Saddlebackite Mineral Data

General Saddlebackite Information

Chemical Formula:

Pb2Bi2Te2S3

Composition:

Molecular Weight = 1,183.76 gm

Bismuth 35.31 % Bi

Tellurium 21.56 % Te

Lead 35.01 % Pb

Sulfur 8.13 % S

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100.00 %

Empirical Formula:

Pb₂Bi₂Te₂S₃

Environment:

In a lateritic orebody in a greenstone belt.

IMA Status:

Approved IMA 1994 (Dana # Added)

Locality:

Boddington, near Mount Saddleback approximately 100 km SE of Perth, Western Australia. Link to MinDat.org Location Data.

Name Origin:

Named after the Archean-aged Saddleback greenstone belt which hosts the deposit.

Name Pronunciation:

Saddlebackite + Pronunciation

Synonym:

IMA1994-051

Saddlebackite Image

Images:

Saddlebackite

Comments: BSE image of a saddlebackite grain.
Location: Kockkar' deposit, Plast Town, southern Urals, Russia. Scale: Scale Bar 300µm.
© Diederik Visser

Saddlebackite Crystallography

Axial Ratios:

a:c = 1:7.89598

Cell Dimensions:

a = 4.23, c = 33.4, Z = 2; V = 517.56 Den(Calc)= 7.60

Crystal System:

HexagonalSpace Group: Unk

$Help on X Ray Diffraction:$ X Ray Diffraction:

By Intensity(I/I_o): 3.06(1), 2.115(0.5), 3.35(0.4),

Physical Properties of Saddlebackite

Cleavage:

{001} Perfect

Color:

Gray, Black.

Diaphaneity:

Opaque

Fracture:

Sectile - Curved shavings or scrapings produced by a knife blade, (e.g. graphite).

Habit:

Aggregates - Made of numerous individual crystals or clusters.

Habit:

Lamellar - Thin laminae producing a lamellar structure.

Hardness:

2-2.5 - Gypsum-Finger Nail

Luster:

Metallic

Streak:

blackish gray

Optical Properties of Saddlebackite

RL Anisotrophism:

Faint, from gray to yellowish-brownish gray.

RL Bireflectance:

Weak.

RL Color:

Grayish white.

RL Pleochroism:

None.

Reflectivity

**Standardized Intensity (100%) Reflection Spectra of Saddlebackite in Air**
λ	R₁	R₂	∑ R₁(λ)	∑ R₂(λ)
470 nm	40.40	39.30
546 nm	42.10	40.80
589 nm	41.30	40.80
650 nm	41.90	40.90

**Calculated Relative Intensity Colors of Saddlebackite in Air**
Relative Intensity	0%	30%	60%	90%	100%	120%	150%	180%	210%	230%
R₁
R₂

Calculated Properties of Saddlebackite

Electron Density:

Bulk Density (Electron Density)=6.19 gm/cc
note: Specific Gravity of Saddlebackite =7.60 gm/cc.

Fermion Index:

Fermion Index = 0.09
Boson Index = 0.91

Photoelectric:

PE_{Saddlebackite}=1,439.34 barns/electron
U=PE_{Saddlebackite} x rElectron Density=8,908.21 barns/cc.

Radioactivity:

GRapi = 0 (Gamma Ray American Petroleum Institute Units)
Saddlebackite is Not Radioactive

Saddlebackite Classification

Dana Class:

02.06.07.01 (02)Sulfides - Including Selenides and Tellurides

(02.06)where Am Bn Xp, with (m+n):p=4:3

(02.06.07)Dana Group

02.06.07.01 Saddlebackite! Pb2Bi2Te2S3 Unk Hex

Strunz Class:

02.GC.40d 02 - SULFIDES and SULFOSALTS (sulfides, selenides, tellurides; arsenides, antimonides, bismuthides; sulfarsenites, sulf

02.G - Sulfarsenites, sulfantimonites, sulfbismuthites

02.GC -Poly-sulfarsenites

02.GC.40d Saddlebackite! Pb2Bi2Te2S3 Unk Hex

Other Saddlebackite Information

References:

NAME( MinRec) PHYS. PROP.(Am.Min.,Vol.83,p1118,1998) OPTIC PROP.(Am.Min.,Vol.83,p1118)

See Also:

Links to other databases for Saddlebackite :
1 - Am. Min. Crystal Structure Database
2 - Athena
3 - GeoScienceWorld
4 - Google Images
5 - Google Scholar
6 - Handbook of Mineralogy (MinSocAm)
7 - Handbook of Mineralogy (UofA)
8 - MinDAT
9 - Mineralienatlas (Deutsch)
10 - Online Mineral Museum
11 - QUT Mineral Atlas
12 - Ruff.Info

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Saddlebackite

Pb2Bi2Te2S3
Dana No: 02.06.07.01 Strunz No: 02.GC.40d
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