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Abramovite

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Kudriavy (Kudryavyi) volcano, Iturup Island, Kuril Islands, Sakhalinskaya Oblast', Far-Eastern Region, Russia
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Formula:
Pb
 
2
SnInBiS
 
7
System:TriclinicColour:Silvery Black
Member of:Cylindrite Group
Name:For Russian mineralogist Dmitry Vadimovich Abramov
(1963–), of the Fersman Museum.


Cylindrite Group.

Classification of Abramovite

IMA status:Approved 2006
Nickel-Strunz 10th (pending) edition ID:2.HF.25a

2 : SULFIDES and SULFOSALTS (sulfides, selenides, tellurides; arsenides, antimonides, bismuthides; sulfarsenites, sulfantimonites, sulfbismuthites, etc.)
H : Sulfosalts of SnS archetype
F : With SnS and PbS archetype structure units
Dana 8th edition ID:3.1.3.3

3 : SULFOSALTS
1 : ø > 4
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Type Occurrence of Abramovite

Type Locality:Kudriavy (Kudryavyi) volcano, Iturup Island, Kuril Islands, Sakhalinskaya Oblast', Far-Eastern Region, Russia
General Appearance of Type Material:minute metallic aggregates, less than 1 mm across
Place of Conservation of Type Material:A.E. Fersman Mineralogical Museum, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow (catalog no. 3436/1).
Geological Setting of type material:Fumarole
Associated Minerals at type locality:
AnhydriteHaliteSylviteWurtziteGalena

Physical Properties of Abramovite

Lustre:Metallic
Diaphaneity (Transparency):Opaque
Colour:Silvery Black
Streak:Black
Cleavage:Perfect
{100}

Crystallography of Abramovite

Crystal System:Triclinic
Class (H-M):1 - Pinacoidal
Space Group:P1
Cell Parameters:a = 23.4(3) Å, b = 5.77(2) Å, c = 5.83(2) Å
α = 89.1°, β = 89.9°, γ = 91.5°
Ratio:a:b:c = 4.055 : 1 : 1.01
Unit Cell Volume:V 786.79 ų (Calculated from Unit Cell)
Morphology:pseudo-hexagonal, pseudo-tetragonal
X-Ray Powder Diffraction:
d-spacingIntensity
5.90(36)
3.90(100)
3.84(71)
3.166(26)
2.921(33)
2.902(16)
2.329(15)
2.186(18)

Chemical Properties of Abramovite

Formula:
Pb
 
2
SnInBiS
 
7
Essential elements:Bi, In, Pb, S, Sn
All elements listed in formula:Bi, In, Pb, S, Sn

Relationship of Abramovite to other Species

Member of:Cylindrite Group
Other Members of Group:

- +
Cylindrite
Pb
 
3
Sn
 
4
FeSb
 
2
S
 
14
Lévyclaudite
Pb
 
8
Sn
 
7
Cu
 
3
(Bi,Sb)
 
3
S
 
28
Related Minerals - Nickel-Strunz Grouping):

- +
2.HF.20Vrbaite
Tl
 
4
Hg
 
3
Sb
 
2
As
 
8
S
 
20
2.HF.25aCylindrite
Pb
 
3
Sn
 
4
FeSb
 
2
S
 
14
2.HF.25bFranckeite
Fe
2+
 
(Pb,Sn
2+
 
)
 
6
Sn
4+
2
Sb
 
2
S
 
14
2.HF.25bIncaite
(Pb,Ag)
 
4
Sn
 
4
FeSb
 
2
S
 
13
2.HF.25aLévyclaudite
Pb
 
8
Sn
 
7
Cu
 
3
(Bi,Sb)
 
3
S
 
28
2.HF.25bPotosíite
Pb
 
6
Sn
 
3
FeSb
 
3
S
 
16
2.HF.25bCoiraite
(Pb,Sn)
 
12.5
Sn
 
5
FeAs
 
3
S
 
28
2.HF.30Lengenbachite
(Ag,Cu)
 
2
Pb
 
6
As
 
4
S
 
13

Other Names for Abramovite

Synonyms:
IMA2006-016
Other Languages:
German:Abramovit

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 Abramovite

Reference List:

- +
M. A. Yudovskaya, N. V. Trybkin, E. V. Koporulina, D. I. Belakovsky, A. V. Mokhov, M. V. Kuznetsova & T. I. Golovanova, Abramovite, Pb2SnInBiS7, the new mineral from fumaroles of Kudryavy volcano (Kurily Islands), Proceedings of the Russian Mineralogical Society (ZRMO), 136(5), 37-43(2007).(American Mineralogist 94,1075 (2009)[abstract])

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    • Far-Eastern Region
      • Sakhalinskaya Oblast'
        • Kuril Islands
          • Iturup Island
    		Yudovskaya, M.A. et al (2007) Zapiski RMO, 136 (5),37-43.
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