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Violarite (Violarit)

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Violarit
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Violarit
Fundort: Kamchatka, Sibirien, Russland
Copyright: Dieter Nickolay; Contribution: Collector
Location: Russland/Ferner Osten, Föderationskreis/Kamtschatka Oblast
Mineral: Violarite
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Violarit

Fundort: Kamchatka, Sibirien, Russland
Copyright: Dieter Nickolay
Contribution: Collector 2006-07-20
Locality: Kamtschatka Oblast / Ferner Osten, Föderationskreis / Russland
Violarit
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Violarit
Violarit mit Chalkopyrit, Größe: 4,5 x 2,7 x 1,5 cm, Fundort: Vermilion Mine, Denison Township, Sudbury Distrikt, Ontario, Kanada
Copyright: Maggie Wilson; Contribution: thdun5
Location: Kanada/Ontario/Sudbury District/Greater Sudbury/Walden/Denison Township/Vermilion Mine
Mineral: Violarite
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Violarit

Violarit mit Chalkopyrit, Größe: 4,5 x 2,7 x 1,5 cm, Fundort: Vermilion Mine, Denison Township, Sudbury Distrikt, Ontario, Kanada
Copyright: Maggie Wilson
Contribution: thdun5 2011-01-24
Locality: Vermilion Mine / Denison Township / Walden / Greater Sudbury / Sudbury District / Ontario / Kanada
Violarit, Pyrrhotin
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Violarit, Pyrrhotin
Australien/Western Australia, Kalgoorlie-Boulder Shire, Broad Arrow Goldfield, Bardoc, Scotia Nickel mine. Bildbreite 0,6 mm
Copyright: Ulrich Baumgärtl; Contribution: Ulrich Baumgärtl
Collection: Ulrich Baumgärtl
Location: Australien/Western Australia
Mineral: Violarite
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Violarit, Pyrrhotin

Australien/Western Australia, Kalgoorlie-Boulder Shire, Broad Arrow Goldfield, Bardoc, Scotia Nickel mine. Bildbreite 0,6 mm
Collection: Ulrich Baumgärtl
Copyright: Ulrich Baumgärtl
Contribution: Ulrich Baumgärtl 2019-10-11
Locality: Western Australia / Australien

Collectors Summary

Color violett, distinct
Hardness (Mohs) 5.25
Solubility +++ HNO3, - HCl
Crystal System kubisch, Fd3m
Morphology Als Erzaggregate, massiv

Chemism

Chemical formula

Fe2+Ni3+2S4

Chemical composition

Eisen, Nickel, Schwefel

Unit weight: 301.49404 u; Number of atoms in the formula: 7

Info

Empirical formula:

FeNi2S4

Element

Symbol

Weight%

Atoms

Atoms%

Atom weight (u)

Sum weight (u)
Sulfur

S

42.54

4

57.14

32.0655000

128.2620000
Iron

Fe

18.52

1

14.29

55.8452000

55.8452000
Nickel

Ni

38.94

2

28.57

58.6934200

117.3868400

Analysis wt%

Ni : 31.00, Fe : 18.10, Co : 8.90, S : 42.60 (Ref: Mineralogical Magazine 80)

Strunz 9th edition incl. updates

2.DA.05

2: Sulfide und Sulfosalze (Sulfide, Selenide, Telluride, Arsenide, Antimonide, Bismutide, Sulfarsenite, Sulfantimonite, Sulfbismuthite)
D: Metallsulfide mit M:S = 3:4 und 2:3
A: M:S = 3:4
05:Thiospinel/Linneit-Gruppe

Lapis Classification

II/D.01-070

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

Classification by Hölzel

2.DA.150

2: SULFIDES
D: With Me/S <1/1 and >1/2
A: Me/S=3/4 Thiospinels, etc
1: Linnaeite-Group

Dana 8th edition

02.10.01.08

02: Sulfide Minerals
10: Sulfides - Including Selenides and Tellurides where Am Bn Xp, with (m+n):p=3:4
01: Linnaeite Group (Isometric: Fd3m)

IMA status

Erstbeschreibung vor CNMNC-Gründung (1959), als Mineral meist anerkannt

Mineral status

anerkanntes Mineral

IMA Classification

IMA Classification

 Spinel supergroup  ⇒ Thiospinel Group  ⇒ Linnaeite subgroup

Optical Properties

Color

violett, distinct

Diaphaneity (Transparency)

opak

Optical Data Luminescence

Luminescence

keine Fluoreszenz bekannt

Crystallography

Crystal System

kubisch

Class (H-M)

m3m

Space Group number

227

Space Group

Fd3m

Cell parameters a (Å)

9.426

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

8

Volumne (ų)

837.495

X-Ray Powder Diffraction

5.47(20),
3.34(60),
2.849(100),
2.362(80),
1.919(20),
1.819(70),
1.671(90),
1.182(30)
XRD chart Violarite

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

Morphology

Als Erzaggregate, massiv

Crystals 3D

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Crystal Structure 3D

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Physical Properties

Hardness (Mohs)

5.25

VHN (Hardness Vickers)

474 (100g)

Density (g/cm³)

4.5 - 4.8 / Durchschnittlich = 4.65

4.782 ( ρ calc. Mineralienatlas )

Instability

+++ HNO3, - HCl

(Co-)Type locality

(Co-)Type locality

Kanada/Ontario/Sudbury District/Greater Sudbury/Walden/Denison Township/Vermilion Mine

Preface

Author (Name, Year)

Lindgren & Davy, 1924

References

American Mineralogist 91 (2006), 1442

IMA group assignments

 
Spinel supergroup
 
 
 

 
 
Thiospinel Group
AB2X4
kubisch
Fd3m

 
 
 
Linnaeite subgroup
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
Cadmoindite
CdIn2S4
kubisch
Fd3m

 
 
 
 
Cuprorhodsite
CuRh2S4
kubisch
Fd3m

 
 
 
 
Daubréelite
Fe2+Cr2S4
kubisch
Fd3m

 
 
 
 
Greigite
Fe2+Fe3+2S4
kubisch
Fd3m

 
 
 
 
Indite
Fe2+In2S4
kubisch
Fd3m

 
 
 
 
Joegoldsteinite
MnCr2S4
kubisch
Fd3m

 
 
 
 
Kalininite
ZnCr2S4
kubisch
Fd3m

 
 
 
 
Linnaeite
Co2+Co3+2S4
kubisch
Fd3m

 
 
 
 
Polydymite
NiNi2S4
kubisch
Fd3m

 
 
 
 
Siegenite
(Ni,Co)3S4
kubisch
Fd3m

 
 
 
 
Violarite
Fe2+Ni3+2S4
kubisch
Fd3m

 
 
 
 
Xingzhongite
(Pb,Cu,Fe)(Ir,Pt,Rh)2S4
kubisch
Fd3m

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English

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French

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Russian

Виоларит

Simplified Chinese

紫硫镍矿

Alternative Name

Simplified Chinese

淡红辉镍铁矿

Simplified Chinese

紫硫镍铁矿

CNMNC symbol

Symbol

Vio

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