Tennantite
Tennantite is a
copper arsenic
sulfosalt mineral. Its chemical formula is Cu12As4S13. It is found in
hydrothermal veins and contact
metamorphic deposits. It is grey-black, steel-gray, iron-gray or black in color. A closely related mineral,
tetrahedrite (Cu12Sb4S13) has
antimony substituting for arsenic and the two form a solid solution series. The two have very similar properties and is often difficult to distinguish between tennantite and tetrahedrite.
Iron,
zinc, and
silver substitute up to about 15 or the copper site.
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Tennantite
(n.)
A blackish lead-gray mineral, closely related to tetrahedrite. It is essentially a sulphide of arsenic and copper.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
About
Tennantite

General Information:

Chemical Formula:
(Cu,Fe)12As4S13

Composition:
(Molecular Weight = 1,479.10 gm)
Copper 51.56 %
CuArsenic 20.26 %
AsSulfur 28.18 %
S 
Empirical Formula:
Cu12As4S13

Name Origin:
Named after the English chemist, S. Tennant (1761-1815).
Physical Properties:

Cleavage:
None

Color:
steel gray or black.

Density:
4.6 - 4.7, Average = 4.65

Diaphaniety:
Opaque

Habits:
Massive - Granular - Common texture observed in granite and other igneous rock., Massive - Uniformly indistinguishable crystals forming large masses., Disseminated - Occurs in small, distinct particles dispersed in matrix.

Hardness:
3.5-4 - Copper Penny-Flourite

Luminescence:
None.

Luster:
Metallic

Streak:
reddish gray
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