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Zlatogorite

Formula:
NiCuSb
 
2
System:TrigonalColour:Silver-white
Lustre:MetallicHardness:4½
Name:Named after its locality, the Zlatoya Gora deposit near Karabasch, middle Urals, Russia.


Nickeline Group.

Classification of Zlatogorite

IMA status:Approved 1994
Strunz 8th edition ID:2/C.21-25
Nickel-Strunz 10th (pending) edition ID:2.CC.05

2 : SULFIDES and SULFOSALTS (sulfides, selenides, tellurides; arsenides, antimonides, bismuthides; sulfarsenites, sulfantimonites, sulfbismuthites, etc.)
C : Metal Sulfides, M: S = 1: 1 (and similar)
C : With Ni, Fe, Co, PGE, etc.
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Type Occurrence of Zlatogorite

Type Locality:Zolotaya Gora (Zlataya Gora, Zlatoya Gora), Soimon Valley, Karabash (Karabasch), Chelyabinsk Oblast', Urals Region, Russia

Physical Properties of Zlatogorite

Lustre:Metallic
Diaphaneity (Transparency):Opaque
Colour:Silver-white
Hardness (Mohs):4½

Crystallography of Zlatogorite

Crystal System:Trigonal

Chemical Properties of Zlatogorite

Formula:
NiCuSb
 
2
Essential elements:Cu, Ni, Sb
All elements listed in formula:Cu, Ni, Sb

Relationship of Zlatogorite to other Species

Related Minerals - Nickel-Strunz Grouping):
2.CC.05Achavalite
FeSe
2.CC.05Breithauptite
NiSb
2.CC.05Freboldite
CoSe
2.CC.05Hexatestibiopanickelite
Ni(Te,Sb)
2.CC.05Kotulskite
Pd(Te,Bi)
 
1-2
2.CC.05Langisite
(Co,Ni)As ratio Co:Ni = 5:1
2.CC.05Nickeline
NiAs
2.CC.05Sederholmite
NiSe Beta-NiSe
2.CC.05Sobolevskite
PdBi
2.CC.05Stumpflite
Pt(Sb,Bi)
2.CC.05Sudburyite
(Pd,Ni)Sb
2.CC.05Jaipurite
CoS
2.CC.05Vavřínite
Ni
 
2
SbTe
 
2
2.CC.10Pyrrhotite
Fe
 
0.83-1
S
2.CC.10Smythite
(Fe,Ni)
 
9
S
 
11
2.CC.10Troilite
FeS
2.CC.15Cherepanovite
RhAs
2.CC.15Modderite
(Co,Fe)As
2.CC.15Ruthenarsenite
(Ru,Ni)As
2.CC.15Westerveldite
(Fe,Ni,Co)As
2.CC.20Millerite
NiS
2.CC.20Mäkinenite
γ-NiSe
2.CC.25Mackinawite
(Fe,Ni)
 
9
S
 
8
2.CC.30Braggite
(Pt,Pd,Ni)S
2.CC.30Cooperite
(Pt,Pd,Ni)S
2.CC.30Vysotskite
(Pd,Ni)S

Other Names for Zlatogorite

Synonyms:
IMA1994-014
German names:
Zlatogorit
Russian names:
Златогорит
Spanish names:
Zlatogorita

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 Zlatogorite

Reference List:Doklady Akademii Nauk (1994): 335(6): 709-711.

Mineralogical Record: 27: 395.

Vestnik Moskovskolo Universiteta, series 4(5): 57-64.

American Mineralogist (1996): 81: 1015-1016.

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    Localities for Zlatogorite

    (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.
    Russia
     
    • Urals Region
      • Chelyabinsk Oblast'
        • Karabash (Karabasch)
          • Soimon Valley
            • Zlatoya Gora)
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