Tischendorfite

Tischendorfite, etc.

Eskaborn adit, Tilkerode Mining District, Mansfeld, Mansfeld-Südharz, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

Tischendorfite, etc.

Eskaborn adit, Tilkerode Mining District, Mansfeld, Mansfeld-Südharz, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

Tischendorfite, etc.

Eskaborn adit, Tilkerode Mining District, Mansfeld, Mansfeld-Südharz, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

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Gerhard Tischendorf

Formula:

Pd₈Hg₃Se₉

Colour:

Silver-grey

Lustre:

Metallic

Specific Gravity:

9.13 (Calculated)

Crystal System:

Orthorhombic

Name:

Named in honor of Gerhard Tischendorf (25 December 1927, Treuen, Vogtland, German Empire - 10 December 2007, Zittau, Germany), geologist with the Central Geological Institute in Berlin and later the Central Institute for Physics of the Earth (ZIPE). He was a specialist in selenium deposits, who first described the mineral as an unknown species in 1958.

Type Locality:

ⓘ Eskaborn adit, Tilkerode Mining District, Mansfeld, Mansfeld-Südharz, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

This page provides mineralogical data about Tischendorfite.

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Anisotropism:

Weak, steel blue to greenish brown

Bireflectance:

Weakly bireflectant

Reflectivity:

Wavelength	R1	R2	imR1	imR2
400nm	38.2%	43.3%	27.85%	33.2%
420nm	42.3%	47.6%	30.5%	35.6%
440nm	44.6%	49.6%	32.35%	37.3%
460nm	46.2%	50.85%	33.6%	38.1%
470nm	46.8%	51.3%	33.9%	38.3%
480nm	47.3%	51.7%	34.45%	38.7%
500nm	48.2%	52.4%	34.95%	39.0%
520nm	48.75%	52.75%	35.35%	39.3%
540nm	49.3%	53.1%	35.75%	39.5%
546nm	49.4%	53.1%	35.9%	39.5%
560nm	49.7%	53.1%	36.2%	39.6%
580nm	49.95%	53.2%	36.4%	39.7%
589nm	49.9%	53.25%	36.5%	39.9%
600nm	49.9%	53.4%	36.45%	40.0%
620nm	49.8%	53.3%	36.2%	39.8%
640nm	49.3%	52.9%	35.8%	39.7%
650nm	48.95%	52.55%	35.7%	39.6%
660nm	48.4%	52.45%	35.3%	39.5%
680nm	47.0%	50.7%	34.2%	38.5%
700nm	43.5%	47.0%	32.3%	37.0%

Graph shows reflectance levels at different wavelengths (in nm). Top of box is 100%. Peak reflectance is 53.4%.
R₁ shown in black, R₂ shown in red, ^imR₁ shown in green, ^imR₂ shown in blue

Colour in reflected light:

Cream or slightly beige

Internal Reflections:

None

Pleochroism:

Non-pleochroic

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- This locality has map coordinates listed. - This locality has estimated coordinates. ⓘ - Click for references and further information on this occurrence. ? - Indicates mineral may be doubtful at this locality. - Good crystals or important locality for species. - World class for species or very significant. (TL) - Type Locality for a valid mineral species. (FRL) - First Recorded Locality for everything else (eg varieties). Struck out - Mineral was erroneously reported from this locality. Faded * - Never found at this locality but inferred to have existed at some point in the past (e.g. from pseudomorphs).

All localities listed without proper references should be considered as questionable.

Germany (TL)
Saxony-Anhalt Mansfeld-Südharz Mansfeld Tilkerode Mining District ⓘ Eskaborn adit (TL)	Stanley et al. (2002) +1 other reference
Turkey
Hatay Province Arsuz ⓘ Kizildag ophiolite	Kozlu et al. (2010)