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Borovskite Mineral Data
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General Borovskite Information
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 Chemical Formula: |
Pd3SbTe4 |
| Composition: |
Molecular Weight = 951.41 gm |
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Antimony 12.80 % Sb |
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Tellurium 53.65 % Te |
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Palladium 33.56 % Pd |
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100.00 % |
| Empirical Formula: |
Pd3SbTe4 |
| Environment: |
In massive pentlandite-chalcopyrite-pyrrhotite ores of hydrothermal origin. |
| IMA Status: |
Approved IMA 1973 |
| Locality: |
From the Khautovaarsk Cu-Ni deposit, Karelian ASSR, USSR. Link to MinDat.org Location Data. |
| Name Origin: |
For Igor Borisovich Borovskii, Russian pioneer in microprobe analysis. |
| Name Pronunciation: |
Borovskite + Pronunciation  |
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Borovskite Image |
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Images:
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Borovskite Temagamite Merenskyite
Comments: Borovskite (Bvk) - temagamite (Tmg) - merenskyite (Mrk) composite grain included in chalcopyrite (Ccp). (CanMin, v 42, p 674).
Location: McBratney high-grade PGE-Au occurrence, Bear Lake mafic unit, Proterozoic Flin Flon greenstone belt, Manitoba, Canada.
Scale: See Image.
© Canadian Mineralogist |
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Borovskite Crystallography
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| Cell Dimensions: |
a = 5.794, Z = 1; V = 194.51 Den(Calc)= 8.12 |
| Crystal System: |
Isometric - Hexoctahedral H-M Symbol (4/m 3 2/m) Space Group: F m3m |
| X Ray Diffraction: |
By Intensity(I/Io): 2.902(1), 2.041(0.6), 1.55(0.5), |
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Physical Properties of Borovskite
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| Color: |
Dark gray. |
| Density: |
8.12 |
| Diaphaneity: |
Opaque |
| Hardness: |
3 - Calcite |
| Luster: |
Metallic |
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Optical Properties of Borovskite
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| RL Anisotrophism: |
Isotropic to slightly anisotropic. |
| RL Color: |
White. |
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Calculated Properties of Borovskite
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| Electron Density: |
Bulk Density (Electron Density)=6.78 gm/cc
note: Specific Gravity of Borovskite =8.12 gm/cc.
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| Fermion Index: |
Fermion Index = 0.11
Boson Index = 0.89 |
| Photoelectric: |
PEBorovskite = 326.37 barns/electron
U=PEBorovskite x rElectron Density=2,211.68 barns/cc.
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| Radioactivity: |
GRapi = 0 (Gamma Ray American Petroleum Institute Units)
Borovskite is Not Radioactive |
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Borovskite Classification
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| Dana Class: |
02.08.01.07 (02)Sulfides - Including Selenides and Tellurides |
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(02.08)where Am Bn Xp, with (m+n):p=1:1 |
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(02.08.01)Galena Group (Isometric: Fm3m) |
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02.08.01.01 Galena PbS F m3m 4/m 3 2/m |
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02.08.01.02 Clausthalite PbSe F m3m 4/m 3 2/m |
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02.08.01.03 Altaite PbTe F m3m 4/m 3 2/m |
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02.08.01.04 Alabandite MnS F m3m 4/m 3 2/m |
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02.08.01.05 Oldhamite (Ca,Mg,Fe)S F m3m 4/m 3 2/m |
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02.08.01.06 Niningerite (Mg,Fe,Mn)S F m3m 4/m 3 2/m |
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02.08.01.07 Borovskite Pd3SbTe4 F m3m 4/m 3 2/m |
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02.08.01.08 Crerarite (Pt,Pb)Bi3(S,Se)4-x(x~0.7) F m3m 4/m 3 2/m |
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02.08.01.09 Keilite! (Fe,Mn,Mg,Ca,Cr)S F m3m 4/m 3 2/m |
| Strunz Class: |
02.LA.60 02 - SULFIDES and SULFOSALTS (sulfides, selenides, tellurides; arsenides, antimonides, bismuthides; sulfarsenites, sulf |
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02.L - Unclassified Sulfosalts |
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02.LA -Without essential Pb |
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02.LA.60 Borovskite Pd3SbTe4 F m3m 4/m 3 2/m |
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Other Borovskite Information
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| References: |
NAME( AntBidBlaNic1) PHYS. PROP.(Enc. of Minerals,2nd ed.,1990) OPTIC PROP.(AntBidBlaNic1) |
| See Also: |
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9 - Handbook of Mineralogy (UofA)
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11 - Mineralienatlas (Deutsch)
12 - Online Mineral Museum
13 - QUT Mineral Atlas
14 - Ruff.Info
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Dana No: 02.08.01.07 Strunz No: 02.LA.60
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