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Mindat Short Description

Compare renierite.

Geoscience Ontology Status Notes

Pufahl O (1922) “Germanit” ein germanium-mineral und -erz von Tsumeb, Südwest-Afrika, Metall und Erz 19, 324-325 Chemical formula changed from Cu_3_(Ge,Fe)S_4_: Tettenhorst R T, Corbato C E (1984) Crystal structure of germanite, Cu_26_Ge_4_Fe_4_S_32_, determined by powder X-ray diffraction. American Mineralogist 69, 943-947

IMA Formula (from Mindat)

Cu₁₃Fe₂Ge₂S₁₆

RRUFF Formula (from Geoscience Ontology)

Cu¹⁺₈Cu²⁺₅Fe³⁺₂Ge⁴⁺₂S^2-₁₆

Additional References

• http://www.handbookofmineralogy.com/pdfs/germanite.pdf

• http://www.webmineral.com/data/Germanite.shtml