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Annivite-(Zn)

A valid IMA mineral species
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Formula:
Cu6(Cu4Zn2)Bi4S12S
Colour:
dark grey
Lustre:
Metallic
Hardness:
4
Specific Gravity:
5.259 (Calculated)
Crystal System:
Isometric
Name:
For the chemistry and the tetrahedrite group naming convention
Unique combination of elements (at the upload time).

Note: The solubility of Bi in members of the tetrahedrite-tennantite series seems to be restricted: In synthetic samples it is 0.8 atom p.f.u. at 350 °C and 1 atom p.f.u. at 450 °C and 520 °C, independent of the Sb/As ratio (KlĂŒnder et al., 2003).


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Unique IdentifiersHide

Mindat ID:
471103
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:1:471103:8

Similar NamesHide

IMA Classification of Annivite-(Zn)Hide

Classification of Annivite-(Zn)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
Anv-ZnIMA–CNMNCWarr, L.N. (2021). IMA–CNMNC approved mineral symbols. Mineralogical Magazine, 85(3), 291-320. doi:10.1180/mgm.2021.43

Physical Properties of Annivite-(Zn)Hide

Lustre:
Metallic
Transparency:
Opaque
Colour:
dark grey
Streak:
Grey
Hardness:
4 on Mohs scale
Comment:
in agreement with other members of the tetrahedrite group
Tenacity:
Brittle
Cleavage:
Poor/Indistinct
Fracture:
Conchoidal
Density:
5.259 g/cm3 (Calculated)

Optical Data of Annivite-(Zn)Hide

Reflectivity:
WavelengthR1 (%)
470nm32.3%
546nm32.0%
589nm32.0%
640nm31.6%


Graph shows reflectance levels at different wavelengths (in nm). Peak reflectance is 32.3%.
Colour in reflected light:
pale grey, with brownish shade
Internal Reflections:
very rare in pale brown tints

Chemistry of Annivite-(Zn)Hide

Mindat Formula:
Cu6(Cu4Zn2)Bi4S12S
Element Weights:
Element% weight
Bi41.403 %
Cu31.474 %
S20.646 %
Zn6.477 %

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

Crystallography of Annivite-(Zn)Hide

Crystal System:
Isometric
Class (H-M):
43m - Hextetrahedral
Space Group:
I43m
Cell Parameters:
a = 10.3545(6) Å
Unit Cell V:
1,110.16 ų (Calculated from Unit Cell)
Z:
2

X-Ray Powder DiffractionHide

Powder Diffraction Data:
d-spacingIntensity
3.661 Å(12)
2.989 Å(100)
2.767 Å(8)
2.589 Å(22)
2.441 Å(9)
1.830 Å(40)
1.561 Å(20)

Type Occurrence of Annivite-(Zn)Hide

Type Locality:
ⓘ Geister vein, Rovnost Mine, Jáchymov, Karlovy Vary District, Karlovy Vary Region, Czech Republic
General Appearance of Type Material:
anhedral grains, up to 50 ÎŒm in size, and growth zones (up to 100 ÎŒm in thickness) in zoned annivite(Zn)/tennantite-(Zn) grains
Place of Conservation of Type Material:
Holotype material (polished section) of annivite-(Zn) is deposited in the collections of the Department of Mineralogy and Petrology, National Museum in Prague, CirkusovĂĄ 1740, 193
00 Praha 9, Czech Republic, under the catalogue number P1P 50/2023 whereas the grain used for single-crystal X-ray diffraction study (extracted from the above mentioned polished section) is kept in the collections of the Museo di Storia Naturale of the UniversitĂ  di Pisa, Via Roma 79, Calci (PI), under catalogue number 20069. This polished section was taken from the sample deposited in the collections of the Department of Mineralogy and Petrology, National Museum in Prague, under catalogue number P1N 39199
Geological Setting of Type Material:
five element ore deposit
Associated Minerals at Type Locality:
BismiteNative BismuthEmplectiteMetazeuneriteTennantite-(Fe)
Tennantite-(Zn)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)Vivianite GroupWalpurgiteWittichenite
Reference:
Sejkora, Jiƙí; Biagioni, Cristian; Dolníček, Zdeněk; Velebil, Dalibor; Ơkácha, Pavel (2025) Annivite-(Zn), Cu6(Cu4Zn2)Σ6Bi4S13, from the Jáchymov ore district, Czech Republic: the first Bi-dominant member of the tetrahedrite group. Mineralogical Magazine, 89 (1). 102-112 doi:10.1180/mgm.2024.54

Synonyms of Annivite-(Zn)Hide

Other Language Names for Annivite-(Zn)Hide

Relationship of Annivite-(Zn) to other SpeciesHide

Member of:
Annivite Subgroup > Tetrahedrite Group
Other Members of Annivite Subgroup:
'Unnamed (Cu-analogue of annivite-(Zn))'Cu6(Cu4Cu2)Bi4S12S

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.PoĆĄepnĂœite(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.Tennantite-(Mn)Cu6(Cu4Mn2)As4S12SIso. 43m : I43m
2.GB.Argentotetrahedrite-(Cd)Ag6(Cu4Cd2)Sb4S12SIso. 43m : I43m
2.GB.StibioĂșstalečite(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.ArsenoĂșstalečite(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)ÎŁ6TlAs4S12Iso. 43m : I43m
2.GB.20Ferrovorontsovite(Fe5Cu)ÎŁ6TlAs4S12Iso. 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 Annivite-(Zn)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.
Czech Republic
 
  • Central Bohemian Region
    • Pƙíbram District
      • Pƙíbram
        • BƙezovĂ© Hory
          • BƙezovĂ© Hory deposit
            • Anna Mine
Dolníček et al. (2024)
  • Karlovy Vary Region
    • Karlovy Vary District
      • Abertamy
        • HƙebečnĂĄ
Sejkora et al. (2025)
      • JĂĄchymov
        • Rovnost Mine
Sejkora et al. (2025)
Sweden
 
  • GĂ€vleborg County
    • Sandviken
Kieft et al. (1984)
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