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General Zlatogorite Information

Chemical Formula:

CuNiSb2

Composition:

Molecular Weight = 365.74 gm

Copper 17.37 % Cu

Nickel 16.05 % Ni

Antimony 66.58 % Sb

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100.00 %

Empirical Formula:

CuNiSb₂

Environment:

In altered schistose rock (listwenite).

IMA Status:

Approved IMA 1994 (Dana # Added)

Locality:

Zlatoya Gora deposit, near Karabasch, Middle Urals, Russia. Link to MinDat.org Location Data.

Name Origin:

Named after its locality.

Synonym:

IMA1994-014

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Zlatogorite Crystallography

Axial Ratios:

a:c = 1:1.26844

Cell Dimensions:

a = 4.0489, c = 5.1358, Z = 1; V = 72.91 Den(Calc)= 8.33

Crystal System:

Trigonal - Hexagonal ScalenohedralH-M Symbol (3 2/m) Space Group: P 3m1

$Help on X Ray Diffraction:$ X Ray Diffraction:

By Intensity(I/I_o): 2.901(1), 2.074(0.65), 2.026(0.51),

Physical Properties of Zlatogorite

Cleavage:

[001] Imperfect

Color:

Silver white.

Density:

8.21

Diaphaniety:

Opaque

Fracture:

Unknown - Minerals too small to observe fractures.

Habit:

Globular - Spherical, or nearly so, rounded forms (e.g. wavellite).

Habit:

Prismatic - Crystals Shaped like Slender Prisms (e.g. tourmaline).

Hardness:

4.5 - Between Fluorite and Apatite

Luster:

Metallic

Streak:

light silver gray

Optical Properties of Zlatogorite

RL Anisotrophism:

Distinct.

RL Bireflectance:

Weak.

RL Color:

Light yellow to pinkish yellow.

Reflectivity

**Standardized Intensity (100%) Reflection Spectra of Zlatogorite in Air**
λ	R₁	R₂	∑ R₁(λ)	∑ R₂(λ)
470 nm	59.30	52.40
546 nm	63.00	56.80
589 nm	65.50	60.90
650 nm	68.60	64.90

**Calculated Relative Intensity Colors of Zlatogorite in Air**
Relative Intensity	0%	20%	40%	60%	80%	100%	120%	140%	160%	170%
R₁
R₂

Calculated Properties of Zlatogorite

Electron Density:

r_electron=7.24 gm/cc
note: r_Zlatogorite=8.33 gm/cc.

Fermion Index

Fermion Index = 0.00181
Boson Index = 0.99819

Photoelectric:

PE_Zlatogorite= 240.63 barns/electron
U=PE_Zlatogorite x r_electron=1,742.85 barns/cc.

Radioactivity:

GRapi = 0 (Gamma Ray American Petroleum Institute Units)

Zlatogorite is Not Radioactive

Zlatogorite Classification

Dana Class:

3.7.1.4 (3)Sulfides - Sulfosalts

(3.7)where z/y = 2 - (A+)i (A++)j [By Cz], A=metals, B=semi-metals, C=non-metals

(3.7.1)Dana Group

3.7.1.1 Matildite AgBiS2 P 3m1 3 2/m

3.7.1.2 Bohdanowiczite AgBiSe2 P 3m1 3 2/m

3.7.1.3 Volynskite AgBiTe2 P 3m1 3 2/m

3.7.1.4 Zlatogorite ! CuNiSb2 P 3m1 3 2/m

Strunz Class:

II/C.21-25 II - Sulfides and sulphosalts

II/C - Sulfides with metal: sulfur, selenium and tellurium = 1:1

II/C.21 - Millerite series

II/C.21-10 Lapieite CuNiSbS3 P 2₁2₁2₁ 2 2 2

II/C.21-20 Muckeite CuNiBiS3 P 2₁2₁2₁ 2 2 2

II/C.21-25 Zlatogorite CuNiSb2 P 3m1 3 2/m

II/C.21-30 Millerite NiS R 3m 3 2/m

II/C.21-40 Makinenite NiSe R 3m 3m

Other Zlatogorite Information

References:

NAME( MinRec) PHYS. PROP.(Am.Min.,Vol.81,p1015,1996) OPTIC PROP.(MinRec, v 27, p 395)

See Also:

Links to other databases for Zlatogorite :
1 -Am. Min. Crystal Structure Database 2 -Athena 3 -Google Images 4 -Google Scholar 5 -Handbook of Mineralogy (UofA) 6 -MinDAT 7 -MinMax(Deutsch) 8 -MinMax(English) 9 -Mineralienatlas (Deutsch) 10 -QUT Mineral Atlas 11 - WWW-MINCRYST

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Zlatogorite

CuNiSb2
Dana No: 3.7.1.4 Strunz No: II/C.21-25
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