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Kotulskite

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Key West Mine, Whitney Pocket Basin, Bunkerville District, Clark Co., Nevada, USA
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Formula:
Pd(Te,Bi)
 
1-2
System:HexagonalLustre:Metallic
Hardness:4 - 4½
This page provides mineralogical data about Kotulskite.

Classification of Kotulskite

IMA status:Approved
Strunz 8th edition ID:2/C.20-80
Nickel-Strunz 10th (pending) edition ID:2.CC.05

2 : SULFIDES and SULFOSALTS (sulfides, selenides, tellurides; arsenides, antimonides, bismuthides; sulfarsenites, sulfantimonites, sulfbismuthites, etc.)
C : Metal Sulfides, M: S = 1: 1 (and similar)
C : With Ni, Fe, Co, PGE, etc.
Hey's CIM Ref.:3.12.21

3 : Sulphides, Selenides, Tellurides, Arsenides and Bismuthides (except the arsenides, antimonides and bismuthides of Cu, Ag and Au, which are included in Section 1)
12 : Sulphides etc. of the platinum metals
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Type Occurrence of Kotulskite

Type Locality:Monchegorsk Cu-Ni Deposit, Monchegorsk, Monche-Tundra, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast', Northern Region, Russia
Year of Discovery:1963

Physical Properties of Kotulskite

Lustre:Metallic
Hardness (Mohs):4 - 4½

Crystallography of Kotulskite

Crystal System:Hexagonal
Cell Parameters:a = 4.15Å, c = 5.67Å
Ratio:a:c = 1 : 1.366
Unit Cell Volume:V 84.57 ų (Calculated from Unit Cell)

Chemical Properties of Kotulskite

Formula:
Pd(Te,Bi)
 
1-2
Essential elements:Pd, Te
All elements listed in formula:Bi, Pd, Te
Common Impurities:Pt

Relationship of Kotulskite to other Species

Related Minerals - Nickel-Strunz Grouping):
2.CC.05Achavalite
FeSe
2.CC.05Breithauptite
NiSb
2.CC.05Freboldite
CoSe
2.CC.05Hexatestibiopanickelite
Ni(Te,Sb)
2.CC.05Langisite
(Co,Ni)As ratio Co:Ni = 5:1
2.CC.05Nickeline
NiAs
2.CC.05Sederholmite
NiSe Beta-NiSe
2.CC.05Sobolevskite
PdBi
2.CC.05Stumpflite
Pt(Sb,Bi)
2.CC.05Sudburyite
(Pd,Ni)Sb
2.CC.05Jaipurite
CoS
2.CC.05Zlatogorite
NiCuSb
 
2
2.CC.05Vavřínite
Ni
 
2
SbTe
 
2
2.CC.10Pyrrhotite
Fe
 
0.83-1
S
2.CC.10Smythite
(Fe,Ni)
 
9
S
 
11
2.CC.10Troilite
FeS
2.CC.15Cherepanovite
RhAs
2.CC.15Modderite
(Co,Fe)As
2.CC.15Ruthenarsenite
(Ru,Ni)As
2.CC.15Westerveldite
(Fe,Ni,Co)As
2.CC.20Millerite
NiS
2.CC.20Mäkinenite
γ-NiSe
2.CC.25Mackinawite
(Fe,Ni)
 
9
S
 
8
2.CC.30Braggite
(Pt,Pd,Ni)S
2.CC.30Cooperite
(Pt,Pd,Ni)S
2.CC.30Vysotskite
(Pd,Ni)S
Related Minerals - Hey's Index Grouping:
3.12.1Seinäjokite
(Fe,Ni)(Sb,As)
 
2
3.12.2Laurite
RuS
 
2
3.12.3Ruthenarsenite
(Ru,Ni)As
3.12.4Anduoite
(Ru,Os)As
 
2
3.12.5Ruarsite
(Ru,Os)AsS
3.12.6Xingzhongite
(Pb,Cu,Fe)(Ir,Pt,Rh)
 
2
S
 
4
3.12.7Rhodplumsite
Rh
 
3
Pb
 
2
S
 
2
3.12.8Cuprorhodsite
(Cu,Fe)Rh
 
2
S
 
4
3.12.9Konderite
Cu
 
3
Pb(Rh,Pt,Ir)
 
8
S
 
16
3.12.10Bowieite
(Rh,Ir,Pt)
 
2
S
 
3
3.12.11Cherepanovite
RhAs
3.12.12Hollingworthite
(Rh,Pt,Pd)AsS
3.12.13Vysotskite
(Pd,Ni)S
3.12.14Vasilite
(Pd,Cu)
 
16
(S,Te)
 
7
3.12.15Palladseite
Pd
 
17
Se
 
15
3.12.16Oosterboschite
(Pd,Cu)
 
7
Se
 
5
3.12.17Telluropalladinite
Pd
 
9
Te
 
4
3.12.18Temagamite
Pd
 
3
HgTe
 
3
3.12.19Sopcheite
Ag
 
4
Pd
 
3
Te
 
4
3.12.20Michenerite
PdBiTe
3.12.22Telargpalite
(Pd,Ag)
 
3
(Te,Bi)
3.12.23Merenskyite
(Pd,Pt)(Te,Bi)
 
2
3.12.24Palladoarsenide
Pd
 
2
As
3.12.25Stillwaterite
Pd
 
8
As
 
3
3.12.26Atheneite
(Pd,Hg)
 
3
As
3.12.27Majakite
PdNiAs
3.12.28Palarstanide
Pd
 
8
(As,Sn)
 
3
3.12.29Arsenopalladinite
Pd
 
8
(As,Sb)
 
3
3.12.30Vincentite
Pd
 
3
As
3.12.31Palladobismutharsenide
Pd
 
2
(As,Bi)
3.12.32Stibiopalladinite
Pd
 
5
Sb
 
2
3.12.33Hexatestibiopanickelite
Ni(Te,Sb)
3.12.34Sudburyite
(Pd,Ni)Sb
3.12.35Testibiopalladite
PdTe(Sb,Te)
3.12.36Borovskite
Pd
 
3
SbTe
 
4
3.12.37Isomertieite
Pd
 
11
Sb
 
2
As
 
2
3.12.38Mertieite-I
Pd
 
11
(Sb,As)
 
4
3.12.39Mertieite-II
Pd
 
8
(Sb,As)
 
3
3.12.40Sobolevskite
PdBi
3.12.41Froodite
α-PdBi
 
2
3.12.42Polarite
Pd(Bi,Pb)
3.12.43Urvantsevite
Pd(Bi,Pb)
 
2
3.12.44Cooperite
(Pt,Pd,Ni)S
3.12.45Braggite
(Pt,Pd,Ni)S
3.12.46Kharaelakhite
(Pt,Cu,Pb,Fe,Ni)
 
9
S
 
8
3.12.47Malanite
Cu(Pt
3+
 
,Ir
3+
 
)
 
2
S
 
4
3.12.48Moncheite
(Pt,Pd)(Te,Bi)
 
2
3.12.49Maslovite
PtBiTe
3.12.50Sperrylite
PtAs
 
2
3.12.51Platarsite
(Pt,Rh,Ru)AsS
3.12.52Geversite
PtSb
 
2
3.12.53Daomanite
CuPtAsS
 
2
3.12.54Genkinite
(Pt,Pd,Rh)
 
4
Sb
 
3
3.12.55Stumpflite
Pt(Sb,Bi)
3.12.56Insizwaite
Pt(Bi,Sb)
 
2
3.12.57Erlichmanite
OsS
 
2
3.12.58Omeiite
(Os,Ru)As
 
2
3.12.59Osarsite
(Os,Ru)AsS
3.12.60Kashinite
(Ir,Rh)
 
2
S
 
3
3.12.61Inaglyite
Cu
 
3
Pb(Ir,Pt)
 
8
S
 
16
3.12.62Cuproiridsite
(Cu,Fe)Ir
 
2
S
 
4
3.12.63Iridarsenite
(Ir,Ru)As
 
2
3.12.64Irarsite
(Ir,Ru,Rh,Pt)AsS
3.12.65Tolovkite
IrSbS

Other Names for Kotulskite

Synonyms:
Yanzhongite
German names:
KotulskitYanzhongit
Russian names:
Котульскит
Spanish names:
KotulskitaYanzhongita

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 Kotulskite

Reference List:American Mineralogist (1963): 48: 1181.

Zapiski Vserossiyskogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva: 92: 33-50.

Zapiski Vserossiyskogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva: 104: 568-579.

Economic Geology (1976): 71: 1159.

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    Localities for Kotulskite

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    Canada
     
    • Ontario
      • Thunder Bay District
    		Dana's New Mineralogy
          • Roby Zone
    • Yukon Territory
      • Whitehorse Mining District
        • Kluane District
    		No reference listed
    China
     
    • Gansu (Ganzu) Province
      • Jinchang Prefecture
        • Jinchuan District
    		Yang, X.-Z., Ishihara, S., and Zhao, D.-H. (2006): Mineralogy and Petrology 86 (1/2), 109-128.
    • Hebei Province
      • Chengde Prefecture
        • Fengning Co.
    		Yu Zuxiang, Lin Shujen, Chao Pao, Fang Chingsung, and Huang Chishun (1974): Acta Geologica Sinica 48(2), 202-218.
    • Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region
      • Hohhot (Huhehaote) League
        • Wuchuan Co.
    		Chen Keqiao, Yang Huifang, Ma Letian, and Peng Zhizhong (1981): Dizhi Lunping [Geological Review] 27(2), 108-115.
    Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaïre)
     
    • Katanga (Shaba)
      • Katanga Copper Crescent
        • Central area
          • Shinkolobwe
    		www.ulb.ac.be/sciences/katangapgm/CAP.pdf.
    Finland
     
    • Lapin (Lapland) Lääni
      • Koillismaa Complex
      • Portimo complex
      • Sodankylä
    No reference listed
    Morocco
     
    • Souss-Massa-Draâ Region
      • Ouarzazate Province
        • Tazenakht
          • Bou Azzer District
            • Bleida
    		http://www.ingentaconnect.com/search/article?title=bleida&title_type=tka&year_from=1998&year_to=2008&database=1&pageSize=20&index=1
    Russia
     
    • Eastern-Siberian Region
      • Krasnoyarsk Territory (Krasnoyarsk Kray; Krasnoyarskii Krai)
        • Taimyr Autonomous Region (Taymyrskiy Okrug)
          • Taimyr Peninsula
            • Putoran Plateau
              • Noril'sk
    		Anthony, Bideaux, Bladh, Nichols: "Handbook of Mineralogy", Vol. 1, 1990
                • Talnakh Cu-Ni Deposit
      • Tuva Republic
        • Sayan Mts
    		No reference listed
    • Far-Eastern Region
      • Amurskaya Oblast'
    		Stepanov, V.A., Rogulina, L.I., Melnikov, A.V., and Yusupov, D.V. (2007): Geology of Ore Deposits 49(7), 619-623.
    • Northern Region
      • Karelia Republic
        • Oulanka plutonic complex
          • Olanga (Oulanka) River
            • Lukkulaisvaara ultrabasic Massif (Lukkulaisvaara pluton; Lukkulaisvaara layered intrusion)
    		Can Min (2002) 40, (2), 679-692
      • Murmanskaja Oblast'
        • Kola Peninsula
          • Monche-Tundra
    		http://www.duke.edu/~boudreau/9thPtSymposium/Grokhovskaya_Abstract.pdf
            • Monchegorsk
    		No reference listed
    Anthony, Bideaux, Bladh, Nichols: "Handbook of Mineralogy", Vol. 1, 1990
    http://www4.geology.utoronto.ca/faculty/mungall/Website/igcp479northasia/dp803.html.
    South Africa
     
    • Limpopo Province
    		www.bgr.de/b423/oberthuer_ptconf_pgm_bushveld.pdf.
    Bart Cannon, personal communication
    • Northwest Province
      • Western Bushveld Complex
        • Rustenburg District
    		Minerals of South Africa
    Sweden
     
    • Lappland
      • Kiruna
        • Vittangi
    		No reference listed
    USA
     
    • Alaska
      • Prince of Wales-Outer Ketchikan Borough
        • Prince of Wales Island
    • Montana
      • Stillwater Co.
    		No reference listed
    • Nevada
      • Clark Co.
        • Bunkerville District
          • Whitney Pocket Basin
    		Rocks & Minerals, Nov. 1999.
    • Wyoming
      • Albany Co.
        • New Rambler District
    		www.cannonmicroprobe.com/Mineral_Specimens.htm ; R.R. Loucks, M.E. McCallum (1980) Platinum-group minerals in the New Rambler copper-nickel deposit, Wyoming: A preliminary report. ft Sulphosalts, Platinum Minerals and Ore Microscopy, 200-218. Proc. XI IMA Meet., Novosibirsk.(Am Min 74:1217)
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