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Penzhinite

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Collectors Summary

Color grauweiß-met.
Hardness (Mohs) 2.5
Solubility + HNO3, - HCl, KOH
Crystal System hexagonal, P6322

Chemism

Chemical formula

(Ag,Cu)4Au(S,Se)4

Chemical composition

Gold, Kupfer, Selen, Silber, Schwefel

Unit weight: 759.277012 u; Number of atoms in the formula: 9

Info

Empirical formula:

(Ag0.75Cu0.25)4Au(S0.75Se0.25)4

Element

Symbol

Weight%

Atoms

Atoms%

Atom weight (u)

Sum weight (u)
Sulfur

S

12.67

3

33.33

32.0655000

96.1965000
Copper

Cu

8.37

1

11.11

63.5463000

63.5463000
Selenium

Se

10.40

1

11.11

78.9630000

78.9630000
Silver

Ag

42.62

3

33.33

107.8682200

323.6046600
Gold

Au

25.94

1

11.11

196.9665520

196.9665520

Analysis wt%

Ø Ag : 51.03, Au : 24.83, Cu : 3.35, Se : 7.20, S : 13.50 (Ref: Zapiski Vsesoyuznogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva, 1904-1974 84)

Strunz 9th edition incl. updates

2.BA.75

2: Sulfide und Sulfosalze (Sulfide, Selenide, Telluride, Arsenide, Antimonide, Bismutide, Sulfarsenite, Sulfantimonite, Sulfbismuthite)
B: Metallsulfide, M : S > 1 : 1 (hauptsächlich 2 : 1)
A: mit Kupfer (Cu), Silber (Ag), Gold (Au)
75:Petzit-Gruppe

Lapis Classification

II/B.07-040

II: SULFIDE UND SULFOSALZE (Sulfide, Selenide, Telluride, Arsenide, Antimonide, Bismutide)
B: Sulfide, Selenide und Telluride mit Verhältnis Metall : S,Se,Te > 1:1
7: Sulfide, Selenide und Telluride mit vorwiegend Kupfer und Silber/Gold

Classification by Hölzel

2.BA.850

2: SULFIDES
B: Sulfides (etc) with Me/S > 1/1 (mostly 2/1)
A: With Cu,Ag,Au
8: Petzite-Bezsmallertnovite-Group

Dana 8th edition

02.16.18.01

02: Sulfide Minerals
16: Sulfides - Including Selenides and Tellurides with miscellaneous formulae

IMA status

Anerkannt von der CNMNC

Mineral status

anerkanntes Mineral

Optical Properties

Color

grauweiß-met.

Crystallography

Crystal System

hexagonal

Class (H-M)

622

Space Group number

182

Space Group

P6322

Cell parameters a (Å)

13.779

Cell parameters b (Å)

-

Cell parameters c (Å)

16.980

Cell parameters a/b or c/a

1.232

Cell parameters c/b

-

Cell parameters α

90°

Cell parameters β

90°

Cell parameters γ

120°

Z

18

Volumne (ų)

2791.925

X-Ray Powder Diffraction

3.38(50),
3.04(20),
2.71(90),
2.59(100),
2.14(90),
2.11(90),
1.989(60),
1.784(50)
XRD chart Penzhinite

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

Physical Properties

Hardness (Mohs)

2.5

VHN (Hardness Vickers)

55 (20g)

Density (g/cm³)

8.35 (berechnet)

8.128 ( ρ calc. Mineralienatlas )

Instability

+ HNO3, - HCl, KOH

(Co-)Type locality

(Co-)Type locality

Russland/Ferner Osten, Föderationskreis/Kamtschatka Oblast/Penzhina Bucht/Pervorechenskii/Sergeevskoye Mine

Preface

Author (Name, Year)

Bochek & Sandomirskaya & Chuvikina & Khvorostov, 1984

References

Zapiski Vsesoyuznogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva 113 (1984), 356

Other languages

German

Penzhinit

Spanish

Penzhinita

English

Penzhinite

French

Penzhinite

Russian

Пенжинит

Alternative Name

English

Penginite

CNMNC (IMA)-Number

IMA 1982-027

CNMNC symbol

Symbol

Pzh

IDs

GUSID (Global unique identifier short form) qkcuc1T-CUKW_IEzkuT5Rg
GUID (Global unique identifier) 732E47AA-FE54-4209-96FC-813392E4F946
Database ID 2989