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Stibiocolusite

A valid IMA mineral species
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Formula:
Cu13V(Sb,Sn,As)3S16
Colour:
Dark gray
Lustre:
Metallic
Hardness:
4 - 4½
Specific Gravity:
4.66 (Calculated)
Crystal System:
Isometric
Member of:
Germanite Group
Name:
Named as the antimonium (Greek "STIBI") analogue of colusite.
Forms a solid-solution series with colusite.
May grade into Sb-rich nekrasovite (type material).


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Unique IdentifiersHide

Mindat ID:
3779
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:1:3779:8

IMA Classification of StibiocolusiteHide

IMA status:
Approved
IMA Formula:
Cu1+12Cu2+V3+(Sb5+,Sn4+,As5+)3S2-16
Approval year:
1991
First published:
1992
Type description reference:
Spiridonov, E.M., Badalov, A.S., Kovachev, V.V. (1992) Stibiocolusite Cu26V2(Sb,Sn,As)6S32: A new mineral. Doklady Akademii Nauk SSSR: 324(2): 411-414.

Classification of StibiocolusiteHide

Strunz-mindat (2026):
2.CB.30

2 : SULFIDES and SULFOSALTS (sulfides, selenides, tellurides; arsenides, antimonides, bismuthides; sulfarsenites, sulfantimonites, sulfbismuthites, etc.)
C : Metal Sulfides, M: S = 1: 1 (and similar)
B : With Zn, Fe, Cu, Ag, etc.
Dana 8th ed.:
3.1.1.4

3 : SULFOSALTS
1 : ø > 4

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

Physical Properties of StibiocolusiteHide

Lustre:
Metallic
Transparency:
Opaque
Colour:
Dark gray
Streak:
Gray
Hardness:
4 - 4½ on Mohs scale
Hardness:
VHN50=260 - 285 kg/mm2 - Vickers
Cleavage:
None Observed
Fracture:
Conchoidal
Density:
4.66 g/cm3 (Calculated)

Optical Data of StibiocolusiteHide

Bireflectance:
None
Reflectivity:
WavelengthR1 (%)
400nm22.5%
440nm23.8%
480nm25.5%
520nm27.1%
580nm29.5%
600nm30.1%
620nm31.0%
700nm31.1%


Graph shows reflectance levels at different wavelengths (in nm). Peak reflectance is 31.1%.
Colour in reflected light:
Light gray with light brown or rose-brown tint.
Internal Reflections:
None
Pleochroism:
Non-pleochroic

Chemistry of StibiocolusiteHide

Mindat Formula:
Cu13V(Sb,Sn,As)3S16
Element Weights:
Element% weight
Cu47.062 %
S29.227 %
Sb20.809 %
V2.902 %

Calculated from ideal end-member formula.
Elements listed:
As, Cu, S, Sb, Sn, V - search for minerals with similar chemistry
Common Impurities:
Fe,Mn,Co,Ag,Ge,Mo

Crystallography of StibiocolusiteHide

Crystal System:
Isometric
Class (H-M):
43m - Hextetrahedral
Space Group:
P43m
Cell Parameters:
a = 10.705(4) Å
Unit Cell V:
1,226.76 ų (Calculated from Unit Cell)
Z:
1
Comment:
Space group by analogy with colusite.

X-Ray Powder DiffractionHide

Powder Diffraction Data:
d-spacingIntensity
3.10 Å(100)
1.892 Å(90)
1.614 Å(70)
1.226 Å(40)
1.094 Å(60)
1.030 Å(40)

Geological EnvironmentHide

Paragenetic Mode(s):
Paragenetic ModeEarliest Age (Ga)
High-? alteration and/or metamorphism
33 : Minerals deposited by hydrothermal metal-rich fluids (see also [#12])

Type Occurrence of StibiocolusiteHide

Co-Type Localities:
ⓘ Chelopech Au-Cu Mine, Chelopech Municipality, Sofia Province, Bulgaria
ⓘ Kairagach Au deposit, Ohangaron District, Tashkent Region, Uzbekistan
General Appearance of Type Material:
Oval segregations 5-15 (rarely 80) µm across in tetrahedrite and rounded grains up to 40 µm across in enargite and luzonite.
Place of Conservation of Type Material:
Fersman Mineralogical Museum, Moscow, Russia.
Geological Setting of Type Material:
In gold shoots within quartz-sulfide veins in volcanogenic deposits.
Associated Minerals at Type Locality:
BorniteEnargiteGoldfielditeLuzoniteMawsonite
NekrasoviteTetrahedrite Subgroup
Reference:
Spiridonov, E.M., Badalov, A.S., Kovachev, V.V. (1992) Stibiocolusite Cu26V2(Sb,Sn,As)6S32: A new mineral. Doklady Akademii Nauk SSSR: 324(2): 411-414.

Synonyms of StibiocolusiteHide

Other Language Names for StibiocolusiteHide

Relationship of Stibiocolusite to other SpeciesHide

Member of:
Germanite Group
Other Members of Germanite Group:
ChatkaliteCu6FeSn2S8Tet. 42m : P4m2
ColusiteCu13VAs3S16Iso. 43m : P43n
GermaniteCu13Fe2Ge2S16Iso. 43m : P43n
GermanocolusiteCu26V2(Ge,As)6S32Iso. 43m : P43m
MaikainiteCu20(Fe,Cu)6Mo2Ge6S32Iso. m3m(4/m32/m)
NekrasoviteCu26V2(Sn,As,Sb)6S32Iso. 43m : P43n
Ovamboite Cu20(Fe,Cu,Zn)6W2Ge6S32Iso. 43m : P43n
Renierite(Cu+,Zn)11Fe4(Ge4+,As5+)2S16Tet. 42m : P42c

Related Minerals - Strunz-mindat GroupingHide

2.CB.RichardsiteZn2CuGaS4Tet. 42m : I42m
2.CB.OkruginiteCu2SnSe3Mon. m : Bb
2.CB.HanswilkeiteKFeS2Mon. 2/m : B2/b
2.CB.AuroselenideAuSeMon. 2/m : B2/m
2.CB.Ruizhongite(Ag2◻)Pb3Ge2S8Iso. 43m : I43d
2.CB.AgmantiniteAg2MnSnS4Orth.
2.CB.TolstykhiteAu3S4Te6Tric. 1 : P1
2.CB.GachingiteAu(Te1-xSex)Orth. mmm(2/m2/m2/m)
2.CB.05aHawleyiteCdSIso. 43m : F43m
2.CB.05'UM1998-15-S:CuFeZn'Cu2Fe3Zn5S10
2.CB.05aColoradoiteHgTeIso. 43m : F43m
2.CB.05aMetacinnabarHgSIso. 43m : F43m
2.CB.05aTiemanniteHgSeIso. 43m : F43m
2.CB.05aSphaleriteZnSIso. 43m : F43m
2.CB.05bSakuraiite(Cu,Zn,Fe)3(In,Sn)S4 Iso.
2.CB.05cPolhemusite(Zn,Hg)STet.
2.CB.05aRudashevskyite(Fe,Zn)SIso. 43m : F43m
2.CB.05aStilleiteZnSeIso. 43m : F43m
2.CB.05aIshiharaite(Cu,Ga,Fe,In,Zn)SIso. 43m : F43m
2.CB.07a'Unnamed (Cu-Mn-Sn Sulphide)'Cu2MnSnS4
2.CB.07aShenzhuangiteNiFeS2Tet. 42m : I42d
2.CB.10bTalnakhiteCu9(Fe,Ni)8S16Iso. 43m : I43m
2.CB.10bHaycockiteCu4Fe5S8Orth. 222
2.CB.10aLenaiteAgFeS2Tet. 42m : I42d
2.CB.10aGalliteCuGaS2Tet. 42m : I42d
2.CB.10aRoquesiteCuInS2Tet. 42m : I42d
2.CB.10aEskeborniteCuFeSe2Tet. 42m : P42c
2.CB.10a'UM1984-30-S:CuFeSn'Cu2Fe2Sn3S7
2.CB.10cOmariniiteCu8Fe2ZnGe2S12Orth. 222 : I222
2.CB.10aChalcopyriteCuFeS2Tet. 42m : I42d
2.CB.10a'Unnamed (Cu-Zn-In Sulphide)'CuZn2InS4
2.CB.10bMooihoekiteCu9Fe9S16Tet. 42m : P42m
2.CB.10aLaforêtiteAgInS2Tet. 42m : I42d
2.CB.10bPutoraniteCu1.1Fe1.2S2Iso. m3m(4/m32/m) : Pn3m
2.CB.15aVelikiteCu2HgSnS4Tet. 4 : I4
2.CB.15c'UM2006-11-S:CuFeGeZn'Cu8(Fe,Zn)3Ge2S12 (?)
2.CB.15aHocartiteAg2(Fe2+,Zn)SnS4Tet. 42m : I42m
2.CB.15aKësteriteCu2ZnSnS4Tet. 4 : I4
2.CB.15aPirquitasiteAg2ZnSnS4Tet. 4 : I4
2.CB.15aStanniteCu2FeSnS4Tet. 42m : I42m
2.CB.15cStannoiditeCu+6Cu2+2(Fe2+,Zn)3Sn2S12Orth. 222 : I222
2.CB.15bMohiteCu2SnS3Mon.
2.CB.15aČernýiteCu2CdSnS4Tet. 42m : I42m
2.CB.15aIdaiteCu5FeS6Hex.
2.CB.15aFerrokësteriteCu2FeSnS4Tet. 4 : I4
2.CB.15aKuramiteCu3SnS4Tet. 42m : I42m
2.CB.17a v'Arsenic-bearing Renierite'Cu11GeAsFe4S16
2.CB.20MawsoniteCu6Fe2SnS8Tet. 42m : P4m2
2.CB.20ChatkaliteCu6FeSn2S8Tet. 42m : P4m2
2.CB.30'Frieseite'Ag2Fe5S8 (?)
2.CB.30NekrasoviteCu26V2(Sn,As,Sb)6S32Iso. 43m : P43n
2.CB.30'Argyropyrite'near Ag2Fe7S11
2.CB.30MaikainiteCu20(Fe,Cu)6Mo2Ge6S32Iso. m3m(4/m32/m)
2.CB.30ColusiteCu13VAs3S16Iso. 43m : P43n
2.CB.30GermaniteCu13Fe2Ge2S16Iso. 43m : P43n
2.CB.30GermanocolusiteCu26V2(Ge,As)6S32Iso. 43m : P43m
2.CB.30Ovamboite Cu20(Fe,Cu,Zn)6W2Ge6S32Iso. 43m : P43n
2.CB.35aMorozeviczite(Pb,Fe)3Ge1-xS4Iso.
2.CB.35aRenierite(Cu+,Zn)11Fe4(Ge4+,As5+)2S16Tet. 42m : P42c
2.CB.35aHemusiteCu6SnMoS8Iso.
2.CB.35bCatamarcaiteCu6GeWS8Hex. 6mm : P63mc
2.CB.35aVincienniteCu+7Cu2+3Fe2+2Fe3+2Sn(As,Sb)S16Tet.
2.CB.35aKiddcreekiteCu6SnWS8Iso. 43m : F43m
2.CB.35aPolkovicite(Fe,Pb)3(Ge,Fe)1-xS4Iso.
2.CB.40LautiteCuAsSOrth. mmm(2/m2/m2/m) : Pnma
2.CB.42LingbaoiteAgTe3Trig. 3m : R3m
2.CB.45CadmoseliteCdSeHex. 6mm : P63mc
2.CB.45RambergiteMnSHex. 6mm : P63mc
2.CB.45Buseckite(Fe,Zn,Mn)SHex. 6mm : P63mc
2.CB.45MaletoyvayamiteAu3Se4Te6Tric. 1 : P1
2.CB.45GreenockiteCdSHex. 6mm : P63mc
2.CB.45Wurtzite(Zn,Fe)SHex. 6mm : P63mc
2.CB.47MurchisiteCr5S6Trig. 3m(32/m) : P31c
2.CB.50'Zincselenide'ZnSe
2.CB.50WassoniteTiSTrig. 3m(32/m) : R3m
2.CB.52'Dzhezkazganite'ReMoCu2PbS6 ?Trig. 3m : R3m
2.CB.55bIsocubaniteCuFe2S3Iso. m3m(4/m32/m) : Fm3m
2.CB.55aCubaniteCuFe2S3Orth. mmm(2/m2/m2/m)
2.CB.60RaguiniteTlFeS2Orth.
2.CB.60PicotpauliteTlFe2S3Orth. mmm(2/m2/m2/m) : Cmcm
2.CB.65ArgentopyriteAgFe2S3Mon. 2/m
2.CB.65SternbergiteAgFe2S3Orth. mmm(2/m2/m2/m)
2.CB.70SulvaniteCu3VS4Iso. 43m : P43m
2.CB.75VulcaniteCuTeOrth. mmm(2/m2/m2/m)
2.CB.80EmpressiteAgTeOrth. mmm(2/m2/m2/m)
2.CB.85MuthmanniteAuAgTe2Mon. 2/m : P2/m

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.

Internet Links for StibiocolusiteHide

References for StibiocolusiteHide

Localities for StibiocolusiteHide

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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.
Bulgaria (TL)
 
  • Sofia Province
    • Chelopech Municipality
Spiridonov et al. (1992)
Greece
 
  • Eastern Macedonia and Thrace
    • Evros
      • Alexandroupoli
Repstock et al. (2015)
Japan
 
  • Hokkaidō Prefecture
    • Ishikari Subprefecture
      • Sapporo City
IMAI et al. (1999) +1 other reference
Uzbekistan (TL)
 
  • Tashkent Region
    • Ohangaron District
Spiridonov et al. (1992) +2 other references
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