupo de la Tetraedrita
Serie: Tennantite-Tetrahedrite Series

Formación y ambiente

Mesothermal and epithermal vetas.

Hidrotermal

Propiedades fisicas

Hábito: Massive - granular or disseminated

Lustre: Metálico

Transparencia: Opaco

Color: Gris acero o negro

Color en sección fina: Incolora

Dureza (Mohs): 3-4

Fractura: Hackly

Densidad: 4,6-4,7 g/cm³ (medida) | 4,65 g/cm³ (calculada)

Cristalografía

Sistema cristalino:

Cúbico

Clase (H-M): 0m (4*3m) - Hextetrahedral

Grupo espacial: I 4*3m

Parámetros de la celda: a=10,186Å

Volumen de unidad de celda: V 1056,84Å

Z: 2

Difracción de Rayos X:

Difracción de Rayos X
D(hkl)	Intensidad
2,94	100
1,801	80
1,535	50

Propiedades ópticas

Tipo: Opaco

Valores RI: n_α= 2,72 - 2,73

Dispersión: Ninguna

Reflectancia:

Reflectancia
D(hkl)	Intensidad
470.0	30,2
546.0	30,1
589.0	28,5
650.0	26

Propiedades químicas

Fórmula: Cu₆[Cu₄(Fe,Zn)₂]As₄S₁₃

Elementos químicos: Cu, Fe, Zn, As, S

Composición química: As: 20,37%, S: 28,33%, Fe: 3,80%, Cu: 47,51%,

Tests químicos

Reacción a los ácidos: Se descompone en ácido nítrico con la separación de azufre
Formación de sublimados: Gives off arsenical fumes and fuses to grey bead.

Otras propiedades

Magnetismo: No magnético

Relaciones con otros minerales

Miembro del grupo de minerales: Grupo de la Tetraedrita

minerales

Argentotennantita

Fórmula: Ag₆[Cu₄(Fe,Zn)₂]As₄S₁₃
Sistema de cristalización: Cúbico
Dureza: 3,5
Color: Gris o negro
Raya: Pardo rojiza
Brillo: Resinoso

minerales

Argentotetrahedrita

Fórmula: Ag₁₀(Fe,Zn)₂Sb₄S₁₃

minerales

Freibergita

Fórmula: Ag₆[Cu₄Fe₂]Sb₄S_13-x
Sistema de cristalización: Cúbico
Dureza: 3,5-4
Color: Gris a negro
Raya: Negra rojiza
Brillo: Metálico

minerales

Giraudita

Fórmula: Cu₆[Cu₄(Fe,Zn)₂]As₄Se₁₃
Sistema de cristalización: Cúbico
Dureza: 3,5-4
Color: Gris
Raya: Blanco
Brillo: Metálico

minerales

Goldfieldita

Fórmula: Cu₁₀Te₄S₁₃
Sistema de cristalización: Cúbico
Dureza: 3-3,5
Raya: Negra
Brillo: Metálico

minerales

Hakita

Fórmula: Cu₆[Cu₄Hg₂]Sb₄Se₁₃
Sistema de cristalización: Cúbico
Dureza: 5
Raya: Blanco
Brillo: Metálico

minerales

Tennantita

Fórmula: Cu₆[Cu₄(Fe,Zn)₂]As₄S₁₃
Sistema de cristalización: Cúbico
Dureza: 3-4
Color: Gris acero o negro
Brillo: Metálico

minerales

Tetraedrita

Fórmula: Cu₆[Cu₄(Fe,Zn)₂]Sb₄S₁₃
Sistema de cristalización: Cúbico
Dureza: 3-4
Color: Negro grisáceo
Raya: Negra
Brillo: Metálico

Minerales acompañantes:

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Yacimientos y localidades de interés

Localidades

Redruth/St. Day area, Cornwall, England - Localidad tipo.
Capillitas mine, Andalgalá, Catamarca, Argentina
Mt Lyell, Tasmania and Tingha, New South Wales, Australia
Rotgülden, Salzburg, Austria
Schwaz-Brixlegg, Tyrol, Austria
Pulacayo mine, Huanchaca, Potosí Dept, Bolivia
Lavra do Énio pegmatite, Galiléia, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Madan, Rhodope Mtns., Plovdiv, Bulgaria
Barrie Township, Frontenac Co., Ontario, Canada
H-W mine, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Lillooet district, British Columbia, Canada
Mt St.-Hilaire, Rouville Co., Québec, Canada
Poudrette quarry, Mt St.-Hilaire, Rouville Co., Québec, Canada
Alexander Gallery, Vrancice, Príbram, Stredocesky, Czech Republic
Krupka, Krusne Hory, Vychodocesky, Czech Republic
Medenec (Kupferberg), Chomutov, Krusne Hory, Vychodocesky, Czech Republic
Moldava, Teplice, Krusne Hory, Vychodocesky, Czech Republic
Birk Fell Mine, Tilberthwaite, Cumbria, England
Carn Brea, Camborne, Illogan, Cornwall, England
Clevedon Beach, Somerset, England
Cooks Kitchen mine, Camborne, Illogan, Cornwall, England
Dale Head Mine, Newlands Valley, Cumbria, England
Dolcoath mine, Camborne, Illogan, Cornwall, England
Driggith Mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria, England
Eagle Crag Mine, Patterdale, Cumbria, England
Geevor mine, Trewellard, St. Just, Cornwall, England
Gunheath China Clay Pit, Stenalees, St.Austell, Cornwall, England
Hingston Down quarry, Calstock, Cornwall, England
Holehouse Gill Mine, Ulpha, Cumbria, England
Judkins quarry, Nuneaton, Warwickshire, England, England
Levant mine, Pendeen, St. Just, Cornwall, England
North Roskear mine, Camborne, Illogan, Cornwall, England
Old Potts Gill mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria, England
Paddy End Mine, Coniston, Cumbria, England
Pave York Mine, Greenburn Valley, Cumbria, England
Relistian mine, Gwinnear, Cornwall, England
Tresavean mine, Gwennap, Cornwall, England
Trevascus mine, Gwinear, Cornwall, England
West Caradon mine, St. Cleer, Cornwall, England
Wheal Gorland, Gwennap, Cornwall, England
Wheal Jane, Kea, Truro, Cornwall, England
Wheal Jewel, Gwennap, Cornwall, England
Wheal Unity, Gwennap, Cornwall, England
Wheal Unity, Gwinear, Cornwall, England
Cap Garonne, Le Pradet, Var, France
Chessy-les-Mines, Rhône, Rhône-Alpes, France
Falgayrolles, Aveyron, Midi-Pyrénées, France
Anton mine, Heubachtal, Wittichen, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany
Christophstal, Freudenstadt, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany
Clara mine, Oberwolfach, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany
Daniel mine, Schneeberg, Sachsen, Germany
Dreikönigstern, Reinerzau, Alpirsbach, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany
Gangzug Prinzbach, Kinzigtal, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany
Geigeshalde / Falkenstein, Schramberg, Kinzigtal, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany
Hechtsberg quarry, Kinzigtal, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany
Hennenloch mine, Kinzigtal, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany
Hilfe Gottes mine, Wiemannsbucht, Bad Grund, Harz Mts, Sachsen, Germany
Johann mine, Wittichen, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany
Kirchheimerstollen, Müllenbach, Baden-Baden, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany
Roßgrabeneck, Kinzigtal, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany
Schweina-Glücksbrunn, Bad Liebenstein, Eisenach, Thüringen, Germany
Silberbrünnle mine, Kinzigtal, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany
Stahlberg mine, Kohlberg, Trusetal, Bad Salzungen, Thüringen, Germany
Uranlagerstatte Mullenbach, Baden-Baden, Germany
Ballycummisk mine, Ballydehob, Co. Cork, Ireland
Gortdrum mine, Co. Tipperary, Ireland
Muckross mine, Co. Kerry, Ireland
Ross Island, Lough Leane, Co. Kerry, Ireland
Silvermines district, Co. Tipperary, Ireland
Is Murvonis Mine, Domusnovas, Iglesias district, Sardinia, Italy
Molinello mine, Val Graveglia, Liguria, Italy
Val Graveglia, Liguria, Italy
Kvartsitovje Gorki, Kazakhstan
Sarbay silver mine, Rudni, Kusteni Oblast, Kazakhstan
Chaidarkan, Alai, Kyrgyzstan
Chauvay, Alai, Kyrgyzstan
Caridad mine, Sonora, Mexico
El Cobre Mine, Concepcion del Oro, Zacatecas, Mexico
Mina Ojuela, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
Abaneb West mine, Otavi, Namibia
Alt Bobos mine, Otavi, Namibia
Auros, Otavi, Namibia
Berg Aukas, Otavi, Namibia
Khusib mine, Otavi, Namibia
Kombat mine, Tsumeb, Otavi, Namibia
Tsumeb mine, Tsumeb, Otavi, Namibia
Tsumeb West Vanadium mine, Otavi, Namibia
Tsumeb, Namibia
Uitsab mine, Otavi, Namibia
Wolkenhaben, Otavi, Namibia
Kongsberg, Buskerud, Norway
Castro Virreyana mine, near Lima, Peru
Castrovirreyana mine, near Lima, Peru
Berezovskoye deposit, Ekaterinberg, Sverdlovsk, Ural Mts., Russia
Dal'negorsk, Primorskiy Kray, Russia
Mutnovskoe, Kamchatka, Russia
Needle's Eye Mine, Dumfries & Galloway, Scotland
Rio Tinto mines, Huelva, Spain
Frederik shaft, Fahlun, Örebro, Sweden
Lengenbach quarry, Binntal, Valais, Switzerland
Malasondo district, Tibet
79 Mine, Banner District, Gila Co., Arizona, USA
American mine, Bingham Canyon, Salt Lake Co., Utah, USA
Atlantic/Blue Hill/Oven/Douglas/Granger etc, Blue Hill, Hancock Co., Maine, USA
Bisbee, Cochise Co., Arizona, USA
Black Hawk district, Grant Co., New Mexico, USA
Black Hawk mine, Black Hawk district, Grant Co., New Mexico, USA
Black Pine Mine, Phillipsburg, Granite Co., Montana, USA
Butte General Area, Montana, USA
Callahan mine, Brooksville, Hancock Co., Maine, USA
Cofer District, Mineral, Virginia, USA
Crestmore Quarry, Crestmore, Riverside Co., California, USA
East Tintic Mine, Juab Co., Utah, USA
Elridge mine, Buckingham Co., Virginia, USA
Fernando Mine/etc, Darwin District, Inyo Co., California, USA
Flambeau mine, Ladysmith, Rusk Co., Wisconsin, USA
Freeland lode, Idaho Springs, Clear Creek Co., Colorado, USA
Gillman District, Colorado, USA
Guston Mine etc, Red Mountain Pass Area, Ouray Co., Colorado, USA
Hartville Uplift Copper district, Goshen Co., Wyoming, USA
Idaho Springs, Clear Creek Co., Colorado, USA
Inexco #1 Mine, Jamestown, Boulder Co., Colorado, USA
Kirk Mine, Central City, Gilpin Co., Colorado, USA
Lamartina District, Clear Creek Co., Colorado, USA
Leonard Mine etc, Butte, Silver Bow Co., Montana, USA
Lillian Mining Co., Printerboy Hill, Leadville, Lake Co., Colorado, USA
Magma Mine, Superior, Pinal Co., Arizona, USA
Mohawk Mine, Goldfield, Esmeralda Co., Nevada, USA
Mountain Consolidated Mine, Butte, Silver Bow Co., Montana, USA
New Cornelia Mine, Ajo, Pima Co., Arizona, USA
Park City, Summit Co., Utah, USA
Smuggler Vein, Smuggler Union Consolidated mine, Marshall Basin, Telluride District, San Miguel Co., Colorado, USA
Snake River/Peru, Montezuma, Summit Co., Colorado, USA
Stanley Mine, Idaho Springs District, Clear Creek Co., Colorado, USA
Sterling Hill and Franklin Furnace, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA
Stewart Mine, Butte, Silver Bow Co., Montana, USA
Sweet Home Mine, Alma District, Park Co., Colorado, USA
Washington Camp District, Santa Cruz Co., Arizona, USA
Wood Mine, Central City District/Quartz Hill, Gilpin Co., Colorado, USA
Dolyhir Quarry, Powys, Wales
Great Ormes Head Mine, Llandudno, Gwynedd, Wales
Parys Mountain mine, Anglesey, Wales
Kipushi mine, Lubumbashi, Shaba, Zaire