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Rucklidgeite

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Harrison Gold Mine, Bear Mountain, New Westminster Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada
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Formula:
(Bi,Pb)
 
3
Te
 
4
System:TrigonalColour:Silver-white
Hardness:2½
Name:Named after John Christopher Rucklidge, Professor of Mineralogy.


Aleksite group

Classification of Rucklidgeite

IMA status:Approved 1975
Strunz 8th edition ID:2/D.12-50
Nickel-Strunz 10th (pending) edition ID:2.GC.40

2 : SULFIDES and SULFOSALTS (sulfides, selenides, tellurides; arsenides, antimonides, bismuthides; sulfarsenites, sulfantimonites, sulfbismuthites, etc.)
G : Sulfarsenites, sulfantimonites, sulfbismuthites
C : Poly-sulfarsenites
Dana 8th edition ID:2.6.2.7

2 : SULFIDES
6 : AmBnXp, with (m+n):p = 4:3
Hey's CIM Ref.:3.7.38

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 Rucklidgeite

Co-type Localities:Zod Mine (Sotk deposit), Vardenis, Gelark'unik' (Geghark'unik') Province, Armenia
Pokrovskaya vein, Kochkar' Au deposit, Plast, Chelyabinsk Oblast', Urals Region, Russia
Year of Discovery:1977

Physical Properties of Rucklidgeite

Lustre:Metallic
Diaphaneity (Transparency):Opaque
Colour:Silver-white
Streak:Lead-gray
Hardness (Mohs):2½

Crystallography of Rucklidgeite

Crystal System:Trigonal
Cell Parameters:a = 4.41Å, c = 41.49Å
Ratio:a:c = 1 : 9.408
Unit Cell Volume:V 698.80 ų (Calculated from Unit Cell)

Chemical Properties of Rucklidgeite

Formula:
(Bi,Pb)
 
3
Te
 
4
Essential elements:Bi, Te
All elements listed in formula:Bi, Pb, Te
Common Impurities:Ag,Sb

Relationship of Rucklidgeite to other Species

Related Minerals - Nickel-Strunz Grouping):
2.GC.05Hatchite
(PbTl)
 
2
AgAs
 
2
S
 
3
2.GC.05Wallisite
(Cu,Ag)TlPbAs
 
2
S
 
5
2.GC.10Sinnerite
Cu
 
6
As
 
4
S
 
9
2.GC.15Watanabeite
Cu
 
4
(As,Sb)
 
2
S
 
5
2.GC.20Simonite
TlHgAs
 
3
S
 
6
2.GC.25Quadratite
Ag(Cd,Pb)AsS
 
3
2.GC.30Smithite
AgAsS
 
2
2.GC.35Trechmannite
AgAsS
 
2
2.GC.40Aleksite
PbBi
 
2
Te
 
2
S
 
2
2.GC.40Kochkarite
PbBi
 
4
Te
 
7
2.GC.40Poubaite
PbBi
 
2
(Se,Te,S)
 
4
2.GC.40Babkinite
Pb
 
2
Bi
 
2
(S,Se)
 
3
2.GC.40Saddlebackite
Pb
 
2
Bi
 
2
Te
 
2
S
 
3
2.GC.45Tvalchrelidzeite
Hg
 
3
SbAsS
 
3
2.GC.50Mutnovskite
Pb
 
4
As
 
2
S
 
6
ICl
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
3.7.18Nevskite
Bi(Se,S)
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
3.7.39Aleksite
PbBi
 
2
Te
 
2
S
 
2
3.7.40Junoite
Cu
 
2
Pb
 
3
Bi
 
8
(S,Se)
 
16

Other Names for Rucklidgeite

Synonyms:
IMA1975-029
German names:
Rucklidgeit
Spanish names:
Rucklidgeita

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 Rucklidgeite

Reference List:American Mineralogist (1978): 63: 599.

American Mineralogist (1991): 76: 257-265.

Canadian Mineralogist (1993): 31: 99.

Zapiski Vserossiyskogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva: 106: 62-68.

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    Localities for Rucklidgeite

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    Armenia
     
    • Gelark'unik' (Geghark'unik') Province
      • Vardenis
    		ZVMO,(1977) 106, 62-68
    Australia
     
    • Victoria
      • Benambra
    • Western Australia
      • Coolgardie Shire
        • Kambalda
    		No reference listed
    Canada
     
    • British Columbia
      • New Westminster Mining Division
        • Bear Mountain
    • Ontario
      • Timiskaming District
        • Bannockburn Township
          • Matachewan
    		Dana's New Mineralogy
    • Québec
      • Abitibi Co.
        • Montbray Township
    China
     
    • Xinjiang (Xinjiang-Uygur) Autonomous Region
      • Yili Hasake (Ili Kazakh) Autonomous Prefecture
        • Aletai (Altay) Prefecture
          • Habahe (Kaba; Qaba) Co.
    		http://www.portergeo.com.au/database/mineinfo.asp?mineid=mn1051
    Czech Republic
     
    • Bohemia (Böhmen; Boehmen)
      • Central Bohemia Region
        • Jílové (Eule)
          • Jílové Gold mining District
            • Bohuliby
    		Lapis 2000(4), 13-30
            • Studené (Kaltengrund)
    		Lapis 2000(4), 13-30
      • Karlovy Vary Region
        • Krušné Hory Mts (Erzgebirge)
          • Nejdek (Neudek)
    		Anthony, Bideaux, Bladh, Nichols: "Handbook of Mineralogy", Vol.1, 1990
    Finland
     
    • Etelä-Suomen Lääni
      • Huittinen
    		http://www.gsf.fi/explor/gold/jokisivu.htm
    • Itä-Suomen Lääni
      • Ilomantsi
    		No reference listed
    • Oulun (Oulu) Lääni
      • Kuusamo
    		No reference listed
    Germany
     
    • Lower Saxony
      • Harz Mts
        • Bad Harzburg
    		No reference listed
          • Oker valley
    		Weiss: "Mineralfundstellen, Deutschland West", 1990
    Kazakhstan
     
    • Qostaney Oblysy (Kostanai [Kustany] Oblast')
      • Rudnyi Altai
    		P.M. Kartashov data
    Norway
     
    • Sør-Trøndelag
      • Meldal
        • Løkken
          • Løkken Verk
    		McQueen, K. G.: "The Dragset copper-zinc deposit: a deformed, volcanogenic sulphide occurence in the Løkken greenstones, Central Norway". Norsk Geologisk Tidsskrift, volune 70 (1990) #1, pp. 1 to 19.
    Russia
     
    • Eastern-Siberian Region
      • Saha Republic (Sakha Republic; Yakutia)
        • Stanovoi Range
          • Sutamskii Region
    • Urals Region
      • Chelyabinsk Oblast'
        • Plast
    		No reference listed
    ZVMO,(1977) 106, 62-68
    USA
     
    • Arizona
      • Cochise Co.
        • Mule Mts
          • Warren District
    		[MinRec 24:421]
    Anthony, J.W., et al (1995), Mineralogy of Arizona, 3rd.ed.: 358; Graeme, R. (1993), Bisbee revisited, Min.Rec.: 24: 421-436.
    • Colorado
      • Montezuma Co.
        • La Plata District (California District)
    		Minerals of Colorado (1997) E.B. Eckels
    • Georgia
      • Haralson Co.
    		Matrix 11:4 pp 181-190
    • Nevada
      • Washoe Co.
    		NBMG Spec. Pub. 31 Minerals of Nevada
    A Listing of North Carolina Minerals,Leonard S.Wiener and Sigrid Ballew,1995,Updated by Kenny Gay,June 2007, North Carolina Geological Survey,Geologic Note No.4
      • Cabarrus Co.
    		Callahan,J.E,Craig,J.R,Solberg,T.N,1995,Telluride mineralization of the southeastern United States,Southeastern Geology,v.35,no.3,pg.139-151
    • Virginia
      • Fluvanna Co.
        • Gold-Pyrite Belt
    		Dietrich,R.V.,1990,Minerals of Virginia1990:Virginia Department of Mines,Minerals and Energy,Richmond,Virginia,477 pgs.
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