Stromeyerite is a
sulfide mineral
The sulfide minerals are a class of minerals containing sulfide (S2−) or disulfide (S22−) as the major anion. Some sulfide minerals are economically important as metal ores. The sulfide class also includes the selenides, the tellurides, the ...
of
copper
Copper is a chemical element with the symbol Cu (from la, cuprum) and atomic number 29. It is a soft, malleable, and ductile metal with very high thermal and electrical conductivity. A freshly exposed surface of pure copper has a pinkis ...
and
silver
Silver is a chemical element with the Symbol (chemistry), symbol Ag (from the Latin ', derived from the Proto-Indo-European wikt:Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/h₂erǵ-, ''h₂erǵ'': "shiny" or "white") and atomic number 47. A soft, whi ...
, with the
chemical formula
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Ag Cu S. It forms opaque blue grey to dark blue
orthorhombic
In crystallography, the orthorhombic crystal system is one of the 7 crystal systems. Orthorhombic lattices result from stretching a cubic lattice along two of its orthogonal pairs by two different factors, resulting in a rectangular prism with a r ...
crystals.
It was discovered in 1832 in Central Bohemia Region,
Czech Republic
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, and named after the German chemist,
Friedrich Stromeyer
Prof Friedrich Stromeyer FRS(For) FRSE (2 August 1776 – 18 August 1835) was a German chemist. He was the discoverer of cadmium.
From 1982 a Friedrich Stromeyer Prize has been awarded for chemical achievement in Germany.
Life
He was born in ...
who performed the first analysis of the mineral.
[http://rruff.geo.arizona.edu/doclib/hom/stromeyerite.pdf Mineral Handbook]
See also
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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.
A
*Abelsonite: C31H32N4Ni – American physicist Philip Hauge Abelson (1913–2004)alfred
*Abswurmbachite: Cu2+Mn3+6O8SiO4 – German mineralogist I ...
References
Copper(I) minerals
Silver minerals
Sulfide minerals
Orthorhombic minerals
Minerals in space group 63
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