General Vysotskite Information
|
Chemical Formula: |
(Pd,Ni)S |
Composition: |
Molecular Weight = 126.55 gm |
| |
Nickel 11.59 % Ni |
| |
Palladium 63.07 % Pd |
| |
Sulfur 25.34 % S |
| |
______ |
| |
100.00 % |
Empirical Formula: |
Pd0.75Ni0.25S |
Environment: |
In andesine diabases and in ultramafic layered intrusives. As disseminations that probably are crystallized products, at magmatic temperatures, of a residual immiscible sulfide melt . |
IMA Status: |
Approved IMA 1962 |
Locality: |
Noril'sk region, Noyask, western Siberia, Russia. Link to MinDat.org Location Data. |
Name Origin: |
Named for N. K. Vysotskii, Soviet geologist, who first found platinum at Noril'sk, Russia. |
Synonym: |
ICSD 26766 |
| |
PDF 25-1234 |
| |
Vysotskite Image |
Images:
|
|
Vysotskite Osmium Cooperite Vasilite
Comments: BSE image taken with a SEM of the sulfide-dominant microparagenesis filling a gas vacuole. Cooperite crystal surrounded by Pd-Cu-Pt-S phase (vasilite?), vysotskite and osmium laths (white) in chalcopyrite-bornite matrix (dark). (CanMin 38:1258).
Location: Pustaya River placer deposit, situated within the Koryak-Kamchatka platinum-bearing belt of Alaskan-type intrusions in eastern Russia.
Scale: See Image.
© Canadian Mineralogist |
|
Vysotskite Crystallography
|
Axial Ratios: |
a:c = 1:1.02652 |
Cell Dimensions: |
a = 6.371, c = 6.54, Z = 5; V = 265.46 Den(Calc)= 3.96 |
Crystal System: |
Tetragonal - DipyramidalH-M Symbol (4/m) Space Group: P 41/m |
X Ray Diffraction: |
By Intensity(I/Io): 2.86(1), 2.91(1), 2.61(0.8), |
Crystal Structure:
Mouse
drag1 - LMB Manipulate Structure
drag2 - RMB Resize/Rotate
Keyboard
S - Stereo Pair on/off
H - Help Screen
I - Data Info
A - Atoms On/Off
P - Polyhedra On/Off
B - Bonds On/Off
Help on Above
|
|
|
Gaskell T F , Zeitschrift fur Kristallographie , 96 (1937) p.203-213, The structure of braggite and palladium sulphide, Locality: synthetic
|
|
| |
Physical Properties of Vysotskite
|
Cleavage: |
None |
Color: |
Silver gray. |
Density: |
6.69 |
Diaphaniety: |
Opaque |
Habit: |
Irregular Grains - Occurs as splotchy, anhedral crystals forming inclusions in other minerals or rocks. |
Hardness: |
1.5 - Between Talc and Gypsum |
Luster: |
Metallic |
| |
Optical Properties of Vysotskite
|
RL Anisotrophism: |
Weak to moderate, dark brown to dark blue-gray. |
RL Color: |
Creamy white. |
Reflectivity |
Standardized Intensity (100%) Reflection Spectra of Vysotskite in Air
| λ |
R1 |
R2 |
 |
∑ R1(λ) |
∑ R2(λ) |
| 400 nm |
41.20 |
42.00 |

 |
|
|
| 420 nm |
42.20 |
43.00 |

 |
| 440 nm |
43.00 |
43.90 |

 |
| 460 nm |
43.70 |
44.50 |

 |
| 480 nm |
44.20 |
45.00 |

 |
| 500 nm |
44.50 |
45.40 |

 |
| 520 nm |
44.90 |
45.60 |

 |
| 540 nm |
45.10 |
45.80 |

 |
| 560 nm |
45.40 |
46.10 |

 |
| 580 nm |
45.60 |
46.30 |

 |
| 600 nm |
45.80 |
46.50 |

 |
| 620 nm |
46.00 |
46.60 |

 |
| 640 nm |
46.00 |
46.60 |

 |
| 660 nm |
46.00 |
46.50 |

 |
| 680 nm |
45.70 |
46.30 |

 |
| 700 nm |
45.40 |
46.20 |

 |
Calculated Relative Intensity Colors of Vysotskite in Air
Relative Intensity |
0% |
30% |
60% |
90% |
100% |
120% |
150% |
180% |
210% |
| R1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| R2 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
Calculated Properties of Vysotskite
|
Electron Density: |
relectron=3.60 gm/cc note: rVysotskite =3.96 gm/cc. |
Fermion Index |
Fermion Index = 0.14404 Boson Index = 0.85596 |
Photoelectric: |
PEVysotskite = 151.65 barns/electron U=PEVysotskite x relectron= 545.73 barns/cc. |
Radioactivity: |
GRapi = 0 (Gamma Ray American Petroleum Institute Units) Vysotskite is Not Radioactive |
| |
Vysotskite Classification
|
Dana Class: |
2.8.5.2 (2)Sulfides - Including Selenides and Tellurides |
| |
(2.8)where Am Bn Xp, with (m+n):p=1:1 |
| |
(2.8.5)Dana Group |
| |
2.8.5.1 Cooperite (Pt,Pd,Ni)S P 41/mmc 4/m 2/m 2/m |
| |
2.8.5.2 Vysotskite (Pd,Ni)S P 41/m 4/m |
| |
2.8.5.3 Braggite (Pt,Pd,Ni)S P 41/m 4/m |
Strunz Class: |
II/C.25-10 II - Sulfides and sulphosalts |
| |
II/C - Sulfides with metal: sulfur, selenium and tellurium = 1:1 |
| |
II/C.25 - Vysotskite - Cooperite series |
| |
II/C.25-10 Vysotskite (Pd,Ni)S P 41/m 4/m |
| |
II/C.25-20 Braggite (Pt,Pd,Ni)S P 41/m 4/m |
| |
II/C.25-30 Cooperite (Pt,Pd,Ni)S P 41/mmc 4/m 2/m 2/m |
| |
Other Vysotskite Information
|
References: |
NAME( AntBidBlaNic1) PHYS. PROP.(Enc. of Minerals,2nd ed.,1990) |
See Also: |
Links to other databases for Vysotskite :
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 - WWW-MINCRYST
13 -École des Mines de Paris
Search for Vysotskite using:
[ALTAVISTA]
[AOL]
[About.com]
[All-The-Web]
[HotBot]
[Ixquick]
[LookSmart]
[MAMMA]
[MSN.COM]
[Netscape]
[Teoma]
[Wikipedia]
[YAHOO]
Visit our Advertisers for Vysotskite :
AA Mineral Specimens
B and L Minerals
Dan Weinrich Fine Minerals
Dan Weinrich Auctions
e-Rocks Auctions
Excalibur Minerals
Exceptional Minerals
Fabre Minerals
Greenside Minerals
John Betts Fine Minerals
Masons Minerals
Minernet.it
Mineral News
Mineral of the Month Club
MineralsWeb Fine Minerals
Rockshop.cz Kalat Fine Minerals
T G Fine Minerals
Wrights Rock Shop
Translate Vysotskite Mineral Data :
Ask about Vysotskite here :
Ask-A-Mineralogist from the Mineralogical Society of America
Mindat.org's Discussion Groups
Original Rockhounds Discussion Group
Rockhounds Discussion Group on Yahoo Groups
Mineral Discussion Forum from Fabre Minerals - also available in
Español
Print or Cut-and-Paste your Vysotskite Specimen Label here :
|
Vysotskite
(Pd,Ni)S
Dana No: 2.8.5.2 Strunz No: II/C.25-10
Locality:
Notes:
|
|
| |
| |
|
| |