Abramovite is a very rare mineral from the sulfides and sulfosalt categories. It has the chemical formula Pb2SnInBiS7. It occurs as tiny elongated lamellar-shaped crystals, up 1 mm × 0.2 mm in size, and is characterized by its non-commensurate structure.[5]
Abramovite | |
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General | |
Category | Sulfides and sulfosalts |
Formula (repeating unit) | Pb2SnInBiS7 |
IMA symbol | Abm[1] |
Strunz classification | 2.HF.25a (10th edition) |
Dana classification | 03.01.03.03 |
Crystal system | Triclinic |
Crystal class | Pinacoidal (1) (same H-M symbol) |
Space group | P1 |
Unit cell | a = 23.4 Å, b = 5.77 Å c = 5.83 Å; α = 89.1° β = 89.9°, γ = 91.5°; Z = 4 |
Identification | |
Formula mass | 1,066.44 g/mol |
Color | Silver gray |
Crystal habit | Encrustations – Forms crust-like aggregates on matrix |
Twinning | Lamellar on {100} |
Cleavage | Perfect on {100} |
Luster | Metallic |
Streak | Black |
Diaphaneity | Opaque |
References | [2][3][4][5] |
Etymology and history
editAbramovite is named after the mineralogist Dmitry Vadimovich Abramov (born 1963) of the A.E. Fersman Museum, Russia.[2]
It was discovered as fumarole crust on the Kudriavy volcano, Iturup Island, Kuril Islands, Russia.[5]
Formation
editAbramovite is a product of precipitation from fumarolic gases (600 °C [1,112 °F]) in an active stratovolcano.[2]
Type occurrence
editAbramovite comes in small metallic aggregates less than 1 mm across. Abramovite is conservated at A.E. Fersman Mineralogical Museum, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow .[6]
The type locality for abramovite is Kudriavy volcano.[7] Minerals associated with abramovite at its type locality are wurtzite, sylvite, halite, galena, and anhydrite. [8]
Related Minerals
editAbramovite is a member of the cylindrite group. Other members of this group are:
Cylindrite | Pb3Sn4FeSb2S14 | Tric. 1 : P1 |
Lévyclaudite | Pb8Sn7Cu3(Bi,Sb)3S28 | Tric. 1 |
Merelaniite | Mo4Pb4VSbS15 | Tric. 1 |
Related Minerals (Strunz-mindat Grouping)
2.HF. | Ramosite | Pb25.7Sn8.3Mn3.4Sb6.4S56.2 | Mon. |
2.HF.20 | Vrbaite | Hg3Tl4As8Sb2S20 | Orth. mmm (2/m 2/m 2/m) :Cmca |
2.HF.25a | Cylindrite | Pb3Sn4FeSb2S14 | Tric. 1 : P1 |
2.HF.25b | Franckeite | Fe2+(Pb,Sn2+)6Sn4+2Sb2S14 | Tric. 1 : P1 |
2.HF.25a | Lévyclaudite | Pb8Sn7Cu3(Bi,Sb)3S28 | Tric. 1 |
2.HF.25b | Potosíite | Pb6Sn3FeSb3S16 | Tric. |
2.HF.25b | Coiraite | (Pb,Sn)12.5Sn5FeAs3S28 | Mon. |
2.HF.25b v | Plumbostannite | Pb2Fe2Sn2Sb2S11 | |
2.HF.25a | Merelaniite | Mo4Pb4VSbS15 | Tric. 1 |
2.HF.30 | Lengenbachite | Ag4Cu2Pb18As12S39 | Tric. |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Warr, L.N. (2021). "IMA–CNMNC approved mineral symbols". Mineralogical Magazine. 85 (3): 291–320. Bibcode:2021MinM...85..291W. doi:10.1180/mgm.2021.43. S2CID 235729616.
- ^ a b c "Handbook of Mineralogy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-05-08. Retrieved 2011-04-28.
- ^ Mindat.org
- ^ Webmineral.com Webmineral Data
- ^ a b c Yudovskaya, M.A.; Trubkin, N.V.; Koporulina, E.V.; Belakovsky, D.I.; Mokhov, A.V.; Kuznetsova, M.V.; Golovanova, T.I. (2007). "Abramovite, Pb2SnInBiS7, a new mineral species from fumaroles of the Kudryavy Volcano, Kurile Islands". Zapiski Rossiiskogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva (in Russian): 37–43. Bibcode:2008GeoOD..50..551Y. doi:10.1134/S1075701508070052. ISSN 0869-6055. S2CID 140650406.
- ^ a b "Abramovite". www.mindat.org. Retrieved 2024-12-03.
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