Malyshevite Mineral Data

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General Malyshevite Information

Chemical Formula:

PdCuBiS3

Composition:

Molecular Weight = 475.14 gm

Copper 13.37 % Cu

Bismuth 43.98 % Bi

Palladium 22.40 % Pd

Sulfur 20.25 % S

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100.00 %

Empirical Formula:

PdCuBiS₃

Environment:

Lapieite group

IMA Status:

Proposed IMA 2006

Locality:

Srednyaya Padma U-V deposit, southern Karelia, Russia Link to MinDat.org Location Data.

Name Origin:

Commission on New Minerals, Nomenclature and Classification (CNMNC)

Synonym:

IMA2006-012

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Malyshevite Crystallography

Axial Ratios:

a:b:c =1.1633:1:1.7775

Cell Dimensions:

a = 7.541, b = 6.482, c = 11.522, Z = 4; V = 563.20 Den(Calc)= 5.60

Crystal System:

Orthorhombic - DipyramidalH-M Symbol (2/m 2/m 2/m) Space Group: P mmm

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

By Intensity(I/I_o): 1.672(1), 1.9(1), 2.44(1),3.77(1), 2.88(0.8), 2.52(0.6), 3.24(0.4), 1.715(0.2),

Calculated Properties of Malyshevite

Electron Density:

Bulk Density (Electron Density)=4.86 gm/cc
note: Specific Gravity of Malyshevite =5.60 gm/cc.

Fermion Index:

Fermion Index = 0.05
Boson Index = 0.95

Photoelectric:

PE_Malyshevite= 878.04 barns/electron
U=PE_Malyshevite x rElectron Density=4,263.60 barns/cc.

Radioactivity:

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

Malyshevite Classification

Dana Class:

03.04.04.03 (03)Sulfides - Sulfosalts

(03.04)where z/y > 3 - (A+)i (A++)j [By Cz], A=metals, B=semi-metals, C=non-metals

(03.04.04)Lapieite Group

03.04.04.01 Lapieite CuNiSbS3 P 2₁2₁2₁ 2 2 2

03.04.04.02 Muckeite CuNiBiS3 P 2₁2₁2₁ 2 2 2

03.04.04.03 Malyshevite PdCuBiS3 P mmm 2/m 2/m 2/m

03.04.04.04 Lisiguangite! CuPtBiS3 P 2₁2₁2₁ 2 2 2

Strunz Class:

02.GA.25 02 - SULFIDES and SULFOSALTS (sulfides, selenides, tellurides; arsenides, antimonides, bismuthides; sulfarsenites, sulf

02.G - Sulfarsenites, sulfantimonites, sulfbismuthites

02.GA -Neso-sulfarsenites, etc., without additional S

02.GA.25 Muckeite CuNiBiS3 P 2₁2₁2₁ 2 2 2

02.GA.25 Lapieite CuNiSbS3 P 2₁2₁2₁ 2 2 2

02.GA.25 Malyshevite PdCuBiS3 P mmm 2/m 2/m 2/m

02.GA.25 Lisiguangite! CuPtBiS3 P 2₁2₁2₁ 2 2 2

Other Malyshevite Information

See Also:

Links to other databases for Malyshevite :
1 - Am. Min. Crystal Structure Database
2 - Athena
3 - Google Images
4 - Google Scholar
5 - MinDAT
6 - MinMax(Deutsch)
7 - MinMax(English)
8 - Mineralienatlas (Deutsch)
9 - QUT Mineral Atlas
10 - Ruff.Info

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Malyshevite

PdCuBiS3
Dana No: 03.04.04.03 Strunz No: 02.GA.25
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