Tenorite

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Not to be confused with Tannerite.
Tenorite
Specific gravity
6.5
Optical propertiesBiaxial (+)
PleochroismDistinct; light to dark brown
References[2][3][4]

Tenorite is a

CuO
.

Occurrence

Tenorite with azurite from Nischne Tagilsk, Urals, Russia

Tenorite occurs in the weathered or

oxidized zone associated with deeper primary copper sulfide orebodies. Tenorite commonly occurs with chrysocolla and the copper carbonates, azurite and malachite. The dull grey-black color of tenorite contrasts sharply with the often intergrown blue chrysocolla. Cuprite, native copper and Fe–Mn oxides also occur in this environment.[2]

In addition to the hydrothermal, tenorite also occurs as a

F. S. Beudant in 1832.[5]

Tenorite was named in 1841 after the Italian botanist Michele Tenore (1780–1861).[4]

See also

References

  1. S2CID 235729616
    .
  2. ^ a b c Handbook of Mineralogy
  3. ^ Webmineral data
  4. ^ a b Mindat
  5. ^ Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press

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