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Paarite

Collectors Summary

Hardness (Mohs) 4
Cleavages vollkommen (0kl)
Fracture uneben
Crystal System orthorhombisch, Pmcn

Chemism

Chemical formula

Cu1.7Pb1.7Bi6.3S12

Chemical composition

Bismut, Blei, Kupfer, Schwefel

Unit weight: 2161.6481166 u; Number of atoms in the formula: 21.7

Info

Empirical formula:

Cu1.7Pb1.7Bi6.3S12

Element

Symbol

Weight%

Atoms

Atoms%

Atom weight (u)

Sum weight (u)
Sulfur

S

17.80

12

55.30

32.0655000

384.7860000
Copper

Cu

5.00

1.7

7.83

63.5463000

108.0287100
Lead

Pb

16.30

1.7

7.83

207.2100000

352.2570000
Bismuth

Bi

60.91

6.3

29.03

208.9803820

1,316.5764066

Analysis wt%

Bi : 60.76, Cu : 4.79, Pb : 16.74, S : 17.83 (Ref: Canadian Mineralogist 2001)

Strunz 9th edition incl. updates

2.HB.05

2: Sulfide und Sulfosalze (Sulfide, Selenide, Telluride, Arsenide, Antimonide, Bismutide, Sulfarsenite, Sulfantimonite, Sulfbismuthite)
H: Sulfosalze mit SnS als Vorbild
B: Mit Cu, Ag, Fe, Sn und Pb
05:Meneghinit-Serie

Lapis Classification

II/E.30-054

II: SULFIDE UND SULFOSALZE (Sulfide, Selenide, Telluride, Arsenide, Antimonide, Bismutide)
E: Sulfosalze (S : As,Sb,Bi = x)
30: Blei-Sulfosalze mit Wismut (x= 6,0 - 1,6); Aikinit-Reihe

Classification by Hölzel

2.GB.130

2: SULFIDES
G: SnS Archetype
B: With Cu,Ag,Fe and Pb
1: Meneghinite Series

Dana 8th edition

03.08.17.01

03: Sulfides - Sulfosalts
08: Sulfides - Sulfosalts where 1 < z/y <2 - (A+)i (A++)j [By Cz], A=metals, B=semi-metals, C=non-metals

IMA status

Anerkannt von der CNMNC

Mineral status

anerkanntes Mineral

Crystallography

Crystal System

orthorhombisch

Class (H-M)

mmm

Space Group number

62

Space Group

Pmcn

Cell parameters a (Å)

4.007

Cell parameters b (Å)

55.998

Cell parameters c (Å)

11.512

Cell parameters a/b or c/a

0.072

Cell parameters c/b

0.206

Cell parameters α

90°

Cell parameters β

90°

Cell parameters γ

90°

Z

5

Volumne (ų)

2583.108

X-Ray Powder Diffraction

4.014(60),
3.630(100),
3.585(50),
3.551(80),
3.155(60),
3.136(90),
2.836(90),
2.560(40)
XRD chart Paarite

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

Crystal Structure 3D

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Physical Properties

Hardness (Mohs)

4

VHN (Hardness Vickers)

204 (50g)

Density (g/cm³)

6.944 (berechnet)

6.948 ( ρ calc. Mineralienatlas )

Cleavages

vollkommen (0kl)

Fracture

uneben

Tenacity

spröde

(Co-)Type locality

(Co-)Type locality

Österreich/Salzburg/Zell am See, Bezirk (Pinzgau)/Mittersill/Felbertal/Scheelitlagerstätte/Westfeld

Preface

Author (Name, Year)

Makovicky & Topa & Balic-Zunic, 2001

References

Canadian Mineralogist 43 (2005), 909

Other languages

German

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Spanish

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English

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French

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Russian

Паарит

Traditional Chinese

帕硫鉍鉛銅礦

Simplified Chinese

帕硫铋铅铜矿

CNMNC (IMA)-Number

IMA 2001-016

CNMNC symbol

Symbol

Paa

Locations with GPS information

IDs

GUSID (Global unique identifier short form) H4GJigIYbEOWoTCAcRZ2mg
GUID (Global unique identifier) 8A89811F-1802-436C-96A1-30807116769A
Database ID 2879