An Sb-bearing variety of Gersdorffite.

Originally reported as "Korynit" from Greinig adit, Gaisberg, Olsa, Friesach, Friesach - Hüttenberg area, Carinthia, Austria.

Unique IdentifiersHide

Mindat ID:

353

Long-form identifier:

mindat:1:1:353:5

Classification of Antimony-bearing GersdorffiteHide

Strunz-mindat (2025):

2.EB.25 va

2 : SULFIDES and SULFOSALTS (sulfides, selenides, tellurides; arsenides, antimonides, bismuthides; sulfarsenites, sulfantimonites, sulfbismuthites, etc.)
E : Metal Sulfides, M: S <= 1:2
B : M:S = 1:2, with Fe, Co, Ni, PGE, etc.

Chemistry of Antimony-bearing GersdorffiteHide

Mindat Formula:

Ni(As,Sb)S

Element Weights:

Element	% weight
As	45.221 %
Ni	35.426 %
S	19.354 %

Calculated from ideal end-member formula.

Elements listed:

As, Ni, S, Sb - search for minerals with similar chemistry

Synonyms of Antimony-bearing GersdorffiteHide

Antimonian Gersdorffite

Corynite

Korynite

Other Language Names for Antimony-bearing GersdorffiteHide

German:Arsenantimonnickelglanz
Arsenantimonnickelkies
Corynit
Korynit

Spanish:Corynita
Korynita

Common AssociatesHide

Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:

10 photos of Antimony-bearing Gersdorffite associated with Siderite	FeCO₃
5 photos of Antimony-bearing Gersdorffite associated with Annabergite	Ni₃(AsO₄)₂ · 8H₂O
1 photo of Antimony-bearing Gersdorffite associated with Cinnabar	HgS
1 photo of Antimony-bearing Gersdorffite associated with Galena	PbS

Related Minerals - Strunz-mindat Grouping Hide

2.EB.	Selenolaurite	RuSe₂	Iso. m3(2/m3) : Pa3
2.EB.	Andrieslombaardite	RhSbS	Iso. 23 : P2₁3
2.EB.	Iridarsenite	(Ir,Ru)As₂	Mon. 2/m : P2₁/b
2.EB.	Kanatzidisite	(SbBiS₃)₂Te₂	Mon. 2/m : P2₁/m
2.EB.05a	Vaesite	NiS₂	Iso. m3(2/m3) : Pa3
2.EB.05a	Hauerite	MnS₂	Iso. m3(2/m3) : Pa3
2.EB.05a	Laurite	RuS₂	Iso. m3(2/m3) : Pa3
2.EB.05a	Gaotaiite	Ir₃Te₈	Iso. m3(2/m3) : Pa3
2.EB.05a	Penroseite	(Ni,Co,Cu)Se₂	Iso. m3(2/m3) : Pa3
2.EB.05a	Fukuchilite	Cu₃FeS₈	Iso. m3(2/m3) : Pa3
2.EB.05a	Villamanínite	(Cu,Ni,Co,Fe)S₂	Tric.
2.EB.05a	Erlichmanite	OsS₂	Iso. m3(2/m3) : Pa3
2.EB.05a	Sperrylite	PtAs₂	Iso. m3(2/m3) : Pa3
2.EB.05a	Geversite	PtSb₂	Iso. m3(2/m3) : Pa3
2.EB.05a	Cattierite	CoS₂	Iso. m3(2/m3) : Pa3
2.EB.05a	Aurostibite	AuSb₂	Iso. m3(2/m3) : Pa3
2.EB.05a	Trogtalite	CoSe₂	Iso. m3(2/m3) : Pa3
2.EB.05a v	Cayeuxite
2.EB.05a	Kruťaite	CuSe₂	Iso. m3(2/m3) : Pa3
2.EB.05a	Pyrite	FeS₂	Iso. m3(2/m3) : Pa3
2.EB.05a	Insizwaite	PtBi₂	Iso. m3(2/m3) : Pa3
2.EB.05b	Bambollaite	Cu(Se,Te)₂	Tet.
2.EB.05a	Dzharkenite	FeSe₂	Iso. m3(2/m3) : Pa3
2.EB.10a	Marcasite	FeS₂	Orth. mmm(2/m2/m2/m) : Pnnm
2.EB.10e	Paracostibite	CoSbS	Orth. mmm(2/m2/m2/m) : Pbca
2.EB.10f	Oenite	CoSbAs	Orth.
2.EB.10e	Pararammelsbergite	NiAs₂	Orth. mmm(2/m2/m2/m) : Pbca
2.EB.10a	Mattagamite	CoTe₂	Orth. mmm(2/m2/m2/m) : Pnnm
2.EB.10a	Frohbergite	FeTe₂	Orth. mmm(2/m2/m2/m) : Pnnm
2.EB.10d	Costibite	CoSbS	Orth. mm2 : Pmn2₁
2.EB.10b	Alloclasite	Co_1-xFe_xAsS	Mon. 2 : P2₁
2.EB.10c	Glaucodot	(Co_0.50Fe_0.50)AsS	Orth. mm2 : Pmn2₁
2.EB.10a	Petříčekite	CuSe₂	Orth. mmm(2/m2/m2/m) : Pnnm
2.EB.10a	Kullerudite	NiSe₂	Orth. mmm(2/m2/m2/m) : Pnnm
2.EB.10a	Ferroselite	FeSe₂	Orth. mmm(2/m2/m2/m) : Pnnm
2.EB.15b	Seinäjokite	FeSb₂	Orth.
2.EB.15a	Rammelsbergite	NiAs₂	Orth. mmm(2/m2/m2/m) : Pnnm
2.EB.15a	Clinosafflorite	CoAs₂	Mon. 2/m : P2₁/m
2.EB.15c	Paxite	CuAs₂	Mon. 2/m : P2₁/b
2.EB.15a	Nisbite	NiSb₂	Orth. mmm(2/m2/m2/m) : Pnnm
2.EB.15a	Löllingite	FeAs₂	Orth. mmm(2/m2/m2/m) : Pnnm
2.EB.15a	Safflorite	(Co,Ni,Fe)As₂	Orth. mmm(2/m2/m2/m) : Pnnm
2.EB.15a	Omeiite	(Os,Ru)As₂	Orth.
2.EB.15a	Anduoite	(Ru,Os)As₂	Orth.
2.EB.20	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	Mon. 2/m : P2₁/b
2.EB.20	Ruarsite	(Ru,Os)AsS	Mon.
2.EB.20	Osarsite	(Os,Ru)AsS	Mon.
2.EB.20	Gudmundite	FeSbS	Mon. 2/m : P2₁/b
2.EB.25	Mayingite	IrBiTe	Iso. m3(2/m3) : Pa3
2.EB.25	Maslovite	PtBiTe	Iso. 23 : P2₁3
2.EB.25	Paragersdorffite	Ni(As,S)₂	Iso. m3(2/m3) : Pa3
2.EB.25	Orthogersdorffite	NiAsS	Orth. mm2 : Pca2₁
2.EB.25	Sulfopadmaite	PdBiS	Iso. 23 : P2₁3
2.EB.25	Jolliffeite	NiAsSe	Iso. m3(2/m3) : Pa3
2.EB.25	Cobaltite	CoAsS	Orth. mm2 : Pca2₁
2.EB.25	Guixiangite	NiBiS	Iso. 23 : P2₁3
2.EB.25	Testibiopalladite	PdSbTe	Iso.
2.EB.25	Kalungaite	PdAsSe	Iso. m3(2/m3) : Pa3
2.EB.25	Hollingworthite	(Rh,Pt,Pd)AsS	Iso. m3(2/m3) : Pa3
2.EB.25	Michenerite	PdBiTe	Iso. 23 : P2₁3
2.EB.25	Gersdorffite	NiAsS	Iso. 23 : P2₁3
2.EB.25	Milotaite	PdSbSe	Iso. 23 : P2₁3
2.EB.25	Tolovkite	IrSbS	Iso.
2.EB.25	Platarsite	Pt(As,S)₂	Iso. m3(2/m3) : Pa3
2.EB.25	Willyamite	CoSbS
2.EB.25	Changchengite	IrBiS	Iso. 23 : P2₁3
2.EB.25	Kvačekite	NiSbSe	Iso. 23 : P2₁3
2.EB.25	Krutovite	NiAs₂	Iso. 23 : P2₁3
2.EB.25	Padmaite	PdBiSe	Iso. 432
2.EB.25	Ullmannite	NiSbS	Iso. 23 : P2₁3
2.EB.25	Irarsite	(Ir,Ru,Rh,Pt)AsS	Iso. m3(2/m3) : Pa3
2.EB.30	Urvantsevite	Pd(Bi,Pb)₂	Tet. 4/mmm(4/m2/m2/m) : I4/mmm
2.EB.35	Rheniite	ReS₂	Tric. 1 : P1

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References for Antimony-bearing GersdorffiteHide

Reference List:

von Zepharovich, V.R. (1865) Über Bournonit, Malachit und Korynit von Olsa in Kärnten. Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften Wien, Mathematisch-naturwissenschaftliche Klasse, Abt. I: 51: 102-122.

Laspeyres, H. (1891): Einige Nickel- und Kobalterze aus dem Siegenschen (Korynit, Kallilith, Sychnodymit). Verh. naturhist. Ver. preuß. Rheinl. u. Westf., Sitzungsber., 48: 4-18.

Localities for Antimony-bearing GersdorffiteHide

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Austria
Carinthia Sankt Veit an der Glan District Friesach Olsa ⓘ Marble quarry (Bürgergilt quarry; Bürgergilde quarry)	O. M. Friedrich: Der Karinthin 6:102-105 (1949)
Minachberg ⓘ Greinig (Greining) adit	V. R. v. Zepharovich: "Über Bournonit et al. (1865)
Guttaring ⓘ Waitschach
Hüttenberg ⓘ Hüttenberger Erzberg	on public display of the ...
Sankt Martin am Silberberg ⓘ Dratschhube	Puttner (1987)
Völkermarkt District Neuhaus ⓘ Schwabegg	Exel (1993)
Wolfsberg District Wolfsberg Waldenstein ⓘ Hematite Mine	on public display of the ...
Vorarlberg Bludenz District ⓘ Bartholomäberg	Bechter (2010) +1 other reference
Silbertal ⓘ Kristbergsattel	Bechter (2010)
Bolivia
La Paz Pedro Domingo Murillo Province Huayna Potosí ⓘ Chacaltaya mine	Wilson (2001)
Mt Chacaltaya ⓘ Don Carlos mine	Ahlfeld et al. (1955)
France
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Haute-Loire Brioude Vieille-Brioude ⓘ Ricoules Mine (Rousseille Mine; Brugerolle Mine)	Pélisson (1989)
Grand Est Vosges Saint-Dié-des-Vosges Lusse ⓘ Notre-Dame de Forux Mine	Wittern et al. (1997)
Germany
Rhineland-Palatinate Rhein-Lahn-Kreis ⓘ Bad Ems-Nassau
Bad Ems ⓘ Neuhoffnung Mine	Schnorrer (1995) +1 other reference
Loreley Braubach ⓘ Rosenberg Mine	Schnorrer (1995)
Kosovo
Pristina District Graçanica Badoc ⓘ Badovc Mine	Mederski et al. (2024)
Russia
Irkutsk Oblast Bodaybinsky District Bodaibo Lena Gold District Kropotkinsky ore cluster ⓘ Sukhoi Log deposit	www.igem.ru (2001) +1 other reference
Slovakia
Bratislava Region Pezinok District Častá ⓘ Častá ore field	Koděra (1986)
Košice Region Gelnica District Gelnica ⓘ Perlová dolina	Háber et al. (SGR)

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