Renierite

ID	276
Mineral	Renierite
Location	New South Wales - Australia
Fluorescence	LW-UV: close SW-UV: close
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Mindat data

ID	3389
Long ID	1:1:3389:9
Formula	`(Cu¹⁺,Zn)₁₁Fe₄(Ge⁴⁺,As⁵⁺)₂S₁₆`
IMA Status	0 1
Discovery Year	1948
Diapheny	Opaque
Colour	Orange-bronze, tarnishes reddish
Hardness (min)	4.0
Hardness (max)	5.0
About the name	Named after Armand Marie Vincent Joseph Renier (26 June 1876, Verviers, Belgium - 9 October 1951, Leuze, Belgium), Director of the Geological Survey of Belgium. It was originally spelled reniérite, but the diacritic mark has since been dropped.
Crystal System	Tetragonal
key_elements	0 1
shortcode_ima	Ren
Group	Germanite Group

Price: € 10

Dimensions: Not registered

Weight: Not registered

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Notes:

Symbol	Element
As	Arsenic
Cu	Copper
Fe	Iron
Ge	Germanium
S	Sulfur
Zn	Zinc