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Sudovikovite

Formula:
PtSe
 
2
System:TrigonalColour:Yellowish white
Lustre:MetallicHardness:2 - 2½
Name:For N.G. Sudovikov (1903-1966), noted Russian petrologist.


Melonite Group.

Classification of Sudovikovite

IMA status:Approved 1995
Strunz 8th edition ID:2/D.28-35
Nickel-Strunz 10th (pending) edition ID:2.EA.20

2 : SULFIDES and SULFOSALTS (sulfides, selenides, tellurides; arsenides, antimonides, bismuthides; sulfarsenites, sulfantimonites, sulfbismuthites, etc.)
E : Metal Sulfides, M: S <= 1:2
A : M:S = 1:2 - With Cu, Ag, Au
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Type Occurrence of Sudovikovite

Type Locality:Srednyaya Padma U-V deposit, Zaonezhie peninsula, Lake Onega, Karelia Republic, Northern Region, Russia

Physical Properties of Sudovikovite

Lustre:Metallic
Diaphaneity (Transparency):Opaque
Colour:Yellowish white
Hardness (Mohs):2 - 2½

Crystallography of Sudovikovite

Crystal System:Trigonal

Chemical Properties of Sudovikovite

Formula:
PtSe
 
2
Essential elements:Pt, Se
All elements listed in formula:Pt, Se
CAS Registry number:12038-26-5

CAS Registry numbers are published by the American Chemical Society

Relationship of Sudovikovite to other Species

Related Minerals - Nickel-Strunz Grouping):

- +
2.EA.05Sylvanite
(Au,Ag)
 
2
Te
 
4
2.EA.10Calaverite
AuTe
 
2
2.EA.15Kostovite
CuAuTe
 
4
2.EA.15Krennerite
(Au,Ag)Te
 
2
2.EA.20Berndtite
SnS
 
2
2.EA.20Kitkaite
NiTeSe
2.EA.20Melonite
NiTe
 
2
2.EA.20Merenskyite
(Pd,Pt)(Te,Bi)
 
2
2.EA.20Moncheite
(Pt,Pd)(Te,Bi)
 
2
2.EA.20Shuangfengite
IrTe
 
2
2.EA.25Verbeekite
PdSe
 
2
2.EA.30Drysdallite
Mo(Se,S)
 
2
2.EA.30Jordisite
MoS
 
2
2.EA.30Molybdenite
MoS
 
2
2.EA.30Tungstenite
WS
 
2

Other Names for Sudovikovite

Synonyms:
IMA1995-009
Other Languages:
German:Sudovikovit
Russian:Судовиковит
Spanish:Sudovikovita

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.
External LinksSearch for toxicity information at the United States National Library of Medicine

References for Sudovikovite

Reference List:Doklady Akademii Nauk (1997): 354(1), 82-85.

Mineralogical Record: 29: 477.

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    Localities for Sudovikovite

    (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.
    Brazil
     
    • North Region
      • Pará
        • Carajás mineral province
          • Curionópolis
    		http://pubs.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/mineral/tcm-145140-5.html
    • Southeast Region
      • Minas Gerais
        • Iron Quadrangle
          • Itabira
    		MinMag 66:327-336
    Russia
     
    • Northern Region
      • Karelia Republic
        • Lake Onega
          • Zaonezhie peninsula
    		American Mineralogist, Volume 83, pages 1117–1121, 1998; Pekov, I. (1998) Minerals First discovered on the territory of the former Soviet Union 369p. Ocean Pictures, Moscow
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