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- 1.3.5.1 Sulfur S8 F ddd 2/m 2/m 2/m
- 1.3.5.2 Rosickyite S P 2/c 2/m
- I/B.03-10 Sulfur S8 F ddd 2/m 2/m 2/m
- I/B.03-20 Rosickyite S P 2/c 2/m
- I/B.03-30 Selenium Se P 3121,P 3221 3 2
- I/B.03-40 Tellurium Te P 3121 3 2
General Rosickyite Information |
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 Chemical Formula: |
S | ||
| Composition: |
Molecular Weight = 32.07 gm | ||
| Sulfur 100.00 % S | |||
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| 100.00 % | |||
| Empirical Formula: |
S | ||
| Environment: |
Found in fumaroles and in hollow limonite nodules. | ||
| IMA Status: |
Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1931 | ||
| Locality: |
Havírna and Visky, near Letovice, Morava (Moravia), Czech Republic. Link to MinDat.org Location Data. | ||
| Name Origin: |
Named for Vojtech Rosicky, former Director of the Mineralogical and Petrological Institute of Masaryk University, Brno, Czechoslovakia. | ||
| Synonym: |
ICSD 870 | ||
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Rosickyite Image | |||
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Rosickyite Crystallography |
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| Axial Ratios: |
a:b:c =0.6458:1:0.7059 | ||
| Cell Dimensions: |
a = 8.5, b = 13.16, c = 9.29, Z = 32; beta = 124.817° V = 853.15 Den(Calc)= 2.00 | ||
| Crystal System: |
Monoclinic - PrismaticH-M Symbol (2/m) Space Group: P 2/c | ||
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Crystal Structure:
Mouse |
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Physical Properties of Rosickyite |
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| Cleavage: |
None | ||
| Color: |
Colorless, Light yellow. | ||
| Density: |
2.072 - 2.073, Average = 2.07 | ||
| Diaphaniety: |
Transparent to Translucent | ||
| Habit: |
Microscopic Crystals - Crystals visible only with microscopes. | ||
| Hardness: |
2-3 - Gypsum-Calcite | ||
| Luster: |
Adamantine | ||
| Streak: |
white | ||
Optical Properties of Rosickyite |
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| Optical Data: |
Biaxial (-), b=1.97-2.058 | ||
Calculated Properties of Rosickyite |
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| Electron Density: |
relectron=2.00 gm/cc |
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| Fermion Index |
Fermion Index = 0.0075 Boson Index = 0.9925 |
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| Photoelectric: |
PERosickyite = 5.40 barns/electron |
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| Radioactivity: |
GRapi = 0 (Gamma Ray American Petroleum Institute Units) Rosickyite is Not Radioactive |
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Rosickyite Classification |
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| Dana Class: |
1.3.5.2 (1)Native Elements | ||
| (1.3)with semi-metallic and non-metallic elements | |||
| (1.3.5)Sulfur Polymorph group | |||
| Strunz Class: |
I/B.03-20 I - Elements | ||
| I/B - Semimetals and nonmetals | |||
| I/B.03 - Sulfur - Selenium series | |||
Other Rosickyite Information |
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| References: |
NAME( AntBidBlaNic1) PHYS. PROP.(Enc. of Minerals,2nd ed.,1990) OPTIC PROP.(Enc. of Minerals,2nd ed.,1990) | ||
| See Also: |
Links to other databases for Rosickyite : 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 - Mineral and Gemstone Kingdom 11 -Mineralienatlas (Deutsch) 12 -QUT Mineral Atlas 13 -École des Mines de Paris Search for Rosickyite using: Visit our Advertisers for Rosickyite : Translate Rosickyite Mineral Data : Ask about Rosickyite here : Print or Cut-and-Paste your Rosickyite Specimen Label here :
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