Stilleite is a
selenide mineral,
zinc selenide, with the formula
Zn Se. It has been found only as microscopic gray crystals occurring as inclusions in
linnaeite associated with other selenide and sulfides. It was originally discovered in
Katanga Province
Katanga was one of the four large provinces created in the Belgian Congo in 1914.
It was one of the eleven provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo between 1966 and 2015, when it was split into the Tanganyika, Haut-Lomami, Lualaba, ...
, Zaire in 1956 and is named for the German geologist,
Hans Stille (1876–1966).
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It has been reported from the Santa Brigida mine, La Rioja Province, Argentina
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and from Tilkerode (Abberode
Abberode is a village and a former municipality in the Mansfeld-Südharz district, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Since 6 March 2009, it is part of the town Mansfeld
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) in the Harz Mountains, Germany
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.[ Associated minerals include ]pyrite
The mineral pyrite (), or iron pyrite, also known as fool's gold, is an iron sulfide with the chemical formula Fe S2 (iron (II) disulfide). Pyrite is the most abundant sulfide mineral.
Pyrite's metallic luster and pale brass-yellow hue giv ...
, linnaeite, clausthalite
Clausthalite is a lead selenide mineral, PbSe. It forms a solid solution series with galena PbS.
Occurrence
It occurs in low-sulfur hydrothermal deposits with other selenides and in mercury deposits. It is associated with tiemannite, klockma ...
, selenian vaesite
Vaesite ( Ni S2) is a mineral found together with cattierite in the Democratic Republic of Congo. It is named after Johannes F. Vaes
Johannes Franciscus Vaes (1902 – 1978) was a Belgian mineralogist and geologist associated with the Union ...
, molybdenite and dolomite in the Shinkolobwe region of the Congo); and with tiemannite, clausthalite, eucairite, umangite, klockmannite in the Santa Brigida mine, Argentina.[
]
See also
*List of minerals
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Minerals are distinguished by various chemical and physical properties. Differences in chemical composition and crystal structure distinguish the various ''species''. Within a m ...
*List of minerals named after people
This is a list of minerals named after people. The chemical composition follows name.
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* Abelsonite: C31H32N4Ni – American physicist Philip Hauge Abelson (1913–2004)alfred
* Abswurmbachite: Cu2+Mn3+6O8SiO4 – German mineralogist ...
References
Zinc minerals
Selenide minerals
Cubic minerals
Minerals in space group 216
Minerals described in 1956
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