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Is River, Isovsky District, Ekaterinburgskaya (Sverdlovskaya) Oblast', Middle Urals, Urals Region, Russia
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Formula:
Fe
 
3
Si
System:IsometricHardness:5
This page provides mineralogical data about Gupeiite.

Classification of Gupeiite

IMA status:Approved
Strunz 8th edition ID:1/A.12-30
Nickel-Strunz 10th (pending) edition ID:1.BB.30

1 : ELEMENTS (Metals and intermetallic alloys; metalloids and nonmetals; carbides, silicides, nitrides, phosphides)
B : Metallic Carbides, Silicides, Nitrides and Phosphides
B : Silicides
Dana 7th edition ID:1.1.33.5
Dana 8th edition ID:1.1.23.2

1 : NATIVE ELEMENTS AND ALLOYS
1 : Metals, other than the Platinum Group
Hey's CIM Ref.:2.7

2 : Carbides, Nitrides, Silicides and Phosphides
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Type Occurrence of Gupeiite

Type Locality:Yanshan meteorite, Yan Mts (Yan Shan), Chengde Prefecture, Hebei Province, China
Year of Discovery:1984

Physical Properties of Gupeiite

Hardness (Mohs):5

Crystallography of Gupeiite

Crystal System:Isometric
Cell Parameters:a = 5.67Å
Unit Cell Volume:V 182.28 ų (Calculated from Unit Cell)

Optical Data of Gupeiite

Type:Isotropic

Chemical Properties of Gupeiite

Formula:
Fe
 
3
Si
Essential elements:Fe, Si
All elements listed in formula:Fe, Si

Relationship of Gupeiite to other Species

Related Minerals - Nickel-Strunz Grouping):

- +
1.BB.Zangboite
TiFeSi
 
2
1.BB.05Suessite
(Fe,Ni)
 
3
Si
1.BB.05Mavlyanovite
Mn
 
5
Si
 
3
1.BB.10UM2001-18-Si:CuPtSn
(Cu,Pt)
 
4
Si
1.BB.10Perryite
(Ni,Fe)
 
5
(Si,P)
 
2
1.BB.15Fersilicite
FeSi
1.BB.15Naquite
FeSi
1.BB.20Ferdisilicite
FeSi
 
2
1.BB.20Linzhiite
FeSi
 
2
1.BB.25Luobusaite
Fe
 
0.84
Si
 
2
1.BB.35Hapkeite
Fe
 
2
Si
1.BB.40Xifengite
Fe
 
5
Si
 
3
Related Minerals - Hey's Index Grouping:

- +
2.1Moissanite
SiC
2.2Sinoite
Si
 
2
N
 
2
O
2.3Osbornite
TiN
2.4Tongbaite
Cr
 
3
C
 
2
2.5Carlsbergite
CrN
2.6Siderazot
Fe
 
5
N
 
2
2.8Xifengite
Fe
 
5
Si
 
3
2.9Khamrabaevite
(Ti,V,Fe)C
2.10Haxonite
(Fe,Ni)
 
23
C
 
6
2.11Cohenite
(Fe,Ni,Co)
 
3
C
2.12Roaldite
(Fe,Ni)
 
4
N
2.13Suessite
(Fe,Ni)
 
3
Si
2.14Schreibersite
(Fe,Ni)
 
3
P
2.15Barringerite
(Fe,Ni)
 
2
P
2.16Perryite
(Ni,Fe)
 
5
(Si,P)
 
2
Related Minerals - Dana Grouping):

- +
1.1.33.1Suessite
(Fe,Ni)
 
3
Si
1.1.33.2Fersilicite
FeSi
1.1.33.3Ferdisilicite
FeSi
 
2
1.1.33.4Xifengite
Fe
 
5
Si
 
3

Other Names for Gupeiite

Synonyms:
IMA1983-087
Other Languages:
German:Gupeiit
Simplified Chinese:古北矿
Spanish:Gupeiita

Other Information

Health Warning:No information on health risks for this material has been entered into the database. You should always treat mineral specimens with care.

References for Gupeiite

Reference List:

- +
Yu Zuxiang (1984): Two new minerals gupeiite and xifengite in cosmic dusts from Yanshan. Acta Petrologica Mineralogica et Analytica 3(3), 231-238. - American Mineralogist (), 71, 228 (abstract).

Chemical Abstracts: 103.

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    • Hebei Province
      • Chengde Prefecture
        • Yan Mts (Yan Shan)
    		Acta Petrologica Minineralogica Analytica (1984) 3, 231-238
    Russia
     
    • Urals Region
      • Middle Urals
        • Ekaterinburgskaya (Sverdlovskaya) Oblast'
          • Isovsky District
    		P.M. Kartashov data
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