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Nevskite

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Falu mine, Falun, Dalarna, Sweden
© Pavel M. Kartashov

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Formula:
Bi(Se,S)
System:TrigonalHardness:3
This page provides mineralogical data about Nevskite.

Classification of Nevskite

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

2 : SULFIDES and SULFOSALTS (sulfides, selenides, tellurides; arsenides, antimonides, bismuthides; sulfarsenites, sulfantimonites, sulfbismuthites, etc.)
D : Metal Sulfides, M: S = 3 :4 and 2:3
C : Variable M:S
Dana 8th edition ID:2.8.20.3

2 : SULFIDES
8 : AmXp, with m:p = 1:1
Hey's CIM Ref.:3.7.18

3 : Sulphides, Selenides, Tellurides, Arsenides and Bismuthides (except the arsenides, antimonides and bismuthides of Cu, Ag and Au, which are included in Section 1)
7 : Sulphides etc. of V, As, Sb and Bi
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Type Occurrence of Nevskite

Type Locality:Nevskoye (Nevskoje) W-Sn Deposit, Omsukchan, Magadanskaya Oblast', Far-Eastern Region, Russia
Year of Discovery:1984

Physical Properties of Nevskite

Hardness (Mohs):3

Crystallography of Nevskite

Crystal System:Trigonal
Cell Parameters:a = 4.19Å, c = 22.8Å
Ratio:a:c = 1 : 5.442
Unit Cell Volume:V 346.65 ų (Calculated from Unit Cell)

Chemical Properties of Nevskite

Formula:
Bi(Se,S)
Essential elements:Bi, Se
All elements listed in formula:Bi, S, Se
Common Impurities:Pb,Ag

Relationship of Nevskite to other Species

Related Minerals - Nickel-Strunz Grouping):
2.DC.05Hedleyite
Bi
 
7
Te
 
3
2.DC.05Ikunolite
Bi
 
4
(S,Se)
 
3
2.DC.05Ingodite
Bi
 
2
TeS
2.DC.05Joséite-B
Bi
 
4
Te
 
2
S
2.DC.05Kawazulite
Bi
 
2
Te
 
2
Se
2.DC.05Laitakarite
Bi
 
4
Se
 
2
S
2.DC.05Paraguanajuatite
Bi
 
2
(Se,S)
 
3
2.DC.05Pilsenite
Bi
 
4
Te
 
3
2.DC.05Platynite
2.DC.05Skippenite
Bi
 
2
TeSe
 
2
2.DC.05Sulphotsumoite
Bi
 
3
Te
 
2
S
2.DC.05Tellurantimony
Sb
 
2
Te
 
3
2.DC.05Tellurobismuthite
Bi
 
2
Te
 
3
2.DC.05Tetradymite
Bi
 
2
Te
 
2
S
2.DC.05Tsumoite
BiTe
2.DC.05Baksanite
Bi
 
6
Te
 
2
S
 
3
2.DC.05Joséite-C
Bi
 
16
Te
 
3
S
 
9
2.DC.05Protojoséite
Bi
 
4
TeS
 
2
2.DC.05Sztrókayite
Bi
 
3
TeS
 
2
2.DC.05Vihorlatite
Bi
 
8+x
(Se,Te,S)
 
11-x
2.DC.05Telluronevskite
Bi
 
3
TeSe
 
2
2.DC.05UM1983-09
PbBi
 
3
S
 
2
Te
Related Minerals - Hey's Index Grouping:
3.7.1Patrónite
VS
 
4
3.7.2Duranusite
As
 
4
S
3.7.3Dimorphite
As
 
4
S
 
3
3.7.4Realgar
As
 
4
S
 
4
3.7.5Pararealgar
As
 
4
S
 
4
3.7.6Alacránite
As
 
8
S
 
9
3.7.7Uzonite
As
 
4
S
 
5
3.7.8Orpiment
As
 
2
S
 
3
3.7.9Jeromite
3.7.10Laphamite
As
 
2
(S,Se)
 
3
3.7.11Getchellite
AsSbS
 
3
3.7.12Wakabayashilite
[(As,Sb)
 
6
S
 
9
][As
 
4
S
 
5
]
3.7.13Pääkkönenite
Sb
 
2
AsS
 
2
3.7.14Stibnite
Sb
 
2
S
 
3
3.7.15Metastibnite
Sb
 
2
S
 
3
3.7.16Tellurantimony
Sb
 
2
Te
 
3
3.7.17Bismuthinite
Bi
 
2
S
 
3
3.7.19Guanajuatite
Bi
 
2
(Se,S)
 
3
3.7.21Ikunolite
Bi
 
4
(S,Se)
 
3
3.7.22Laitakarite
Bi
 
4
Se
 
2
S
3.7.23Poubaite
PbBi
 
2
(Se,Te,S)
 
4
3.7.24Tellurobismuthite
Bi
 
2
Te
 
3
3.7.25Součekite
PbCuBi(S,Se)
 
3
3.7.26Tsumoite
BiTe
3.7.27Pilsenite
Bi
 
4
Te
 
3
3.7.28Hedleyite
Bi
 
7
Te
 
3
3.7.29Tetradymite
Bi
 
2
Te
 
2
S
3.7.30Joséite
Bi
 
4
TeS
 
2
3.7.31Joséite-B
Bi
 
4
Te
 
2
S
3.7.32Ingodite
Bi
 
2
TeS
3.7.33Sulphotsumoite
Bi
 
3
Te
 
2
S
3.7.34Kawazulite
Bi
 
2
Te
 
2
Se
3.7.36Skippenite
Bi
 
2
TeSe
 
2
3.7.37Kochkarite
PbBi
 
4
Te
 
7
3.7.38Rucklidgeite
(Bi,Pb)
 
3
Te
 
4
3.7.39Aleksite
PbBi
 
2
Te
 
2
S
 
2
3.7.40Junoite
Cu
 
2
Pb
 
3
Bi
 
8
(S,Se)
 
16

Other Names for Nevskite

Synonyms:
IMA1983-026
German names:
Nevskit
Russian names:
Невскит
Spanish names:
Nevskita

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 Nevskite

Reference List:American Mineralogist (1985): 70: 875.

Zapiski Vserossiyskogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva: 113: 351-355.

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    • Saxony
      • Erzgebirge
    		Forster HJ, Tischendorf G, Rhede D "Mineralogy of the Niederschlema-Alberoda U-Se- polymetallic deposit, Erzgebirge, Germany. v. watkinsonite, nevskite, bohdanowiczite and other bismuth minerals" CANADIAN MINERALOGIST 43: 899-908 Part 3 JUN 2005
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    • Far-Eastern Region
      • Magadanskaya Oblast'
        • Omsukchan
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    • Dalarna
      • Falun
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