Tarkianite Knowpia

Tarkianite
Tarkianite
General
Category	Sulfide mineral
Formula; (repeating unit)	(Cu,Fe)(Re,Mo)4S8
Strunz classification	2.DB.30
Crystal system	Isometric
Identification
Color	Black
Luster	Metallic
Streak	Black
Diaphaneity	Opaque
References

Tarkianite is a rhenium sulfide mineral. Its type locality is the Hitura Nickel Mine in Nivala, Finland. It was approved as the first rhenium mineral in 2003 and formally described in 2004. ^[2]

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^ Mindat.org
^ Kojonen, Kari K.; Andrew C. Roberts; Olli-Pekka Isomäki; Vladimir V. Knauf; Bo Johanson; Lassi Pakkanen (2004). "Tarkianite, (Cu,Fe)(Re,Mo)₄S₈, A new mineral species from the Hitura Mine, Nivala, Finland". The Canadian Mineralogist. 42: 539–544.

[Mindat-1] Mindat.org

[Kojonen-2] Kojonen, Kari K.; Andrew C. Roberts; Olli-Pekka Isomäki; Vladimir V. Knauf; Bo Johanson; Lassi Pakkanen (2004). "Tarkianite, (Cu,Fe)(Re,Mo)₄S₈, A new mineral species from the Hitura Mine, Nivala, Finland". The Canadian Mineralogist. 42: 539–544.

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