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Rucklidgeite

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Rucklidgeit mit Gold
Bildbreite: 3 mm; Fundort: Zod, Vardenis, Provinz Gegharkunik, Armenien
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Location: Armenien/Gegharkunik, Provinz/Vardenis/Zod (Sotk)
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Rucklidgeit mit Gold

Bildbreite: 3 mm; Fundort: Zod, Vardenis, Provinz Gegharkunik, Armenien
Copyright: Pavel M. Kartashov
Contribution: slugslayer 2009-06-14
Locality: Zod (Sotk) / Vardenis / Gegharkunik, Provinz / Armenien

Collectors Summary

Color weiß mit einem sehr leichten rosa Farbton
Streak color bleigrau
Hardness (Mohs) 2.5
Solubility KOH: dunkelt
Crystal System trigonal, R3m

Chemism

Chemical formula

(Bi,Pb)3Te4

Chemical composition

Bismut, Blei, Tellur

Unit weight: 1136.0253595 u; Number of atoms in the formula: 7

Info

Empirical formula:

(Bi0.75Pb0.25)3Te4

Element

Symbol

Weight%

Atoms

Atoms%

Atom weight (u)

Sum weight (u)
Tellurium

Te

44.93

4

57.14

127.6030000

510.4120000
Lead

Pb

13.68

0.75

10.71

207.2100000

155.4075000
Bismuth

Bi

41.39

2.25

32.14

208.9803820

470.2058595

Analysis wt%

Ø Pb : 11.90, Ag : 1.50, Bi : 36.40, Sb : 3.50, Te : 45.80, Se : 0.70 (Ref: Canadian Mineralogist 93)

Strunz 9th edition incl. updates

2.DC.05

2: Sulfide und Sulfosalze (Sulfide, Selenide, Telluride, Arsenide, Antimonide, Bismutide, Sulfarsenite, Sulfantimonite, Sulfbismuthite)
D: Metallsulfide mit M:S = 3:4 und 2:3
C: M:S variabel
05:Tetradymit-Gruppe

Lapis Classification

II/D.12-050

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

Classification by Hölzel

2.DC.510

2: SULFIDES
D: With Me/S <1/1 and >1/2
C: Me/S Variable
5: Poubaite-Group

Dana 8th edition

02.06.02.07

02: Sulfide Minerals
06: Sulfides - Including Selenides and Tellurides where Am Bn Xp, with (m+n):p=4:3
02: Joseite Group (Trigonal: R-3m)

IMA status

Anerkannt von der CNMNC

Mineral status

anerkanntes Mineral

IMA Classification

IMA Classification

 Aleksite group

Optical Properties

Color

weiß mit einem sehr leichten rosa Farbton

Streak color

bleigrau

Diaphaneity (Transparency)

opak

Reflectivity: (Lambda nm) ↓, ↑, Ø

(440) 59.80, 62.00, 60.90
(480) 60.30, 62.70, 61.50
(520) 60.50, 63.30, 61.90
(560) 60.80, 63.80, 62.30
(600) 61.00, 64.10, 62.55
(640) 61.90, 65.00, 63.45
(680) 62.90, 65.90, 64.40
(700) 63.10, 66.20, 64.65
Reflection chart Rucklidgeite

Reflectivity Ø

62.71

Crystallography

Crystal System

trigonal

Class (H-M)

3m

Space Group number

166

Space Group

R3m

Cell parameters a (Å)

4.422

Cell parameters b (Å)

-

Cell parameters c (Å)

41.49

Cell parameters a/b or c/a

9.383

Cell parameters c/b

-

Z

3

Volume (ų)

702.605

X-Ray Powder Diffraction

3.23(100),
2.36(70),
2.22(30),
1.983(40),
1.613(30),
1.479(50),
1.387(30),
1.075(40)
XRD chart Rucklidgeite

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

Crystals 3D

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Crystal Structure 3D

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Physical Properties

Hardness (Mohs)

2.5

VHN (Hardness Vickers)

57 (10g)

Density (g/cm³)

7.739

8.054 ( ρ calc. Mineralienatlas )

Instability

KOH: dunkelt

(Co-)Type locality

(Co-)Type locality

Kanada/Québec/Abitibi Co./Montbray Township/Robb-Montbray Mine

Armenien/Gegharkunik, Provinz/Vardenis/Zod (Sotk)

Russland/Ural, Föderationskreis/Tscheljabinsk, Oblast/Plast, Rajon/Kotschkar (Kochkar')/Kochkar' Gold-Lagerstätte/Pokrovskaya Gang

Preface

Author (Name, Year)

Zav'yalov & Begizov, 1977

References

Zav'yalov, Ye.N., Begizov, V.D. - Rucklidgeite, (Bi, Pb)3Te4, a new mineral from the Zod and Kochkar gold-ore deposits - Zapiski Vsesoyuznogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva 106 (1977), 62-68 https://rruff.info/rruff_1.0/uploads/ZVMO106N1_62.pdf

IMA group assignments

Other languages

German

Rucklidgeit

French

Rucklidgeite

English

Rucklidgeite

Spanish

Rucklidgeíta

Russian

Раклиджит

Simplified Chinese

碲铅铋矿

Alternative Name

Simplified Chinese

碲铋铅矿

CNMNC (IMA)-Number

IMA 1975-029

CNMNC symbol

Symbol

Ruk

Locations with GPS information

IDs

GUSID (Global unique identifier short form) rFzbuLH0-EmfOkRYOcEs5A
GUID (Global unique identifier) B8DB5CAC-F4B1-49F8-9F3A-445839C12CE4
Database ID 3334