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Borovskite (Borovskit)

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Brassy borovskite inclusions in pyrrotite. FOV 1mm. Acquired from Dakota Matrix Minerals and accompanied by a Cureton Mineral Co; Khautovaara Cu-Ni Deposit, Suoyarvi, Karelia Republic, Northern Region, Russia; Field of View: 1 mm
Copyright: Brent Thorne; Contribution: Stefan
Location: Russland/Nordwestrussland, Föderationskreis/Karelien, Republik/Suojarwi (Suoyarvi), Distrikt/Khautovaara Cu-Ni-Lagerstätte
Mineral: Borovskite
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Borovskite

Brassy borovskite inclusions in pyrrotite. FOV 1mm. Acquired from Dakota Matrix Minerals and accompanied by a Cureton Mineral Co; Khautovaara Cu-Ni Deposit, Suoyarvi, Karelia Republic, Northern Reg...
Copyright: Brent Thorne
Contribution: Stefan 2016-03-07
Locality: Khautovaara Cu-Ni-Lagerstätte / Suojarwi (Suoyarvi), Distrikt / Karelien, Republik / Nordwestrussland, Föderationskreis / Russland

Collectors Summary

Color dunkelgrau-met.
Hardness (Mohs) 2.50 - 3.00
Solubility - Säuren
Crystal System kubisch, Fm3m

Chemism

Chemical formula

Pd3SbTe4

Chemical composition

Antimon, Palladium, Tellur

Unit weight: 951.4351 u; Number of atoms in the formula: 8

Info

Empirical formula:

Pd3SbTe4

Element

Symbol

Weight%

Atoms

Atoms%

Atom weight (u)

Sum weight (u)
Palladium

Pd

33.56

3

37.50

106.4210000

319.2630000
Antimony

Sb

12.80

1

12.50

121.7601000

121.7601000
Tellurium

Te

53.65

4

50.00

127.6030000

510.4120000

Analysis wt%

Ø Pd : 32.39, Pt : 1.23, Sb : 10.98, Bi : 3.34, Te : 51.97, PLT : 33.62 (Ref: Zapiski Vsesoyuznogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva, 1904-1974 73)

Strunz 9th edition incl. updates

2.LA.60

2: Sulfide und Sulfosalze (Sulfide, Selenide, Telluride, Arsenide, Antimonide, Bismutide, Sulfarsenite, Sulfantimonite, Sulfbismuthite)
L: unklassifizierte Sulfosalze
A: ohne nennenswertes Pb (Blei)
60:Borovskit-Gruppe

Lapis Classification

II/A.07-060

II: SULFIDE UND SULFOSALZE (Sulfide, Selenide, Telluride, Arsenide, Antimonide, Bismutide)
A: Legierungen und legierungsartige Verbindungen
7: mit Metallen der Platin-gruppe (v.a. Pd)

Classification by Hölzel

2.BC.280

2: SULFIDES
B: Sulfides (etc) with Me/S > 1/1 (mostly 2/1)
C: With Pd
2: Telargpalite-Sopcheite-Group (with Te)

Dana 8th edition

02.08.01.07

02: Sulfide Minerals
08: Sulfides - Including Selenides and Tellurides where Am Bn Xp, with (m+n):p=1:1
01: Galena Group (Isometric: Fm3m)

IMA status

Anerkannt von der CNMNC

Mineral status

anerkanntes Mineral

Optical Properties

Color

dunkelgrau-met.

Crystallography

Crystal System

kubisch

Class (H-M)

m3m

Space Group number

225

Space Group

Fm3m

Cell parameters a (Å)

5.794

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

1

Volumne (ų)

194.507

X-Ray Powder Diffraction

3.339(30),
2.902(100),
2.041(60),
1.603(30),
1.550(50),
1.297(40),
1.236(30),
1.183(40)
XRD chart Borovskite

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

Crystals 3D

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Physical Properties

Hardness (Mohs)

2.50 - 3.00

VHN (Hardness Vickers)

88 (10g)

Density (g/cm³)

8.12

8.122 ( ρ calc. Mineralienatlas )

Instability

- Säuren

(Co-)Type locality

(Co-)Type locality

Russland/Nordwestrussland, Föderationskreis/Karelien, Republik/Suojarwi (Suoyarvi), Distrikt/Khautovaara Cu-Ni-Lagerstätte

Preface

Associations

Chalkopyrit, Temagamit, Merenskyit

Name from

Der Name ehrt Igor Borisovich Borovskii, Russischer Mikroproben-Analyst.

Author (Name, Year)

Yalovoi & Sidorov & Rudashevsky & Bud'ko, 1973

References

Zapiski Vsesoyuznogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva 102 (1973), 427

Other languages

German

Borovskit

Spanish

Borovskita

French

Borovskite

English

Borovskite

Russian

Боровскит

Simplified Chinese

亮碲锑钯矿

Japanese

ﾎﾞﾛﾎﾞｽｶｲﾄ

Alternative Name

German

Borowskit

CNMNC (IMA)-Number

IMA 1972-032

CNMNC symbol

Symbol

Bvk

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