Tetrahedrite gets its name from the distinctive tetrahedron shaped cubic crystals. The mineral usually occurs in massive form, it is a steel gray to black metallic mineral with Mohs hardness …

Although originally considered a series between tetrahedrite-(Fe) and tetrahedrite-(Zn), the two most common end-members, there are now (as of November 2023) seven IMA-recognized …

Tetrahedrite, common sulfosalt mineral, an antimony sulfide of copper, iron, zinc, and silver [(Cu,Fe,Zn,Ag)12Sb4S13], that is an important ore of copper and sometimes of silver. It forms …

Tetrahedrite. Comments: Bright sharp metallic tetrahedrite crystals to 1 cm in size on pinkish to colorless crystalline calcite matrix. Location: Cavnic (Kapnik), Maramures, Romania. Scale: 14 …

The Tetrahedrite series is composed of two member minerals: Tetrahedrite, the antimony-rich end member, and Tennantite, the arsenic-rich end member. Tetrahedrite is the more common …

Click here to view Tetrahedrite Subgroup data: Locality Data: Click here to view Toughnut Mine, Tombstone, Tombstone Mining District, Cochise County, Arizona, USA: Data Identifiers: …

The tetrahedrite group is currently (as of 2024) divided into ten different subgroups on the basis of the A, B, D, and Y constituents. The nature of the dominant C constituent is made explicit …

Mineral Group: Tetrahedrite group. Occurrence: Typically in hydrothermal veins or contact metamorphic deposits of low to medium temperature of formation. Association: Chalcopyrite, …

Minerals of the “tetrahedrite group” are the most common sul-fosalts in many types of hydrothermal ore deposits and represent one of the most complex isotypic series among …

Tetrahedrite is an important ore of silver. Occurs at Freiberg and other localities in Saxony; in Bohemia and Hungary; at Guanajuato and Arizpe, Sonora, etc., Mexico; in Peru and Chile. It is …