Vihorlatite Mineral Data

Vihorlatite Mineral Data

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General Vihorlatite Information

Chemical Formula:

Bi8+x(Se,Te,S)11-x

Composition:

Molecular Weight = 2,728.76 gm

Bismuth 65.10 % Bi

Tellurium 16.37 % Te

Selenium 17.36 % Se

Sulfur 1.18 % S

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100.00 %

Empirical Formula:

Bi_8.5Se₆Te_3.5S

Environment:

An inadequately described species.

IMA Status:

Not Approved IMA

Locality:

Poruba, Vihorlat Mountains, Slovakia. Link to MinDat.org Location Data.

Name Origin:

Named for the locality.

Vihorlatite Image

Images:

Vihorlatite

Comments: Dark gray sub-metallic platy vihorlatite in fine grained matrix.
Location: Poruba, Vohorlat Mountains, Vychodoslovensky, Slovakia. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Vihorlatite Crystallography

Crystal System:

TrigonalSpace Group: Trig ?

Physical Properties of Vihorlatite

Color:

Gray.

Diaphaniety:

Opaque

Luster:

Metallic

Calculated Properties of Vihorlatite

Fermion Index

Fermion Index = 0.02636
Boson Index = 0.97364

Photoelectric:

PE_Vihorlatite=1,367.48 barns/electron
U=PE_Vihorlatite x r_electron= . barns/cc.

Radioactivity:

GRapi = 0 (Gamma Ray American Petroleum Institute Units)

Vihorlatite is Not Radioactive

Vihorlatite Classification

Dana Class:

2.0.0.0 (2)Sulfide Minerals

(2.0)Without Dana Classification Numbers

(Selenide, Te)

Strunz Class:

II/X.00-00 II - Sulfides and sulphosalts

II/X - Unclassified Strunz Sulfides and sulphosalts

II/X.00 - Selenide, Te

Other Vihorlatite Information

See Also:

Links to other databases for Vihorlatite :
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

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Vihorlatite

Bi8+x(Se,Te,S)11-x
Dana No: Unknown Strunz No: II/X.00-00
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