Milotaite Mineral Data


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General Milotaite Information

Help on Chemical  Formula: Chemical Formula: PdSbSe
Help on Composition: Composition: Molecular Weight = 307.13 gm
   Antimony   39.64 %  Sb
   Palladium  34.65 %  Pd
   Selenium   25.71 %  Se
             ______ 
             100.00 % 
Help on Empirical Formula: Empirical Formula: PdSbSe
Help on IMA Status: IMA Status: Proposed IMA 2003 (Dana # Added)
Help on Locality: Locality: Predborice, Czech Republic Link to MinDat.org Location Data.
Help on Name Origin: Name Origin: Commission on New Minerals and Mineral Names (CNMMN)
Help on Synonym: Synonym: IMA2003-056
 

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Milotaite Crystallography

Help on Cell Dimensions: Cell Dimensions: a = 6.3181, Z = 4; V = 252.21 Den(Calc)= 8.09
Help on Crystal System: Crystal System: Isometric - TetartoidalH-M Symbol (2 3) Space Group: P 21/3
Help on X Ray Diffraction: X Ray Diffraction: By Intensity(I/Io): 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

Help on Color: Color: Silver gray.
Help on Diaphaniety: Diaphaniety: Opaque
Help on Luster: Luster: Metallic
 

Optical Properties of Milotaite

Help on RL Anisotrophism: RL Anisotrophism: None.
Help on RL Bireflectance: RL Bireflectance: None.
Help on RL Color: RL Color: White with no internal reflections.
Help on RL Pleochroism: RL Pleochroism: None.
Help on Reflectivity 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
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Calculated Properties of Milotaite

Help on Electron Density: Electron Density:

relectron=6.90 gm/cc
note: rMilotaite =8.09 gm/cc.

Help on Fermion Index Fermion Index Fermion Index = 0.09691
Boson Index = 0.90309
Help on Photoelectric: Photoelectric:

PEMilotaite = 242.76 barns/electron
U=PEMilotaite x relectron=1,675.33 barns/cc.

Help on Radioactivity: Radioactivity: GRapi = 0 (Gamma Ray American Petroleum Institute Units)

Milotaite is Not Radioactive

 

Milotaite Classification

Help on  Dana Class: 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
Help on  Strunz Class: Strunz Class: II/X.00-00 II - Sulfides and sulphosalts
  II/X - Unclassified Strunz Sulfides and sulphosalts
  II/X.00 - Cobaltite Group
 

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Help on See Also: See Also: 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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