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Arsenosulvanite (Arsenosulvanit)

Collectors Summary

Color bronzegelb metallisch
Streak color schwarz
Lustre Metallglanz
Hardness (Mohs) 3.5
Crystal System kubisch, P43m

Additional information / Summary

Arsenosulvanit wahrscheinlich identisch mit Colusit

Mineralstatus von der IMA 11/2006 in einer Massendiskreditierung aberkannt. Mineral ist identisch mit Colusit

Quellangabe:

  • Am. Mineral. 79 (1994), 750.
  • The Canadian Mineralogist Vol. 44, pp. 1557-1560 (2006)

Chemism

Chemical formula

Cu12VAs3S16

Chemical composition

Arsen, Kupfer, Schwefel, Vanadium

Unit weight: 1551.309916 u; Number of atoms in the formula: 32

Info

Empirical formula:

Cu12VAs3S16

Element

Symbol

Weight%

Atoms

Atoms%

Atom weight (u)

Sum weight (u)
Sulfur

S

33.07

16

50.00

32.0655000

513.0480000
Vanadium

V

3.28

1

3.13

50.9415100

50.9415100
Copper

Cu

49.16

12

37.50

63.5463000

762.5556000
Arsenic

As

14.49

3

9.38

74.9216020

224.7648060

Analysis wt%

Ø Cu : 50.60, As : 13.20, Ge : 0.62, V : 3.40, S : 32.22 (Ref: Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, (Monatshefte) 93)

Strunz 9th edition incl. updates

2.CB.70

2: Sulfide und Sulfosalze (Sulfide, Selenide, Telluride, Arsenide, Antimonide, Bismutide, Sulfarsenite, Sulfantimonite, Sulfbismuthite)
C: Metallsulfide, M : S = 1 : 1 (und ähnliche)
B: mit Zink (Zn), Eisen (Fe), Kupfer (Cu), Silber (Ag), usw.
70:Sulvanit-Gruppe

Classification by Hölzel

2.CB.760

2: SULFIDES
C: Sulfides (etc) with Me/S=1/1
B: With Zn,Cu (etc), Coordination Number ~[4] Framework of Cornersharing Tetrahedra: Sphalerite-Germanite-Family
7: Enargite-Sulvanite-Group

IMA status

möglicherweise Colusit

Mineral status

Mineralstatus fragwürdig

Optical Properties

Color

bronzegelb metallisch

Streak color

schwarz

Diaphaneity (Transparency)

undruchsichtig

Lustre

Metallglanz

Anisotropism

isotropisch

Reflectivity: (Lambda nm) ↓, ↑, Ø

(470) 28.0, , 28.0
(546) 31.9, , 31.9
(589) 32.7, , 32.7
(650) 31.4, , 31.4
Reflection chart Arsenosulvanite

Reflectivity Ø

31

Crystallography

Crystal System

kubisch

Class (H-M)

43m

Space Group number

215

Space Group

P43m

Cell parameters a (Å)

10.514

Cell parameters b (Å)

-

Cell parameters c (Å)

-

Cell parameters a/b or c/a

1

Cell parameters c/b

-

Cell parameters α

90°

Cell parameters β

90°

Cell parameters γ

90°

Z

2

Volumne (ų)

1162.262

X-Ray Powder Diffraction

5.29(40),
3.054(100),
2.638(60),
1.865(90),
1.591(80),
1.318(50),
1.210(60),
1.076(60)
XRD chart Arsenosulvanite

Calculated from d-spacing and intensity at 0.1541838 nm (Cu)

Crystal Structure 3D

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Physical Properties

Hardness (Mohs)

3.5

Density (g/cm³)

4.43 (berechnet) 4.1 (gemessen)

4.432 ( ρ calc. Mineralienatlas )

(Co-)Type locality

(Co-)Type locality

Russland/Ferner Osten, Föderationskreis/Sacha (Sakha, Jakutien, Якутия), Republik/Aldan/Lebedinoye

Preface

Author (Name, Year)

Betekhtin, 1941

References

Canadian Mineralogist 44 (2006), 1617

Other languages

German

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Spanish

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French

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English

Arsenosulvanite

Russian

Арсеносульванит

Traditional Chinese

硫砷釩銅礦

Simplified Chinese

硫砷钒铜矿

Alternative Name

German

Arsensulvanit

Spanish

Arsensulvanita

Arsensulvanite

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