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Merenskyite (Merenskyit)

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Sopcheit mit Merenskyit, Kotulskit, Hessit etc.
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Sopcheit mit Merenskyit, Kotulskit, Hessit etc.
Sopcheit mit Merenskyit, Kotulskit, Hessit, Chalkopyrit, Pentlandit, Violarit etc. aus dem Lukkulaisvaara Massiv, Nord Karelien, Russland. Analysiert von Prof. N. Rudashevsky, Petersburg.
Copyright: Klaus Schäfer; Contribution: Klaus Schäfer
Collection: Klaus Schäfer, Collection number: Erz-Sop-2-1-18
Location: Russland/Nordwestrussland, Föderationskreis/Karelien, Republik/Weißes Meer/Oulanka, Fluss/Lukkulaisvaara/Nadezhda PGE-Lagerstätte
Mineral: Hessite, Kotulskite, Merenskyite, Sopcheite
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Sopcheit mit Merenskyit, Kotulskit, Hessit etc. (SNr: Erz-Sop-2-1-18)

Sopcheit mit Merenskyit, Kotulskit, Hessit, Chalkopyrit, Pentlandit, Violarit etc. aus dem Lukkulaisvaara Massiv, Nord Karelien, Russland. Analysiert von Prof. N. Rudashevsky, Petersburg.
Collection: Klaus Schäfer
Copyright: Klaus Schäfer
Contribution: Klaus Schäfer 2020-01-25
Locality: Nadezhda PGE-Lagerstätte / Lukkulaisvaara / Oulanka, Fluss / Weißes Meer / Karelien, Republik / Nordwestrussland, Föderationskreis / Russland

Collectors Summary

Color weiß
Lustre Metallglanz
Hardness (Mohs) 3.25
Crystal System trigonal, P3m1

Chemism

Chemical formula

PdTe2

Chemical composition

Palladium, Tellur

Unit weight: 361.627 u; Number of atoms in the formula: 3

Info

Empirical formula:

PdTe2

Element

Symbol

Weight%

Atoms

Atoms%

Atom weight (u)

Sum weight (u)
Palladium

Pd

29.43

1

33.33

106.4210000

106.4210000
Tellurium

Te

70.57

2

66.67

127.6030000

255.2060000

Analysis wt%

Pd : 29.20, Bi : 2.60, Te : 67.80, PLT : 29.20

Strunz 9th edition incl. updates

2.EA.20

2: Sulfide und Sulfosalze (Sulfide, Selenide, Telluride, Arsenide, Antimonide, Bismutide, Sulfarsenite, Sulfantimonite, Sulfbismuthite)
E: Metallsulfide mit M:S >= 1:2
A: M:S = 1:2, mit Cu, Ag, Au; Ni, Sn, PGE, Mo, W
20:Melonit-Gruppe

Lapis Classification

II/D.28-040

II: SULFIDE UND SULFOSALZE (Sulfide, Selenide, Telluride, Arsenide, Antimonide, Bismutide)
D: Sulfide mit Metall : S,Se,Te < 1:1
28: Melonit-Gruppe

Classification by Hölzel

2.EA.370

2: SULFIDES
E: Me/S=1/2 (also < 1/2)
A: Me/S=1/2 with Cu,Ag,Au, etc.
3: With Ni,Sn,Pd,Pt, etc. - Melonite-Group

Dana 8th edition

02.12.14.04

02: Sulfide Minerals
12: Sulfides - Including Selenides and Tellurides where Am Bn Xp, with (m+n):p=1:2
14: Melonite Group (Trigonal: P-3m1) AX2 type

IMA status

Anerkannt von der CNMNC

Mineral status

anerkanntes Mineral

Optical Properties

Color

weiß

Change in color

weiß mit Creme Farbton in reflektiertem Licht

Diaphaneity (Transparency)

opak

Lustre

Metallglanz

Anisotropism

ausgeprägt bis stark

Reflectivity: (Lambda nm) ↓, ↑, Ø

(420) 63.60, 65.00, 64.30
(440) 63.50, 65.20, 64.35
(460) 62.50, 64.70, 63.60
(480) 62.30, 64.60, 63.45
(500) 62.30, 64.80, 63.55
(520) 62.40, 65.40, 63.90
(540) 62.80, 66.00, 64.40
(560) 63.30, 66.70, 65.00
(580) 63.10, 67.20, 65.15
(600) 63.50, 68.00, 65.75
(620) 64.80, 69.10, 66.95
(640) 65.20, 69.70, 67.45
(660) 65.70, 71.00, 68.35
(680) 67.70, 73.00, 70.35
(700) 66.80, 73.00, 69.90
Reflection chart Merenskyite

Reflectivity Ø

65.76

Crystallography

Crystal System

trigonal

Class (H-M)

3m

Space Group number

164

Space Group

P3m1

Cell parameters a (Å)

3.978

Cell parameters b (Å)

-

Cell parameters c (Å)

5.125

Cell parameters a/b or c/a

1.288

Cell parameters c/b

-

Z

1

Volumne (ų)

70.235

X-Ray Powder Diffraction

3.07(30),
2.92(100),
2.51(20),
2.10(60),
2.02(30),
1.73(20),
1.67(30),
1.54(30)
XRD chart Merenskyite

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

Crystal Structure 3D

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Physical Properties

Hardness (Mohs)

3.25

VHN (Hardness Vickers)

105 (10g)

Density (g/cm³)

8.547 (berechnet)

8.549 ( ρ calc. Mineralienatlas )

(Co-)Type locality

(Co-)Type locality

Südafrika/Nordwest (North West), Provinz/Bojanala Platinum, Distrikt/Western Bushveld Complex/Merensky Reef

Preface

Associations

Chalkopyrit, Temagamit, Borovskit

Author (Name, Year)

Kingston, 1966

References

Mineralogical Magazine 35 (1966), 815

Other languages

German

Merenskyit

French

Merenskyite

English

Merenskyite

Spanish

Merenskyíta

Russian

Меренскиит

Simplified Chinese

碲钯矿

Alternative Name

English

Biteplapalladite

Simplified Chinese

铋碲钯矿

Simplified Chinese

铋碲铂把矿

CNMNC (IMA)-Number

IMA 1965-016

CNMNC symbol

Symbol

Mrk

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