Tennantite is a copper arsenic mineral sulfosalt Cu12As4S13 with an ideal formula. Due to variable substitution of the copper by iron and zinc the formula is Cu6 [Cu4 (Fe, Zn) 2] As4S13. [1] It is gray-black, steel-gray, iron-gray or black in color. A closely related mineral, tetrahedrite (Cu12Sb4S13) has antimony substituting for arsenic and the two form a solid solution series. The two have very Similar properties and is Often difficult, to distinguish between tennantite and tetrahedrite. Iron, zinc, and silver substitute up to about 15% for the copper site. [1] [2]
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