Tetrahedrite-(Hg)

Where it forms, where it's found

Type locality: Buca della Vena Mine
Pontestazzemese
Stazzema
Lucca Province
Tuscany
Italy
43.9986°, 10.2944°

19recorded occurrences

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Crystallography

Crystal system: Isometric
Space group: #210
Cell parameters: a = 10.5057(8) Å

Crystal structure

Chemical composition

Constituent elements: Mass composition breakdown
Element Atoms At. mass g/mol Mass g/mol Mass share
29CuCopper Copper 10 63.546 635.460
32.75%
51SbAntimony Antimony 4 121.760 487.040
25.10%
16SSulfur Sulfur 13 32.060 416.780
21.48%
80HgMercury Mercury 2 200.592 401.184
20.67%
Total 1940.464 100.00%
Mass share = atoms × atomic mass ÷ molar mass × 100
From IMA formula

Mass composition breakdown
Element	Atoms	At. mass g/mol	Mass g/mol	Mass share
29CuCopper	Copper	10	63.546	635.460	32.75%
51SbAntimony	Antimony	4	121.760	487.040	25.10%
16SSulfur	Sulfur	13	32.060	416.780	21.48%
80HgMercury	Mercury	2	200.592	401.184	20.67%
	Total	1940.464	100.00%

Synonyms

IMA2019-003
Tetrahedriet-(Hg)

In other languages

German: IMA 2019-003 · Tetraedrit-(Hg)
Italian: Tetraedrite- · tetraedrite-(Hg)

Classification

Strunz

10th ed.

2.GB.05

2Sulfides and SulfosaltsClass
2.GSulfarsenites, sulfantimonites, sulfbismuthitesDivision
2.GBNeso-sulfarsenites, etc. with additional SGroup
2.GB.05Tetrahedrite-(Hg)Species

Group, growth & confusion

6 members

Literature, links & citation

Citations

1980Kaplunnik, L.N, Pobedimskaya, E.A., Belov, N.V. (1980): Crystal structure of “schwatzite”, (Cu4.4Hg1.6)Cu6Sb4S12. Soviet Physics - Crystallography 25, 508-509. [= tetraedrite-(Hg)]
2001Foit, F. F.; Ulbricht, M. E. (2001) Compositional variation in mercurian tetrahedrite-tennantite from epithermal deposits of the Steens and Pueblo Mountains, Harney County, Oregon. The Canadian Mineralogist, 39 (3). 819-830 doi:10.2113/gscanmin.39.3.819 DOI: 10.2113/gscanmin.39.3.819
2014Velebil Dalibor (2014) Příspěvek k poznání chemismu rtuťových tetraedritů: lokality Jedová hora (Česko), Rudňany, Rožňava, Nižná Slaná, Slovinky (Slovensko) a Maškara (Bosna a Hercegovina). Bulletin mineralogicko-petrologického oddělení 22: 131-143.
2019Miyawaki, Ritsuro, Hatert, Frédéric, Pasero, Marco, Mills, Stuart J. (2019) IMA Commission on New Minerals, Nomenclature and Classification (CNMNC) NEWSLETTER 51. European Journal of Mineralogy, 31 (5-6) 1099-1104 doi:10.1127/ejm/2019/0031-2894DOI: 10.1127/ejm/2019/0031-2894
2020Biagioni, Cristian, Sejkora, Jiří, Musetti, Silvia, Velebil, Dalibor, Pasero, Marco (2020) Tetrahedrite-(Hg), a new ‘old’ member of the tetrahedrite group. Mineralogical Magazine, 84 (4) 584-592 doi:10.1180/mgm.2020.36DOI: 10.1180/mgm.2020.36

Cite this entry

@misc{mineral2026,
  author    = {Mineral Index editorial board},
  title     = {Tetrahedrite-(Hg) — Mineral Index},
  year      = {2026},
  url       = {https://mineralindex.org/minerals/tetrahedrite-hg-53861},
  note      = {Accessed 2026-05-11}
}