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Bilibinskite

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Formula:
PbCu
 
2
Au
 
3
Te
 
2
System:IsometricColour:Light brown, rose brown
Lustre:Sub-MetallicHardness:4½
Name:For Yuri A. Bilibin (1901-1952), Russian geologist.
This page provides mineralogical data about Bilibinskite.

Classification of Bilibinskite

IMA status:Approved
Strunz 8th edition ID:2/A.03-30
Nickel-Strunz 10th (pending) edition ID:2.BA.80

2 : SULFIDES and SULFOSALTS (sulfides, selenides, tellurides; arsenides, antimonides, bismuthides; sulfarsenites, sulfantimonites, sulfbismuthites, etc.)
B : Metal Sulfides, M: S > 1: 1 (mainly 2: 1)
A : With Cu, Ag, Au
Dana 8th edition ID:2.1.6.1

2 : SULFIDES
1 : AmXp, with m:p > 3:1
Hey's CIM Ref.:3.3.12

3 : Sulphides, Selenides, Tellurides, Arsenides and Bismuthides (except the arsenides, antimonides and bismuthides of Cu, Ag and Au, which are included in Section 1)
3 : Sulphides etc. of Au
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Type Occurrence of Bilibinskite

Type Locality:Aginsk deposit (Aginskoye deposit), Kamchatka Oblast', Far-Eastern Region, Russia
Place of Conservation of Type Material:Mining Institute, St. Petersburg, 101/1–2; Institute of Mineralogy and Geochemistry of Rare Elements, Moscow; A.E. Fersman Mineralogical Museum, Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia, 78385, vis207.
Year of Discovery:1978
Geological Setting of type material:Weathering zone of tellurium deposits.
Associated Minerals at type locality:
SylvaniteKrenneriteGoldBezsmertnovite

Physical Properties of Bilibinskite

Lustre:Sub-Metallic
Diaphaneity (Transparency):Opaque
Colour:Light brown, rose brown
Streak:Golden brown to brown
Hardness (Mohs):4½
Hardness (Vickers):VHN20=329 - 419 kg/mm2
Density (measured):12.7 g/cm3
Density (calculated):14.44 g/cm3

Crystallography of Bilibinskite

Crystal System:Isometric
Cell Parameters:a = 4.095Å
Unit Cell Volume:V 68.67 ų (Calculated from Unit Cell)
Z:1
Morphology:Massive
Comment:Pseudocell
X-Ray Powder Diffraction:
d-spacingIntensity
3.06 (40)
3.00 (10)
2.37 (100)
2.05 (70)
1.448 (60)
1.232 (80)
1.184 (20)
Comments:Aginsk gold telluride deposit, Kamchatka, Far Eastern Region, Russia.

Chemical Properties of Bilibinskite

Formula:
PbCu
 
2
Au
 
3
Te
 
2
Essential elements:Au, Cu, Pb, Te
All elements listed in formula:Au, Cu, Pb, Te
Analytical Data:Aginsk deposit, Russia; by electron microprobe, average of eight analyses on two samples.
Au (48.4)
Ag (1.54)
Cu (9.35)
Fe (0.19)
Pb (19.2)
Te (21.6)
Se (0.34)
Total (100.6)
Empirical Formula:
(Au
 
2.90
Ag
 
0.17
)(Cu
 
1.74
Fe
 
0.04
)Pb
 
1.10
(Te
 
2.00
Se
 
0.05
)
Common Impurities:Ag,Fe,Se

Relationship of Bilibinskite to other Species

Related Minerals - Nickel-Strunz Grouping):

- +
2.BA.05Chalcocite
Cu
 
2
S
2.BA.05Djurleite
Cu
 
31
S
 
16
2.BA.05Geerite
Cu
 
8
S
 
5
2.BA.05Roxbyite
Cu
 
9
S
 
5
2.BA.10Anilite
Cu
 
7
S
 
4
2.BA.10Digenite
Cu
 
9
S
 
5
2.BA.15Bornite
Cu
 
5
FeS
 
4
2.BA.20Bellidoite
Cu
 
2
Se
2.BA.20Berzelianite
Cu
 
2
Se
2.BA.25Athabascaite
Cu
 
5
Se
 
4
2.BA.25Umangite
Cu
 
3
Se
 
2
2.BA.30Rickardite
Cu
 
7
Te
 
5
2.BA.30Weissite
Cu
 
2-x
Te
2.BA.35Acanthite
Ag
 
2
S
2.BA.40Mckinstryite
Ag
 
5-x
Cu
 
3+x
S
 
4
2.BA.40Stromeyerite
AgCuS
2.BA.40dUM2003-13-S:AgAuCu
Ag
 
6
AuCu
 
2
S
 
5
2.BA.45Jalpaite
Ag
 
3
CuS
 
2
2.BA.45Selenojalpaite
Ag
 
3
CuSe
 
2
2.BA.50Eucairite
AgCuSe
2.BA.55Aguilarite
Ag
 
4
SeS
2.BA.55Naumannite
Ag
 
2
Se
2.BA.60Cervelleite
Ag
 
4
TeS
2.BA.60Hessite
Ag
 
2
Te
2.BA.60Chenguodaite
Ag
 
9
Fe
3+
 
Te
 
2
S
 
4
2.BA.65Henryite
Ag
 
3
Cu
 
4
Te
 
4
2.BA.65Stützite
Ag
 
5-x
Te
 
3
, x = 0.24-0.36
2.BA.70Argyrodite
Ag
 
8
GeS
 
6
2.BA.70Canfieldite
Ag
 
8
SnS
 
6
2.BA.70Putzite
(Cu
 
4.7
Ag
 
3.3
)GeS
 
6
2.BA.75Fischesserite
Ag
 
3
AuSe
 
2
2.BA.75Penzhinite
(Ag,Cu)
 
4
Au(S,Se)
 
4
2.BA.75Petrovskaite
AuAg(S,Se)
2.BA.75Petzite
Ag
 
3
AuTe
 
2
2.BA.75Uytenbogaardtite
Ag
 
3
AuS
 
2
2.BA.80Bezsmertnovite
(Au,Ag)
 
4
Cu(Te,Pb)
2.BA.80Bogdanovite
(Au,Te,Pb)
 
3
(Cu,Fe)
Related Minerals - Hey's Index Grouping:

- +
3.3.1Calaverite
AuTe
 
2
3.3.2Krennerite
(Au,Ag)Te
 
2
3.3.3Kostovite
CuAuTe
 
4
3.3.4Uytenbogaardtite
Ag
 
3
AuS
 
2
3.3.5Fischesserite
Ag
 
3
AuSe
 
2
3.3.6Petrovskaite
AuAg(S,Se)
3.3.7Petzite
Ag
 
3
AuTe
 
2
3.3.8Muthmannite
AuAgTe
 
2
3.3.9Sylvanite
(Au,Ag)
 
2
Te
 
4
3.3.10Penzhinite
(Ag,Cu)
 
4
Au(S,Se)
 
4
3.3.11Bezsmertnovite
(Au,Ag)
 
4
Cu(Te,Pb)
3.3.13Bogdanovite
(Au,Te,Pb)
 
3
(Cu,Fe)
3.3.14Montbrayite
(Au,Sb)
 
2
Te
 
3

Other Names for Bilibinskite

Synonyms:
IMA1977-024
Other Languages:
German:Bilibinskit
Simplified Chinese:碲铅铜金矿
Spanish:Bilibinskita

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 Bilibinskite

Reference List:

- +
American Mineralogist: 64: 652.

Spiridonov, E.M., Bezsmertnaya, M.S., Chvileva, T.N. and Bezsmertnyi, V.V. (1978): Bilibinskite, Au3Cu2PbTe2, a new mineral of gold-telluride deposits. Zapiski Vsesoyuznogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva, 107(3), 310-315 (in Russian).

Bochek, L.I., Malinovskiy, Y.A., Sandomirskaya, S.M. and Chuvikina, N.G. (1982): Bilibinskite and bezsmertnovite, new hybrid minerals of the intermetallic compound-oxide type rather than intermetallic compounds of gold. Doklady Akademii Nauk SSSR, 266(5), 1255-1259 (in Russian).

Doklady Akademii Nauk SSSR, Earth Science Sections: 266: 145-148.

Spiridonov, E.M. (1991): Composition and structure of the bilibinskite-bogdanovite mineral group. Novye dannye o mineralakh, 37, 138-145 (in Russian).

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    • Xinjiang Autonomous Region
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        • Aletai Prefecture (Altay Prefecture)
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    		Huliang Xiao, Jiyuan Zhou, Henian Wang, Yongguan Dong, Junfeng Ji, and Zhao Yu (2003): Chinese Journal of Geochemistry 22(1), 74-82.
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