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Lévyclaudite

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Collectors Summary

Color grau-met.
Streak color schwarz
Hardness (Mohs) 2.50 - 3.00
Cleavages vollkommen {100}
Crystal System monoklin,

Chemism

Chemical formula

Pb8Sn7Cu3(Bi,Sb)3S28

Chemical composition

Antimon, Bismut, Blei, Kupfer, Zinn, Schwefel

Unit weight: 4138.6537345 u; Number of atoms in the formula: 49

Info

Empirical formula:

Pb8Sn7Cu3(Bi0.75Sb0.25)3S28

Element

Symbol

Weight%

Atoms

Atoms%

Atom weight (u)

Sum weight (u)
Sulfur

S

21.69

28

57.14

32.0655000

897.8340000
Copper

Cu

4.61

3

6.12

63.5463000

190.6389000
Tin

Sn

20.08

7

14.29

118.7107000

830.9749000
Antimony

Sb

2.21

0.75

1.53

121.7601000

91.3200750
Lead

Pb

40.05

8

16.33

207.2100000

1,657.6800000
Bismuth

Bi

11.36

2.25

4.59

208.9803820

470.2058595

Analysis wt%

Ø Pb : 40.24, Sn : 18.88, Cu : 4.38, Bi : 12.16, Sb : 1.95, S : 21.40 (Ref: European Journal of Mineralogy 90)

Strunz 9th edition incl. updates

2.HF.25

2: Sulfide und Sulfosalze (Sulfide, Selenide, Telluride, Arsenide, Antimonide, Bismutide, Sulfoarsenide, Sulfoantimonide, Sulfobismuthide)
H: Sulfosalze mit SnS als Vorbild
F: Mit SnS und PbS archetyp strukturellen Einheiten
25:Kylindrit-Gruppe

Lapis Classification

II/C.17-055

II: SULFIDE UND SULFOSALZE (Sulfide, Selenide, Telluride, Arsenide, Antimonide, Bismutide)
C: Sulfide mit Metall : S,Se,Te ~ 1:1

Classification by Hölzel

2.GB.420

2: SULFIDES
G: SnS Archetype
B: With Cu,Ag,Fe and Pb
4: Cylindrite Franckeite-Group

Dana 8th edition

03.01.03.01

03: Sulfides - Sulfosalts
01: Sulfides - Sulfosalts where z/y > 4 - (A+)i (A++)j [By Cz], A=metals, B=semi-metals, C=non-metals

IMA status

Anerkannt von der CNMNC

Mineral status

anerkanntes Mineral

IMA Classification

IMA Classification

 Cylindrite group

Optical Properties

Color

grau-met.

Streak color

schwarz

Crystallography

Crystal System

monoklin

Cell parameters a (Å)

11.84 -

Cell parameters b (Å)

5.825 -

Cell parameters c (Å)

5.831 -

Cell parameters α

90°

Cell parameters β

92.60

Cell parameters γ

90°

Z

0.

Volume (ų)

401.738

X-Ray Powder Diffraction

4.06(30),
3.93(100),
3.17(20),
3.08(10),
2.95(20),
2.92(100),
2.82(30),
2.068(30)
XRD chart Lévyclaudite

Calculated from d-spacing and intensity at 0.1541838 nm (Cu)

Physical Properties

Hardness (Mohs)

2.50 - 3.00

VHN (Hardness Vickers)

72 (15g)

Density (g/cm³)

6.04 (berechnet)

Cleavages

vollkommen {100}

(Co-)Type locality

(Co-)Type locality

Griechenland/Ostmakedonien und Thrakien, Region/Evros, Regionalbezirk/Kirki Minen/Agios Philippos Mine

Preface

Author (Name, Year)

Moëlo & Makovicky & Karup-Møller & Cervelle & Maurel, 1990

References

European Journal of Mineralogy 2 (1990), 711

IMA group assignments

 
Cylindrite group
 
 
 

 
 
Abramovite
Pb2SnInBiS7
triklin
P1

 
 
Cannizzarite
Pb48Bi56(S124Se8)
monoklin
P21/m

 
 
Coiraite
(Pb,Sn)12.5Sn5FeAs3S28
monoklin
 

 
 
Cylindrite
Pb3Sn4FeSb2S14
triklin
 

 
 
Franckeite
Pb21.7Sn9.3Fe4.0Sb8.1S56.9
triklin
C1

 
 
Lévyclaudite
Pb8Sn7Cu3(Bi,Sb)3S28
monoklin
 

 
 
Merelaniite
Mo4Pb4VSbS15
triklin
C1, C1

 
 
Ramosite
Pb25.7Sn8.3Mn3.4Sb6.4S56.2
monoklin
C2/m (Q-slab), P21 (H-slab)

 
 
Wittite ?
Pb8Bi10(S,Se)23
monoklin
P2/m

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CNMNC (IMA)-Number

IMA 1989-034

CNMNC symbol

Symbol

Lvc

IDs

GUSID (Global unique identifier short form) I6CAunxGfUOR0pjFU30DIA
GUID (Global unique identifier) BA80A023-467C-437D-91D2-98C5537D0320
Database ID 2198