[Newest Minerals] [Equipment] [Analytical Services] [About Us] [Mineral Gallery] [eBay Store] See Also: [Diamond Crystals] [Mineral News] [Hudson Institute] [Minerals on CDROM] Rare Minerals, Meteorites, Equipment and Analytical Services Excalibur Mineral Company, World leaders in the supply of rare species Serving the scientific and collector communities since 1974 General Polkanovite InformationRh12As7 |
Molecular Weight = 1,759.32 gm |
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Arsenic 29.81 % As |
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Rhodium 70.19 % Rh |
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Rh12As7 |
Residual mineral in a placer deposit. Intergrown with isoferropatinum and tulameenite within native ruthenium. |
Approved IMA 1998 (Dana # Added) |
A small unnamed placer deposit in the upper Miass River, South Urals, Russia. Link to MinDat.org Location Data. |
Named after Yuri Aleksandrovich Polkanov (b. 1935), Academician, Institute of Mineral Resources, Academy of Technical Sciences of Ukraine, known for his studies of the mineralogy an d ore deposits of the Crimean Peninsul |
Polkanovite + Pronunciation |
ICSD 61404 |
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IMA1997-030 |
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PDF 50-1691 |
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Polkanovite Crystallographya:c = 1:0.39097 |
a = 9.31, c = 3.64, Z = 1; V = 273.23 Den(Calc)= 10.69 |
Hexagonal - DipyramidalH-M Symbol (6/m) Space Group: P 63m |
By Intensity(I/Io): 1.755(1), 1.852(0.9), 1.549(0.8), |
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| Physical Properties of PolkanoviteGray. |
10.22 |
Opaque |
Microscopic Crystals - Crystals visible only with microscopes. |
Metallic |
| Optical Properties of PolkanoviteDistinct. |
White with cream-red tint. |
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| Calculated Properties of PolkanoviteBulk Density (Electron Density)=9.37 gm/cc |
note: Specific Gravity of Polkanovite =10.7 gm/cc. Fermion Index = 0 |
Boson Index = 1 PEPolkanovite = 178.55 barns/electron |
U=PEPolkanovite x rElectron Density=1,672.97 barns/cc. GRapi = 0 (Gamma Ray American Petroleum Institute Units) |
Polkanovite is Not Radioactive | Polkanovite Classification02.04.20.01 (02)Sulfides - Including Selenides and Tellurides |
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(02.04)where Am Bn Xp, with (m+n):p=2:1 |
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(02.04.20)Dana Group |
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02.AC.30 02 - SULFIDES and SULFOSALTS (sulfides, selenides, tellurides; arsenides, antimonides, bismuthides; sulfarsenites, sulf |
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02.A - Simple Sulfides, Selenides, etc |
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02.AC -Alloys of metalloids with PGE |
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| Other Polkanovite InformationNAME( MinRec) PHYS. PROP.(Eur. J. Min.,Vol.10,1998) OPTIC PROP.(AntBidBlaNic1) |
Links to other databases for Polkanovite : |
1 - Am. Min. Crystal Structure Database 2 - Athena 3 - Google Images 4 - Google Scholar 5 - Handbook of Mineralogy (MinSocAm) 6 - Handbook of Mineralogy (UofA) 7 - MinDAT 8 - MinMax(Deutsch) 9 - MinMax(English) 10 - Mineralienatlas (Deutsch) 11 - QUT Mineral Atlas 12 - Ruff.Info Search for Polkanovite using: Visit our Advertisers for Polkanovite : AA Mineral SpecimensB & L Fine Minerals Crystalarium.com Dan Weinrich Fine Minerals Dan Weinrich Auctions Dakota Matrix Desert Winds Gems and Minerals Excalibur Minerals Exceptional Minerals Fabre Minerals Heliodor John Betts Fine Minerals Mason's Minerals Mineral News Mineral of the Month Club Wrights Rock Shop Translate Polkanovite Mineral Data : Ask about Polkanovite here : Print or Cut-and-Paste your Polkanovite Specimen Label here :
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