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Volynskite

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Campbell Mine (Campbell shaft), Bisbee, Warren District, Mule Mts, Cochise Co., Arizona, USA
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Formula:
AgBiTe
 
2
System:OrthorhombicColour:Bright lead-gray
Hardness:2½ - 3
Name:Named after I.S. Volynskii (1900-1962). Institute of Mineralogy, Moscow, Russia.


Matildite Group

Classification of Volynskite

IMA status:Approved
Strunz 8th edition ID:2/C.16-50
Nickel-Strunz 10th (pending) edition ID:2.JA.20

2 : SULFIDES and SULFOSALTS (sulfides, selenides, tellurides; arsenides, antimonides, bismuthides; sulfarsenites, sulfantimonites, sulfbismuthites, etc.)
J : Sulfosalts of PbS archetype
A : Galena derivatives with little or no Pb
Dana 8th edition ID:3.7.1.3

3 : SULFOSALTS
7 : ø = 2
Hey's CIM Ref.:5.2.24

5 : Sulphosalts - Sulpharsenites and Sulphobismuthites (those containing Sn, Ge,or V are in Section 6)
2 : Sulpharsenites etc. of Ag
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Type Occurrence of Volynskite

Type Locality:Zod Mine (Sotk deposit), Vardenis, Gelark'unik' (Geghark'unik') Province, Armenia
Year of Discovery:1965

Physical Properties of Volynskite

Lustre:Metallic
Diaphaneity (Transparency):Opaque
Colour:Bright lead-gray
Hardness (Mohs):2½ - 3

Crystallography of Volynskite

Crystal System:Orthorhombic

Chemical Properties of Volynskite

Formula:
AgBiTe
 
2
Essential elements:Ag, Bi, Te
All elements listed in formula:Ag, Bi, Te
Common Impurities:Cu

Relationship of Volynskite to other Species

Related to:
  • Matildite group
    • Related Minerals - Nickel-Strunz Grouping):

    - +
    2.JA.05eBenjaminite
    (Ag,Cu)
     
    3
    		(Bi,Pb)
     
    7
    		S
     
    12
    2.JA.05gBorodaevite
    Ag
     
    5
    		(Bi,Pb,Fe)
     
    8
    		(Sb,Bi)
     
    2
    		S
     
    17
    2.JA.05aCupropavonite
    AgCu
     
    2
    		PbBi
     
    5
    		S
     
    10
    2.JA.05aKitaibelite
    Ag
     
    10
    		PbBi
     
    30
    		S
     
    51
    2.JA.05iLivingstonite
    HgSb
     
    4
    		S
     
    8
    2.JA.05dMakovickyite
    Ag
     
    1.5
    		Bi
     
    5.5
    		S
     
    9
    2.JA.05fMummeite
    Ag
     
    2
    		CuPbBi
     
    6
    		S
     
    13
    2.JA.05aPavonite
    (Ag,Cu)(Bi,Pb)
     
    3
    		S
     
    5
    2.JA.05bGrumiplucite
    HgBi
     
    2
    		S
     
    4
    2.JA.05hMozgovaite
    PbBi
     
    4
    		(S,Se)
     
    7
    2.JA.05dCupromakovickyite
    Cu
     
    8
    		Pb
     
    4
    		Ag
     
    2
    		Bi
     
    18
    		S
     
    36
    2.JA.05cKudriavite
    (Cd,Pb)Bi
     
    2
    		S
     
    4
    2.JA.05aIMA2005-036
    Ag
     
    3
    		Cu
     
    8
    		Pb
     
    4
    		Bi
     
    19
    		S
     
    38
    2.JA.05IMA2008-058
    Ag
     
    5
    		Bi
     
    13
    		S
     
    22
    2.JA.10aCuprobismutite
    Cu
     
    10
    		Bi
     
    12
    		S
     
    23
    2.JA.10cHodrušite
    Cu
     
    8
    		Bi
     
    12
    		S
     
    22
    2.JA.10ePadĕraite
    Cu
     
    5.9
    		Ag
     
    1.3
    		Pb
     
    1.6
    		Bi
     
    11.2
    		S
     
    22
    2.JA.10dPizgrischite
    Cu
     
    17
    		Bi
     
    17
    		S
     
    35
    2.JA.10bKupčíkite
    (Cu,Fe)
     
    4
    		Bi
     
    5
    		S
     
    10
    2.JA.15Schapbachite
    AgBiS
     
    2
    2.JA.15Cuboargyrite
    AgSbS
     
    2
    2.JA.20Bohdanowiczite
    AgBiSe
     
    2
    2.JA.20Matildite
    AgBiS
     
    2
    Related Minerals - Hey's Index Grouping:

    - +
    5.2.1Smithite
    AgAsS
     
    2
    5.2.2Trechmannite
    AgAsS
     
    2
    5.2.3Proustite
    Ag
     
    3
    		AsS
     
    3
    5.2.4Xanthoconite
    Ag
     
    3
    		AsS
     
    3
    5.2.5Pearceite
    [(Ag,Cu)
     
    6
    		(As,Sb)
     
    2
    		S
     
    7
    		][Ag
     
    9
    		CuS
     
    4
    		]
    5.2.6Pearceite-T2ac
    5.2.7Argentotennantite
    (Ag,Cu)
     
    10
    		(Zn,Fe)
     
    2
    		(As,Sb)
     
    4
    		S
     
    13
    5.2.8Miargyrite
    AgSbS
     
    2
    5.2.9Pyrargyrite
    Ag
     
    3
    		SbS
     
    3
    5.2.10Pyrostilpnite
    Ag
     
    3
    		SbS
     
    3
    5.2.11Stephanite
    Ag
     
    5
    		SbS
     
    4
    5.2.12Polybasite
    [(Ag,Cu)
     
    6
    		(Sb,As)
     
    2
    		S
     
    7
    		][Ag
     
    9
    		CuS
     
    4
    		]
    5.2.13Billingsleyite
    Ag
     
    7
    		AsS
     
    6
    5.2.14Polybasite-Tac
    5.2.15Freibergite
    (Ag
     
    4+2x
    		Cu
     
    2-2x
    		)[(Cu, Ag)
     
    4
    		(Fe, Zn)
     
    2
    		]Sb
     
    4
    		S
     
    12
    		S
     
    1-x
    		 (0 < x < 1)
    5.2.16Aramayoite
    Ag(Sb,Bi)S
     
    2
    5.2.17Matildite
    AgBiS
     
    2
    5.2.18Schapbachite
    AgBiS
     
    2
    5.2.19Pavonite
    (Ag,Cu)(Bi,Pb)
     
    3
    		S
     
    5
    5.2.20Arcubisite
    Ag
     
    6
    		CuBiS
     
    4
    5.2.21Bohdanowiczite
    AgBiSe
     
    2
    5.2.22Selenostephanite
    Ag
     
    5
    		Sb(Se,S)
     
    4
    5.2.23Benleonardite
    Ag
     
    8
    		(Sb,As)Te
     
    2
    		S
     
    3

    Other Names for Volynskite

    Other Languages:
    German:Volynskit
    Russian:Волынскит
    Spanish:Volynskita

    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 Volynskite

    Reference List:American Mineralogist (1966): 51: 531.

    Eksperimental’no-Metodicheskie Issledovaniya of Ore Minerals (K.A. Vlasov, editor), Nauka Press, Moscow: 129-141.

    Uzbekskii Geologicheskii Zhurnal (1980): (2): 24-26.

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

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    Localities for Volynskite

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    (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.
    Argentina
     
    • Catamarca
      • Andalgalá
    		Milka K. de Brodtkorb (2002) Las Especies Minerales de la Republica Argentina. Vol. 1 (elements, sulphides and sulphosalts). (Asociacion Mineralogica Argentina)
    Armenia
     
    • Gelark'unik' (Geghark'unik') Province
      • Vardenis
    		Eksp. Metod. Issled. Rudnykh Mineralov, 1965, 129–141; Pekov, I. (1998) Minerals First discovered on the territory of the former Soviet Union 369p. Ocean Pictures, Moscow
    Australia
     
    • Western Australia
      • Coolgardie Shire
    		Econ.Geol.: 83; 395-404
    No reference listed
    Econ Geol (1986) 81:1218-1225
    Canada
     
    • British Columbia
      • Liard Mining Division
        • Iskut River
    • Ontario
      • Timiskaming District
        • Bannockburn Township
          • Matachewan
    		Anthony, Bideaux, Bladh, Nichols: "Handbook of Mineralogy", Vol. 1, 1990; Econ.Geol.: 83; 395-404
    China
     
    • Jilin Province (Manchuria; Dongbei Region)
      • Yanbian Chaoxianzu Autonomous Prefecture
        • Hunchun Co.
    		Chil-Sup So, Bai-Lu Jin, Seong-Taek Yun, Chul-Ho Heo, and Seung-Jun Youm (2002): Economic and Environmental Geology 35(3), 211-220.
    Czech Republic
     
    • Bohemia (Böhmen; Boehmen)
      • Central Bohemia Region
        • Jílové (Eule)
          • Jílové Gold mining District
            • Bohuliby
    		Lapis 2000(4), 13-30
    Finland
     
    • Itä-Suomen Lääni
      • Ilomantsi
    		No reference listed
    Greenland
     
    • Kitaa (West Greenland) Province
      • Arsuk
        • Arsuk Firth
          • Ivittuut (Ivigtut)
    		[www.hedegaard.com]
    Guyana
     
    • Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo
    www.mineralogicalassociation.ca/doc/abstracts/cm3_Vol37_Jun99.pdf.
    India
     
    • Karnataka
      • Kolar Gold Fields
        • Central Schist Belt
    Japan
     
    • Kyushu Island
      • Fukuoka prefecture
        • Sannotake mine
    		Shimada et al (1981) Mineralogical Journal, 10, 269-278.; Econ.Geol.: 83; 395-404
    Morocco
     
    • Souss-Massa-Draâ Region
      • Ouarzazate Province
        • Tazenakht
          • Bou Azzer District
            • Bleida
    		El Ghorfi, M., Oberthür, T., Melcher, F., Lüders, V., El Boukhari, A., Maacha, L., Ziadi, R., and Baoutoul, H. (2006): Mineralium Deposita 41, 549-564.
    Russia
     
    • Eastern-Siberian Region
      • Saha Republic (Sakha Republic; Yakutia)
        • Aldan Shield
          • Tyry River
    		Bortnikov, N.S., Gamyanin, G.N., Vikent’eva, O.V., Prokof’ev, V.Y., lpatov, V.A., and Bakharev, A.G. (2007): Geology of Ore Deposits 49(2), 87-128.
    Saudi Arabia
     
    Econ.Geol.: 83; 395-404
    • Mintaqah Tabuk
      • Wejh
    		Econ.Geol.: 83; 395-404
    Sweden
     
    • Värmland
      • Årjäng
    		No reference listed
    USA
     
    • Arizona
      • Cochise Co.
        • Mule Mts
          • Warren District
    		[MinRec 24:421]
    Anthony, J.W., et al (1995), Mineralogy of Arizona, 3rd.ed.: 416; Graeme, R. (1993), Bisbee revisited, Min.Rec.: 24: 421-436.
    • Colorado
      • Hinsdale Co.
        • Lake City District (Lake District)
          • Lake City
    		Minerals of Colorado (1997) Eckels, E. B.
    • Massachusetts
      • Franklin Co.
        • Rowe
    		"Western Massachusetts Mineral Localities" by Plante, A.R., Valley Geology Press, 1992
    • Michigan
      • Marquette Co.
    		Mineralogy of Michigan (E. W. Heinrich & G. W. Robinson)
    • North Carolina
      • Vance Co.
    		Econ Geol (1980) 75:515-522
    Uzbekistan
     
    • Tashkent (Toshkent) Viloyati
      • Angren Region
        • Chatkal-Kuraminskii Range
    		Anthony, Bideaux, Bladh, Nichols: "Handbook of Mineralogy", Vol. 1, 1990
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