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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, Lake Onega area, Zaonezhskiy Peninsula, 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

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
German names:
Sudovikovit
Russian names:
Судовиковит
Spanish names:
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.

References for Sudovikovite

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

Mineralogical Record: 29: 477.

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    Localities for Sudovikovite

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    Brazil
     
    • North Region
      • Pará
        • Carajás mineral province
          • Curionópolis
    http://pubs.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/mineral/tcm-145140-5.html
    • Southeast Region
      • Minas Gerais
        • Itabira-Nova Era district
          • Itabira
    MinMag 66:327-336
    Russia
     
    • Northern Region
      • Karelia Republic
        • Zaonezhskiy Peninsula
          • Lake Onega area
    American Mineralogist, Volume 83, pages 1117–1121, 1998
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