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    Linnaeite is a cobalt sulfide mineral that forms cubic crystals up to 5 mm in size. It has a metallic gray color and imperfect cleavage. Linnaeite has a hardness of 4.5-5.5 and forms in hydrothermal veins with other cobalt and nickel sulfides like chalcopyrite and pyrrhotite. It is named after Carl Linnaeus and occurs in locations like Sweden, Germany, the Czech Republic, and the United States.

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    Linnaeite is a cobalt sulfide mineral that forms cubic crystals up to 5 mm in size. It has a metallic gray color and imperfect cleavage. Linnaeite has a hardness of 4.5-5.5 and forms in hydrothermal veins with other cobalt and nickel sulfides like chalcopyrite and pyrrhotite. It is named after Carl Linnaeus and occurs in locations like Sweden, Germany, the Czech Republic, and the United States.

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    Linnaeite is a cobalt sulfide mineral that forms cubic crystals up to 5 mm in size. It has a metallic gray color and imperfect cleavage. Linnaeite has a hardness of 4.5-5.5 and forms in hydrothermal veins with other cobalt and nickel sulfides like chalcopyrite and pyrrhotite. It is named after Carl Linnaeus and occurs in locations like Sweden, Germany, the Czech Republic, and the United States.

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    Linnaeite Co2+ Co3+

    2 S4

    c 2001-2005 Mineral Data Publishing, version 1

    Crystal Data: Cubic. Point Group: 4/m 3 2/m. Dominantly octahedral crystals, to 5 mm;
    commonly massive, granular and compact. Twinning: On {111}.

    Physical Properties: Cleavage: Imperfect on {001}. Fracture: Uneven to subconchoidal.


    Hardness = 4.5–5.5 VHN = 435–558, average 492 (50 g load). D(meas.) = 4.5–4.8
    D(calc.) = 4.85

    Optical Properties: Opaque. Color: Pale gray to steel-gray. Luster: Metallic, easily
    tarnished.
    R: (400) 41.5, (420) 41.8, (440) 42.2, (460) 43.0, (480) 44.0, (500) 45.0, (520) 46.0, (540) 47.0,
    (560) 48.0, (580) 49.0, (600) 49.9, (620) 50.7, (640) 51.6, (660) 52.4, (680) 53.1, (700) 53.7

    Cell Data: Space Group: F d3m. a = 9.43 Z=8

    X-ray Powder Pattern: Müsen, Germany.


    2.83 (100), 1.670 (80), 2.36 (70), 1.815 (60), 0.988 (50), 3.34 (40), 1.090 (40)

    Chemistry: (1) (2) (3)


    Co 40.71 48.70 57.96
    Ni 7.35 4.75
    Cu 8.79 2.40
    Fe 1.30 2.36
    S 41.43 41.70 42.04
    insol. 0.14 0.40
    Total 99.72 100.31 100.00
    (1) Gladhammar, Sweden; corresponds to (Co2.14 Cu0.43 Ni0.39 Fe0.07 )Σ=3.03 S4.00 . (2) Carroll Co.,
    Maryland, USA; corresponds to (Co2.54 Ni0.25 Fe0.13 Cu0.12 )Σ=3.04 S4.00 . (3) Co2+ Co3+
    2 S4 .

    Polymorphism & Series: Forms a series with polydymite.

    Mineral Group: Linnaeite group.

    Occurrence: In hydrothermal veins with other cobalt and nickel sulfides.

    Association: Chalcopyrite, pyrrhotite, millerite, bismuthinite, gersdorffite, carrollite, cattierite,


    ullmannite, marcasite, pyrite, galena, sphalerite.

    Distribution: In Sweden, from the Bastnäs mine, near Riddarhyttan, Västmanland [TL],
    and at Gladhammar, Kalmar. At Outokumpu, Finland. In Germany, from Müsen, North
    Rhine-Westphalia; at Altenberg, Saxony; in the Grube Georg, near Horhausen, Westerwald. At
    Kladno, Czech Republic. In the USA, from the Springfield and Mineral Hill mines, Carroll Co.,
    Maryland; and at the Mine La Motte, Madison Co., Missouri. In Congo (Zaire), in the Musonoi
    mine, near Kolwezi, Katanga (Shaba) Province. At the N’Kana mine, Kitwe, from the Chambishi
    Southeast prospect, and in the Rhokana mine, Zambia. In the Wonderland and Selukwe Peak
    mines, Selukwe, Zimbabwe. From Tsumeb, Namibia. Known from a number of other minor
    occurrences.

    Name: In honor of Carl von Linné [Carolus Linnaeus] (1707–1778), Swedish taxonomist.

    References: (1) Palache, C., H. Berman, and C. Frondel (1944) Dana’s system of mineralogy,
    (7th edition), v. I, 262–265. (2) De Jong, W.F. and H.W.V. Williams (1927) Die Verbindungen
    Fe3 S4 , Co3 S4 , Ni3 S4 und ihre Struktur. Z. Anorg. Allg. Chem. 161, 311–315 (in German).
    (3) Berry, L.G. and R.M. Thompson (1962) X-ray powder data for the ore minerals.
    Geol. Soc. Amer. Mem. 85, 103. (4) Criddle, A.J. and C.J. Stanley, Eds. (1993) Quantitative data
    file for ore minerals, 3rd ed. Chapman & Hall, London, 323.
    All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in
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    permission of Mineral Data Publishing.

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