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General Mummeite Information

Help on Chemical  Formula: Chemical Formula: Ag3CuPbBi6S13 or Ag2Cu2Pb2Bi6S13
Help on Composition: Composition: Molecular Weight = 2,265.09 gm
   Copper    2.81 %  Cu
   Silver   14.29 %  Ag
   Bismuth  55.36 %  Bi
   Lead      9.15 %  Pb
   Sulfur   18.40 %  S
           ______ 
           100.00 % 
Help on Empirical Formula: Empirical Formula: Ag3CuPbBi6S13
Help on IMA Status: IMA Status: Approved IMA 1986
Help on Locality: Locality: Alaska mine, Poughkeepsie Gulch, Silverton, Colorado, United States. Link to MinDat.org Location Data.
Help on Name Origin: Name Origin: Named in 1986 for William G. Mumme (b.1936), Australian mineralogist.
Help on Synonym: Synonym: IMA1986-025
 

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Mummeite Crystallography

Help on Axial Ratios: Axial Ratios: a:b:c =3.3177:1:5.3275
Help on Cell Dimensions: Cell Dimensions: a = 13.47, b = 4.06, c = 21.63, Z = 2; beta = 92.9° V = 1,181.39 Den(Calc)= 6.37
Help on Crystal System: Crystal System: Monoclinic - PrismaticH-M Symbol (2/m) Space Group: C 2/c
Help on X Ray Diffraction: X Ray Diffraction: By Intensity(I/Io): 2.023(1), 2.863(1), 3.53(0.5),
 

Physical Properties of Mummeite

Help on Cleavage: Cleavage: None
Help on Color: Color: Silver gray.
Help on Density: Density: 6.64
Help on Diaphaniety: Diaphaniety: Opaque
Help on Hardness: Hardness: 4 - Fluorite
Help on Luster: Luster: Metallic
 

Calculated Properties of Mummeite

Help on Electron Density: Electron Density:

relectron=5.39 gm/cc
note: rMummeite =6.37 gm/cc.

Help on Fermion Index Fermion Index Fermion Index = 0.02159
Boson Index = 0.97841
Help on Photoelectric: Photoelectric:

PEMummeite =1,260.20 barns/electron
U=PEMummeite x relectron=6,790.28 barns/cc.

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

Mummeite is Not Radioactive

 

Mummeite Classification

Help on  Dana Class: Dana Class: 3.8.10.4 (3)Sulfides - Sulfosalts
  (3.8)where 1 < z/y <2 - (A+)i (A++)j [By Cz], A=metals, B=semi-metals, C=non-metals
  (3.8.10)Pavonite Group (Monoclinic: C/2c bismuth sulfosalts)
 
3.8.10.1 Pavonite (Ag,Cu)(Bi,Pb)3S5 C 2/c 2/m
 
3.8.10.2 Makovickyite Ag1.5Bi5.5S9 C 2/c 2/m
 
3.8.10.3 Benjaminite (Ag,Cu)3(Bi,Pb)7S12 C 2/c 2/m
 
3.8.10.4 Mummeite Ag3CuPbBi6S13orAg2Cu2Pb2Bi6S13 C 2/c 2/m
 
3.8.10.5 Borodaevite Ag5(Bi,Sb)9S16 C 2/c 2/m
 
3.8.10.6 Cupropavonite AgPbCu2Bi5S10 C 2/c 2/m
 
3.8.10.7 Cupromakovickyite! Cu4AgPb2Bi9S18 C 2/m 2/m
 
3.8.10.8 Kudriavite! (Cd,Pb)Bi2S4 C 2/m 2/m
Help on  Strunz Class: Strunz Class: II/E.09-20 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 Mummeite Information

Help on References: References: NAME( Dana8) PHYS. PROP.(Am.Min.,Vol.78,p847,1993)
Help on See Also: See Also: Links to other databases for Mummeite :
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

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Mummeite

Ag3CuPbBi6S13 or Ag2Cu2Pb2Bi6S13
Dana No: 3.8.10.4 Strunz No: II/E.09-20
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