[Content and History] [Recent Issues] [Back Issues] [Subscriptions] [Contacts] See Also: [Diamond Crystals] [Excalibur Minerals] [Hudson Institute] [Minerals on CDROM] Mineral News was founded some twenty years ago and has developed a following of avid mineral collectors seeking timely information about new finds and other items of interest to the collector community. Articles are solicited from collector and scientific authors. General Sudburyite Information(Pd,Ni)Sb |
Molecular Weight = 216.24 gm |
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Nickel 6.79 % Ni |
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Antimony 56.30 % Sb |
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Palladium 36.91 % Pd |
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100.00 % |
Pd0.75Ni0.25Sb |
As tiny inclusions, most often in cobaltite or maucherite, in mechanical concentrates of platinum-group minerals. |
Approved IMA 1974 |
Copper Cliff South mine and Frood mine, Sudbury district, Ontario, Canada Link to MinDat.org Location Data. |
Name for the locality. |
Sudburyite + Pronunciation |
ICSD 42597 |
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IMA1973-048 |
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PDF 26-888 |
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Sudburyite Crystallographya:c = 1:1.37684 |
a = 4.06, c = 5.59, Z = 2; V = 79.80 Den(Calc)= 9.00 |
Hexagonal - Dihexagonal DipyramidalH-M Symbol (6/m 2/m 2/m) Space Group: P 63/mmc |
By Intensity(I/Io): 0.779(1), 2.18(1), 0.8237(0.9), |
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| Physical Properties of SudburyiteNone |
Silver gray. |
Opaque |
Inclusions - Generally found as inclusions in other minerals. |
Microscopic Crystals - Crystals visible only with microscopes. |
4.5 - Between Fluorite and Apatite |
Metallic |
| Optical Properties of SudburyiteWeak to moderate, in light grayish yellow and dark grayish brown. |
White with a yellow tint in air, pale yellow in oil. |
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| Calculated Properties of SudburyiteBulk Density (Electron Density)=7.70 gm/cc |
note: Specific Gravity of Sudburyite =9.00 gm/cc. Fermion Index = 0.08 |
Boson Index = 0.92 PESudburyite = 286.81 barns/electron |
U=PESudburyite x rElectron Density=2,208.40 barns/cc. GRapi = 0 (Gamma Ray American Petroleum Institute Units) |
Sudburyite is Not Radioactive | Sudburyite Classification02.08.11.05 (02)Sulfides - Including Selenides and Tellurides |
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(02.08)where Am Bn Xp, with (m+n):p=1:1 |
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(02.08.11)Nickeline Group (Hexagonal: P63/mmc) |
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02.CC.05 02 - SULFIDES and SULFOSALTS (sulfides, selenides, tellurides; arsenides, antimonides, bismuthides; sulfarsenites, sulf |
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02.C - Metal Sulfides, M:S = 1:1 (and similar) |
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02.CC -With Ni, Fe, Co, PGE, etc. |
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| Other Sudburyite InformationNAME( AntBidBlaNic1) PHYS. PROP.(Enc. of Minerals,2nd ed.,1990) OPTIC PROP.(AntBidBlaNic1) |
Links to other databases for Sudburyite : |
1 - Am. Min. Crystal Structure Database 2 - Athena 3 - EUROmin Project 4 - Ecole des Mines de Paris 5 - Google Images 6 - Google Scholar 7 - Handbook of Mineralogy (MinSocAm) 8 - Handbook of Mineralogy (UofA) 9 - MinDAT 10 - MinMax(Deutsch) 11 - MinMax(English) 12 - Mineralienatlas (Deutsch) 13 - QUT Mineral Atlas 14 - Ruff.Info 15 - WWW-MINCRYST Search for Sudburyite using: Visit our Advertisers for Sudburyite : 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 Sudburyite Mineral Data : Ask about Sudburyite here : Print or Cut-and-Paste your Sudburyite Specimen Label here :
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