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Perroudite

Cap Garonne Mine, Le Pradet, Var, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France

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Cap Garonne Mine, Le Pradet, Var, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France

Perroudite

Cap Garonne Mine, Le Pradet, Var, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France

Perroudite

Cap Garonne Mine, Le Pradet, Var, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France

Perroudite, etc.

Cap Garonne Mine, Le Pradet, Var, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France

Perroudite

Cap Garonne Mine, Le Pradet, Var, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France

Perroudite

Cap Garonne Mine, Le Pradet, Var, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France

Perroudite, etc.

Cap Garonne Mine, Le Pradet, Var, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France

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About PerrouditeHide

Pierre Perroud

Formula:

Hg₅Ag₄S₅(I,Br)₂Cl₂

Colour:

Bright red

Lustre:

Adamantine, Vitreous

Hardness:

Specific Gravity:

6.6 (Calculated)

Crystal System:

Orthorhombic

Name:

Named by H. Sarp, W.D. Birch, P.F. Hlava, A. Pring, D.K. Sewell, and E.H. Nickel in 1987 in honor of Pierre Perroud (3 November 1943, Geneva, Switzerland - ) Professor at Collège Voltaire, Geneva, Switzerland, for his work on Cap Garonne minerals. Perroud also developed the first online mineral database, Athena.

Type Locality:

ⓘ Cap Garonne Mine, Le Pradet, Var, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France

Chemically related to hanauerite.

Classification of PerrouditeHide

IMA status:

Approved

Approval Year:

1986

First Published:

1987

Strunz 8th ed.:

2/F.13-20

Nickel-Strunz 10th (pending) ed.:

2.FC.20c

2 : SULFIDES and SULFOSALTS (sulfides, selenides, tellurides; arsenides, antimonides, bismuthides; sulfarsenites, sulfantimonites, sulfbismuthites, etc.)
F : Sulfides of arsenic, alkalies; sulfides with halide, oxide, hydroxide, H₂O
C : With Cl, Br, I (halide-sulfides)

Dana 8th ed.:

2.15.5.1

2 : SULFIDES
15 : Chlor-sulfides

Hey's CIM Ref.:

6.5.7

6 : Sulphosalts - Sulphostannates, Sulphogermanates,Sulpharsenates, Sulphantimonates, Sulphovanadates and Sulphohalides
5 : Sulphohalides

Physical Properties of PerrouditeHide

Lustre:

Adamantine, Vitreous

Transparency:

Transparent

Colour:

Bright red

Streak:

Reddish-orange

Hardness:

2 on Mohs scale

Tenacity:

Brittle

Cleavage:

Perfect
{100}

Density:

6.6 g/cm³ (Calculated)

Optical Data of PerrouditeHide

Type:

Biaxial (+)

RI values:

n_α = 2.300 n_β = 2.400

2V:

Measured: 70°

Max Birefringence:

δ = 2.300

Image shows birefringence interference colour range (at 30µm thickness)
and does not take into account mineral colouration.

Surface Relief:

Very High

Dispersion:

r > v very strong

Pleochroism:

Strong

Comments:

X= dark brownish red
Y= Yellow
Z= brownish-yellow

Chemical Properties of PerrouditeHide

Formula:

Hg₅Ag₄S₅(I,Br)₂Cl₂

IMA Formula:

Ag₄Hg₅S₅(I,Br)₂Cl₂

Elements listed:

Ag, Br, Cl, Hg, I, S - search for minerals with similar chemistry

Crystallography of PerrouditeHide

Crystal System:

Orthorhombic

Class (H-M):

2 2 2 - Disphenoidal

Space Group:

P2₁ 2₁ 2

Cell Parameters:

a = 17.47 Å, b = 12.23 Å, c = 4.29 Å

Ratio:

a:b:c = 1.428 : 1 : 0.351

Unit Cell V:

917.5 Å³

Morphology:

Prismatic

Twinning:

contact twinned 0hl?

Type Occurrence of PerrouditeHide

Type Locality:

ⓘ Cap Garonne Mine, Le Pradet, Var, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France

General Appearance of Type Material:

Fibrous tufted aggregates

Place of Conservation of Type Material:

Natural History Museum, Geneva, Switzerland.

Geological Setting of Type Material:

Oxidation zone of copper lead mine.

Synonyms of PerrouditeHide

IMA1986-035

Other Language Names for PerrouditeHide

German:Perroudit

Russian:Перрудит

Spanish:Perroudita

Common AssociatesHide

Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:

18 photos of Perroudite associated with Capgaronnite	AgHgClS
8 photos of Perroudite associated with Olivenite	Cu₂(AsO₄)(OH)
7 photos of Perroudite associated with Iltisite	HgAgSCl
2 photos of Perroudite associated with Zincolivenite	CuZn(AsO₄)(OH)
2 photos of Perroudite associated with Conichalcite	CaCu(AsO₄)(OH)
2 photos of Perroudite associated with Quartz	SiO₂
1 photo of Perroudite associated with Corkite	PbFe₃(PO₄)(SO₄)(OH)₆
1 photo of Perroudite associated with Sulphur	S₈
1 photo of Perroudite associated with Arsentsumebite	Pb₂Cu(AsO₄)(SO₄)(OH)
1 photo of Perroudite associated with Chenevixite	Cu₂Fe³⁺₂(AsO₄)₂(OH)₄

Related Minerals - Nickel-Strunz Grouping Hide

2.FC.	Demicheleite-(I)	BiSI	Orth. mmm (2/m 2/m 2/m) : Pnma
2.FC.05	Djerfisherite	K₆(Fe,Cu,Ni)₂₅S₂₆Cl	Iso. m3m (4/m 3 2/m) : Pm3m
2.FC.05	Thalfenisite	Tl₆(Fe,Ni,Cu)₂₅S₂₆Cl
2.FC.05	Owensite	(Ba,Pb)₆(Cu,Fe,Ni)₂₅S₂₇	Iso. m3m (4/m 3 2/m) : Pm3m
2.FC.10	Bartonite	K₆Fe₂₀S₂₆S	Tet. 4/mmm (4/m 2/m 2/m) : I4/mmm
2.FC.10	Chlorbartonite	K₆Fe₂₄S₂₆(Cl,S)	Tet. 4/mmm (4/m 2/m 2/m) : I4/mmm
2.FC.15a	Arzakite	Hg²⁺₃S₂(Br,Cl)₂	Mon.
2.FC.15a	Corderoite	Hg²⁺₃S₂Cl₂	Iso. m3 (2/m 3)
2.FC.15c	Grechishchevite	Hg²⁺₃S₂(Br,Cl,I)₂	Tet.
2.FC.15a	Lavrentievite	Hg²⁺₃S₂(Cl,Br)₂	Mon.
2.FC.15d	Radtkeite	Hg²⁺₃S₂ICl	Mon. 2/m : B2/m
2.FC.15b	Kenhsuite	Hg²⁺₃S₂Cl₂	Orth.
2.FC.20a	Capgaronnite	AgHgClS	Orth.
2.FC.20b	Iltisite	HgAgSCl	Hex.
2.FC.25	Demicheleite-(Br)	BiSBr	Orth. mmm (2/m 2/m 2/m) : Pnma
2.FC.25	Demicheleite-(Cl)	BiSCl	Orth. mmm (2/m 2/m 2/m) : Pnma

Related Minerals - Hey's Chemical Index of Minerals Grouping Hide

6.5.1	Corderoite	Hg²⁺₃S₂Cl₂	Iso. m3 (2/m 3)
6.5.2	Arzakite	Hg²⁺₃S₂(Br,Cl)₂	Mon.
6.5.3	Lavrentievite	Hg²⁺₃S₂(Cl,Br)₂	Mon.
6.5.4	Grechishchevite	Hg²⁺₃S₂(Br,Cl,I)₂	Tet.
6.5.5	Radtkeite	Hg²⁺₃S₂ICl	Mon. 2/m : B2/m
6.5.6	Capgaronnite	AgHgClS	Orth.
6.5.8	Ardaite	Pb₁₉Sb₁₃S₃₅Cl₇	Mon.
6.5.9	Dadsonite	Pb₂₃Sb₂₅S₆₀Cl	Tric. 1 : P1
6.5.10	Radhakrishnaite	PbTe₃(Cl,S)₂	Tet.
6.5.11	Djerfisherite	K₆(Fe,Cu,Ni)₂₅S₂₆Cl	Iso. m3m (4/m 3 2/m) : Pm3m
6.5.12	Thalfenisite	Tl₆(Fe,Ni,Cu)₂₅S₂₆Cl

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.

References for PerrouditeHide

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Sarp, H., Birch, W.D., Hlava, P.F., Pring, A., Sewell, D.K., Nickel, E.H. (1987) Perroudite, a new sulfide-halide of Hg and Ag from Cap-Garonne, Var, France, and from Broken Hill, New South Wales, and Coppin Pool, Western Australia. American Mineralogist: 72: 1251-1256.

Mumme, W.G., Nickel, E.H. (1987) Crystal structure and crystal chemistry of perroudite: A mineral from Coppin Pool, Western Australia. American Mineralogist: 72: 1257-1262.

Keller, P., Lissner, F., Schleid, Th. (2005) Single-crystal structure determination of perroudite, Hg5Ag4S5(I,Br)2Cl2, from Tsumeb (Namibia), and its structural relationships to other sulfide halides of mercury and cinnabar. Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie - Abhandlungen: 181: 1-9.

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Localities for PerrouditeHide

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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 (eg from pseudomorphs.)

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Australia
New South Wales Yancowinna Co. Broken Hill district ⓘ Broken Hill	Am.Min.72: 1251-1256 (1987)
Western Australia Ashburton Shire ⓘ Ashburton Downs Station	Nickel, E.H., Gartrell, B.J. (1993) Secondary Minerals of Ashburton Downs Western Australia, Mineralogical Record (May-June 1993) 24:3: 203-218.
ⓘ Bali Lo copper mine (Casleys prospect; Bali Low prospect)	Nickel, E. H. & Gartrell, B. J. (1993): Secondary Minerals from Ashburton Downs, Western Australia. Mineralogical Record 24, 203-216, 218.
Tom Price ⓘ Coppin Pool	J.Earth Sci. 32(3),311-321 (1985); Am.Min.72: 1251-1256 (1987)

Chile
Atacama Copiapó Province Cachiyuyo de Llampos district Carrera Pinto ⓘ San Samuel Mine ("San Manuel Mine")	SEM-EDS by Stefan Diller
Las Animas Mining District ⓘ Capitana Mine	Kampf, A.R., Steele, I.M., Jenkins, R.A. (2006) Phosphohedyphane, Ca2Pb3(PO4)3Cl, the phosphate analog of hedyphane: Description and crystal structure. American Mineralogist, 91(11-12), 1909-1917.
Tierra Amarilla Pampa Larga district ⓘ Carrizalillo mine	Maurizio Dini & Robert Jenkins collections; material analysed by Dr. Jochen Schluter

France (TL)
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Var Le Pradet ⓘ Cap Garonne Mine (TL)	Sarp, H., Birch, W.D., Hlava, P.F., Pring, A., Sewell, D.K.B., and Nickel, E.H. (1987) Perroudite, a new sulfide-halide of Hg and Ag from Cap Garonne, Var, France and from Broken Hill, New South Wales, and Coppin Pool, Western Australia. American Mineralogist: 72: 1251-1256. Jambor, J.L. and Roberts, A.C. (1998) New mineral names. American Mineralogist: 83: 400-403.
ⓘ South Mine	Georges FAVREAU collection

Germany
Rhineland-Palatinate Donnersbergkreis Kirchheimbolanden Mörsfeld ⓘ Daimbacher Hof	Lapis 2001(6), 40
Rockenhausen Stahlberg ⓘ Frischer Mut Mine (Frischemuth Mine)	Lapis 2001(6), 13-40
ⓘ St. Peter Mine	Witzke, T. & Hensel, H. (2000)
Neuwied Dernbach ⓘ Schöne Aussicht Mine	Krause, W., (1988): Perroudit und Karminit von der Grube "Schöne Aussicht" bei Dernbach, Der Aufschluss, Vol. 39, 169-175
Rhein-Lahn-Kreis Bad Ems Frücht ⓘ Friedrichssegen Mine	Schnorrer, G., (1993): Mineralogische Notitzen VI, Der Aufschluss, Vol. 44, 44-58; N.V. Chukanov, R.K. Rastsvetaeva, S.M. Aksenov, I.V. Pekov, D.I. Belakovskiy, G. Blass, and G. Mohn (2013) Lahnsteinite, Zn4(SO4)(OH)6•3H2O, a new mineral species from the Friederichssegen Mine, Germany. Zap. Ross. Mineral. Obshch., 142, 39-46 (in Russian, English abstract). [Engl. transl.: Geology of Ore Deposits, 55, 663-668.]

Hungary
Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County Kazincbarcika District Rudabánya ⓘ Adolf Mine	Szakáll: Minerals of Rudabánya, 2001

Indonesia
Maluku Province Wetar Island ⓘ Wetar Base Metal Sulphide and Baryte deposits	Mineralium Deposita (2005) 40: 76–99

Namibia
Oshikoto Region Tsumeb ⓘ Tsumeb Mine (Tsumcorp Mine)	• Keller, P., Lissner, F., Thomas Schleid, Th. (2005): Single-crystal structure determination of perroudite, Hg5Ag4S5(I,Br)2Cl2, from Tsumeb (Namibia), and its structural relationships to other sulfide halides of mercury and cinnabar. Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie - Abhandlungen, 181, 1-9.

Russia
Orenburg Oblast Gay ⓘ Gayskoe Zn-Cu deposit (Gayskoye; Gaiskoye)	P.M. Kartashov data

Slovakia
Košice Region Trebišov Co. ⓘ Byšta	Koděra, P., Rojkovičová, Ľ.,Košárková, M., 1998: Mineralógická správa lokality Byšta, Au-Ag. Manuscript, Archiv Geofond, Bratislava, 68 p

Spain
Andalusia Almería Níjar Rodalquilar ⓘ María Josefa Mine	Georges Favreau collection
Tíjola ⓘ Las Cocotas Mine	Calvo Sevillano, G., Calvo, M. y Viñals, J. (2011). Presencia en localidades españolas de perroudita, Hg5Ag4S5(I,Br)2Cl, un mineral "raro" que es probablemente frecuente. Macla, (15), 45-46.
Huelva Minas de Riotinto ⓘ Rio Tinto Mines (Riotinto Mines)	Bocamina, (4), (1999) 50-86.
Aragón Teruel Albarracín ⓘ Collado de la Plata	Calvo Sevillano, G., Calvo, M. and Viñals, J. (2011). Presencia en localidades españolas de perroudita, Hg5Ag4S5(I,Br)2Cl, un mineral "raro" que es probablemente frecuente. Macla, (15), 45-46.
Valencian Community Castellón Chóvar Bellota ravine ⓘ Lealtad Mine	Viñals, J. y Calvo, M. (2007): Corderoíta, Kenhsuíta, y Perroudita. Sulfohalogenuros de Mercurio de Chóvar, Castellón. Revista de Minerales. 3(3):46-49. Barcelona

USA
Nevada Clark Co. Spring Mts Goodsprings Mining District ⓘ Root Mine (Bonanza Hill Mine)	Southern California Micromounters Symposium 29 Jan 2010, Redlands, CA

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Classification of PerrouditeHide

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Optical Data of PerrouditeHide

Chemical Properties of PerrouditeHide

Crystallography of PerrouditeHide

Type Occurrence of PerrouditeHide

Synonyms of PerrouditeHide

Other Language Names for PerrouditeHide

Common AssociatesHide

Related Minerals - Nickel-Strunz GroupingHide

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