Where it forms, where it's found
- Type locality
- Rudolph shaft
- Lauta
- Marienberg
- Erzgebirgskreis
- Saxony
- Germany
50.6624°, 13.1448°
36recorded occurrences
Safety & handling
Physical
Optical
- Pleochroism
- Weak
Crystallography
- Space group
- #71
- Cell parameters
- a = 11.347(4) Å · b = 3.7533(7) Å · c = 5.453(1) Å
- Ratio a:b:c
- 1 : 0.331 : 0.481
- Morphology
Short to long prismatic [100] crystals and tabular [001]; striated on (001) parallel to [100]. Also massive, fine granular or radiating.
- Twinning
(110)
Crystal structure
Chemical composition
Synonyms
- Lautiet
In other languages
- German
- Lautit
- Spanish
- Lautita
- Italian
- Lautite
Classification
Strunz
10th ed.2.CB.40
- 2Sulfides and SulfosaltsClass
- 2.CMetal Sulfides, M: S = 1: 1 (and similar)Division
- 2.CBWith Zn, Fe, Cu, Ag, etc.Group
- 2.CB.40LautiteSpecies
Dana
8th ed.02.12.08.01
- 02SulfidesClass
- 02.12AmBnXp, with (m+n):p = 1:2Type
- 02.12.08— unnamed intermediate level —Group
- 02.12.08.01LautiteSpecies
CIM
—3.1.20
- 3Sulphides, Selenides, Tellurides, Arsenides and Bismuthides (except the arsenides, antimonides and bismuthides of Cu, Ag and Au, which are included in Section 1)Class
- 3.1Sulphides etc. of CuGroup
- 3.1.20LautiteSpecies
Literature, links & citation
Citations
- 1881Frenzel, A. (1881) Mineralogisches. 6. Lautit. Tschermaks Mineralogische und Petrographische Mitteilungen: 3: 504-516.
- 1944Palache, Charles, Berman, Harry, Frondel, Clifford (1944) The System of Mineralogy (7th ed.) Vol. 1 - Elements, Sulfides, Sulfosalts, Oxides. John Wiley and Sons, New York.
- 1964Marumo, F., Nowacki, W. (1964) The crystal structure of lautite and of sinnerite, a new mineral from the Lengenbach Quarry. Schweizerische Mineralogische und Petrographische Mitteilungen: 44: 439-454. https://rruff.info/rruff_1.0/uploads/SMPM44_439.pdf
- 1965Craig, D. C., Stephenson, N. C. (1965) The crystal structure of lautite, CuAsS. Acta Crystallographica, 19 (4) 543-547 doi:10.1107/s0365110x65003869DOI: 10.1107/s0365110x65003869
- 1978Chen, T.T., Dutrizac, J.E. (1978) Lautite and cadmium-rich sphalerite from the Ross mine, Hislop Township, Ontario. The Canadian Mineralogist: 16: 665-669.
Cite this entry
@misc{mineral2026,
author = {Mineral Index editorial board},
title = {Lautite — Mineral Index},
year = {2026},
url = {https://mineralindex.org/minerals/lautite-2348},
note = {Accessed 2026-05-11}
}