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Mindat Short Description

Charge balance maintained by coupled substitution Zn+Ge = Cu+As.

Compare the Zn- and As-free member germanite.

Geoscience Ontology Status Notes

Vaes J F (1948) La reniérite (anciennement applelée «Bornite orange») Un sulfure germanifère provenant de la Mine Prince-Léopold, Kipushi (Congo Belge), Annales de la Société Géologique de Belgique 72, 19-32

IMA Formula (from Mindat)

(Cu1+,Zn)11Fe4(Ge4+,As5+)2S16

RRUFF Formula (from Geoscience Ontology)

(Cu1+,Cu2+Zn2+)11(Fe2+,Fe3+)4(Ge4+,As5+)2S2-16

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