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Yixunite

Formula:
Pt
 
3
In
System:IsometricColour:Bright wite
Lustre:MetallicHardness:6
Name:Named after its type locality, near the village of Damiao and the Yixun River, Hebei Province, China.
This page provides mineralogical data about Yixunite.

Classification of Yixunite

IMA status:Approved
Strunz 8th edition ID:1/A.14-80
Nickel-Strunz 10th (pending) edition ID:1.AG.50

1 : ELEMENTS (Metals and intermetallic alloys; metalloids and nonmetals; carbides, silicides, nitrides, phosphides)
A : Metals and Intermetallic Alloys
G : PGE-metal alloys
Dana 7th edition ID:1.2.6.3
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Type Occurrence of Yixunite

Type Locality:PGE occurrence, Damiao village, Chengde Co., Chengde Prefecture, Hebei Province, China

Physical Properties of Yixunite

Lustre:Metallic
Diaphaneity (Transparency):Opaque
Colour:Bright wite
Streak:Black
Hardness (Mohs):6

Crystallography of Yixunite

Crystal System:Isometric

Optical Data of Yixunite

Type:Isotropic

Chemical Properties of Yixunite

Formula:
Pt
 
3
In
Essential elements:In, Pt
All elements listed in formula:In, Pt

Relationship of Yixunite to other Species

Related Minerals - Nickel-Strunz Grouping):

- +
1.AG.05Hexaferrum
(Fe,Os,Ru,Ir)
1.AG.10Atokite
(Pd,Pt)
 
3
Sn
1.AG.10Rustenburgite
(Pt,Pd)
 
3
Sn
1.AG.10Zvyagintsevite
(Pd,Pt,Au)
 
3
(Pb,Sn)
1.AG.15Taimyrite
(Pd,Cu,Pt)
 
3
Sn
1.AG.15Tatyanaite
(Pt,Pd,Cu)
 
9
Cu
 
3
Sn
 
4
1.AG.20Paolovite
Pd
 
2
Sn
1.AG.25Plumbopalladinite
Pb
 
2
Pd
 
3
1.AG.25Stannopalladinite
(Pd,Cu)
 
3
Sn
 
2
1.AG.30Cabriite
Pd
 
2
SnCu
1.AG.35Chengdeite
Ir
 
3
Fe
1.AG.35Isoferroplatinum
Pt
 
3
Fe
1.AG.40Ferronickelplatinum
Pt
 
2
FeNi
1.AG.40Tetraferroplatinum
PtFe
1.AG.40Tulameenite
Pt
 
2
CuFe
1.AG.45Hongshiite
PtCu
1.AG.45Skaergaardite
PdCu
1.AG.55Damiaoite
PtIn
 
2
1.AG.60Niggliite
PtSn
1.AG.65Bortnikovite
Pd
 
4
Cu
 
3
Zn
1.AG.70Nielsenite
PdCu
 
3
Related Minerals - Dana Grouping):

- +
1.2.6.1Isoferroplatinum
Pt
 
3
Fe
1.2.6.2Chengdeite
Ir
 
3
Fe

Other Names for Yixunite

Synonyms:
IMA1995-042
Other Languages:
German:Yixunit
Russian:Исюньит
Spanish:Yixunita

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 Yixunite

Reference List:Yu Zuxiang (1997): Yixunite - An ordered new native indium and platinum alloy. Acta Geologica Sinica 71(4), 332-335 (in Chinese with English abstract). - New Minerals 1995-1999, 269 (abstract).

American Mineralogist (1998), 83, 655.

Mineralogical Record 29, 478-479.

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    Localities for Yixunite

    (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.
    China
     
    • Hebei Province
      • Chengde Prefecture
        • Chengde Co.
          • Damiao village
    		Yu Zuxiang (1997): Acta Geologia Sinica 71(4), 329-331.
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