Renierite

{{Short description|Rare copper zinc germanium bearing sulfide mineral}} {{Infobox mineral | name = Renierite | category = Sulfide mineral | boxwidth = | boxbgcolor = | image = Renierit.JPG | imagesize = | caption = | formula = {{chem2|(Cu,Zn)11(Ge,As)2Fe4S16}} | IMAsymbol = Ren<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Warr|first=L.N.|date=2021|title=IMA–CNMNC approved mineral symbols|journal=Mineralogical Magazine|volume=85|issue=3 |pages=291–320|doi=10.1180/mgm.2021.43 |bibcode=2021MinM...85..291W |s2cid=235729616 |doi-access=free}}</ref> | molweight = | strunz = 2.CB.35a | system = Tetragonal | class = Scalenohedral ({{overline|4}}2m) <br/>H-M symbol: ({{overline|4}} 2m) | symmetry = ''P''{{overline|4}}2c | color = bronze yellow, pinkish brown | habit = granular | twinning = | cleavage = absent | fracture = Uneven | mohs = 4.5 | luster = metallic | refractive = opaque | opticalprop = | birefringence = | pleochroism = | streak = dark gray | gravity = 4.4 | density = | melt = | fusibility = | diagnostic = | solubility = | diaphaneity = | other = }}

'''Renierite''' is a rare copper zinc germanium bearing sulfide mineral with the chemical formula {{chem2|(Cu,Zn)11(Ge,As)2Fe4S16}}. It occurs at the Kipushi Mine, Democratic Republic of the Congo; and Namibia, among other places.

Renierite was named after Armand Renier (26 June 1876 – 9 October 1951), a Belgian geologist and director of the Belgian Geological Survey.<ref>[http://webmineral.com/data/Renierite.shtml Webmineral]</ref><ref>[http://www.mindat.org/min-3389.html Mindat]</ref>

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Category:Zinc minerals Category:Sulfide minerals Category:Germanium minerals Category:Tetragonal minerals Category:Minerals in space group 112