Vysotskite Mineral Data

General Vysotskite Information

Chemical Formula:

(Pd,Ni)S

Composition:

Molecular Weight = 126.55 gm

Nickel 11.59 % Ni

Palladium 63.07 % Pd

Sulfur 25.34 % S

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100.00 %

Empirical Formula:

Pd_0.75Ni_0.25S

Environment:

In andesine diabases and in ultramafic layered intrusives. As disseminations that probably are crystallized products, at magmatic temperatures, of a residual immiscible sulfide melt .

IMA Status:

Approved IMA 1962

Locality:

Noril'sk region, Noyask, western Siberia, Russia. Link to MinDat.org Location Data.

Name Origin:

Named for N. K. Vysotskii, Soviet geologist, who first found platinum at Noril'sk, Russia.

Name Pronunciation:

Vysotskite + Pronunciation

Synonym:

ICSD 26766

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Vysotskite Image

Images:

Osmium Cooperite Vasilite Vysotskite

Comments: BSE image taken with a SEM of the sulfide-dominant microparagenesis filling a gas vacuole. Cooperite crystal surrounded by Pd-Cu-Pt-S phase (vasilite?), vysotskite and osmium laths (white) in chalcopyrite-bornite matrix (dark). (CanMin 38:1258).
Location: Pustaya River placer deposit, situated within the Koryak-Kamchatka platinum-bearing belt of Alaskan-type intrusions in eastern Russia. Scale: See Image.
© Canadian Mineralogist

Images:

Laflammeite Vysotskite

Comments: SEM image showing intergrowths of laflammeite (LF) with complexly zoned vysotskite (VS). The surrounding material is epoxy (black). (CanMin, v40:671).
Location: Kirakkajuppura PGE deposit, Penikat layered complex, Finland. Scale: See Image.
© Canadian Mineralogist

Vysotskite Crystallography

Axial Ratios:

a:c = 1:1.02652

Cell Dimensions:

a = 6.371, c = 6.54, Z = 5; V = 265.46 Den(Calc)= 3.96

Crystal System:

Tetragonal - Dipyramidal H-M Symbol (4/m) Space Group: P 4₁/m

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

By Intensity(I/I_o): 2.86(1), 2.91(1), 2.61(0.8),

Physical Properties of Vysotskite

Cleavage:

None

Color:

Silver gray.

Density:

6.69

Diaphaneity:

Opaque

Habit:

Irregular Grains - Occurs as splotchy, anhedral crystals forming inclusions in other minerals or rocks.

Hardness:

1.5 - Between Talc and Gypsum

Luster:

Metallic

Optical Properties of Vysotskite

RL Anisotrophism:

Weak to moderate, dark brown to dark blue-gray.

RL Color:

Creamy white.

Reflectivity

**Standardized Intensity (100%) Reflection Spectra of Vysotskite in Air**
λ	R₁	R₂	∑ R₁(λ)	∑ R₂(λ)
400 nm	41.20	42.00
420 nm	42.20	43.00
440 nm	43.00	43.90
460 nm	43.70	44.50
480 nm	44.20	45.00
500 nm	44.50	45.40
520 nm	44.90	45.60
540 nm	45.10	45.80
560 nm	45.40	46.10
580 nm	45.60	46.30
600 nm	45.80	46.50
620 nm	46.00	46.60
640 nm	46.00	46.60
660 nm	46.00	46.50
680 nm	45.70	46.30
700 nm	45.40	46.20

**Calculated Relative Intensity Colors of Vysotskite in Air**
Relative Intensity	0%	30%	60%	90%	100%	120%	150%	180%	210%
R₁
R₂

Calculated Properties of Vysotskite

Electron Density:

Bulk Density (Electron Density)=3.60 gm/cc
note: Specific Gravity of Vysotskite =3.96 gm/cc.

Fermion Index:

Fermion Index = 0.14
Boson Index = 0.86

Photoelectric:

PE_Vysotskite= 151.65 barns/electron
U=PE_Vysotskite x rElectron Density= 545.73 barns/cc.

Radioactivity:

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

Vysotskite Classification

Dana Class:

02.08.05.02 (02)Sulfides - Including Selenides and Tellurides

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

(02.08.05)Cooperite Group

02.08.05.01 Cooperite (Pt,Pd,Ni)S P 4₁/mmc 4/m 2/m 2/m

02.08.05.02 Vysotskite (Pd,Ni)S P 4₁/m 4/m

02.08.05.03 Braggite (Pt,Pd,Ni)S P 4₁/m 4/m

Strunz Class:

02.CC.35a 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.35a Braggite (Pt,Pd,Ni)S P 4₁/m 4/m

02.CC.35a Cooperite (Pt,Pd,Ni)S P 4₁/mmc 4/m 2/m 2/m

02.CC.35a Vysotskite (Pd,Ni)S P 4₁/m 4/m

Other Vysotskite Information

References:

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

See Also:

Links to other databases for Vysotskite :
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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