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Sudburyite (Sudburyit)

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Color

weiß mit einem gelben Farbton in Luft, blass gelb in Öl

Hardness (Mohs)

4.5

Crystal System

hexagonal, P6₃/mmc

Chemism

Chemical formula

(Pd,Ni)Sb

Chemical composition

Antimon, Nickel, Palladium

Unit weight: 216.249205 u; Number of atoms in the formula: 2

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Empirical formula:

(Pd_0.75Ni_0.25)Sb

Element	Symbol	Weight%	Atoms	Atoms%	Atom weight (u)	Sum weight (u)
Nickel	Ni	6.79	0.25	12.50	58.6934200	14.6733550
Palladium	Pd	36.91	0.75	37.50	106.4210000	79.8157500
Antimony	Sb	56.31	1	50.00	121.7601000	121.7601000

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Analysis wt%

Pd : 45.20, Ni : 1.06, Sb : 52.80, Bi : 0.53, As : 2.04, PLT : 45.20 (Ref: Canadian Mineralogist 74)

Strunz 9th edition incl. updates

2.CC.05

2: Sulfide und Sulfosalze (Sulfide, Selenide, Telluride, Arsenide, Antimonide, Bismutide, Sulfarsenite, Sulfantimonite, Sulfbismuthite)
C: Metallsulfide, M : S = 1 : 1 (und ähnliche)
C: mit Nickel (Ni), Eisen (Fe), Cobalt (Co), usw.
05:Nickelin-Gruppe

Lapis Classification

II/C.20-090

II: SULFIDE UND SULFOSALZE (Sulfide, Selenide, Telluride, Arsenide, Antimonide, Bismutide)
C: Sulfide mit Metall : S,Se,Te ~ 1:1
20: Nickelin-Gruppe

Classification by Hölzel

2.CC.380

2: SULFIDES
C: Sulfides (etc) with Me/S=1/1
C: With Pd,Pt, etc. - Coordination Number ~[4], Planar
3: Coordination Number ~[3+3] Nickeline-Group

Dana 8th edition

02.08.11.05

02: Sulfide Minerals
08: Sulfides - Including Selenides and Tellurides where Am Bn Xp, with (m+n):p=1:1
11: Nickeline Group (Hexagonal: P63/mmc)

IMA status

Anerkannt von der CNMNC

Mineral status

anerkanntes Mineral

Optical Properties

Color	weiß mit einem gelben Farbton in Luft, blass gelb in Öl
Diaphaneity (Transparency)	opak

Crystallography

Crystal System	hexagonal
Class (H-M)	6/mmm
Space Group number	194
Space Group	P6₃/mmc
Cell parameters a (Å)	4.06
Cell parameters b (Å)	-
Cell parameters c (Å)	5.59
Cell parameters a/b or c/a	1.377
Cell parameters c/b	-
Cell parameters α	90°
Cell parameters β	90°
Cell parameters γ	120°
Z	2
Volumne (Å³)	79.798
X-Ray Powder Diffraction	2.98(70), 2.18(100), 2.03(70), 1.489(60), 1.202(80), 0.901(70), 0.824(90), 0.779(100)
	Calculated from d-spacing and intensity at 0.1541838 nm (Cu)

Crystal Structure 3D

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Physical Properties

Hardness (Mohs)	4.5
VHN (Hardness Vickers)	296 (25g)
Density (g/cm³)	9.41 (berechnet)
	8.999 ( ρ calc. Mineralienatlas )

(Co-)Type locality

Kanada /Ontario /Sudbury District /Snider Township /Copper Cliff South Mine

Preface

Name from	Typlokalität
Author (Name, Year)	Cabri & Laflamme, 1974

References

Canadian Mineralogist 12 (1974), 275

Related minerals "Strunz Classification" (9. Edition) [Mineral | Chemical formula | Crystal system : Class (H-M) : Space Group | Indenture number]

Achávalite	FeSe hexagonal : 6/mmm : P6₃/mmc	2.CC.05
Breithauptite	NiSb hexagonal : 6/mmm : P6₃/mmc	2.CC.05
Freboldite	CoSe hexagonal : 6/mmm : P6₃/mmc	2.CC.05
'Hexatestibiopanickelite'	(Ni,Pd)(Te,Sb) hexagonal : 6/mmm : P6₃/mmc	2.CC.05
'Imgreite'	NiTe hexagonal : 6/mmm : P6₃/mmc	2.CC.05
'Jaipurite'	CoS hexagonal : 6/mmm : P6₃/mmc	2.CC.05
Kotulskite	Pd(Te,Bi)_2-x {x ≈ 0.4} hexagonal : 6/mmm : P6₃/mmc	2.CC.05
Langisite	(Co,Ni)As hexagonal : 6/mmm : P6₃/mmc	2.CC.05
Nickeline	NiAs hexagonal : 6/mmm : P6₃/mmc	2.CC.05
Sederholmite	NiSe hexagonal : 6/mmm : P6₃/mmc	2.CC.05
Sobolevskite	PdBi	2.CC.05
Stumpflite	Pt(Sb,Bi) hexagonal : 6/mmm : P6₃/mmc	2.CC.05
Sudburyite	(Pd,Ni)Sb hexagonal : 6/mmm : P6₃/mmc	2.CC.05
Vavřínite	Ni₂SbTe₂	2.CC.05
Zlatogorite	CuNiSb₂ trigonal : 3m : P3m1	2.CC.05

Related minerals "Lapis Classification" [Mineral | Chemical formula | Crystal system : Class (H-M) : Space Group | Indenture number]

Sorosite	Cu_1+x(Sn,Sb) hexagonal : 6/mmm : P6₃/mmc	II/C.20-005
Langisite	(Co,Ni)As hexagonal : 6/mmm : P6₃/mmc	II/C.20-010
Nickeline	NiAs hexagonal : 6/mmm : P6₃/mmc	II/C.20-020
Breithauptite	NiSb hexagonal : 6/mmm : P6₃/mmc	II/C.20-030
Freboldite	CoSe hexagonal : 6/mmm : P6₃/mmc	II/C.20-040
Sederholmite	NiSe hexagonal : 6/mmm : P6₃/mmc	II/C.20-050
Vavřínite	Ni₂SbTe₂	II/C.20-060
'Hexatestibiopanickelite'	(Ni,Pd)(Te,Sb) hexagonal : 6/mmm : P6₃/mmc	II/C.20-070
Kotulskite	Pd(Te,Bi)_2-x {x ≈ 0.4} hexagonal : 6/mmm : P6₃/mmc	II/C.20-080
Sudburyite	(Pd,Ni)Sb hexagonal : 6/mmm : P6₃/mmc	II/C.20-090
Stumpflite	Pt(Sb,Bi) hexagonal : 6/mmm : P6₃/mmc	II/C.20-095
Polarite	Pd(Pb,Bi) orthorhombisch : mm2 : Ccm2₁	II/C.20-100
Sobolevskite	PdBi	II/C.20-110
Ruthenarsenite	(Ru,Ni)As	II/C.20-120
Cherepanovite	RhAs orthorhombisch : mmm : Pnma	II/C.20-130
Wassonite	TiS trigonal : 3m : R3m	II/C.20-140

Related minerals "Hoelzel Classification" [Mineral | Chemical formula : Crystal system : Class (H-M) | Space Group | Indenture number]

Achávalite	FeSe hexagonal : 6/mmm : P6₃/mmc	2.CC.300
Freboldite	CoSe hexagonal : 6/mmm : P6₃/mmc	2.CC.310
Sederholmite	NiSe hexagonal : 6/mmm : P6₃/mmc	2.CC.320
'Imgreite'	NiTe hexagonal : 6/mmm : P6₃/mmc	2.CC.325
Langisite	(Co,Ni)As hexagonal : 6/mmm : P6₃/mmc	2.CC.340
Nickeline	NiAs hexagonal : 6/mmm : P6₃/mmc	2.CC.350
Breithauptite	NiSb hexagonal : 6/mmm : P6₃/mmc	2.CC.355
Zlatogorite	CuNiSb₂ trigonal : 3m : P3m1	2.CC.360
Sorosite	Cu_1+x(Sn,Sb) hexagonal : 6/mmm : P6₃/mmc	2.CC.365
'Hexatestibiopanickelite'	(Ni,Pd)(Te,Sb) hexagonal : 6/mmm : P6₃/mmc	2.CC.370
Sudburyite	(Pd,Ni)Sb hexagonal : 6/mmm : P6₃/mmc	2.CC.380
Sobolevskite	PdBi	2.CC.385
Stumpflite	Pt(Sb,Bi) hexagonal : 6/mmm : P6₃/mmc	2.CC.390
Vavřínite	Ni₂SbTe₂	2.CC.395

Related minerals "Dana 8. Classification" [Mineral | Chemical formula : Crystal system : Class (H-M) | Space Group | Indenture number]

Smythite	(Fe,Ni)_3+xS₄ {x≈0-0.3} trigonal : 3m : R3m	02.08.10.02
Nickeline	NiAs hexagonal : 6/mmm : P6₃/mmc	02.08.11.01
Breithauptite	NiSb hexagonal : 6/mmm : P6₃/mmc	02.08.11.02
Sederholmite	NiSe hexagonal : 6/mmm : P6₃/mmc	02.08.11.03
Sudburyite	(Pd,Ni)Sb hexagonal : 6/mmm : P6₃/mmc	02.08.11.05
Kotulskite	Pd(Te,Bi)_2-x {x ≈ 0.4} hexagonal : 6/mmm : P6₃/mmc	02.08.11.06
Sobolevskite	PdBi	02.08.11.07
Stumpflite	Pt(Sb,Bi) hexagonal : 6/mmm : P6₃/mmc	02.08.11.08
Langisite	(Co,Ni)As hexagonal : 6/mmm : P6₃/mmc	02.08.11.09
Freboldite	CoSe hexagonal : 6/mmm : P6₃/mmc	02.08.11.10
Sorosite	Cu_1+x(Sn,Sb) hexagonal : 6/mmm : P6₃/mmc	02.08.11.11
Covellite	CuS hexagonal : 6/mmm : P6₃/mmc	02.08.12.01
Klockmannite	Cu_5.2Se₆ hexagonal : 6/mmm : P6₃/mmc	02.08.12.02
Vulcanite	CuTe orthorhombisch : mmm : Pmnm	02.08.13.01
Cinnabar	HgS trigonal : 32, 32 : P3₁21, P3₂21	02.08.14.01
Millerite	NiS trigonal : 3m : R3m	02.08.16.01
Mäkinenite	gamma-NiSe trigonal : 3m : R3m	02.08.16.02
Ruthenarsenite	(Ru,Ni)As	02.08.17.01
Cherepanovite	RhAs orthorhombisch : mmm : Pnma	02.08.17.02
Modderite	(Co,Fe)As orthorhombisch : mmm, mm2 : Pmcn, Pna2₁	02.08.18.01
Westerveldite	(Fe,Ni,Co)As orthorhombisch : mmm : Pmcn	02.08.19.01

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German	Sudburyit
English	Sudburyite
French	Sudburyite
Spanish	Sudburyíta
Russian	Садбериит
Traditional Chinese	六方銻鈀礦
Simplified Chinese	六方锑钯矿

Alternative Name

English

Hexastibiopalladite

IMA Number

IMA 1973-048

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