renieriten.
/rɛnɪˈɛːrʌɪt/, U.S. /ˌrɛniˈɛ(ə)ˌraɪt/ Mineralogy.
A rare germanium-containing mineral which occurs as bronze-yellow crystals and granular masses.Renierite is a sulphide of copper, zinc, germanium, and other metals; (Cu,Zn)11(Ge,As)2Fe4S16. Crystal system: tetragonal.
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1949 Mineral Mag. 28 737 Renierite... Sulphide of Cu, Fe, Ge (7·75%), Zn, As... Named after Prof. Armand Renier, Director of the Geological Survey of Belgium. Near germanite.
1979 Hydrometallurgy 4 285 Zinc ores, bauxite and renierite are the most important sources of gallium.
1998 Britannica Online (Version 98.2) Primary minerals [containing germanium] include argyrodite, germanite, renierite, and canfieldite, all of them rare; only germanite and renierite have been used as commercial sources for the element.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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