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Milotaite (Milotait)

Collectors Summary

Color silbergrau
Streak color grau
Lustre Metallglanz
Hardness (Mohs) 4.5
Cleavages keine
Fracture uneben
Crystal System kubisch, P213

Chemism

Chemical formula

PdSbSe

Additional chem. information

Ullmannit Gruppe

Chemical composition

Antimon, Palladium, Selen

Unit weight: 307.1441 u; Number of atoms in the formula: 3

Info

Empirical formula:

PdSbSe

Element

Symbol

Weight%

Atoms

Atoms%

Atom weight (u)

Sum weight (u)
Selenium

Se

25.71

1

33.33

78.9630000

78.9630000
Palladium

Pd

34.65

1

33.33

106.4210000

106.4210000
Antimony

Sb

39.64

1

33.33

121.7601000

121.7601000

Analysis wt%

Pd : 34.17, Cu : 0.78, Sb : 38.03, Se : 26.38, PLT : 34.17 (Ref: Canadian Mineralogist 2005)

Strunz 9th edition incl. updates

2.EB.25

2: Sulfide und Sulfosalze (Sulfide, Selenide, Telluride, Arsenide, Antimonide, Bismutide, Sulfarsenite, Sulfantimonite, Sulfbismuthite)
E: Metallsulfide mit M:S >= 1:2
B: M:S = 1:2, mit Fe, Co, Ni, PGE, usw.
25:Gersdorffit-Gruppe

Lapis Classification

II/D.18-045

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

Classification by Hölzel

2.EB.542

2: SULFIDES
E: Me/S=1/2 (also < 1/2)
B: With Fe,Co,Ni,PGE Pyrite, Marcasite Family
5: Michenerite-Group

Dana 8th edition

02.12.03.15

02: Sulfide Minerals
12: Sulfides - Including Selenides and Tellurides where Am Bn Xp, with (m+n):p=1:2
03: Cobaltite Group (Cubic or pseudocubic crystals)

IMA status

anerkannt 2003

Mineral status

anerkanntes Mineral

IMA Classification

IMA Classification

 Cobaltite group

Optical Properties

Color

silbergrau

Streak color

grau

Change in color

Reflektiertes Licht: weiß, isotropisch, ohne interne Reflektionen

Diaphaneity (Transparency)

opak

Lustre

Metallglanz

Reflectivity: (Lambda nm) ↓, ↑, Ø

(470) 48.6, -, 48.6
(546) 47.5, -, 47.5
(589) 47.6, -, 47.6
(650) 49.0, -, 49.0
Reflection chart Milotaite

Reflectivity Ø

48.18

Crystallography

Crystal System

kubisch

Class (H-M)

23

Space Group number

198

Space Group

P213

Cell parameters a (Å)

6.318

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

4

Volumne (ų)

252.196

X-Ray Powder Diffraction

3.16(53), 2.825(100), 2.579(81), 2.233(32), 1.905(98), 1.752(27), 1.688(25), 1.379(18)
XRD chart Milotaite

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)

465 (100g)

Density (g/cm³)

8.09

8.089 ( ρ calc. Mineralienatlas )

Cleavages

keine

Fracture

uneben

Tenacity

spröde

(Co-)Type locality

(Co-)Type locality

Tschechien/Südböhmische (Jihocesky kraj)/Pisek, Bezirk/Kovářov/Předbořice/Uranlagerstätte Předbořice

Preface

Rareness

extrem selten

Author (Name, Year)

Paar & Topa & Makovický & Culetto, 2005

References

Canadian Mineralogist 43 (2005), 689

IMA group assignments

Other languages

German

Milotait

French

Milotaite

English

Milotaite

Spanish

Milotaíta

Russian

Милотаит

Traditional Chinese

硒銻鈀礦

Simplified Chinese

硒锑钯矿

CNMNC (IMA)-Number

IMA 2003-056

CNMNC symbol

Symbol

Mio

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