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Tazieffite Mineral Data
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General Tazieffite Information
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 Chemical Formula: |
Pb20Cd2(As,Bi)22S50Cl10 |
| Composition: |
Molecular Weight = 8,377.10 gm |
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Cadmium 2.68 % Cd |
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Bismuth 7.48 % Bi |
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Arsenic 16.99 % As |
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Lead 49.47 % Pb |
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Sulfur 19.14 % S |
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Chlorine 4.23 % Cl |
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100.00 % |
| Empirical Formula: |
Pb20Cd2As19Bi3S50Cl10 |
| Environment: |
Zinkenite plesiotypic series |
| IMA Status: |
Proposed IMA 2008 (Dana # Added) |
| Locality: |
Mutnovsky volcano, Kamchatka Peninsula, Far East Asia, Russia Link to MinDat.org Location Data. |
| Name Origin: |
Named for Haroun Tazieff (1914-1998), volcanologist who was a pioneer in field observation of active volcanoes. |
| Synonym: |
IMA2008-012 |
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