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IMA 2008-058 = dantopaite

Posted by Marco E. Ciriotti  
avatar IMA 2008-058 = dantopaite
January 30, 2010 11:04AM
In the pipeline of the Canadian Mineralogist.

Reference:
• Makovicky, E., Paar, W.H., Putz, H., Zagler, G. (2010): Dantopaite, Ag5Bi13S22, the 6P natural member of the pavonite homologous series, from Erwies, Austria. Canadian Mineralogist, 48, (in press).
Re: IMA 2008-058 = dantopaite
June 27, 2010 01:36PM
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Updated.
avatar Re: IMA 2008-058 = dantopaite
July 28, 2010 08:23PM
Reference:
• Makovicky, E., Paar, W.H., Putz, H., Zagler, G. (2010): Dantopaite, Ag5Bi13S22, the 6P natural member of the pavonite homologous series, from Erwies, Austria. Canadian Mineralogist, 48, 467-481.

Abstract:
Dantopaite, Ag5Bi13S22, is the 6P natural member of the pavonite homologous series. It is a very rare mineral in a quartz vein hosted by Variscan metagranitoids at the abandoned mining district at Erzwies, Gasteiner Valley, province of Salzburg, Austria. The associated sulfosalts are lillianite–gustavite, heyrovskyite, eskimoite, vikingite, ourayite, bismuthinite, krupkaite, benjaminite, pavonite, and cosalite. Traces of pyrite, tetradymite and native gold also are present. The new species occurs as isolated grains intimately intergrown with pavonite or benjaminite or both. The grain size does not exceed 250–300 µm. Dantopaite has a greyish white color and is opaque. It has a metallic luster and a grey streak. Its hardness (VHN50) is ~190 kg/mm2 (3 on the Mohs scale). In plane-polarized light, and compared to galena, it is weakly bireflectant, and distinctly pleochroic in shades of grey. The anisotropy is distinct in air and oil, and the rotation tints change from greyish blue to brownish grey. The reflectances (in air) are tabulated. The average result of electron-microprobe analysis is: Cu 1.68, Ag 11.56, Pb 4.64, Bi 63.82, Te 0.34, S 17.52, total 99.57 wt.%, which gives Cu1.06Ag4.24, Pb0.9Bi12.23S21.89Te0.11. The ideal formula is Ag5Bi13S22. Dantopaite is monoclinic with a 13.380(3), b 4.0492(9), c 18.690(4) Å, V 975.8(4) Å3, space group C2/m and Z = 1. The calculated density is 6.74 g/cm3. The strongest eight lines in the (calculated) powder-diffraction pattern [d in Å(I)(hkl)] are: 3.578(58)(205), 3.452(90)(112), 3.331(36)(401), 3.301(40)(204), 2.861(100)(313), 2.225(24)(117), 2.025(25)(020) and 2.013(24)(512). The crystal structure, based on 1051 observed reflections (R1 = 7.3%), is that of N = 6 pavonite homologue, consisting of thick slabs with a width of six octahedra on a diagonal, in alternation with thin slabs composed of foreshortened octahedra and pairs of Bi coordination pyramids. The central columns of the thin structural slabs are populated by octahedrally coordinated Ag sites and tetrahedrally coordinated Cu1 and Cu2 sites; all of them are only partly occupied. In the thick slabs, with distorted octahedral bismuth sites, silver partly replaces bismuth in the centrally placed octahedra. The name honors Dr. Dan Topa (University of Salzburg), ore mineralogist and crystallographer.
Re: IMA 2008-058 = dantopaite
September 01, 2010 08:54AM
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The beta angle was missing in the both printed and PDF versions of the abstract. It is 105.494(4)°.
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