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Ferroskutterudite

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Formula:
(Fe,Co)As
 
3
System:Isometric


Skutterudite Group. The iron analogue of Nickelskutterudite and Skutterudite.

Classification of Ferroskutterudite

IMA status:Approved 2006
Nickel-Strunz 10th (pending) edition ID:2.EC.05

2 : SULFIDES and SULFOSALTS (sulfides, selenides, tellurides; arsenides, antimonides, bismuthides; sulfarsenites, sulfantimonites, sulfbismuthites, etc.)
E : Metal Sulfides, M: S <= 1:2
C : M:S = 1:>2
Dana 8th edition ID:2.12.18.4

2 : SULFIDES
12 : AmBnXp, with (m+n):p = 1:2
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Type Occurrence of Ferroskutterudite

Type Locality:Komsomol'sky Mine, Talnakh Cu-Ni Deposit, Noril'sk, Putoran Plateau, Taimyr Peninsula, Taymyrskiy Autonomous Okrug, Eastern-Siberian Region, Russia

Crystallography of Ferroskutterudite

Crystal System:Isometric
Class (H-M):m3 (2/m 3) - Diploidal
Space Group:Im3 {I2/m 3}
Cell Parameters:a = 8.17Å
Unit Cell Volume:V 545.34 ų
Z:8
Comment:Im3m
X-Ray Powder Diffraction:
d-spacingIntensity
5.8 (30)
3.34 (40)
2.585 (100)
2.182 (90)
1.928 (40)
1.829 (70)
1.667 (50)
1.602 (70)
1.402 (60)

Chemical Properties of Ferroskutterudite

Formula:
(Fe,Co)As
 
3
All elements listed in formula:As, Co, Fe

Relationship of Ferroskutterudite to other Species

Structurally related to group(s):
Skutterudite Group
Related Minerals - Nickel-Strunz Grouping):

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2.EC.05Kieftite
CoSb
 
3
2.EC.05Nickelskutterudite
NiAs
 
2-3
2.EC.05Skutterudite
(Co,Fe,Ni)As
 
2-3
2.EC.10Patrónite
VS
 
4

Other Names for Ferroskutterudite

Synonyms:
IMA2006-032
Other Languages:

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 Ferroskutterudite

Reference List:

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Spiridonov, E.M., Gritsenko, Yu.D., Kulikova, I.M. (2007): Ferroskutterudite (Fe,Co)As3: A new mineral species from the dolomite–calcite Veins of the Noril’sk Ore Field. Doklady Akad. Nauk 417, 242-244 [Transactions (Doklady) of the Russian Academy of Sciences/Earth Science Section, 417, 1278-1280.]

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    • Localities for Ferroskutterudite

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    Russia
     
    • Eastern-Siberian Region
      • Taymyrskiy Autonomous Okrug
        • Taimyr Peninsula
          • Putoran Plateau
            • Noril'sk
              • Talnakh Cu-Ni Deposit
    		Spiridonov, E.M., Gritsenko, Yu.D., Kulikova, I.M. (2007): Ferroskutterudite (Fe,Co)As3: A new mineral species from the dolomite–calcite Veins of the Noril’sk Ore Field. Transactions (Doklady) of the Russian Academy of Sciences/Earth Science Section, 417, 1278-1280.
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