Mineral Species
Cupropolybasite
Type Locality
No
Composition
[Ag9CuS4][Cu6(Sb,As)2S7]
Crystal System
Orthorhombic
Status at Tsumeb
Confirmed
Abundance
Very rare
Distribution
Sulphide ores
Paragenesis
Hypogene
Entry Number
Species; TSNB102
General Notes
Bindi et al. (2015) describe pseudo-hexagonal crystals of cupropearceite associated with enargite, on Zn-rich tennantite. Within the cupropearceite are narrow zones of cupropolybasite composition.
Associated Minerals
cupropearceite; enargite; tennantite-(Zn)
