User:Strickja/Germanite

Germanite is a rare copper iron germanium sulfide mineral, Cu26Fe4Ge4S32. It was first discovered in 1922, and named for its germanium content. It is only a minor source of this important semiconductor element, which is mainly derived from the processing of the zinc sulphide mineral sphalerite. Germanite contains gallium Ga, zinc Zn, molybdenum Mo, arsenic As, and vanadium V as impurities. It's type locality (the place where it was first desribed) is the Tsumeb Mine in Namibia, and it has also been reported from Argentina, Armenia, Bulgaria, Cuba, Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaire), Finland, France, Greece, Japan, Republic of Congo (Brazzaville), Russia and the USA.