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General Bambollaite Information

Help on Chemical  Formula: Chemical Formula: Cu(Se,Te)2
Help on Composition: Composition: Molecular Weight = 245.79 gm
   Copper     25.85 %  Cu
   Tellurium  25.96 %  Te
   Selenium   48.19 %  Se
             ______ 
             100.00 % 
Help on Empirical Formula: Empirical Formula: CuSe1.5Te0.5
Help on Environment: Environment: In oxidized Au-Te ore in sub-parallel quartz veins in a hydrothermally altered tuff.
Help on IMA Status: IMA Status: Approved IMA 1972
Help on Locality: Locality: In the Moctezuma mine, near Moctezuma, Sonora, Mexico. Link to MinDat.org Location Data.
Help on Name Origin: Name Origin: For the Spanish nickname "La Bambolla" of the mine in which it occurs, which roughly translates into "hot air" in allusion to exaggerated tales of rich gold ore.
 

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Bambollaite Crystallography

Help on Axial Ratios: Axial Ratios: a:c = 1:1.45717
Help on Cell Dimensions: Cell Dimensions: a = 3.865, c = 5.632, Z = 1; V = 84.13 Den(Calc)= 4.85
Help on Crystal System: Crystal System: Tetragonal - Ditetragonal DipyramidalH-M Symbol (4/m 2/m 2/m) Space Group: I 41/amd
Help on X Ray Diffraction: X Ray Diffraction: By Intensity(I/Io): 3.19(1), 1.961(0.7), 1.653(0.5),
 

Physical Properties of Bambollaite

Help on Color: Color: Brownish gray, Gray.
Help on Density: Density: 5.64
Help on Diaphaniety: Diaphaniety: Opaque
Help on Hardness: Hardness: 3 - Calcite
Help on Luster: Luster: Metallic
 

Calculated Properties of Bambollaite

Help on Electron Density: Electron Density:

relectron=4.18 gm/cc
note: rBambollaite =4.85 gm/cc.

Help on Fermion Index Fermion Index Fermion Index = 0.05736
Boson Index = 0.94264
Help on Photoelectric: Photoelectric:

PEBambollaite = 144.11 barns/electron
U=PEBambollaite x relectron= 602.84 barns/cc.

Help on Radioactivity: Radioactivity: GRapi = 0 (Gamma Ray American Petroleum Institute Units)

Bambollaite is Not Radioactive

 

Bambollaite Classification

Help on  Dana Class: Dana Class: 2.12.9.1 (2)Sulfides - Including Selenides and Tellurides
  (2.12)where Am Bn Xp, with (m+n):p=1:2
  (2.12.9)Dana Group
 
2.12.9.1 Bambollaite Cu(Se,Te)2 I 41/amd 4/m 2/m 2/m
Help on  Strunz Class: Strunz Class: II/D.27-10 II - Sulfides and sulphosalts
  II/D - Sulfides with metal: sulfur, selenium and tellurium < 1:1, Tellurides with Copper, Silver, Gold
  II/D.27 - Bambolaite series
 
II/D.27-10 Bambollaite Cu(Se,Te)2 I 41/amd 4/m 2/m 2/m
 

Other Bambollaite Information

Help on References: References: NAME( AntBidBlaNic1) PHYS. PROP.(Enc. of Minerals,2nd ed.,1990)
Help on See Also: See Also: Links to other databases for Bambollaite :
1 -Am. Min. Crystal Structure Database 2 -Athena 3 - EUROmin Project 4 -Google Images 5 -Google Scholar 6 -Handbook of Mineralogy (UofA) 7 -MinDAT 8 -MinMax(Deutsch) 9 -MinMax(English) 10 -Mineralienatlas (Deutsch) 11 -QUT Mineral Atlas 12 -École des Mines de Paris

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Bambollaite

Cu(Se,Te)2
Dana No: 2.12.9.1 Strunz No: II/D.27-10
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