Hauerite
(repeating unit)MnS2 IMA symbol Hr[1] Strunz classification 2.EB.05a Crystal system Cubic Crystal class Diploidal (m3)
H–M symbol: (2/m 3) Space group Pa3 Unit cell a = 6.107 Å; Z = 4 Identification Formula mass 119.07 g/mol Color Reddish brown or brownish black Crystal habit Octahedral crystals and globular aggregates Cleavage {100} Perfect, {010} Perfect, Perfect on {001} Fracture Uneven to subconchoidal Tenacity Brittle Mohs scale hardness 4 Luster Metallic-adamantine Streak Reddish brown Diaphaneity Opaque to subtranslucent Specific gravity 3.463 Optical properties Isotropic Refractive index n = 2.69 References [2][3][4] 
H–M symbol: (2/m 3)
Hauerite is a manganese sulfide mineral with the chemical formula MnS2. It forms reddish brown or black octahedral crystals with the pyrite structure and it is usually found associated with the sulfides of other transition metals such as rambergite. It occurs in low temperature, sulfur rich environments associated with solfataras and salt deposits in association with native sulfur, realgar, gypsum and calcite.[2]
It was discovered in Austro-Hungarian Monarchy in Kalinka (now Vígľašská Huta-Kalinka village) sulfur deposit near Detva in what is now Slovakia in 1846 and named after the Austrian geologists, Joseph Ritter von Hauer (1778–1863) and Franz Ritter von Hauer (1822–1899).[2][4]
It is found in Texas, US; the Ural Mountains of Russia, and Sicily, Italy.[5]
Under high pressure conditions (P>11 GPa), Hauerite undergoes a large collapse in unit cell volume (22%) driven by a spin-state transition.[6]
References
- ^ Warr, L.N. (2021). "IMA–CNMNC approved mineral symbols". Mineralogical Magazine. 85 (3): 291–320. Bibcode:2021MinM...85..291W. doi:10.1180/mgm.2021.43. S2CID 235729616.
- ^ a b c Anthony, John W.; Bideaux, Richard A.; Bladh, Kenneth W.; Nichols, Monte C. (2005). "Hauerite" (PDF). Handbook of Mineralogy. Mineral Data Publishing. Retrieved 1 August 2022.
- ^ Barthelmy, David (2014). "Hauerite Mineral Data". Webmineral.com. Retrieved 1 August 2022.
- ^ a b Hauerite, Mindat.org, retrieved 1 August 2022
- ^ Star, Fleur, ed. (2012). Rocks and Minerals. DK publishers. ISBN 978-1-4093-8659-9.
- ^ Kimber, S.A.J., et al., Giant pressure-induced volume collapse in the pyrite mineral MnS2, PNAS, April 8, 2014, vol. 111, no. 14, pp. 5106–5110
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