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General Mertieite-I Information

Help on Chemical  Formula: Chemical Formula: Pd11(Sb,As)4
Help on Composition: Composition: Molecular Weight = 1,474.99 gm
   Antimony   14.03 %  Sb
   Arsenic     6.60 %  As
   Palladium  79.36 %  Pd
             ______ 
             100.00 % 
Help on Empirical Formula: Empirical Formula: Pd11Sb1.7As1.3
Help on Environment: Environment: In placer concentrates.
Help on IMA Status: IMA Status: Approved IMA 1973
Help on Locality: Locality: Goodnews Bay, Alaska, USA. Link to MinDat.org Location Data.
Help on Name Origin: Name Origin: Named for John B. Mertie (1888-1980), geologist, U.S. Geological Survey.
 

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Mertieite-I Crystallography

Help on Axial Ratios: Axial Ratios: a:c = 1:1.49002
Help on Cell Dimensions: Cell Dimensions: a = 15.04, c = 22.41, Z = 18; V = 4,390.04 Den(Calc)= 10.04
Help on Crystal System: Crystal System: HexagonalSpace Group: Unk
Help on X Ray Diffraction: X Ray Diffraction: By Intensity(I/Io): 2.279(1), 2.171(0.9), 2.232(0.65),
 

Physical Properties of Mertieite-I

Help on Color: Color: Brass yellow.
Help on Density: Density: 10.6
Help on Diaphaniety: Diaphaniety: Opaque
Help on Habit: Habit: Granular - Generally occurs as anhedral to subhedral crystals in matrix.
Help on Hardness: Hardness: 5.5 - Knife Blade
Help on Luster: Luster: Metallic
 

Optical Properties of Mertieite-I

Help on RL Anisotrophism: RL Anisotrophism: Distinct.
Help on RL Color: RL Color: Brassy yellow.
 

Calculated Properties of Mertieite-I

Help on Electron Density: Electron Density:

relectron=8.65 gm/cc
note: rMertieite-I =10.0 gm/cc.

Help on Fermion Index Fermion Index Fermion Index = 0.17722
Boson Index = 0.82278
Help on Photoelectric: Photoelectric:

PEMertieite-I = 245.49 barns/electron
U=PEMertieite-I x relectron=2,124.15 barns/cc.

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

Mertieite-I is Not Radioactive

 

Mertieite-I Classification

Help on  Dana Class: Dana Class: 2.16.1.1 (2)Sulfides - Including Selenides and Tellurides
  (2.16)with miscellaneous formulae
  (2.16.1)Dana Group
 
2.16.1.1 Mertieite-I Pd11(Sb,As)4 Unk Hex
Help on  Strunz Class: Strunz Class: II/A.05-60 II - Sulfides and sulphosalts
  II/A - Alloys and alloylike compounds, with metals of the Platinum series, (Palladium)
  II/A.05 - Atheneite - Genkinite series
 
II/A.05-10 Atheneite (Pd,Hg)3As P 6/mmm 6/m 2/m 2/m
 
II/A.05-20 Vincentite (Pd,Pt)3(As,Sb,Te) Unk Mono
 
II/A.05-30 Stillwaterite Pd8As3 P 3 3
 
II/A.05-40 Arsenopalladinite Pd8(As,Sb)3 P1 1
 
II/A.05-50 Isomertieite Pd11Sb2As2 F d3m 4/m 3 2/m
 
II/A.05-60 Mertieite-I Pd11(Sb,As)4 Unk Hex
 
II/A.05-70 Mertieite-II Pd8(Sb,As)3 R 3c 3m
 
II/A.05-80 Stibiopalladinite Pd5Sb2 P 63mc 6mm
 
II/A.05-90 Palladoarsenide Pd2As P 2/m 2/m
 
II/A.05-100 Palladobismutharsenide Pd2(As,Bi) Pmcn,P 21cn Ortho
 
II/A.05-102 Palladodymite! (Pd,Rh)2As P nma 2/m 2/m 2/m
 
II/A.05-105 Rhodarsenide! (Rh,Pd)2As P nma or Pn2 Ortho
 
II/A.05-110 Majakite PdNiAs Unk Hex
 
II/A.05-112 Menshikovite! Pd3Ni2As3 P 63/m,P 63, or P 6322 Hex
 
II/A.05-115 Polkanovite! Rh12As7 P 63m 6/m
 
II/A.05-120 Genkinite (Pt,Pd)4Sb3 P 41212 4 2 2
 

Other Mertieite-I Information

Help on References: References: NAME( Dana8) PHYS. PROP.(Dana8) OPTIC PROP.(AntBidBlaNic1)
Help on See Also: See Also: Links to other databases for Mertieite-I :
1 -Am. Min. Crystal Structure Database 2 -Athena 3 - EUROmin Project 4 -Google Images 5 -Google Scholar 6 -MinDAT 7 -MinMax(Deutsch) 8 -MinMax(English) 9 -Mineralienatlas (Deutsch) 10 -QUT Mineral Atlas 11 -École des Mines de Paris

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Pd11(Sb,As)4
Dana No: 2.16.1.1 Strunz No: II/A.05-60
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