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Vikingite Mineral Data + |
General Vikingite Information |
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| Ag5Pb8Bi13S30 | |||
| Molecular Weight = 5,875.67 gm | |||
| Silver 9.18 % Ag | |||
| Bismuth 46.24 % Bi | |||
| Lead 28.21 % Pb | |||
| Sulfur 16.37 % S | |||
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| 100.00 % | |||
| Ag5Pb8Bi13S30 | |||
| Associated with cosalite and as lamellae in galena in the gustavite-galena paragenesis. | |||
| Approved IMA 1977 | |||
| Ivigtut, Greenland. Link to MinDat.org Location Data. | |||
| Named for the Vikings, who settled Greenland in the tenth century. | |||
| ICSD 72805 | |||
| PDF 43-690 | |||
Vikingite Image | |||
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Vikingite Crystallography |
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| a:b:c =0.5387:1:0.1628 | |||
| a = 13.603, b = 25.248, c = 4.112, Z = 1; beta = 95.55° V = 1,405.64 Den(Calc)= 6.94 | |||
| Monoclinic - PrismaticH-M Symbol (2/m) Space Group: C 2/m | |||
| By Intensity(I/Io): 3.4(1), 1.75(0.9), 2.06(0.8), | |||
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Physical Properties of Vikingite |
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| Gray. | |||
| Opaque | |||
| Lamellar - Thin laminae producing a lamellar structure. | |||
| Microscopic Crystals - Crystals visible only with microscopes. | |||
| Twinning Common - Crystals are usually twinned. | |||
| 3.5 - Copper Penny | |||
| Metallic | |||
Optical Properties of Vikingite |
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| Distinct to strong, in light gray to steel bluish black. | |||
| Galena-white. | |||
| Absent in air, absent to weak in oil. | |||
Calculated Properties of Vikingite |
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relectron=5.79 gm/cc |
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| Fermion Index = 0.06357 Boson Index = 0.93643 |
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PEVikingite =1,437.66 barns/electron |
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| GRapi = 0 (Gamma Ray American Petroleum Institute Units) Vikingite is Not Radioactive |
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Vikingite Classification |
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| 3.6.11.1 (3)Sulfides - Sulfosalts | |||
| (3.6)where 2 < z/y < 2.49 - (A+)i (A++)j [By Cz], A=metals, B=semi-metals, C=non-metals | |||
| (3.6.11)Dana Group | |||
| II/E.31-60 II - Sulfides and sulphosalts | |||
| II/E - Sulfosalts (S : As,Sb,Bi = x) Lead-Sulfosalts (Pb-Cu/Ag) with predominant Vismut x = 6.0 - 1.6 | |||
| II/E.31 - Xilingolite - Gustavite series | |||
Other Vikingite Information |
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| NAME( Dana8) PHYS. PROP.(Dana8) OPTIC PROP.(AntBidBlaNic1) | |||
| Links to other databases for Vikingite : 1 -Am. Min. Crystal Structure Database 2 -Athena 3 - EUROmin Project 4 -Google Images 5 -Google Scholar 6 -Handbook of Mineralogy (UofA) 7 -MinDAT 8 -MinMax(Deutsch) 9 -MinMax(English) 10 -Mineralienatlas (Deutsch) 11 -QUT Mineral Atlas 12 -École des Mines de Paris Search for Vikingite using: Visit our Advertisers for Vikingite : Translate Vikingite Mineral Data : Ask about Vikingite here : Print or Cut-and-Paste your Vikingite Specimen Label here :
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