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Kalungaite

Formula:
PdAsSe
System:IsometricColour:Lead-grey
Name:For the Kalunga people
This page provides mineralogical data about Kalungaite.

Classification of Kalungaite

IMA status:Approved 2004
Strunz 8th edition ID:2/D.18-55
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 gold mine, Cavalcante, Goiás, Central-West Region, Brazil
General Appearance of Type Material:platy anhedral aggregates, up to 0.2 mm across
Geological Setting of type material:foliation planes of a quartz-muscovite mylonite, related to a peraluminous granite
Associated Minerals at type locality:
StibiopalladiniteSperrylitePadmaiteGuanajuatiteGold
ClausthaliteChalcopyriteBohdanowiczite

Physical Properties of Kalungaite

Lustre:Metallic
Diaphaneity (Transparency):Opaque
Colour:Lead-grey
Streak:Black
Hardness (Vickers):VHN25=429 - 455 kg/mm2
Tenacity:Brittle
Cleavage:None Observed
Fracture:Irregular/Uneven
Density (calculated):7.59 g/cm3

Crystallography of Kalungaite

Crystal System:Isometric
Class (H-M):m3 (2/m 3) - Diploidal
Space Group:Pa3 (P21/a 3)
Cell Parameters:a = 6.089Å
Unit Cell Volume:V 225.78 ų
Z:4
X-Ray Powder Diffraction:
d-spacingIntensity
3.027 (75)
1.838 (100)
1.172 (95)
1.077 (80)
0.988 (70)
0.929 (90)
Comments:Format: d/Å (I/%) (hkl), data from type description

Optical Data of Kalungaite

Type:Isotropic
Reflectivity:
470 nmR=47.5%
546 nmR=46.9%
589 nmR=46.8%
650 nmR=48.0%


Graph shows reflectance levels at different wavelengths (in nm). Peak reflectance is 48.0%.
Colour in reflected light:Cream, creamy grey (adjacent to gold grains)
Internal Reflections:None

Chemical Properties of Kalungaite

Formula:
PdAsSe
Essential elements:
All elements listed in formula:As, Pd, Se
Analyical 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.-%
Empirical Formula:
Pd
 
1.006
(As
 
0.950
Sb
 
0.034
Bi
 
0.004
)
 
0.988
(Se
 
0.908
S
 
0.099
)
 
1.007
Common Impurities:Sb,Bi,S

Relationship of Kalungaite to other Species

Related Minerals - Nickel-Strunz Grouping):
2.EB.05Aurostibite
AuSb
 
2
2.EB.05Bambollaite
Cu(Se,Te)
 
2
2.EB.05Cattierite
CoS
 
2
2.EB.05Erlichmanite
OsS
 
2
2.EB.05Fukuchilite
Cu
 
3
FeS
 
8
2.EB.05Geversite
PtSb
 
2
2.EB.05Hauerite
MnS
 
2
2.EB.05Insizwaite
Pt(Bi,Sb)
 
2
2.EB.05Krut'aite
CuSe
 
2
2.EB.05Laurite
RuS
 
2
2.EB.05Penroseite
(Ni,Co,Cu)Se
 
2
2.EB.05Pyrite
FeS
 
2
2.EB.05Sperrylite
PtAs
 
2
2.EB.05Trogtalite
CoSe
 
2
2.EB.05Vaesite
NiS
 
2
2.EB.05Villamanínite
(Cu,Ni,Co,Fe)S
 
2
2.EB.05Dzharkenite
FeSe
 
2
2.EB.05Gaotaiite
Ir
 
3
Te
 
8
2.EB.10Ferroselite
FeSe
 
2
2.EB.10Frohbergite
FeTe
 
2
2.EB.10Hastite
CoSe
 
2
2.EB.10Kullerudite
NiSe
 
2
2.EB.10Marcasite
FeS
 
2
2.EB.10Mattagamite
CoTe
 
2
2.EB.15Alloclasite
(Co
 
0.65
Fe
 
0.35
)AsS - CoAsS
2.EB.15Anduoite
(Ru,Os)As
 
2
2.EB.15Clinosafflorite
(Co,Fe,Ni)As
 
2
2.EB.15Costibite
CoSbS
2.EB.15Krutovite
NiAs
 
2
2.EB.15Löllingite
FeAs
 
2
2.EB.15Nisbite
NiSb
 
2
2.EB.15Omeiite
(Os,Ru)As
 
2
2.EB.15Paracostibite
CoSbS
2.EB.15Pararammelsbergite
NiAs
 
2
2.EB.15Rammelsbergite
NiAs
 
2
2.EB.15Safflorite
(Co,Fe)As
 
2
2.EB.15Seinäjokite
(Fe,Ni)(Sb,As)
 
2
2.EB.15Oenite
CoSbAs
2.EB.20Arsenopyrite
FeAsS - (Fe
 
0.90
Co
 
0.10
)AsS
2.EB.20Glaucodot
(Fe
 
0.65
Co
 
0.35
)AsS - (Co
 
0.65
Fe
 
0.35
)AsS
2.EB.20Gudmundite
FeSbS
2.EB.20Osarsite
(Os,Ru)AsS
2.EB.20Paxite
CuAs
 
2
2.EB.20Ruarsite
(Ru,Os)AsS
2.EB.25Cobaltite
CoAsS
2.EB.25Gersdorffite
NiAsS
2.EB.25Hollingworthite
(Rh,Pt,Pd)AsS
2.EB.25Irarsite
(Ir,Ru,Rh,Pt)AsS
2.EB.25Jolliffeite
NiAsSe
2.EB.25Maslovite
PtBiTe
2.EB.25Michenerite
PdBiTe
2.EB.25Padmaite
PdBiSe
2.EB.25Platarsite
(Pt,Rh,Ru)AsS
2.EB.25Testibiopalladite
PdTe(Sb,Te)
2.EB.25Tolovkite
IrSbS
2.EB.25Ullmannite
NiSbS
2.EB.25Willyamite
(Co,Ni)SbS
2.EB.25Changchengite
IrBiS
2.EB.25Mayingite
IrBiTe
2.EB.25Hollingsworthite
2.EB.25Milotaite
PdSbSe
2.EB.30Urvantsevite
Pd(Bi,Pb)
 
2
2.EB.35Rheniite
ReS
 
2

Other Names for Kalungaite

Synonyms:
IMA2004-047
Russian names:
Калунгаит

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 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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    Localities for Kalungaite

    (TL) indicates type locality. ? indicates mineral may be doubtful at this locality. All other localities listed without reference should be considered as uncertain and unproven until references can be found.
    Brazil
     
    • Central-West Region
      • Goiás
        • Cavalcante
    		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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