Milotaite Mineral Data

Milotaite Mineral Data

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General Milotaite Information

Chemical Formula:

PdSbSe

Composition:

Molecular Weight = 307.13 gm

Antimony 39.64 % Sb

Palladium 34.65 % Pd

Selenium 25.71 % Se

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100.00 %

Empirical Formula:

PdSbSe

IMA Status:

Proposed IMA 2003 (Dana # Added)

Locality:

Predborice, Czech Republic Link to MinDat.org Location Data.

Name Origin:

Commission on New Minerals and Mineral Names (CNMMN)

Synonym:

IMA2003-056

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Milotaite Crystallography

Cell Dimensions:

a = 6.3181, Z = 4; V = 252.21 Den(Calc)= 8.09

Crystal System:

Isometric - TetartoidalH-M Symbol (2 3) Space Group: P 2₁/3

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By Intensity(I/I_o): 2.825(1), 1.905(0.98), 2.579(0.81),3.16(0.53), 2.233(0.32), 1.752(0.27), 1.688(0.25), 1.379(0.18),

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Paar W H , Topa D , Makovicky E , Culetto F J , The Canadian Mineralogist , 43 (2005) p.689-694, Milotaite, PdSbSe, a new palladium mineral species from Predborice, Czech Republic, Sample: synthetic analog to milotaite

Physical Properties of Milotaite

Color:

Silver gray.

Diaphaniety:

Opaque

Luster:

Metallic

Optical Properties of Milotaite

RL Anisotrophism:

None.

RL Bireflectance:

None.

RL Color:

White with no internal reflections.

RL Pleochroism:

None.

Reflectivity

**Standardized Intensity (100%) Reflection Spectra of Milotaite in Air**
λ	R	∑ R(λ)
470 nm	48.50
546 nm	47.50
589 nm	47.60
650 nm	49.00

**Calculated Relative Intensity Colors of Milotaite in Air**
Relative Intensity	0%	20%	40%	60%	80%	100%	120%	140%	160%	180%	190%
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Calculated Properties of Milotaite

Electron Density:

r_electron=6.90 gm/cc
note: r_Milotaite=8.09 gm/cc.

Fermion Index

Fermion Index = 0.09691
Boson Index = 0.90309

Photoelectric:

PE_Milotaite= 242.76 barns/electron
U=PE_Milotaite x r_electron=1,675.33 barns/cc.

Radioactivity:

GRapi = 0 (Gamma Ray American Petroleum Institute Units)

Milotaite is Not Radioactive

Milotaite Classification

Dana Class:

2.12.3.15 (2)Sulfides - Including Selenides and Tellurides

(2.12)where Am Bn Xp, with (m+n):p=1:2

(2.12.3)Cobaltite Group (Cubic or pseudocubic crystals)

2.12.3.1 Cobaltite CoAsS P ca2₁ mm2

2.12.3.2 Gersdorffite NiAsS P 2₁3 2 3

2.12.3.3 Ullmannite NiSbS P 2₁3 2 3

2.12.3.4 Willyamite (Co,Ni)SbS P 2₁3 2 3

2.12.3.5 Tolovkite IrSbS P 2₁3 2 3

2.12.3.6 Platarsite (Pt,Rh,Ru)AsS P a3 2/m 3

2.12.3.7 Irarsite (Ir,Ru,Rh,Pt)AsS P a3 2/m 3

2.12.3.8 Hollingworthite (Rh,Pt,Pd)AsS P a3 2/m 3

2.12.3.9 Jolliffeite (Ni,Co)AsSe P a3 2/m 3

2.12.3.10 Padmaite PdBiSe P 2₁3 2 3

2.12.3.11 Michenerite (Pd,Pt)BiTe P 2₁3 2 3

2.12.3.12 Maslovite PtBiTe P 2₁3 2 3

2.12.3.13 Testibiopalladite PdTe(Sb,Te) P 2₁3 2 3

2.12.3.14 Changchengite! IrBiS P 2₁3 2 3

2.12.3.15 Milotaite ! PdSbSe P 2₁/3 2 3

2.12.3.16 IMA2004-047! PdAsSe Pa3 4/m 2/m 2/m

Strunz Class:

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

II/X - Unclassified Strunz Sulfides and sulphosalts

II/X.00 - Cobaltite Group

Other Milotaite Information

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Links to other databases for Milotaite :
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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Milotaite

PdSbSe
Dana No: 2.12.3.15 Strunz No: II/X.00-00
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