Hydrothermal assemblage typically as an overgrowth on needle-shaped to hair-like crystals of belovite-(Ce). Cs-dominant analogue of rasvumite and picotpaulite
IMA Status:
Approved IMA 2004 (Dana # Added)
Locality:
Palitra peralkaline pegmatite, Lovozero, Kola Peninsula, Russia. Link to MinDat.org Location Data.
Name Origin:
Name for Leonid Anatol'evich Pautov, a Russian mineralogist affiliated with the Fersman Mineralogical Museum of Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow.
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Mitchell R H , Ross K C , Potter E G , Journal of Solid State Chemistry , 177 (2004) p.1867-1872, Crystal structures of CsFe2S3 and RbFe2S3: Synthetic analogs of rasvumite KFe2S3, Locality: synthetic
Physical Properties of Pautovite
Cleavage:
{110} Perfect, {110} Perfect
Color:
Dark steel gray.
Diaphaneity:
Opaque
Fracture:
Plastic - Splintery - Thin, soft flexable, elongated fractures produced by intersecting good cleavages or partings (e.g. hornblende).
Habit:
Acicular - Occurs as needle-like crystals.
Habit:
Prismatic - Crystals Shaped like Slender Prisms (e.g. tourmaline).
Hardness:
2.5 - Finger Nail
Luster:
Metallic - Dull
Optical Properties of Pautovite
RL Anisotrophism:
Yes with no internal reflections.
RL Bireflectance:
Strong.
RL Color:
Grayish white to gray.
RL Pleochroism:
Grayish-white to grey with slight pink tint.
Reflectivity
Standardized Intensity (100%) Reflection Spectra of Pautovite in Air
λ
R1
R2
∑ R1(λ)
∑ R2(λ)
470 nm
13.95
24.60
546 nm
14.65
23.45
589 nm
15.15
24.55
650 nm
16.00
27.05
Calculated Relative Intensity Colors of Pautovite in Air
Relative Intensity
0%
70%
100%
140%
210%
280%
350%
420%
490%
560%
630%
R1
R2
Calculated Properties of Pautovite
Electron Density:
Bulk Density (Electron Density)=3.49 gm/cc note: Specific Gravity of Pautovite =3.83 gm/cc.
Fermion Index:
Fermion Index = 0.0092381226 Boson Index = 0.9907618774
Photoelectric:
PEPautovite = 173.66 barns/electron U=PEPautovite x relectron= 606.21 barns/cc.
Radioactivity:
GRapi = 493.81 (Gamma Ray American Petroleum Institute Units)
Concentration of Pautovite per GRapi unit = 0.20 (%)
Estimated Radioactivity from Pautovite - barely detectable
Pautovite Classification
Dana Class:
02.09.11.02(02)Sulfides - Including Selenides and Tellurides