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Stilleite

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Category
  
Selenide mineral

Strunz classification
  
2.CB.05a

Space group
  
F43m

Formula (repeating unit)
  
ZnSe

Crystal system
  
Cubic

Crystal class
  
Hextetrahedral (43m) H-M symbol: (4 3m)

Stilleite is a selenide mineral, zinc selenide, with the formula ZnSe. It has been found only as microscopic gray crystals occurring as inclusions in linnaeite associated with other selenide and sulfides. It was originally discovered in Katanga Province, Zaire in 1956 and is named for the German geologist, Hans Stille (1876–1966).

It has been reported from the Santa Brigida mine, La Rioja Province, Argentina and from Tilkerode (Abberode) in the Harz Mountains, Germany. Associated minerals include pyrite, linnaeite, clausthalite, selenian vaesite, molybdenite and dolomite in the Shinkolobwe region of the Congo); and with tiemannite, clausthalite, eucairite, umangite, klockmannite in the Santa Brigida mine, Argentina.

References

Stilleite Wikipedia