Dzierżanowskite (original) (raw)

A valid IMA mineral species

Specific Gravity:

4.391 (Calculated)

Name:

Named in honor of Piotr Dzierżanowski (2 November 1948 - 31 December 2015), head of the microprobe laboratory at the Laboratory of Waters, Soils and Rocks Chemistry, of the Institute of Geochemistry, Mineralogy and Petrology, Faculty of Geology, University of Warsaw. He was a co-author of the descriptions of 31 new mineral species from the pyrometamorphic and metasomatic rocks of Israel and the Caucasus and Baikal regions, Russia.

Known synthetic analogue.

The mineral, being a natural thiocuprate, results from high temperature alteration of pyrometamorphic rocks, due to their interaction with pyrometamorphism by-products (melts/fluids and gases) coming from deeper parts of the complex.

Unique IdentifiersHide

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Long-form identifier:

mindat:1:1:46172:0

9bf93c09-de9f-48ed-af76-2363f56d57f9

IMA Classification of DzierżanowskiteHide

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Type description reference:

Galuskina, Irina O., Galuskin, Evgeny V., Prusik, Krystian, Vapnik, Yevgeny, Juroszek, Rafał, Jeżak, Lidia, Murashko, Mikhail (2017) Dzierżanowskite, CaCu2S2 – a new natural thiocuprate from Jabel Harmun, Judean Desert, Palestine Autonomy, Israel. Mineralogical Magazine, 81 (5) 1073-1085 doi:10.1180/minmag.2016.080.153

Classification of DzierżanowskiteHide

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2.BA.

2 : SULFIDES and SULFOSALTS (sulfides, selenides, tellurides; arsenides, antimonides, bismuthides; sulfarsenites, sulfantimonites, sulfbismuthites, etc.)
B : Metal Sulfides, M: S > 1: 1 (mainly 2: 1)
A : With Cu, Ag, Au

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Physical Properties of DzierżanowskiteHide

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Density:

4.391 g/cm3 (Calculated)

Chemistry of DzierżanowskiteHide

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Crystallography of DzierżanowskiteHide

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Class (H-M):

3_m_ _(_32/m ) - Hexagonal Scalenohedral

Cell Parameters:

a = 3.9400(4) Å, c = 6.523(1) Å

Unit Cell V:

87.69 ų (Calculated from Unit Cell)

X-Ray Powder DiffractionHide

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Powder Diffraction Data:

Comments:

From Type Description.

Geological EnvironmentHide

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Type Occurrence of DzierżanowskiteHide

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General Appearance of Type Material:

(1) grains, up to 15 μm, (2) rims on oldhamite, (3) laminar intergrowths with chalcocite and covellite.

Place of Conservation of Type Material:

Type material is deposited in the collections of the Mineralogical Museum, University of Wrocław (Muzeum Mineralogiczne Uniwersytetu Wrocławskiego), Cybulskiego 30, 50-205 Wrocław, Poland, catalogue number MMUWr II-20464.

Geological Setting of Type Material:

Larnite pseudoconglomerate forming pebbles within more low-temperature rocks; also in minor jasmundite-rocks found as "paleofumaroles" within low-temperature hydrothermal rocks; both occur within a pyrometamorphic complex.

Associated Minerals at Type Locality:

Reference:

Galuskina, I.O., Galuskin, E.V., Prusik, K., Vapnik, Y., Juroszek, R., Jeżak, L., Murashko, M. (2017) Dzierżanowskite, CaCu2S2 – a new natural thiocuprate from Jabel Harmun, Judean Desert, Palestine Autonomy, Israel. Mineralogical Magazine: 81(5): 1073-1085.

Synonyms of DzierżanowskiteHide

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Related Minerals - Strunz-mindat GroupingHide

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Fluorescence of DzierżanowskiteHide

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Other InformationHide

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Notes:

Raman bands [cm-1]: 300, 103, 86.

Strong orange cathodoluminescence; partially hydrated grains have weak yellowish cathodoluminescence.

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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References for DzierżanowskiteHide

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Reference List:

Galuskina, Irina O., Galuskin, Evgeny V., Prusik, Krystian, Vapnik, Yevgeny, Juroszek, Rafał, Jeżak, Lidia, Murashko, Mikhail (2017) Dzierżanowskite, CaCu2S2 – a new natural thiocuprate from Jabel Harmun, Judean Desert, Palestine Autonomy, Israel. Mineralogical Magazine, 81 (5) 1073-1085 doi:10.1180/minmag.2016.080.153

Localities for DzierżanowskiteHide

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This map shows a selection of localities that have latitude and longitude coordinates recorded. Click on the symbol to view information about a locality. The symbol next to localities in the list can be used to jump to that position on the map.

Locality ListHide

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- 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.