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Tennantite-(Mn)

A valid IMA mineral species - pending publication
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Tennantite-(Mn)

Choquelimpie Mine, Ticnamar area, Parinacota Province, Arica y Parinacota, Chile
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Tennantite-(Mn)

Choquelimpie Mine, Ticnamar area, Parinacota Province, Arica y Parinacota, Chile
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Tennantite-(Mn)

Choquelimpie Mine, Ticnamar area, Parinacota Province, Arica y Parinacota, Chile
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About Tennantite-(Mn)Hide

Formula:
Cu6(Cu4Mn2)As4S12S
Crystal System:
Isometric
Name:
Named for the composition and its relation to other group members.
The second Mn-dominant member of the tetrahedrite group. Unique combination of elements (at the upload time).
The As analogue of tetrahedrite-(Mn).


Unique IdentifiersHide

Mindat ID:
470389
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:1:470389:7

Similar NamesHide

PennantiteA valid IMA mineral species - grandfatheredMn52+Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)8
TennantitA synonym of Tennantite Subgroup
Tennantite-(Cd)A valid IMA mineral speciesCu6(Cu4Cd2)As4S12S
Tennantite-(Cu)A valid IMA mineral speciesCu6(Cu4Cu2)As4S12S
Tennantite-(Fe)A valid IMA mineral speciesCu6(Cu4Fe22+)As4S12S
Tennantite-(Hg)A valid IMA mineral speciesCu6(Cu4Hg2)As4S12S
Tennantite-(In)A valid IMA mineral speciesCu6(Cu5In)As4S13
Tennantite-(Ni)A valid IMA mineral speciesCu6(Cu4Ni2)As4S12S
Tennantite-(Zn)A valid IMA mineral speciesCu6(Cu4Zn2)As4S12S

IMA Classification of Tennantite-(Mn)Hide

IMA status:
Approved, Pending publication
IMA Formula:
Cu1+6(Cu1+4Mn2+2)As3+4S2-13
Approval year:
2022
Approval history:
IMA no. 2022-040

Classification of Tennantite-(Mn)Hide

Strunz-mindat (2026):
2.GB.

2 : SULFIDES and SULFOSALTS (sulfides, selenides, tellurides; arsenides, antimonides, bismuthides; sulfarsenites, sulfantimonites, sulfbismuthites, etc.)
G : Sulfarsenites, sulfantimonites, sulfbismuthites
B : Neso-sulfarsenites, etc. with additional S

Mineral SymbolsHide

As of 2021 there are now IMA–CNMNC approved mineral symbols (abbreviations) for each mineral species, useful for tables and diagrams.

SymbolSourceReference for Standard
Tnt-MnIMA–CNMNCWarr, L.N. (2021). IMA–CNMNC approved mineral symbols. Mineralogical Magazine, 85(3), 291-320. doi:10.1180/mgm.2021.43

Chemistry of Tennantite-(Mn)Hide

Mindat Formula:
Cu6(Cu4Mn2)As4S12S
Element Weights:
Element% weight
Cu43.469 %
S28.515 %
As20.500 %
Mn7.516 %

Calculated from ideal end-member formula.
Cu
S
As
Mn
Elements listed:
As, Cu, Mn, S - search for minerals with similar chemistry

Crystallography of Tennantite-(Mn)Hide

Crystal System:
Isometric
Class (H-M):
43m - Hextetrahedral
Space Group:
I43m
Cell Parameters:
a = 10.285(1) Å
Unit Cell V:
1,087.96 ų (Calculated from Unit Cell)

X-Ray Powder DiffractionHide

Powder Diffraction Data:
d-spacingIntensity
4.199 Å(4)
3.636 Å(4)
2.969 Å(100)
2.749 Å(4)
2.571 Å(17)
1.878 Å(6)
1.818 Å(45)
1.550 Å(23)
Locality:
Choquelimpie Mine, Ticnamar area, Parinacota Province, Arica y Parinacota, Chile

Type Occurrence of Tennantite-(Mn)Hide

Type Locality:
ⓘ Choquelimpie Mine, Ticnamar area, Parinacota Province, Arica y Parinacota, Chile
Place of Conservation of Type Material:
collections of the Naturhistorisches Museum Wien, Burgring 7, 1010 Vienna, Austria, catalogue number O 2509

Other Language Names for Tennantite-(Mn)Hide

Relationship of Tennantite-(Mn) to other SpeciesHide

Member of:
Tennantite Subgroup > Tetrahedrite Group
Other Members of Tennantite Subgroup:
Tennantite-(Cd)Cu6(Cu4Cd2)As4S12SIso. 43m : I43m
Tennantite-(Cu)Cu6(Cu4Cu2)As4S12SIso. 43m : I43m
Tennantite-(Fe)Cu6(Cu4Fe2+2)As4S12SIso. 43m : I43m
Tennantite-(Hg)Cu6(Cu4Hg2)As4S12SIso. 43m : I43m
Tennantite-(In)Cu6(Cu5In)As4S13Iso. 43m : I43m
Tennantite-(Ni)Cu6(Cu4Ni2)As4S12SIso. 43m : I43m
Tennantite-(Zn)Cu6(Cu4Zn2)As4S12SIso. 43m : I43m

Related Minerals - Strunz-mindat GroupingHide

2.GB.'Polybasite-Tac'[Ag6Sb2S7][Ag9CuS4]Trig. 3m(32/m) : P3m1
2.GB.Kenoargentotetrahedrite-(Zn)[Ag6]4+(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S12◻Iso. 43m : I43m
2.GB.Argentotetrahedrite-(Hg)Ag6(Cu4Hg2)Sb4S12SIso. 43m : I43m
2.GB.Annivite-(Zn)Cu6(Cu4Zn2)Bi4S12SIso. 43m : I43m
2.GB.Pošepnýite(Cu+3◻3)(Hg2+4Cu+2)Sb4Se12(Se0.5◻0.5)Iso. 43m : I43m
2.GB.Tennantite-(Cu)Cu6(Cu4Cu2)As4S12SIso. 43m : I43m
2.GB.Argentopolybasite[Ag6Sb2S7][Ag9AgS4]Trig. 32 : P321
2.GB.Argentotetrahedrite-(Cd)Ag6(Cu4Cd2)Sb4S12SIso. 43m : I43m
2.GB.Stibioústalečite(Cu4Cu2)(Cu4Cu+2)(Sb2Te2)Se12SeIso. 43m : I43m
2.GB.Stibiogoldfieldite(Cu4Cu2)(Cu4Cu+2)(Sb2Te2)S12SIso. 43m : I43m
2.GB.Argentotetrahedrite-(Zn)Ag6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S12SIso. 43m : I43m
2.GB.Tetrahedrite-(Cd)Cu6(Cu4Cd2)Sb4S12SIso. 43m : I43m
2.GB.Arsenogoldfieldite(Cu4Cu2)(Cu4Cu+2)(As2Te2)S12SIso. 43m : I43m
2.GB.Arsenoústalečite(Cu4Cu2)(Cu4Cu+2)(As2Te2)Se12SeIso. 43m : I43m
2.GB.Tennantite-(In)Cu6(Cu5In)As4S13Iso. 43m : I43m
2.GB.Zvěstovite-(Fe)Ag6(Ag4Fe2+2)As4S12SIso. 43m : I43m
2.GB.Hakite-(Fe)Cu6(Cu4Fe2+2)Sb4Se12SeIso. 43m : I43m
2.GB.Tennantite-(Cd)Cu6(Cu4Cd2)As4S12SIso. 43m : I43m
2.GB.XKenorozhdestvenskayaite-(Fe)[Ag6]4+(Ag4Fe2+2)Sb4S12◻Iso. 43m : I43m
2.GB.Tetrahedrite-(Cu)Cu6(Cu4Cu2+2)Sb4S12SIso. 43m : I43m
2.GB.Hakite-(Zn)Cu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4Se12SeIso. 43m : I43m
2.GB.Zvěstovite-(Zn)Ag6(Ag4Zn2)As4S12SIso.
2.GB.Hakite-(Cd)Cu6(Cu4Cd2)Sb4Se12SeIso. 43m : I43m
2.GB.Kenoargentotennantite-(Fe)[Ag6]4+(Cu4Fe2)As4S12◻Iso. 43m : I43m
2.GB.Tennantite-(Hg)Cu6(Cu4Hg2)As4S12SIso. 43m : I43m
2.GB.Tetrahedrite-(Mn)Cu6(Cu4Mn2)Sb4S12SIso. 43m : I43m
2.GB.Tennantite-(Ni)Cu6(Cu4Ni2)As4S12SIso. 43m : I43m
2.GB.Tetrahedrite-(Ni)Cu6(Cu4Ni2)Sb4S12SIso. 43m : I43m
2.GB.05Hakite-(Hg)Cu6(Cu4Hg2)Sb4Se12SeIso. 43m : I43m
2.GB.05Rozhdestvenskayaite-(Zn)Ag6(Ag4Zn2)Sb4S12SIso. 43m : I43m
2.GB.05Argentotennantite-(Zn)Ag6(Cu4Zn2)As4S12SIso. 43m : I43m
2.GB.05Argentotennantite-(Fe)Ag6(Cu4Fe2)As4S12SIso. 43m : I43m
2.GB.05Freibergite Subgroup(Ag6,[Ag6]4+)(Cu4 C2+2)Sb4S12S0-1Iso. 43m : I43m
2.GB.05Tennantite SubgroupCu6(Cu4C2+2)As4S12SIso. 43m : I43m
2.GB.05Tennantite-(Zn)Cu6(Cu4Zn2)As4S12SIso. 43m : I43m
2.GB.05Tetrahedrite-(Zn)Cu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S12SIso. 43m : F43m
2.GB.05Tetrahedrite SubgroupCu6(Cu4C2+2)Sb4S12SIso. 43m : I43m
2.GB.05Tennantite-(Fe)Cu6(Cu4Fe2+2)As4S12SIso. 43m : I43m
2.GB.05Tetrahedrite-(Fe)Cu6(Cu4Fe2+2)Sb4S12SIso. 43m : I43m
2.GB.05Tetrahedrite-(Hg)Cu6(Cu4Hg2)Sb4S12SIso. 43m : I43m
2.GB.05Kenoargentotetrahedrite-(Fe)[Ag6]4+(Cu4Fe2+2)Sb4S12◻Iso. 43m : I43m
2.GB.05Giraudite-(Zn)Cu6(Cu4Zn2)As4Se12SeIso. 43m : I43m
2.GB.05Argentotetrahedrite-(Fe)Ag6(Cu4Fe2)Sb4S12SIso. 43m : I43m
2.GB.05Goldfieldite(Cu4◻2)(Cu4Cu+2)Te4S12SIso. 43m : I43m
2.GB.05'UM1992-21-S:AgFeSb'Ag6(Ag4Fe2+2)Sb4S12SIso.
2.GB.10SelenostephaniteAg5SbSe4Orth. 222 : P212121
2.GB.10StephaniteAg5SbS4Orth. mm2 : Cmc21
2.GB.15'UM2003-14-S:AgBiFeTe'Ag16FeBiTe3S8
2.GB.15'UM1979-17-S:BiCuFe'~Cu18Fe4BiS16
2.GB.15Pearceite[Ag6As2S7][Ag9CuS4]Trig. 3m(32/m) : P3m1
2.GB.15Argentopearceite[Ag6As2S7][Ag9AgS4]Trig. 32 : P321
2.GB.15Cupropolybasite[Cu6Sb2S7][Ag9CuS4]Trig. 3m : P31m
2.GB.15Fengruiite[Ag6Sb2S7][Ag9CuS2Te2]Trig. 3m(32/m) : P3m1
2.GB.15Auropearceite[Ag6As2S7][Ag9AuS4]Trig. 32 : P321
2.GB.15Selenopolybasite[(Ag,Cu)6(Sb,As)2(S,Se)7][Ag9Cu(S,Se)2Se2]Trig. 3m(32/m) : P3m1
2.GB.15Polybasite[Ag6Sb2S7][Ag9CuS4]Mon. 2/m : B2/m
2.GB.15Auropolybasite[Ag6Sb2S7][Ag9AuS4]Trig. 32 : P321
2.GB.15Cupropearceite[Cu6As2S7][Ag9CuS4]Trig. 3m(32/m) : P3m1
2.GB.20Vorontsovite(Hg5Cu)Σ6TlAs4S12Iso. 43m : I43m
2.GB.20Ferrovorontsovite(Fe5Cu)Σ6TlAs4S12Iso. 43m : I43m
2.GB.20Galkhaite(Hg5Cu)CsAs4S12Iso. 43m : I43m

Other InformationHide

Health Risks:
No information on health risks for this material has been entered into the database. You should always treat mineral specimens with care.

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Localities for Tennantite-(Mn)Hide

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Locality ListHide

- This locality has map coordinates listed. - This locality has estimated coordinates. ⓘ - Click for references and further information on this occurrence. ? - Indicates mineral may be doubtful at this locality. - Good crystals or important locality for species. - World class for species or very significant. (TL) - Type Locality for a valid mineral species. (FRL) - First Recorded Locality for everything else (eg varieties). Struck out - Mineral was erroneously reported from this locality. Faded * - Never found at this locality but inferred to have existed at some point in the past (e.g. from pseudomorphs).

All localities listed without proper references should be considered as questionable.
Chile (TL)
 
  • Arica y Parinacota
    • Parinacota Province
      • Ticnamar area
Miyawaki et al. (2022)
Romania
 
  • Hunedoara County
    • Certeju de Sus
Dincă et al. (2025)
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