Classification of Kalungaite |
| IMA status: | Approved 2004 |
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| Strunz 8th edition ID: | 2/D.18-55
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| Nickel-Strunz 10th (pending) edition ID: | 2.EB.25
2 : SULFIDES and SULFOSALTS (sulfides, selenides, tellurides; arsenides, antimonides, bismuthides; sulfarsenites, sulfantimonites, sulfbismuthites, etc.) E : Metal Sulfides, M: S <= 1:2 B : M:S = 1:2, with Fe, Co, Ni, PGE, etc. |
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Type Occurrence of Kalungaite |
| Type Locality: | Buraco do Ouro mine, Cavalcante, Goiás, Central-West Region, Brazil |
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| General Appearance of Type Material: | platy anhedral aggregates, up to 0.2 mm across |
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| Geological Setting of type material: | foliation planes of a quartz-muscovite mylonite, related to a peraluminous granite |
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| Associated Minerals at type locality: | |
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Physical Properties of Kalungaite |
| Lustre: | Metallic |
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| Diaphaneity (Transparency): | Opaque |
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| Colour: | Lead-grey |
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| Streak: | Black |
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| Hardness (Vickers): | VHN25=429 - 455 kg/mm2 |
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| Tenacity: | Brittle |
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| Cleavage: | None Observed |
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| Fracture: | Irregular/Uneven |
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| Density (calculated): | 7.59 g/cm3 |
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Crystallography of Kalungaite |
| Crystal System: | Isometric |
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| Class (H-M): | m3 (2/m 3) - Diploidal |
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| Space Group: | Pa3 {P21/a 3} |
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| Cell Parameters: | a = 6.089Å
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| Unit Cell Volume: | V 225.78 ų |
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| Z: | 4 |
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| X-Ray Powder Diffraction: | | d-spacing | | Intensity | | 3.027 | | (75) | | 1.838 | | (100) | | 1.172 | | (95) | | 1.077 | | (80) | | 0.988 | | (70) | | 0.929 | | (90) |
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| Comments: | Format: d/Å (I/%) (hkl), data from type description |
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Optical Data of Kalungaite |
| Type: | Isotropic |
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| Reflectivity: | | 470 nm | R=47.5% | | 546 nm | R=46.9% | | 589 nm | R=46.8% | | 650 nm | R=48.0% |
Graph shows reflectance levels at different wavelengths (in nm). Peak reflectance is 48.0%. |
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| Colour in reflected light: | Cream, creamy grey (adjacent to gold grains) |
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| Internal Reflections: | None |
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Chemical Properties of Kalungaite |
| Formula: | |
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| All elements listed in formula: | As, Pd, Se |
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| Analytical Data: | Average values out of eight electron-microprobe analyses
Pd (41.32)
As (27.49)
Bi (0.35)
Sb (1.59)
Se (27.67)
S (1.22)
total 99.64 wt.-% |
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| Empirical Formula: | |
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| Common Impurities: | Sb,Bi,S |
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Relationship of Kalungaite to other Species |
Related Minerals - Nickel-Strunz Grouping):
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Other Names for Kalungaite |
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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. |
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References for Kalungaite |
| Reference List: | - Foecker, A.J. & Jeitschko, W. (2001): "The atomic order of the pnicogen and chalcogen atoms in equiatomic ternary compounds TPnCh (T=Ni, Pd; Pn=P, As, Sb; Ch=S, Se, Te)", Journal of Solid State Chemistry 162, 69-78
- Botelho, N.F., Moura, M.A., Peterson, R.C., Stanley, C.J., Silva, D.V.G. (2006): "Kalungaite, PdAsSe, a new platinum-group mineral from the Buraco do Ouro gold mine, Cavalcante, Goiás State, Brazil", Mineralogical Magazine, 70, 123-130 |
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