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Formula: SnS
Sulphide of tin, forms a series with teallite
Crystal System: Orthorhombic
Specific gravity: 5.22 measured 5.19 calculated
Hardness: 2
Streak: Black
Colour: Black
Solubility: Soluble in hydrochloric and sulphuric acids
Environments
Herzenbergite is of hydrothermal origin, later than the deposition of
cassiterite.
Associated minerals include cassiterite,
stannite,
romarchite, ottemannite,
cernyite, berndtite,
pyrite, chalcopyrite,
sphalerite, arsenopyrite
and quartz
(HOM).
Localities
The type locality is the Maria-Teresa mine, Huari, Avaroa Province, Oruro, Bolivia.
At the Baimka placer deposit, Aluchinskii Massif, Baimka River, Bol'shoi Anyui River Basin, Kolyma area, Bilibinsky
District, Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russia, minor amounts of herzenbergite,
moissanite (?), native lead,
cassiterite, troilite,
djerfisherite and
titanium-bearing magnetite
were observed as minute inclusions in native tin
(CM 44.1469-1480).
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