2.DA.05

2 : SULFIDES and SULFOSALTS (sulfides, selenides, tellurides; arsenides, antimonides, bismuthides; sulfarsenites, sulfantimonites, sulfbismuthites, etc.)
D : Metal Sulfides, M: S = 3 :4 and 2:3
A : M:S = 3:4

Dana 8th ed.:

2.10.1.17

2 : SULFIDES
10 : A_mB_nX_p, with (m+n):p = 3:4

Hey's CIM Ref.:

3.12.47

3 : Sulphides, Selenides, Tellurides, Arsenides and Bismuthides (except the arsenides, antimonides and bismuthides of Cu, Ag and Au, which are included in Section 1)
12 : Sulphides etc. of the platinum metals

Mineral SymbolsHide

As of 2021 there are now IMA–CNMNC approved mineral symbols (abbreviations) for each mineral species, useful for tables and diagrams.

Symbol	Source	Reference
Mla	IMA–CNMNC	Warr, L.N. (2021). IMA–CNMNC approved mineral symbols. Mineralogical Magazine, 85(3), 291-320. doi:10.1180/mgm.2021.43

Physical Properties of MalaniteHide

Lustre:

Metallic

Transparency:

Opaque

Colour:

Steel grey

Streak:

Black

Hardness:

5 on Mohs scale

Hardness:

VHN₂₀=445 - 479 kg/mm² - Vickers

Tenacity:

Brittle

Cleavage:

Imperfect/Fair
{111}, may be observed.

Density:

7.46(11) g/cm³ (Calculated)

Optical Data of MalaniteHide

Type:

Isotropic

Colour in reflected light:

bright white with a faint brown to green tint

Chemistry of MalaniteHide

Mindat Formula:

Cu¹⁺(Ir³⁺Pt⁴⁺)S₄

Originally given as CuPt³⁺₂S₄.

Elements listed:

Cu, Ir, Pt, S - search for minerals with similar chemistry

Common Impurities:

Ni,Co,Fe,Pd

Crystallography of MalaniteHide

Crystal System:

Isometric

Class (H-M):

m3m (4/m 3 2/m) - Hexoctahedral

Cell Parameters:

a = 9.925(15) Å

Unit Cell V:

977.67 Å³ (Calculated from Unit Cell)

Comment:

Space Group: F d3m

X-Ray Powder DiffractionHide

Powder Diffraction Data:

d-spacing	Intensity
1.75 Å	(10)
2.48 Å	(8)
1.90 Å	(8)
0.783 Å	(8)
1.011 Å	(7)
2.98 Å	(6)
5.70 Å	(5)

Geological EnvironmentHide

Paragenetic Mode(s):

Paragenetic Mode	Earliest Age (Ga)
Stage 3b: Earth’s earliest hydrosphere	>4.45
12 : Hadean hydrothermal subsurface sulfide deposits (see also #33)
Near-surface Processes
26 : Hadean detrital minerals
High-𝑇 alteration and/or metamorphism
33 : Minerals deposited by hydrothermal metal-rich fluids (see also [#12])
Stage 4b: Highly evolved igneous rocks	>3.0
37 : Layered igneous intrusions and related PGE minerals

Type Occurrence of MalaniteHide

Co-Type Localities:

ⓘ Shuangfeng village, Xinglong County, Chengde, Hebei, China
ⓘ Unnamed Ni-Cu deposit, Malan river valley, Zunhua Co., Tangshan, Hebei, China

General Appearance of Type Material:

Crystals are octahedral or dodecahedral, to 0.2 mm; massive

Place of Conservation of Type Material:

Geological Institute, Academy of Geological Sciences of China, Beijing, China

Geological Setting of Type Material:

peridotite-type platinum ores

Associated Minerals at Type Locality:

Sperrylite	Serpentine Subgroup	Pyrrhotite	Platinum	Pentlandite
Olivine Group	Olivine Group	Moncheite	Magnetite	Cooperite
Chlorite Group	Bornite

Reference:

Yu Z (1996) Malanite - a new cupric platinum (Pt3+) and iridium (Ir3+) sulfide [in Chinese]. Acta Geologica Sinica 70, issue 4, 309-314

Synonyms of MalaniteHide

IMA1995-003

Other Language Names for MalaniteHide

German:Malanit

Russian:Маланит

Spanish:Malanita

Varieties of MalaniteHide

Cobalt-bearing Malanite

Relationship of Malanite to other SpeciesHide

Member of:

Carrollite Subgroup > Thiospinel Group > Spinel Supergroup

Other Members of this group:

Carrollite	CuCo₂S₄	Iso. m3m (4/m 3 2/m) : Fd3m
Cuproiridsite	(Cu,Fe)Ir₂S₄	Iso. m3m (4/m 3 2/m) : Fd3m
Cuprokalininite	CuCr₂S₄	Iso. m3m (4/m 3 2/m) : Fd3m
Ezochiite	Cu⁺(Rh³⁺Pt⁴⁺)S₄	Iso. m3m (4/m 3 2/m) : Fd3m
Fletcherite	CuNi₂S₄	Iso. m3m (4/m 3 2/m) : Fd3m
Florensovite	(Cu,Zn)Cr_1.5Sb_0.5S₄	Iso. m3m (4/m 3 2/m)
Rhodostannite	Cu¹⁺(Fe²⁺_0.5Sn⁴⁺_1.5)S₄	Tet. 4/m : I4₁/a
Shiranuiite	Cu⁺(Rh³⁺Rh⁴⁺)S₄	Iso. m3m (4/m 3 2/m) : Fd3m
Toyohaite	Ag¹⁺(Fe²⁺_0.5Sn⁴⁺_1.5)S₄	Tet. 4/m : I4₁/a
Unnamed (Fe3+-analogue of Fletcherite)	Cu(Fe³⁺,Ni,Co)₂S₄

Forms a series with:

Cuproiridsite	Cuproiridsite-Malanite Series
Cuprorhodsite	Cuprorhodsite-Malanite Series

Common AssociatesHide

Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:

2 photos of Malanite associated with Laurite	RuS₂
2 photos of Malanite associated with Chromite	Fe²⁺Cr³⁺₂O₄
1 photo of Malanite associated with Isoferroplatinum	Pt₃Fe
1 photo of Malanite associated with Cooperite	PtS

Related Minerals - Strunz-mindat Grouping Hide

2.DA.	Zaykovite	Rh₃Se₄	Mon. 2/m : B2/m
2.DA.	Grimmite	NiCo₂S₄	Iso. m3m (4/m 3 2/m) : Fd3m
2.DA.	Zolenskyite	FeCr₂S₄	Mon. 2/m : B2/m
2.DA.	Ezochiite	Cu⁺(Rh³⁺Pt⁴⁺)S₄	Iso. m3m (4/m 3 2/m) : Fd3m
2.DA.	Ferrodimolybdenite	FeMo₂S₄	Mon. 2/m : B2/b
2.DA.05	Bornhardtite	Co²⁺Co³⁺₂Se₄	Iso. m3m (4/m 3 2/m) : Fd3m
2.DA.05	Carrollite	CuCo₂S₄	Iso. m3m (4/m 3 2/m) : Fd3m
2.DA.05	Cuproiridsite	(Cu,Fe)Ir₂S₄	Iso. m3m (4/m 3 2/m) : Fd3m
2.DA.05	Cuprorhodsite	(Cu¹⁺_0.5Fe³⁺_0.5)Rh³⁺₂S₄	Iso. m3m (4/m 3 2/m) : Fd3m
2.DA.05	Daubréelite	Fe²⁺Cr³⁺₂S₄	Iso. m3m (4/m 3 2/m) : Fd3m
2.DA.05	Fletcherite	CuNi₂S₄	Iso. m3m (4/m 3 2/m) : Fd3m
2.DA.05	Florensovite	(Cu,Zn)Cr_1.5Sb_0.5S₄	Iso. m3m (4/m 3 2/m)
2.DA.05	Greigite	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂S₄	Iso. m3m (4/m 3 2/m) : Fd3m
2.DA.05	Indite	FeIn₂S₄	Iso. m3m (4/m 3 2/m) : Fd3m
2.DA.05	Kalininite	ZnCr₂S₄	Iso. m3m (4/m 3 2/m) : Fd3m
2.DA.05	Linnaeite	Co²⁺Co³⁺₂S₄	Iso. m3m (4/m 3 2/m) : Fd3m
2.DA.05	Polydymite	Ni²⁺Ni³⁺₂S₄	Iso. m3m (4/m 3 2/m) : Fd3m
2.DA.05	Siegenite	CoNi₂S₄	Iso. m3m (4/m 3 2/m) : Fd3m
2.DA.05	Trüstedtite	Ni₃Se₄	Iso.
2.DA.05	Tyrrellite	Cu(Co³⁺,Ni³⁺)₂Se₄	Iso. m3m (4/m 3 2/m) : Fd3m
2.DA.05	Violarite	Fe²⁺Ni³⁺₂S₄	Iso. m3m (4/m 3 2/m) : Fd3m
2.DA.05	Xingzhongite	Pb²⁺Ir³⁺₂S₄	Iso.
2.DA.05	Cadmoindite	CdIn₂S₄	Iso. m3m (4/m 3 2/m) : Fd3m
2.DA.05	Cuprokalininite	CuCr₂S₄	Iso. m3m (4/m 3 2/m) : Fd3m
2.DA.05	Joegoldsteinite	MnCr₂S₄	Iso. m3m (4/m 3 2/m) : Fd3m
2.DA.05	Nickeltyrrellite	CuNi₂Se₄	Iso. m3m (4/m 3 2/m) : Fd3m
2.DA.10	Rhodostannite	Cu¹⁺(Fe²⁺_0.5Sn⁴⁺_1.5)S₄	Tet. 4/m : I4₁/a
2.DA.10	Toyohaite	Ag¹⁺(Fe²⁺_0.5Sn⁴⁺_1.5)S₄	Tet. 4/m : I4₁/a
2.DA.15	Brezinaite	Cr₃S₄	Mon. 2/m
2.DA.15	Heideite	(Fe,Cr)_1.15(Ti,Fe)₂S₄	Mon. 2/m
2.DA.20	Inaglyite	Cu₃Pb(Ir,Pt)₈S₁₆	Hex.
2.DA.20	Konderite	Cu₃Pb(Rh,Pt,Ir)₈S₁₆	Hex. 6/m : P6/m
2.DA.25	Kingstonite	(Rh,Ir,Pt)₃S₄	Mon. 2/m : B2/m

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References for MalaniteHide

Reference List:

New Minerals 1995-1999, 149.

Yu, T.H., Lin, S.J., Chao, P., Fang, C.S., Huang, C.S. (1974) A preliminary study of some new minerals of the platinum-group and another associated new one in platinum-bearing intrusions in a region of China. Acta Geologica Sinica: 2: 202-218.

Fleischer, Michael, Pabst, Adolf, Mandarino, Joseph A., Chao, George Y., Cabri, Louis, J. (1976) New Mineral Names. American Mineralogist, 61 (1-2) 174-186

Peng, Z., Chang, C., Ximen, L. (1978) Discussion on published articles in the research of new minerals of the platinum-group discovered in China in recent years. Acta Geologica Sinica: 4: 326-336.

Fleischer, Michael, Cabri, Louis J., Pabst, Adolf (1980) New Mineral Names. American Mineralogist, 65 (3-4) 406-408

Yu, Z. (1981) A restudy of malanite and cobalt-malanite (dayingite). Geol. Rev.: 27: 55-71. (in Chinese with English abstract)

Fleischer, M., Cabri, L.J., Chao, G.Y., Mandarino, J.A., Pabst, A. (1982) New mineral names. American Mineralogist: 67: 1074-1082.

Zapiski Vserossiyskogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva (1985), 114, 187-195.

Garuti, G., Gazzotti, M., Torres-Ruiz, J. (1995) Iridium, rhodium, and platinum sulfides in chromitites from the ultramafic massifs of Finero, Italy, and Ojen, Spain. The Canadian Mineralogist: 33: 509-520.

Yu, Z. (1996) Malanite - A new cupric platinum (Pt3+) and iridium (Ir3+) sulfide. Acta Geologica Sinica: 70(4): 309-314. (in Chinese with English abstract).

Yu Z (1996) Malanite - a new cupric platinum (Pt3+) and iridium (Ir3+) sulfide [in Chinese]. Acta Geologica Sinica 70, issue 4, 309-314

Yu, Z. (1997) Malanite - a new cupric platinum (Pt3+) and iridium (Ir3+) sulphide. Acta Geologica Sinica: 71: 152-157.

Jambor, J.L., Grew, E.S., Roberts, A.C. (1997) New mineral names. American Mineralogist: 82: 820-823.

Mandarino, Joseph A. (1997) Abstracts of New Mineral Descriptions. The Mineralogical Record, 28 (6) 483-486p.486

Barkov, A. Y., Halkoaho, T. A. A., Laajoki, K. V. O., Alapieti, T. T., Peura, R. A. (1997) Ruthenian pyrite and nickeloan malanite from the Imandra layered complex, northwestern Russia. The Canadian Mineralogist, 35 (4) 887-897

Bowles, J.F.W., Suárez, S., Prichard, H.M., Fisher, P.C. (2018) The mineralogy, geochemistry and genesis of the alluvial platinum-group minerals of the Freetown Layered Complex, Sierra Leone. Mineralogical Magazine: 82: S223-S246.

Bosi, Ferdinando, Biagioni, Cristian, Pasero, Marco (2019) Nomenclature and classification of the spinel supergroup. European Journal of Mineralogy, 31 (1) 183-192 doi:10.1127/ejm/2019/0031-2788

Rudashevsky, N.S., Rudashevsky, V.N. (2020) New Data for Malanite and Cuprorhodsite from Chromitites of the Bushveld Complex, South Africa. Geology of Ore Deposits: 62: 796–802.

(2023) Malanite. Handbook of Mineralogy. Mineralogical Society of America

Localities for MalaniteHide

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- 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.


Albania
Dibër County Bater-Martanesh mining district ⓘ Bulqiza Complex (Bulqiza Massif)	Zaccarini F et al. (PGE) +1 other reference

Australia
New South Wales Kennedy Co. Fifield ⓘ Owendale North Mine	5th International Platinum Symposium ...

Brazil
Goiás Niquelândia ⓘ Niquelândia complex	Garuti et al. (2012)
São Paulo ⓘ Monte Alegre do Sul	33rd International Geological Congress (2008)

Bulgaria
Burgas Province Kameno Municipality ⓘ Konstantinovo	Atanasov (1990)

Canada
Québec Chaudière-Appalaches Les Appalaches RCM ⓘ Thetford Mines	Zaccarini F et al. (PGE) +1 other reference
ⓘ Black Lake	Corrivaux et al. (1990) +1 other reference

China
Hebei Chengde Fengning County ⓘ Sandao village (Tao District)	[var: Cobalt-bearing Malanite] Yu Zuxiang et al. (1974)
ⓘ Garnet pyroxenite occurrence	Yu et al. (2009)
Luanping County Damiao complex ⓘ PGE occurrence	[var: Cobalt-bearing Malanite] Yu Zuxiang et al. (1974)
Xinglong County ⓘ Shuangfeng village (TL)	Zuxiang (1996)
Tangshan Zunhua Co. Malan river valley ⓘ Unnamed Ni-Cu deposit	[var: Cobalt-bearing Malanite] Yu Zuxiang (1981)

Finland
Lapland Penikat complex Sompujärvi Reef ⓘ Kirakkajuppura PGE deposit	Barkov et al. (1999) +1 other reference

France
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Ain Bourg-en-Bresse Jayat ⓘ Jayat quarry	Ducluzaux (2022)
Lescheroux ⓘ Reyssouze River placer	Ducluzaux B. (2022)
New Caledonia Southern Province Le Mont-Dore Ouen Island ⓘ Ouen Island ophiolite	33rd International Geological Congress (2008)
Pirogues River ⓘ Pirogues ophiolite	Economic Geology: 89: 1454-1468 +4 other references

Greece
Central Greece Phthiotis Domokos ⓘ Agios Stefanos mine	Tsikouras et al. (2016)

India
Odisha Keonjhar District ⓘ Baula Complex	Canadian Mineralogist 40:277-309
ⓘ Bangur gabbro	Augé et al. (2002, July)

Ivory Coast
Montagnes Tonkpi Biankouma Department ⓘ Samapleu mafic-ultramafic intrusion	Gouedji et al. (2014)

Myanmar
Sagaing Region Monywa District ⓘ Chindwin river	Hagen et al. (1990)

Russia
Buryatia Baunt District Vitim Plateau ⓘ Aunik River	Airiyants et al. (2020)
Kamchatka Krai Koryak Okrug Olyutorsky district ⓘ Epilchik mafic-ultramafic complex	[var: Cobalt-bearing Malanite] Sidorov et al. (2021)
Itchayvayam complex ⓘ Itchayvayam river	Palyanova et al. (2023)
ⓘ Prizhimny Creek	Kutyrev et al. (2018) +1 other reference
Sobolevsky District ⓘ Maior River (Brook)	Подлипский et al. (1999) +1 other reference
ⓘ Mount Filipp	Pekov (1998) +1 other reference
Kemerovo Oblast ⓘ Koura River	[var: Cobalt-bearing Malanite] Zhmodik et al. (2016)
ⓘ Shaltyr'-Kozhukh River	Zhmodik et al. (2016)
Khabarovsk Krai Ayan-Maya district ⓘ Chad Massif	Pekov (1998)
ⓘ Konder alkaline-ultrabasic massif	Cabri et al. (1997) +1 other reference
Murmansk Oblast Fedorovo-Pansky massif (Pana layered complex) ⓘ Kievey deposit	Groshev +6 other references
ⓘ North Kamennik deposit	Groshev +7 other references
Republic of Karelia Burakovskii Layered Complex ⓘ Shalozerskoe (Kuk Ruchei) deposit	Grishaenko et al. (2007)
Sakha Aldan ⓘ Inagli Massif	Karup-Møller et al. (2007) +1 other reference
Anabar River basin ⓘ Mayat-Vodorazdel’nyi	Airiyants et al. (2014)
Sverdlovsk Oblast Nizhnyaya Tura ⓘ Is River	Pavel.M. Kartashov (n.d.)
Yekaterinburg ⓘ Uktus complex	9th International platinum symposium Chromite-PGE mineralization in the Uktus Alaskan-Type Complex (Central Urals,) +1 other reference

South Africa
Limpopo Sekhukhune District Municipality Fetakgomo Tubatse Local Municipality ⓘ Booysendal North Mine	McCall (2016)
Burgersfort ⓘ Maandagshoek farm	Melcher et al. (2005)
Sekhukhuneland ⓘ Lebowa Mine	- (2014)
Steelpoort ⓘ Helena Chrome Mine	Kottke-Levin (2011)
Waterberg District Municipality Thabazimbi Local Municipality ⓘ Zondereinde Mine	McCall (2016)
North West Bojanala Platinum District Municipality Rustenburg Local Municipality Rustenburg ⓘ Karee Mine	Junge et al. (2014)

Spain
Andalusia Málaga Ojén ⓘ Ojén lherzolite massif	Mineralogy and Petrology: 56: 25-50.
ⓘ Serranía de Ronda	Gervilla et al. (2002)

USA
Alaska Kodiak Island Borough Tugidak Island ⓘ Southern beach placer	Belkin et al. (2021)
Pennsylvania Chester County ⓘ West Nottingham Township	Smith and Barnes (2011)

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