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General Zvyagintsevite Information

Help on Chemical  Formula: Chemical Formula: (Pd,Pt,Au)3(Pb,Sn)
Help on Composition: Composition: Molecular Weight = 531.12 gm
   Tin         5.59 %  Sn
   Palladium  54.10 %  Pd
   Platinum    7.35 %  Pt
   Lead       29.26 %  Pb
   Gold        3.71 %  Au
             ______ 
             100.00 % 
Help on Empirical Formula: Empirical Formula: Pd2.7Pt0.2Au0.1Pb0.75Sn0.25
Help on Environment: Environment: As small irregular grains and veinlets in copper sulfides associated with differentiated gabbro-diabase intrusives.
Help on IMA Status: IMA Status: Approved IMA 1966
Help on Locality: Locality: Talnakh, Taimyr Peninsula, Noril'sk region, Yakutiya, Russia Link to MinDat.org Location Data.
Help on Name Origin: Name Origin: Named for Orest Evgenevich Zvyagintsev, who did geochemical research on the platinum metals.
 

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Zvyagintsevite Crystallography

Help on Cell Dimensions: Cell Dimensions: a = 4.02, Z = 1; V = 64.96 Den(Calc)= 13.58
Help on Crystal System: Crystal System: Isometric - HexoctahedralH-M Symbol (4/m 3 2/m) Space Group: P m3m
Help on X Ray Diffraction: X Ray Diffraction: By Intensity(I/Io): 2.315(1), 1.207(0.9), 2.011(0.8),
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Szymanski J T , Cabri L J , Laflamme J H G , The Canadian Mineralogist , 35 (1997) p.773-776, The crystal structure and calculated powder-diffraction, data for zvyagintsevite, Pd3Pb

 

Physical Properties of Zvyagintsevite

Help on Color: Color: Tin white.
Help on Density: Density: 13.32
Help on Diaphaniety: Diaphaniety: Opaque
Help on Habit: Habit: Irregular Grains - Occurs as splotchy, anhedral crystals forming inclusions in other minerals or rocks.
Help on Hardness: Hardness: 4.5 - Between Fluorite and Apatite
Help on Luster: Luster: Metallic
Help on Streak: Streak: black
 

Optical Properties of Zvyagintsevite

Help on RL Color: RL Color: Bright white with a cream tint.
Help on Reflectivity Reflectivity
Standardized Intensity (100%) Reflection Spectra of Zvyagintsevite in Air
λ R  ∑ R(λ) 
 440 nm   62.00   
 460 nm   63.30 
 480 nm   63.00 
 500 nm   63.70 
 520 nm   64.60 
 540 nm   65.50 
 560 nm   66.70 
 580 nm   67.70 
 600 nm   67.40 
 620 nm   67.30 
 640 nm   67.90 
 660 nm   68.00 
 680 nm   68.00 
 700 nm   68.10 
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Calculated Properties of Zvyagintsevite

Help on Electron Density: Electron Density:

relectron=11.3 gm/cc
note: rZvyagintsevite =13.6 gm/cc.

Help on Fermion Index Fermion Index Fermion Index = 0.21958
Boson Index = 0.78042
Help on Photoelectric: Photoelectric:

PEZvyagintsevite = 866.42 barns/electron
U=PEZvyagintsevite x relectron=9,822.66 barns/cc.

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

Zvyagintsevite is Not Radioactive

 

Zvyagintsevite Classification

Help on  Dana Class: Dana Class: 1.2.5.4 (1)Native Elements
  (1.2)with platinum group metals and alloys
  (1.2.5)Isoferroplatinum group (Space Group Pm3m)
 
1.2.5.1 Isoferroplatinum (Pt,Pd)3(Fe,Cu) P m3m 4/m 3 2/m
 
1.2.5.2 Rustenburgite (Pt,Pd)3Sn F m3m 4/m 3 2/m
 
1.2.5.3 Atokite (Pd,Pt)3Sn F m3m 4/m 3 2/m
 
1.2.5.4 Zvyagintsevite (Pd,Pt,Au)3(Pb,Sn) P m3m 4/m 3 2/m
 
1.2.5.5 Chengdeite Ir3Fe P m3m 4/m 3 2/m
 
1.2.5.6 Yixunite! Pt3In P m3m 4/m 3 2/m
Help on  Strunz Class: Strunz Class: I/A.16-10 I - Elements
  I/A - Metallic and intermetallic compounds, Platinum-Iron-compounds with Tin/Lead and related compunds
  I/A.16 - Zvyagintsevite - Plumbopalladinite series
 
I/A.16-10 Zvyagintsevite (Pd,Pt,Au)3(Pb,Sn) P m3m 4/m 3 2/m
 
I/A.16-20 Atokite (Pd,Pt)3Sn F m3m 4/m 3 2/m
 
I/A.16-30 Rustenburgite (Pt,Pd)3Sn F m3m 4/m 3 2/m
 
I/A.16-40 Niggliite PtSn P 63/mmc 6/m 2/m 2/m
 
I/A.16-50 Stannopalladinite (Pd,Cu)3Sn2(?) P 63/mmc 6/m 2/m 2/m
 
I/A.16-60 Palarstanide Pd8(Sn,As)3 P 6322 6 2 2
 
I/A.16-70 Plumbopalladinite Pd3Pb2 P 63/mmc 6/m 2/m 2/m
 

Other Zvyagintsevite Information

Help on References: References: NAME( AntBidBlaNic1) PHYS. PROP.(Enc. of Minerals,2nd ed.,1990) OPTIC PROP.(AntBidBlaNic1)
Help on See Also: See Also: Links to other databases for Zvyagintsevite :
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

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Zvyagintsevite

(Pd,Pt,Au)3(Pb,Sn)
Dana No: 1.2.5.4 Strunz No: I/A.16-10
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