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Zavaritskite

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Ebisu mine, Hirukawa, Ena-gun, Gifu Prefecture, Chubu Region, Honshu Island, Japan
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Formula:
BiOF
System:TetragonalColour:Grey
Lustre:Greasy, Sub-MetallicHardness:2 - 2½
Name:Named after Aleksandr Nicolaevich Zavaritskii (1884-1952), academician, Academy of Sciences (Russia), a specialist in the petrology of ore deposits.


Matlockite Group.

Classification of Zavaritskite

IMA status:Approved
Strunz 8th edition ID:3/D.0-30
Nickel-Strunz 10th (pending) edition ID:3.DC.25

3 : HALIDES
D : Oxyhalides, hydroxyhalides and related double halides
C : With Pb (As,Sb,Bi), without Cu
Dana 8th edition ID:10.2.1.1

10 : OXYHALIDES AND HYDROXYHALIDES
2 : A(O,OH)Xq
Hey's CIM Ref.:8.9.4

8 : Halides - Fluorides, Chlorides, Bromides and Iodides; also Fluoborates and Fluosilicates
9 : Halides of Sb and Bi
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Type Occurrence of Zavaritskite

Type Locality:Sherlovaya Gora, Adun-Cholon Range, Nertschinsk (Nerchinsk) Mines, Buriatia (Buryatia) Republic, Transbaikalia (Zabaykalye), Eastern-Siberian Region, Russia
Year of Discovery:1962

Physical Properties of Zavaritskite

Lustre:Greasy, Sub-Metallic
Diaphaneity (Transparency):Translucent on thin edges, Opaque
Colour:Grey
Hardness (Mohs):2 - 2½

Crystallography of Zavaritskite

Crystal System:Tetragonal
Cell Parameters:a = 3.74Å, c = 6.22Å
Ratio:a:c = 1 : 1.663
Unit Cell Volume:V 87.00 ų (Calculated from Unit Cell)

Optical Data of Zavaritskite

Type:Uniaxial (+/-)
RI values: nα = 2.210 nβ = 2.213
Maximum Birefringence:δ = 2.210

Chart shows birefringence interference colour range (at 30µm thickness) and does not take into account mineral colouration.
Surface Relief:Very High

Chemical Properties of Zavaritskite

Formula:
BiOF
Essential elements:Bi, F, O
All elements listed in formula:Bi, F, O

Relationship of Zavaritskite to other Species

Related to:
  • Matlockite Group
    • Related Minerals - Nickel-Strunz Grouping):
    3.DC.05Laurionite
    PbClOH
    3.DC.05Paralaurionite
    PbClOH
    3.DC.10Fiedlerite
    Pb
     
    3
    		Cl
     
    4
    		F(OH)·H
     
    2
    		O
    3.DC.15Penfieldite
    Pb
     
    2
    		[OH|Cl
     
    3
    		]
    3.DC.20Laurelite
    Pb(F,Cl,OH)
     
    2
    3.DC.25Bismoclite
    BiOCl
    3.DC.25Daubréeite
    BiO(OH,Cl)
    3.DC.25Matlockite
    PbFCl
    3.DC.25Rorisite
    CaFCl
    3.DC.25Zhangpeishanite
    BaFCl
    3.DC.30Nadorite
    PbSb[O
     
    2
    		|Cl]
    3.DC.30Perite
    PbBi[O
     
    2
    		|Cl]
    3.DC.35Aravaipaite
    Pb
     
    3
    		[F
     
    3
    		|AlF
     
    6
    		] · H
     
    2
    		O
    3.DC.35Calcioaravaipaite
    PbCa
     
    2
    		[(F,OH)
     
    3
    		|AlF
     
    6
    		] · H
     
    2
    		O
    3.DC.40Thorikosite
    Pb
     
    3
    		[OH|(SbO
     
    3
    		,AsO
     
    3
    		)|Cl
     
    2
    		]
    3.DC.45Mereheadite
    Pb
     
    2
    		[O|OH|Cl]
    3.DC.50Blixite
    Pb
     
    2
    		[(O,OH)
     
    2
    		|Cl]
    3.DC.55Pinalite
    Pb
     
    3
    		WO
     
    3
    		Cl
     
    2
    3.DC.60Symesite
    Pb
     
    10
    		[O
     
    7
    		|SO
     
    4
    		|Cl
     
    4
    		] · H
     
    2
    		O
    3.DC.65Ecdemite
    Pb
     
    6
    		[As
     
    2
    		O
     
    7
    		|Cl
     
    4
    		]
    3.DC.65Heliophyllite
    Pb
     
    3
    		AsO
     
    4-n
    		Cl
     
    2n+1
    3.DC.70Mendipite
    Pb
     
    3
    		[O
     
    2
    		|Cl
     
    2
    		]
    3.DC.75Damaraite
    Pb
     
    3
    		[O
     
    2
    		|OH|Cl]
    3.DC.80Onoratoite
    Sb
     
    8
    		O
     
    11
    		Cl
     
    2
    3.DC.85Cotunnite
    PbCl
     
    2
    3.DC.90Pseudocotunnite
    K
     
    2
    		PbCl
     
    4
    3.DC.95Barstowite
    Pb
     
    4
    		[Cl
     
    6
    		|CO
     
    3
    		] · H
     
    2
    		O
    Related Minerals - Hey's Index Grouping:
    8.9.1Onoratoite
    Sb
     
    8
    		O
     
    11
    		Cl
     
    2
    8.9.2Kelyanite
    Hg
     
    36
    		Sb
     
    3
    		(Cl,Br)
     
    9
    		O
     
    28
    8.9.3Gananite
    BiF
     
    3
    8.9.5Bismoclite
    BiOCl
    8.9.6Daubréeite
    BiO(OH,Cl)
    8.9.7Perite
    PbBi[O
     
    2
    		|Cl]

    Other Names for Zavaritskite

    Synonyms:
    Zawaryskite
    German names:
    ZavaritskitZawaryskit
    Russian names:
    Заварицкит
    Spanish names:
    ZavaritskitaZawaryskita

    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 Zavaritskite

    Reference List:Doklady Akademii Nauk SSSR (1962): 146: 680.

    American Mineralogist (1963): 48: 210.

    Acta Chemica Scandinavica:: 18: 1823-1830.

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    Localities for Zavaritskite

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    Canada
     
    • Québec
      • Papineau Co.
        • Portland Township
          • St-Pierre-de-Wakefield
    		Geological Survey of Canada Miscellaneous Report 41.
    Czech Republic
     
    • Bohemia (Böhmen; Boehmen)
      • Karlovy Vary Region
        • Mariánské Lázně (Marienbad)
          • Slavkovský Les Mts
    		M.E. Ciriotti, 2006, probed EDX+XRD by S. Möckel
      • Ústí Region
        • Krušné Hory Mts (Erzgebirge)
          • Dubí
    		Sejkora, J.: Minerály ložiska Moldava v Krušných horách. Bulletin Mineralogicko-petrografického oddělení Národního muzea v Praze, 1994, roč. 2, s. 110-116.
          • Krupka (Graupen)
            • Steinknochen (Lux vein) area
    		Lapis 23(4), 18-34 (1998)
    France
     
    • Auvergne
      • Allier
        • Ebreuil
          • Echassières
    		Queneau Patrice collection
    Japan
     
    • Honshu Island
      • Chubu Region
        • Gifu Prefecture
          • Ena-gun
            • Hirukawa
    		Ryoichi SADANAGA and Michiaki BUNNO (1974) THE WAKABAYASHI MINERAL COLLECTION Bulletin No. 7 The University Museum, The University of Tokyo
      • Kanto region
        • Tochigi Prefecture
          • Ashio
    		Ryoichi SADANAGA and Michiaki BUNNO (1974) THE WAKABAYASHI MINERAL COLLECTION Bulletin No. 7 The University Museum, The University of Tokyo
    Russia
     
    • Eastern-Siberian Region
      • Transbaikalia (Zabaykalye)
        • Buriatia (Buryatia) Republic
          • Nertschinsk (Nerchinsk) Mines
            • Adun-Cholon Range
    		No reference listed
    • Northern Region
      • Murmanskaja Oblast'
        • Kola Peninsula
          • Western Keivy Massif
    		A.V. Voloshin, Ya.A. Pakhomovskii Minerals and mineralformation evolution in amazonite pegmatites of Kola peninsula, - Leningrad, Nauka, 1986, pp.168.
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