Kalungaite Mineral Data (original) (raw)

General Kalungaite Information

Help on Chemical Formula: Chemical Formula:

PdAsSe

Help on Composition: Composition:

Molecular Weight = 258.08 gm

Bismuth 0.32 % Bi

Antimony 1.60 % Sb

Arsenic 27.58 % As

Palladium 41.48 % Pd

Selenium 27.78 % Se

Sulfur 1.23 % S

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100.00 %

Help on Empirical Formula: Empirical Formula:

PdAs0.95Sb0.03Bi0.004Se0.9S0.09

Help on Environment: Environment:

The gold deposit is hosted by a muscovite mylonite related to a E-W trending shear zone in a peraluminous granite of the Aurumina Suite (2.15 Ga), which intrudes graphite-bearing me tasedimentary rocks of the Ticunzal Fo

Help on IMA Status: IMA Status:

Approved IMA 2004 (Dana # Added)

Help on Locality: Locality:

Buraco do Ouro gold mine, Cavalcante, Goi�s State, Brazil. Link to MinDat.org Location Data.

Help on Name Origin: Name Origin:

The name is for the Kalunga people, a community of descendants of African slaves living in Cavalcante and nearby towns.

Help on Synonym: Synonym:

IMA2004-047

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Kalungaite Crystallography

Help on X Ray Diffraction: X Ray Diffraction:

By Intensity(I/Io): 1.838(1)(113), 1.172(0.95)(115), 0.929(0.9)(335),1.077(0.8)(044), 3.027(0.75)(002), 0.918(0.7)(226), 0.988(0.7)(116), 2.478(0.65)(112), 2.725(0.65)(021),

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| | Foecker A J , Jeitschko W , Journal of Solid State Chemistry , 162 (2001) p.69-78, The atomic order of the pnictogen and chalcogen atoms in equiatomic ternary | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |

Physical Properties of Kalungaite

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Lead gray.

Optical Properties of Kalungaite

Help on RL Anisotrophism: RL Anisotrophism:

None.

Help on RL Bireflectance: RL Bireflectance:

None.

Help on RL Color: RL Color:

Creamy to creamy gray with no internal reflections.

Help on RL Pleochroism: RL Pleochroism:

None.

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Standardized Intensity (100%) Reflection Spectra of Kalungaite in Air

λ R ∑ R(λ)
470 nm 47.50
546 nm 46.90
589 nm 46.80
650 nm 48.00

Standardized Intensity (100%) Reflection Spectra of Kalungaite in Oil

λ R ∑ R(λ)
470 nm 33.30
546 nm 32.60
589 nm 32.60
650 nm 34.00

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Calculated Properties of Kalungaite

Help on Electron Density: Electron Density:

Bulk Density (Electron Density)=6.60 gm/cc
note: Specific Gravity of Kalungaite =7.59 gm/cc.

Help on Fermion Index: Fermion Index:

Fermion Index = 0.11
Boson Index = 0.89

Help on Photoelectric: Photoelectric:

PEKalungaite = 154.28 barns/electron
U=PEKalungaite x rElectron Density=1,017.67 barns/cc.

Help on Radioactivity: Radioactivity:

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

Kalungaite Classification

Help on Dana Class: Dana Class:

02.12.03.16 (02)Sulfides - Including Selenides and Tellurides

(02.12)where Am Bn Xp, with (m+n):p=1:2

(02.12.03)Cobaltite Group (Cubic or pseudocubic crystals)

02.12.03.01 Cobaltite CoAsS P ca21 mm2

02.12.03.02 Gersdorffite NiAsS P 213 2 3

02.12.03.03 Ullmannite NiSbS P 213 2 3

02.12.03.04 Willyamite (Co,Ni)SbS P 213 2 3

02.12.03.05 Tolovkite IrSbS P 213 2 3

02.12.03.06 Platarsite (Pt,Rh,Ru)AsS P a3 2/m 3

02.12.03.07 Irarsite (Ir,Ru,Rh,Pt)AsS P a3 2/m 3

02.12.03.08 Hollingworthite (Rh,Pt,Pd)AsS P a3 2/m 3

02.12.03.09 Jolliffeite (Ni,Co)AsSe P a3 2/m 3

02.12.03.10 Padmaite PdBiSe P 213 2 3

02.12.03.11 Michenerite (Pd,Pt)BiTe P 213 2 3

02.12.03.12 Maslovite PtBiTe P 213 2 3

02.12.03.13 Testibiopalladite PdTe(Sb,Te) P 213 2 3

02.12.03.14 Changchengite! IrBiS P 213 2 3

02.12.03.15 Milotaite! PdSbSe P 21/3 2 3

02.12.03.16 Kalungaite! PdAsSe Pa3 2/m 3

Help on Strunz Class: Strunz Class:

02.EB.25 02 - SULFIDES and SULFOSALTS (sulfides, selenides, tellurides; arsenides, antimonides, bismuthides; sulfarsenites, sulf

02.E - Metal Sulfides, M:S � 1:2

02.EB -M:S = 1:2, with Fe, Co, Ni, PGE, etc.

02.EB.25 Cobaltite CoAsS P ca21 mm2

02.EB.25 Changchengite! IrBiS P 213 2 3

02.EB.25 Hollingworthite (Rh,Pt,Pd)AsS P a3 2/m 3

02.EB.25 Gersdorffite NiAsS P 213 2 3

02.EB.25 Irarsite (Ir,Ru,Rh,Pt)AsS P a3 2/m 3

02.EB.25 Jolliffeite (Ni,Co)AsSe P a3 2/m 3

02.EB.25 Krutovite NiAs2 P a3 2/m 3

02.EB.25 Michenerite (Pd,Pt)BiTe P 213 2 3

02.EB.25 Maslovite PtBiTe P 213 2 3

02.EB.25 Mayingite IrBiTe P a3 2/m 3

02.EB.25 Padmaite PdBiSe P 213 2 3

02.EB.25 Platarsite (Pt,Rh,Ru)AsS P a3 2/m 3

02.EB.25 Ullmannite NiSbS P 213 2 3

02.EB.25 Tolovkite IrSbS P 213 2 3

02.EB.25 Testibiopalladite PdTe(Sb,Te) P 213 2 3

02.EB.25 Willyamite (Co,Ni)SbS P 213 2 3

02.EB.25 Kalungaite! PdAsSe Pa3 2/m 3

02.EB.25 Milotaite! PdSbSe P 21/3 2 3

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Links to other databases for Kalungaite :
1 - Am. Min. Crystal Structure Database
2 - Athena
3 - GeoScienceWorld
4 - Google Images
5 - Google Scholar
6 - MinDAT
7 - Mineralienatlas (Deutsch)
8 - Online Mineral Museum
9 - QUT Mineral Atlas
10 - Ruff.Info

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Kalungaite

PdAsSe
Dana No: 02.12.03.16 Strunz No: 02.EB.25
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