Kitaibelite Mineral Data

Kitaibelite Mineral Data

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General Kitaibelite Information

Chemical Formula:

Ag10PbBi30S51

Composition:

Molecular Weight = 9,190.66 gm

Silver 11.74 % Ag

Bismuth 68.22 % Bi

Lead 2.25 % Pb

Sulfur 17.79 % S

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100.00 %

Empirical Formula:

Ag₁₀PbBi₃₀S₅₁

Environment:

Mixture of various bismuth silver lead sulfides.

IMA Status:

Not Approved IMA

Locality:

Nagyborzsony, Hungary Link to MinDat.org Location Data.

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Kitaibelite Crystallography

Crystal System:

MonoclinicSpace Group: Mono ?

Physical Properties of Kitaibelite

Color:

Lead gray.

Diaphaniety:

Opaque

Luster:

Metallic

Calculated Properties of Kitaibelite

Fermion Index

Fermion Index = 0.00631
Boson Index = 0.99369

Photoelectric:

PE_Kitaibelite=1,381.77 barns/electron
U=PE_Kitaibelite x r_electron= . barns/cc.

Radioactivity:

GRapi = 0 (Gamma Ray American Petroleum Institute Units)

Kitaibelite is Not Radioactive

Kitaibelite Classification

Dana Class:

2.0.0.0 (2)Sulfide Minerals

(2.0)Without Dana Classification Numbers

(Sulfide)

Strunz Class:

II/E.09-50 II - Sulfides and sulphosalts

II/E - Sulfosalts (S : As,Sb,Bi = x) Sulfosalts with predominant Silver, x = 6.0 - 1.6

II/E.09 - Benjaminite - Kitaibelite series

II/E.09-05 Borodaevite Ag5(Bi,Sb)9S16 C 2/c 2/m

II/E.09-10 Benjaminite (Ag,Cu)3(Bi,Pb)7S12 C 2/c 2/m

II/E.09-20 Mummeite Ag3CuPbBi6S13orAg2Cu2Pb2Bi6S13 C 2/c 2/m

II/E.09-30 Pavonite (Ag,Cu)(Bi,Pb)3S5 C 2/c 2/m

II/E.09-40 Cupropavonite AgPbCu2Bi5S10 C 2/c 2/m

II/E.09-50 Kitaibelite Ag10PbBi30S51 Mono ? Mono

II/E.09-60 Makovickyite Ag1.5Bi5.5S9 C 2/c 2/m

Other Kitaibelite Information

References:

PHYS. PROP.(Am.Min.,Vol.72,p1027,1987)

See Also:

Links to other databases for Kitaibelite :
1 -Am. Min. Crystal Structure Database 2 -Athena 3 - EUROmin Project 4 -Google Images 5 -Google Scholar 6 -MinDAT 7 -MinMax(Deutsch) 8 -MinMax(English) 9 -Mineralienatlas (Deutsch) 10 -QUT Mineral Atlas 11 -École des Mines de Paris

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Kitaibelite

Ag10PbBi30S51
Dana No: Unknown Strunz No: II/E.09-50
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