Perroudite

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

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

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

About PerrouditeHide

Pierre Perroud

Formula:

Hg₅Ag₄S₅(I,Br)₂Cl₂

Colour:

Bright red

Lustre:

Adamantine, Vitreous

Hardness:

2

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

Physical Properties of PerrouditeHide

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

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ID	Species	Reference	Link	Year	Locality	Pressure (GPa)	Temp (K)
0001135	Perroudite	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		1987		0	293

CIF Raw Data - click here to closedata_global _chemical_name_mineral 'Perroudite' loop_ _publ_author_name 'Mumme W G' 'Nickel E H' _journal_name_full 'American Mineralogist' _journal_volume 72 _journal_year 1987 _journal_page_first 1257 _journal_page_last 1262 _publ_section_title ; Crystal structure and crystal chemistry of perroudite: A mineral from Coppin Pool, Western Australia ; _database_code_amcsd 0001135 _chemical_formula_sum 'Hg4.1 Ag4.4 S4.1 Cl2 Br.8 I1.6' _cell_length_a 17.43 _cell_length_b 12.24 _cell_length_c 4.35 _cell_angle_alpha 90 _cell_angle_beta 90 _cell_angle_gamma 90 _cell_volume 928.043 _exptl_crystal_density_diffrn 6.321 _symmetry_space_group_name_H-M 'P 21 21 2' loop_ _space_group_symop_operation_xyz 'x,y,z' '1/2-x,1/2+y,-z' '1/2+x,1/2-y,-z' '-x,-y,z' loop_ _atom_site_label _atom_site_fract_x _atom_site_fract_y _atom_site_fract_z _atom_site_occupancy _atom_site_U_iso_or_equiv Hg1 0.00000 0.00000 0.33990 0.50000 0.02310 Hg2 0.15890 0.17430 0.37760 1.00000 0.02250 Hg3 0.09310 0.42300 0.99880 0.80000 0.01950 Ag3 0.09310 0.42300 0.99880 0.20000 0.01950 Ag1 0.31120 0.39670 0.13280 1.00000 0.04260 Ag2 0.42130 0.18530 0.42290 1.00000 0.06650 S1 0.00000 0.50000 0.64410 0.50000 0.01940 S2 0.13040 -0.01730 0.32290 0.90000 0.01470 Cl2 0.13040 -0.01730 0.32290 0.10000 0.01470 S3 0.17870 0.36580 0.37930 0.90000 0.01530 Cl3 0.17870 0.36580 0.37930 0.10000 0.01530 Cl4 0.01800 0.18970 0.85990 0.80000 0.02410 Br4 0.01800 0.18970 0.85990 0.20000 0.02410 Br5 0.31350 0.16940 0.87810 0.20000 0.02180 I5 0.31350 0.16940 0.87810 0.80000 0.02180

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This map shows a selection of localities that have latitude and longitude coordinates recorded. Click on the symbol to view information about a locality. The symbol next to localities in the list can be used to jump to that position on the map.

Locality ListHide

- This locality has map coordinates listed. - This locality has estimated coordinates. ⓘ - Click for further information on this occurrence. ? - Indicates mineral may be doubtful at this locality. - Good crystals or important locality for species. - 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.)

All localities listed without proper references should be considered as questionable.

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 mining 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 mining 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 Donnersberg District Kirchheimbolanden Mörsfeld ⓘ Daimbacher Hof	Lapis 2001(6), 40
Nordpfälzer Land Stahlberg ⓘ Frischer Mut Mine (Frischemuth Mine)	Lapis 2001(6), 13-40
ⓘ St. Peter Mine	Witzke, T. & Hensel, H. (2000)
Rhein-Lahn District Bad Ems-Nassau 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.]
Westerwald District Wirges Dernbach ⓘ Schöne Aussicht Mine	Krause, W., (1988): Perroudit und Karminit von der Grube "Schöne Aussicht" bei Dernbach, Der Aufschluss, Vol. 39, 169-175
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	• 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 District ⓘ 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 Mountains Goodsprings Mining District ⓘ Root Mine (Bonanza Hill Mine)	Southern California Micromounters Symposium 29 Jan 2010, Redlands, CA