General Museumite Information Chemical Formula: |
Pb2(Pb,Sb)2S8[Te,Au]2 |
Composition: |
Molecular Weight = 1,992.56 gm |
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Antimony 6.17 % Sb |
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Tellurium 11.72 % Te |
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Lead 51.99 % Pb |
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Gold 10.68 % Au |
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Sulfur 19.44 % S |
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100.00 % |
Empirical Formula: |
Pb5Au1.08Sb1.01Te1.83S12.08 |
Environment: |
Occurs as anhedral to subhedral grains up to 300 µm in cavities and vugs of large nagyágite crystals. Nagyágite-buckhornite homologous series |
IMA Status: |
Approved IMA 2003 (Dana # Added) |
Locality: |
Museum specimen from gold-telluride deposit of Sacarîmb, Metaliferi Mountains, western Romania. Link to MinDat.org Location Data. |
Name Origin: |
Named in appreciation for all the museums of the world that provide the important function of mineral specimen custodianship. |
Synonym: |
IMA2003-039 |
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| | Museumite Crystallography Axial Ratios: |
a:b:c =0.6589:1:3.1517 |
Cell Dimensions: |
a = 4.361, b = 6.618, c = 20.858, Z = 2; beta = 92.71° V = 601.31 Den(Calc)= 11.00 |
Crystal System: |
MonoclinicSpace Group: P 21 or P 21/m |
X Ray Diffraction: |
By Intensity(I/Io): 3.56(1), 3.47(0.58), 4.8(0.52),2.99(0.5), 2.56(0.41), 3.31(0.4), 4.1(0.4), 6.93(0.38), 2.98(0.3), |
| Physical Properties of Museumite Cleavage: |
{001} Perfect |
Color: |
Dark silver gray. |
Diaphaneity: |
Opaque |
Fracture: |
Hackly - Jagged, torn surfaces, (e.g. fractured metals). |
Hardness: |
2 - Gypsum |
Luster: |
Metallic |
Streak: |
gray black |
| Optical Properties of Museumite RL Anisotrophism: |
Distinct. |
RL Bireflectance: |
Very low. |
RL Color: |
Gray. |
RL Pleochroism: |
Very low. |
Reflectivity |
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| Calculated Properties of Museumite Electron Density: |
Bulk Density (Electron Density)=9.22 gm/cc |
note: Specific Gravity of Museumite =11.0 gm/cc. Fermion Index: |
Fermion Index = 0.12 |
Boson Index = 0.88 Photoelectric: |
PEMuseumite =1,190.97 barns/electron |
U=PEMuseumite x rElectron Density=10983.48 barns/cc. Radioactivity: |
GRapi = 0 (Gamma Ray American Petroleum Institute Units) |
Museumite is Not Radioactive | Museumite Classification Dana Class: |
02.11.14.01 (02)Sulfides - Including Selenides and Tellurides |
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(02.11)where Am Bn Xp, with (m+n):p=2:3 |
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(02.11.14)Dana Group |
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Strunz Class: |
02.HB.20c 02 - SULFIDES and SULFOSALTS (sulfides, selenides, tellurides; arsenides, antimonides, bismuthides; sulfarsenites, sulf |
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02.H - Sulfosalts of SnS Archetype |
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02.HB -With Cu, Ag, Hg, Fe, Sn and Pb |
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| Other Museumite Information References: |
NAME( EurJMin, v16:835) PHYS. PROP.(EurJMin, v16:835) OPTIC PROP.(EurJMin, v16:835) |
See Also: |
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