Freboldite Mineral Data

General Freboldite Information

Chemical Formula:

CoSe

Composition:

Molecular Weight = 137.89 gm

Cobalt 42.74 % Co

Selenium 57.26 % Se

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100.00 %

Empirical Formula:

CoSe

Environment:

In dolomite veinlets.

IMA Status:

Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1957

Locality:

From the Trogtal quarry, Steinbruch, and at Rote Berg, St. Andreasberg, Harz. Link to MinDat.org Location Data.

Name Origin:

For Professor Georg Frebold of Hannover, Germany.

Name Pronunciation:

Freboldite + Pronunciation

Synonym:

ICSD 42541

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Freboldite Image

Images:

Freboldite

Comments: Copper-red, tarnished, freboldite, as granular material intermixed with darker colored sandstone matrix.
Location: Temple Mountain, San Rafael District (San Rafael Swell), Emery Co., Utah, USA. Scale: Specimen Size 2 cm.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Freboldite Crystallography

Axial Ratios:

a:c = 1:1.4626

Cell Dimensions:

a = 3.61, c = 5.28, Z = 2; V = 59.59 Den(Calc)= 7.68

Crystal System:

Hexagonal - Dihexagonal Dipyramidal H-M Symbol (6/m 2/m 2/m) Space Group: P 6₃/mmc

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

By Intensity(I/I_o): 1.066(1), 2.05(1), 9.63(1),

Physical Properties of Freboldite

Cleavage:

None

Color:

Copper red, Pink.

Diaphaneity:

Opaque

Hardness:

2.5-3 - Finger Nail-Calcite

Luster:

Metallic

Optical Properties of Freboldite

RL Anisotrophism:

Less than nickeline.

RL Color:

Similar to nickeline, but more intense violet in oil.

Calculated Properties of Freboldite

Electron Density:

Bulk Density (Electron Density)=6.79 gm/cc
note: Specific Gravity of Freboldite =7.68 gm/cc.

Fermion Index:

Fermion Index = 0.04
Boson Index = 0.96

Photoelectric:

PE_Freboldite= 61.17 barns/electron
U=PE_Freboldite x rElectron Density= 415.66 barns/cc.

Radioactivity:

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

Freboldite Classification

Dana Class:

02.08.11.10 (02)Sulfides - Including Selenides and Tellurides

(02.08)where Am Bn Xp, with (m+n):p=1:1

(02.08.11)Nickeline Group (Hexagonal: P63/mmc)

02.08.11.01 Nickeline NiAs P 6₃/mmc 6/m 2/m 2/m

02.08.11.02 Breithauptite NiSb P 6₃/mmc 6/m 2/m 2/m

02.08.11.03 Sederholmite NiSe P 6₃/mmc 6/m 2/m 2/m

02.08.11.04 Hexatestibiopanickelite (Ni,Pd)(Te,Sb) P 6₃/mmc 6/m 2/m 2/m

02.08.11.05 Sudburyite (Pd,Ni)Sb P 6₃/mmc 6/m 2/m 2/m

02.08.11.06 Kotulskite Pd(Te,Bi) P 6₃/mmc 6/m 2/m 2/m

02.08.11.07 Sobolevskite PdBi P 6₃/mmc 6/m 2/m 2/m

02.08.11.08 Stumpflite Pt(Sb,Bi) P 6₃/mmc 6/m 2/m 2/m

02.08.11.09 Langisite (Co,Ni)As P 6₃/mmc 6/m 2/m 2/m

02.08.11.10 Freboldite CoSe P 6₃/mmc 6/m 2/m 2/m

02.08.11.11 Achavalite! FeSe P 6₃/mmc 6/m 2/m 2/m

02.08.11.12 Sorosite! Cu(Sn,Sb) P 6₃/mmc 6/m 2/m 2/m

02.08.11.13 Vavrinite! Ni2SbTe2 P 6₃/mmc 6/m 2/m 2/m

Strunz Class:

02.CC.05 02 - SULFIDES and SULFOSALTS (sulfides, selenides, tellurides; arsenides, antimonides, bismuthides; sulfarsenites, sulf

02.C - Metal Sulfides, M:S = 1:1 (and similar)

02.CC -With Ni, Fe, Co, PGE, etc.

02.CC.05 Achavalite FeSe P 6₃/mmc 6/m 2/m 2/m

02.CC.05 Breithauptite NiSb P 6₃/mmc 6/m 2/m 2/m

02.CC.05 Freboldite CoSe P 6₃/mmc 6/m 2/m 2/m

02.CC.05 Hexatestibiopanickelite (Ni,Pd)(Te,Sb) P 6₃/mmc 6/m 2/m 2/m

02.CC.05 Langisite (Co,Ni)As P 6₃/mmc 6/m 2/m 2/m

02.CC.05 Jaipurite* CoS P 6₃/mmc 6/m 2/m 2/m

02.CC.05 Kotulskite Pd(Te,Bi) P 6₃/mmc 6/m 2/m 2/m

02.CC.05 Nickeline NiAs P 6₃/mmc 6/m 2/m 2/m

02.CC.05 Zlatogorite! CuNiSb2 P 3m1 3 2/m

02.CC.05 Sederholmite NiSe P 6₃/mmc 6/m 2/m 2/m

02.CC.05 Stumpflite Pt(Sb,Bi) P 6₃/mmc 6/m 2/m 2/m

02.CC.05 Sudburyite (Pd,Ni)Sb P 6₃/mmc 6/m 2/m 2/m

02.CC.05 Sobolevskite PdBi P 6₃/mmc 6/m 2/m 2/m

Other Freboldite Information

References:

NAME( AntBidBlaNic1) PHYS. PROP.(Enc. of Minerals,2nd ed.,1990) OPTIC PROP.(AntBidBlaNic1)

See Also:

Links to other databases for Freboldite :
1 - Am. Min. Crystal Structure Database
2 - Athena
3 - EUROmin Project
4 - Ecole des Mines de Paris
5 - GeoScienceWorld
6 - Google Images
7 - Google Scholar
8 - Handbook of Mineralogy (MinSocAm)
9 - Handbook of Mineralogy (UofA)
10 - MinDAT
11 - Mineralienatlas (Deutsch)
12 - Online Mineral Museum
13 - QUT Mineral Atlas
14 - Ruff.Info
15 - WWW-MINCRYST

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Freboldite

CoSe
Dana No: 02.08.11.10 Strunz No: 02.CC.05
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