Cattierite
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Cattierite (CoS2) is a mineral found in the Democratic Republic of Congo. It was discovered together with Vaesite by Johannes F. Vaes, a Belgian mineralologist and named after Felicien Cattier, Chairman of the Board, Union Miniere du Haut Katanga.[1]
The mineral belongs to the pyrite group, in which all minerals share the same building principle. The metal in the oxidation state +2 forms a sodium chloride structure together with the anion S22-. This formalism recognizes that the sulfur atoms in pyrite occur in pairs with clear S-S bonds.
[edit] References
- ^ Kerr, Paul F. (1945). Cattierite and Vaesite: New Co-Ni Minerals from the Belgian Kongo. 30. pp. 483–492. http://www.minsocam.org/ammin/AM30/AM30_483.pdf.
[edit] External links
- Fact sheet from mindat.org
- Fact sheet from webmineral.com
