Renierite | |
Category: | Sulfide mineral |
Imasymbol: | Ren[1] |
Strunz: | 2.CB.35a |
System: | Tetragonal |
Class: | Scalenohedral (2m) H-M symbol: (2m) |
Symmetry: | P2c |
Color: | bronze yellow, pinkish brown |
Habit: | granular |
Cleavage: | absent |
Fracture: | Uneven |
Mohs: | 4.5 |
Luster: | metallic |
Refractive: | opaque |
Streak: | dark gray |
Gravity: | 4.4 |
Renierite is a rare copper zinc germanium bearing sulfide mineral with the chemical formula . It occurs at the Kipushi Mine, Democratic Republic of the Congo; and Namibia, among other places.
Renierite was named after Armand Renier (26 June 1876 – 9 October 1951), a Belgian geologist and director of the Belgian Geological Survey.[2] [3]