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Djerfisherite, etc.

Material'naya Adit, Yukspor Mountain, Murmansk Oblast, Russia

Djerfisherite

Gulinskii massif, Maimecha and Kotui Rivers Basin, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia

Djerfisherite, etc.

Material'naya Adit, Yukspor Mountain, Murmansk Oblast, Russia

Djerfisherite, etc.

Material'naya Adit, Yukspor Mountain, Murmansk Oblast, Russia

Djerfisherite

Gulinskii massif, Maimecha and Kotui Rivers Basin, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia

Djerfisherite, etc.

Material'naya Adit, Yukspor Mountain, Murmansk Oblast, Russia

Djerfisherite, etc.

Material'naya Adit, Yukspor Mountain, Murmansk Oblast, Russia

Djerfisherite

Gulinskii massif, Maimecha and Kotui Rivers Basin, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia

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About Djerfisherite GroupHide

Structurally related to bartonite and pentlandite.

Unique IdentifiersHide

Mindat ID:

42220

Long-form identifier:

mindat:1:1:42220:8

Crystal StructureHide

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ID	Species	Reference	Year	Locality	Temp (K)
0006153	Djerfisherite	Zaccarini F, Thalhammer O A R, Princivalle F, Lenaz D, Stanley C J, Garuti G (2007) Djerfisherite in the Guli dunite complex, Polar Siberia: a primary or metasomatic phase? The Canadian Mineralogist 45 1201-1211	2007	Guli dunite complex, Polar Siberia, Russia	293
0015579	Djerfisherite	Dmitrieva M T, Ilyukhin V V, Bokii G B (1979) Close packing and cation arrangement in the djerfisherite structure Soviet Physics Crystallography 24 683-685	1979	Khibiny massif, Kola peninsula, Russia	293
0005435	Owensite	Szymanski J T (1995) The crystal structure of owensite, (Ba,Pb)6(Cu,Fe,Ni)25S27, a new member of the djerfisherite group The Canadian Mineralogist 33 671-677	1995		293

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 Djerfisherite in the Guli dunite complex, Polar Siberia: a primary or
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_chemical_formula_sum 'K6 Cu Fe24 S26 Cl'
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K   0.00000   0.00000   0.29846   0.03400
Cu   0.50000   0.50000   0.50000   0.04500
Fe   0.13537   0.36721   0.36721   0.03000
S2   0.24813   0.50000   0.00000   0.02900
S3   0.50000   0.50000   0.25909   0.02500
S4   0.22800   0.22800   0.22800   0.03000
Cl1   0.00000   0.00000   0.00000   0.02600

Relationship of Djerfisherite Group to other SpeciesHide

Djerfisherite Group Members:

Cu-djerfisherite	K₆(Cu,Fe)₂₅S₂₆Cl
Djerfisherite	K₆(Fe,Cu,Ni)₂₅S₂₆Cl	Iso. m3m (4/m 3 2/m) : Pm3m
Gmalimite	K₆◻Fe²⁺₂₄S₂₇	Iso. m3m (4/m 3 2/m) : Pm3m
Owensite	(Ba,Pb)₆(Cu,Fe,Ni)₂₅S₂₇	Iso. m3m (4/m 3 2/m) : Pm3m
Thalfenisite	Tl₆(Fe,Ni,Cu)₂₅S₂₆Cl	Iso.
Zoharite	(Ba,K)₆(Fe,Cu,Ni)₂₅S₂₇	Iso. m3m (4/m 3 2/m) : Pm3m

Minerals structurally related to group:

Bartonite	K₆Fe₂₀S₂₆S
Chlorbartonite	K₆Fe₂₄S₂₆(Cl,S)

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Health Risks:

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All localities listed without proper references should be considered as questionable.


Africa
Sahara Desert ⓘ Sahara 97072 meteorite	[Djerfisherite] Gannoun et al. (2011)

Antarctica
East Antarctica ⓘ MacAlpine Hills 88136 meteorite	[Djerfisherite] Lin et al. (1991) +1 other reference
Queen Maud Land Queen Fabiola Mountains ⓘ Yamato 691 meteorite	[Djerfisherite] El Gorsey et al. (1988)
ⓘ Yamato 82189 meteorite	[Djerfisherite] Lin et al. (1998)
Victoria Land Allan Hills ⓘ Allan Hills 84008 meteorite	[Djerfisherite] Rosenshein et al. (2006)

Australia
Queensland City of Mount Isa Mount Isa Mount Isa Mines ⓘ Mount Isa smelter slag locality	[Djerfisherite] Riley (1978)

Azerbaijan
Aghjabadi District Hindarx ⓘ Indarch meteorite	[Djerfisherite] Britvin et al. (2008)

Canada
Northwest Territories ⓘ Lac de Gras	[Djerfisherite] Anton R. Chakhmouradian and Roger H. Mitchell (2001)
Nunavut Qikiqtaaluk Region Baffin Island ⓘ Napoleon Bay	[Djerfisherite] Hogarth (1997)
Somerset Island ⓘ Elwin Bay kimberlite	[Djerfisherite] December 1994 +3 other references
Québec Montérégie Vaudreuil-Soulanges RCM Vaudreuil-Dorion ⓘ Île Cadieux alnöite	[Djerfisherite] Henderson et al. (1999)
Yukon Whitehorse mining district Kluane District ⓘ Wellgreen Cu-Ni-PGE deposit	[Owensite] Laflamme et al. (1995) +1 other reference

China
Gansu Jinchang Jinchuan District ⓘ Jinchuan Ni-Cu-PGE deposit (Baijiajuzi Ni-Cu-PGE deposit)	[Djerfisherite] Qijia Zang and Keqiao Chen (1985)
Guizhou Guiyang Qingzhen County ⓘ Qingzhen meteorite	[Djerfisherite] Daode Wang and Rambaldi (1988)

Finland
North Savo ⓘ Kuopio-Kaavi diamond field	[Djerfisherite] o´Brien

Germany
Brandenburg Havelland ⓘ Ribbeck meteorite	[Djerfisherite] - (2010) +1 other reference
Rhineland-Palatinate Mayen-Koblenz Vordereifel Ettringen ⓘ Caspar quarry	[Owensite] EMPA data V. V. SHARYGIN (Novosibirsk, Ru)

Greenland
Avannaata Cap York ⓘ Cape York meteorite	[Djerfisherite] Kracher et al. (1977)
Kujalleq ⓘ Ilímaussaq complex	[Djerfisherite] Petersen et al. (1993)

Iraq
Sulaymaniyah Governorate Pshdar District Qaladiza Hero ⓘ Dupezeh Mountain	[Djerfisherite] Al-Hermezi et al. (1986)

Israel
Southern District Beersheba Subdistrict Tamar Regional Council Hatrurim Basin ⓘ Ferroåkermanite type locality	[Djerfisherite] Juroszek et al. (2025)
ⓘ Wadi Halamish	Galuskin et al. (2023)
ⓘ Paralava outcrops	Galuskina et al. (2025)
Wadi Zohar ⓘ Paralava occurrence (3)	[Djerfisherite] Futrzyński et al. (2023)

Italy
Umbria Terni Province San Venanzo ⓘ Vispi Quarry	[Djerfisherite] Stoppa et al. (1997)

Japan
Hiroshima Prefecture Shoubara City ⓘ Kushiro	[Djerfisherite] Takechi et al (1999)

Kazakhstan
West Kazakhstan Region Bayterek District ⓘ Darinskoe meteorite	[Djerfisherite] Sharygin (2019)

Malawi
Central Region Nkhotakota ⓘ Kota-Kota meteorite (Marimba meteorite)	[Djerfisherite] Fuchs (1966) +1 other reference

Mongolia
Dornogovi Province Erdene District ⓘ Khamaryn– Khural–Khiid combustion metamorphic complex	[Owensite] Savina et al. (2020)

Norway
Telemark Skien ⓘ Flekkeren	[Djerfisherite] Jamtveit et al. (1997)

Romania
Bihor County ⓘ Măgureaua Vaței intrusion	[Djerfisherite] www.researchgate.net (n.d.)
Hunedoara County Vaţa de Jos Cerboia Valley ⓘ Cornet Hill	[Djerfisherite] Pascal et al. (2001)

Russia
Aldan Shield Chara and Tokko Rivers Confluence ⓘ Murunskii Massif	[Djerfisherite] Konev et al. (1993) +1 other reference
Buryatia Severo-Baykalsky District Dovyren Highlands Yoko-Dovyrensky Massif ⓘ Bol’shoy (Big) stream	[Djerfisherite] Kislov +1 other reference
Krasnoyarsk Krai Evenkiysky District ⓘ Kuzmovka complex	[Djerfisherite] Sokol et al. (2019) +1 other reference
Maimecha and Kotui Rivers Basin ⓘ Gulinskii massif (Guli)	[Djerfisherite] Henderson et al. (1999) +2 other references
ⓘ Kugda massif	[Djerfisherite] Henderson et al. (1999)
Odikhincha massif ⓘ Peralkaline nepheline-syenite pegmatite	[Djerfisherite] Zaitsev et al. (2022)
Taymyrskiy Autonomous Okrug Taimyr Peninsula Norilsk-Talnakh Mining Region Talnakh Cu-Ni Deposit ⓘ Komsomol'skii Mine	[Djerfisherite] Pekov (1998)
ⓘ Mayak Mine	[Djerfisherite] Pekov (1998)
ⓘ Oktyabrsky Mine	[Djerfisherite] Am Min 66:638-639 +1 other reference
ⓘ Kharaelakh lode	[Djerfisherite] Spiridonov et al. (2016)
Taymyrsky Dolgano-Nenetsky District ⓘ Kresty Volcano–Plutonic Complex	[Djerfisherite] Sazonov et al. (2024)
Kurgan Oblast Vargashinsky District ⓘ Pesyanoe meteorite	[Djerfisherite] Thomas R. Watters & Martin Prinz (1979)
Murmansk Oblast Koashva Mt ⓘ Koashva Open Pit	[Djerfisherite] American Mineralogist +1 other reference
Kola Peninsula ⓘ Salmagorsky complex	[Djerfisherite] A. N. Korobeinikov et al. (1998) +1 other reference
Kovdorsky District ⓘ Kovdor Massif	[Djerfisherite] Henderson et al. (1999) +2 other references
ⓘ Kovdor Zheleznyi Mine	[Djerfisherite] [World of Stones 95:5-6
Kukisvumchorr Mt ⓘ Kirovskii apatite mine	[Djerfisherite] Pekov (1998)
ⓘ Kuniok Valley	[Djerfisherite] Pekov (1998)
ⓘ Lovozero Massif	[Djerfisherite] ... +1 other reference
Lovozersky District ⓘ Alluaiv Mountain	[Djerfisherite] Pakhomovsky et al. (2018)
ⓘ Karnasurt Mountain	[Djerfisherite] Pakhomovsky et al. (2014)
Northern Karelia ⓘ Sallanlatvi Massif	[Djerfisherite] Zaitsev et al. (2004)
ⓘ Rasvumchorr Mt	[Djerfisherite] Pekov (1998) +1 other reference
Rasvumchorr Mine ⓘ Apatitovyi Tsirk	[Djerfisherite] Pekov (1998)
ⓘ Tsentral'nyi Mine	[Djerfisherite] Sokolova et al (2005) +1 other reference
ⓘ Salmagorskii	[Djerfisherite] A. N. Korobeinikov et al. (1998)
Turii Cape ⓘ Turii alkaline massif (Turiy massif)	[Djerfisherite] ... +2 other references
Yukspor Mountain ⓘ Material'naya Adit	[Djerfisherite] Pavel.M. Kartashov (n.d.)
Sakha Mirninsky District Daldyn ⓘ Dalnaya pipe	[Djerfisherite] Patchen et al. (1997)
ⓘ Udachnaya open-pit mine (Udachnaya-Vostochnaya pipe; Udachnaya pipe)	[Djerfisherite] Rezvukhin +15 other references
ⓘ Udachnaya-East Pipe	[Djerfisherite] Golovin (2025)
Mirny ⓘ Mirny Mine	[Djerfisherite] Anthony et al. (1990)
Olenyoksky District Kuoikskoe field ⓘ Obnazhennaya pipe	[Djerfisherite] Anthony et al. (1990) +1 other reference
ⓘ Vtorogodnitsa pipe	[Djerfisherite] Sharygin et al. (2011, February)
Upper Muna kimberlite field (Verkhne-Munskoe; Verkhnemunsky) ⓘ Zapolyarny open-pit mine (Zapolyarnaya pipe)	[Djerfisherite] Potapov et al. (2022)
ⓘ Tazheranskii Massif	[Djerfisherite] Konev A.A. (1974) +1 other reference

South Africa
Eastern Cape Chris Hani District Municipality Intsika Yethu Local Municipality ⓘ St. Mark's meteorite	[Djerfisherite] Fuchs (1966) +2 other references
Mpumalanga Gert Sibande District Municipality Chief Albert Luthuli Local Municipality Waterval Uitkomst Complex ⓘ Nkomati Mine	[Djerfisherite] Theart et al. (2001)
Northern Cape Frances Baard District Municipality Dikgatlong Local Municipality Windsorton ⓘ Frank Smith Mine	[Djerfisherite] Henderson et al. (1999)
Pixley ka Seme District Municipality Ubuntu Local Municipality ⓘ Silvery Home lamproite	[Djerfisherite] Abersteiner et al. (2024)

Sudan
Kassala Gash delta ⓘ Khor Temiki meteorite	[Djerfisherite] Theo Ntaflos (1988)

Switzerland
Ticino Locarno Centovalli Palagnedra ⓘ Boschetto Valley	[Djerfisherite] Stalder et al. (1998)

Tajikistan
Gorno-Badakhshan ⓘ Dunkeldyksky alkaline complex (Dunkeldik carbonatite–syenite complex)	[Djerfisherite] Solovova et al. (2006, October)

Tanzania
Arusha region Ngorongoro District ⓘ Ol Doinyo Lengai	[Djerfisherite] Victoria Sekisova et al. (2015)

Uganda
Eastern Region Soroti ⓘ Soroti meteorite	[Djerfisherite] Kracher +4 other references

UK
Scotland Highland Eilean á Chèo Isle of Skye ⓘ Camasunary	[Djerfisherite] Beard et al. (2007)

USA
California Humboldt County ⓘ Coyote Peak	[Djerfisherite] ... +5 other references
Michigan Menominee County Hermansville ⓘ Kimberlite 73	[Djerfisherite] Li +3 other references
South Carolina Lee County Bishopville ⓘ Bishopville meteorite	[Djerfisherite] El Goresy +2 other references
Texas Brewster County Marathon Gage Ranch ⓘ Peña Blanca Spring meteorite	[Djerfisherite] Watters et al. (1979)

Yemen
Hadhramaut Governorate ⓘ Kaidun meteorite	[Djerfisherite] Zolensky et al. (2003)

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