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New minerals, nomenclature, and classification
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06 Jan 2026
New minerals, nomenclature, and classification |  | 06 Jan 2026

Keutschite, Cu2AgAsS4, a new mineral with a stannite structure from the Uchucchacua polymetallic deposit, Lima Department, Peru

Dan Topa, Rie Takagi Fredrickson, Chris Stanley, and George Dincă

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Bindi, L., Keutsch F. N., and Bonazzi, P.: Menchettiite, AgPb2.40Mn1.60Sb3As2S12, a new sulfosalt belonging to the lillianite series from the Uchucchacua polymetallic deposit, Lima Department, Peru, Am. Mineral., 97, 440–446, https://doi.org/10.2138/am.2012.3944, 2012. 
Bindi, L., Keutsch F. N., Morana, M., and Zaccarini, F.: Spryite, Ag8(As0.53+As0.55+)S6: structure determination and inferred absence of superionic conduction of the first As3+–bearing argyrodite, Phys. Chem. Minerals, 44, 75–82, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00269-016-0838-1, 2017. 
Bindi, L., Biagioni, C., and Keutsch F. N.: Oyonite, Ag3Mn2Pb4Sb7As4S24, a New Member of the Lillianite Homologous Series from the Uchucchacua Base-Metal Deposit, Oyon District, Peru, Minerals, 8, 192, https://doi.org/10.3390/min8050192, 2018. 
Bonazzi, P., Bindi, L., Bernardini, G. P., and Menchetti, S.: A model for the mechanism of incorporation of Cu, Fe, and Zn in the stannite – kësterite series, Cu2FeSnS4 – Cu2ZnSnS4, Can. Mineral., 41, 639–647, https://doi.org/10.2113/gscanmin.41.3.639, 2003. 
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Keutschite, Cu2AgAsS4, is a new mineral from the Uchucchacua polymetallic deposit, Oyon District, Catajambo, Lima Department, Peru. The ideal formula, derived from the crystal structure, is Cu2AgAsS4. The name honours Frank Keutsch (Harvard University), a German chemist who first drew attention to the mineral during his study of the minerals of the alabandite zone of the Uchucchacua deposit.

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