Borovskite Mineral Data

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General Borovskite Information

Chemical Formula:

Pd3SbTe4

Composition:

Molecular Weight = 951.41 gm

Antimony 12.80 % Sb

Tellurium 53.65 % Te

Palladium 33.56 % Pd

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100.00 %

Empirical Formula:

Pd₃SbTe₄

Environment:

In massive pentlandite-chalcopyrite-pyrrhotite ores of hydrothermal origin.

IMA Status:

Approved IMA 1973

Locality:

From the Khautovaarsk Cu-Ni deposit, Karelian ASSR, USSR. Link to MinDat.org Location Data.

Name Origin:

For Igor Borisovich Borovskii, Russian pioneer in microprobe analysis.

Name Pronunciation:

Borovskite + Pronunciation

Borovskite Image

Images:

Borovskite Temagamite Merenskyite

Comments: Borovskite (Bvk) - temagamite (Tmg) - merenskyite (Mrk) composite grain included in chalcopyrite (Ccp). (CanMin, v 42, p 674).
Location: McBratney high-grade PGE-Au occurrence, Bear Lake mafic unit, Proterozoic Flin Flon greenstone belt, Manitoba, Canada. Scale: See Image.
© Canadian Mineralogist

Borovskite Crystallography

Cell Dimensions:

a = 5.794, Z = 1; V = 194.51 Den(Calc)= 8.12

Crystal System:

Isometric - HexoctahedralH-M Symbol (4/m 3 2/m) Space Group: F m3m

$Help on X Ray Diffraction:$ X Ray Diffraction:

By Intensity(I/I_o): 2.902(1), 2.041(0.6), 1.55(0.5),

Physical Properties of Borovskite

Color:

Dark gray.

Density:

8.12

Diaphaneity:

Opaque

Hardness:

3 - Calcite

Luster:

Metallic

Optical Properties of Borovskite

RL Anisotrophism:

Isotropic to slightly anisotropic.

RL Color:

White.

Calculated Properties of Borovskite

Electron Density:

Bulk Density (Electron Density)=6.78 gm/cc
note: Specific Gravity of Borovskite =8.12 gm/cc.

Fermion Index:

Fermion Index = 0.11
Boson Index = 0.89

Photoelectric:

PE_Borovskite= 326.37 barns/electron
U=PE_Borovskite x rElectron Density=2,211.68 barns/cc.

Radioactivity:

GRapi = 0 (Gamma Ray American Petroleum Institute Units)
Borovskite is Not Radioactive

Borovskite Classification

Dana Class:

02.08.01.07 (02)Sulfides - Including Selenides and Tellurides

(02.08)where Am Bn Xp, with (m+n):p=1:1

(02.08.01)Galena Group (Isometric: Fm3m)

02.08.01.01 Galena PbS F m3m 4/m 3 2/m

02.08.01.02 Clausthalite PbSe F m3m 4/m 3 2/m

02.08.01.03 Altaite PbTe F m3m 4/m 3 2/m

02.08.01.04 Alabandite MnS F m3m 4/m 3 2/m

02.08.01.05 Oldhamite (Ca,Mg,Fe)S F m3m 4/m 3 2/m

02.08.01.06 Niningerite (Mg,Fe,Mn)S F m3m 4/m 3 2/m

02.08.01.07 Borovskite Pd3SbTe4 F m3m 4/m 3 2/m

02.08.01.08 Crerarite (Pt,Pb)Bi3(S,Se)4-x(x~0.7) F m3m 4/m 3 2/m

02.08.01.09 Keilite! (Fe,Mn,Mg,Ca,Cr)S F m3m 4/m 3 2/m

Strunz Class:

02.LA.60 02 - SULFIDES and SULFOSALTS (sulfides, selenides, tellurides; arsenides, antimonides, bismuthides; sulfarsenites, sulf

02.L - Unclassified Sulfosalts

02.LA -Without essential Pb

02.LA.60 Borovskite Pd3SbTe4 F m3m 4/m 3 2/m

Other Borovskite Information

References:

NAME( AntBidBlaNic1) PHYS. PROP.(Enc. of Minerals,2nd ed.,1990) OPTIC PROP.(AntBidBlaNic1)

See Also:

Links to other databases for Borovskite :
1 - Am. Min. Crystal Structure Database
2 - Athena
3 - EUROmin Project
4 - Ecole des Mines de Paris
5 - GeoScienceWorld
6 - Google Images
7 - Google Scholar
8 - Handbook of Mineralogy (MinSocAm)
9 - Handbook of Mineralogy (UofA)
10 - MinDAT
11 - Mineralienatlas (Deutsch)
12 - Online Mineral Museum
13 - QUT Mineral Atlas
14 - Ruff.Info

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Borovskite

Pd3SbTe4
Dana No: 02.08.01.07 Strunz No: 02.LA.60
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