Named for Nickolay Semenovich Rudashevsky (Николай Семенович Рудашевский) (1944-), St. Petersburg, Russia, for his contributions in the study of ore minerals.

Type Locality:

ⓘ Indarch meteorite, Hindarx, Aghjabadi District, Azerbaijan

Polymorph of:

Buseckite, Keilite, Troilite

Sphalerite group.
The iron(II) analogue of sphalerite, browneite, etc.

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Unique IdentifiersHide

Mindat ID:

27575

Long-form identifier:

mindat:1:1:27575:2

GUID
(UUID V4):

b4276b9f-c0ee-466a-94b9-5fafc48f9345

IMA Classification of RudashevskyiteHide

IMA status:

Approved

Approval year:

2005

First published:

2008

Type description reference:

Britvin, S.N. (2008) Rudashevskyite, Fe-dominant analogue of sphalerite, a new mineral: description and crystal structure. American Mineralogist: 93: 902-909.

Classification of RudashevskyiteHide

Strunz-mindat (2024):

2.CB.05a

2 : SULFIDES and SULFOSALTS (sulfides, selenides, tellurides; arsenides, antimonides, bismuthides; sulfarsenites, sulfantimonites, sulfbismuthites, etc.)
C : Metal Sulfides, M: S = 1: 1 (and similar)
B : With Zn, Fe, Cu, Ag, etc.

Dana 8th ed.:

2.8.2.7

2 : SULFIDES
8 : A_mX_p, with m:p = 1:1

Mineral SymbolsHide

As of 2021 there are now IMA–CNMNC approved mineral symbols (abbreviations) for each mineral species, useful for tables and diagrams.

Symbol	Source	Reference
Rud	IMA–CNMNC	Warr, L.N. (2021). IMA–CNMNC approved mineral symbols. Mineralogical Magazine, 85(3), 291-320. doi:10.1180/mgm.2021.43

Physical Properties of RudashevskyiteHide

Lustre:

Resinous, Sub-Metallic

Colour:

Black

Streak:

Brown-black

Hardness:

VHN₂₀=313 - 383 kg/mm² - Vickers

Tenacity:

Brittle

Density:

3.79 g/cm³ (Calculated)

Optical Data of RudashevskyiteHide

Reflectivity:

Wavelength	R
400nm	19.5%
440nm	19.5%
470nm	19.6%
500nm	19.8%
520nm	19.9%
546nm	20.3%
560nm	20.5%
589nm	20.8%
620nm	20.9%
650nm	21.1%
680nm	21.1%
700nm	21.2%

Graph shows reflectance levels at different wavelengths (in nm). Top of box is 100%. Peak reflectance is 21.2%.

Colour in reflected light:

Gray with distinct brownish tint

Internal Reflections:

None

Chemistry of RudashevskyiteHide

Mindat Formula:

(Fe,Zn)S

Elements listed:

Fe, S, Zn - search for minerals with similar chemistry

Crystallography of RudashevskyiteHide

Crystal System:

Isometric

Class (H-M):

4 3m - Hextetrahedral

Space Group:

F4 3m

Cell Parameters:

a = 5.426(2) Å

Unit Cell V:

159.75 Å³ (Calculated from Unit Cell)

Crystal StructureHide

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ID	Species	Reference	Year	Locality	Temp (K)
0004582	Rudashevskyite	Britvin S N, Bogdanova A N, Boldyreva M M, Aksenova G Y (2008) Rudashevskyite, the Fe-dominant analogue of sphalerite, a new mineral: Description and crystal structure American Mineralogist 93 902-909	2008	Indarch meteorite	293
0004583	Rudashevskyite	Britvin S N, Bogdanova A N, Boldyreva M M, Aksenova G Y (2008) Rudashevskyite, the Fe-dominant analogue of sphalerite, a new mineral: Description and crystal structure American Mineralogist 93 902-909	2008	Indarch meteorite	293
0004584	Rudashevskyite	Britvin S N, Bogdanova A N, Boldyreva M M, Aksenova G Y (2008) Rudashevskyite, the Fe-dominant analogue of sphalerite, a new mineral: Description and crystal structure American Mineralogist 93 902-909	2008	Indarch meteorite	293

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X-Ray Powder DiffractionHide

Powder Diffraction Data:

d-spacing	Intensity
3.130 Å	(100)
2.714 Å	(10)
1.919 Å	(50)
1.634 Å	(40)
1.359 Å	(5)
1.246 Å	(30)
1.107 Å	(30)
1.045 Å	(30)

Geological EnvironmentHide

Paragenetic Mode(s):

Paragenetic Mode	Earliest Age (Ga)
Stage 2: Planetesimal differentiation and alteration	4.566-4.550
6 : Secondary asteroid phases	4.566-4.560
Stage 3b: Earth’s earliest hydrosphere	>4.45
12 : Hadean hydrothermal subsurface sulfide deposits (see also #33)
High-𝑇 alteration and/or metamorphism
33 : Minerals deposited by hydrothermal metal-rich fluids (see also [#12])
Stage 10b: Anthropogenic minerals	<10 Ka
56 : Slag and smelter minerals (see also #51 and #55)

Type Occurrence of RudashevskyiteHide

Type Locality:

ⓘ Indarch meteorite, Hindarx, Aghjabadi District, Azerbaijan

General Appearance of Type Material:

Xenomorphic grains, 5–150 µm in cross section, their segregations filling interstices between the crystals and grains of adjacent minerals in the matrix of chondrite. Lamellar.

Place of Conservation of Type Material:

Mineralogical Museum, Department of Mineralogy, St. Petersburg State University, St. Petersburg, Russia.

Geological Setting of Type Material:

Enstatite chondrite meteorite

Associated Minerals at Type Locality:

Troilite

Reference:

Britvin, S.N. (2008) Rudashevskyite, Fe-dominant analogue of sphalerite, a new mineral: description and crystal structure. American Mineralogist: 93: 902-909.

Synonyms of RudashevskyiteHide

IMA2005-017

Relationship of Rudashevskyite to other SpeciesHide

Member of:

Sphalerite Group

Other Members of this group:

Browneite	MnS	Iso. 4 3m : F4 3m
Coloradoite	HgTe	Iso. 4 3m : F4 3m
Hawleyite	CdS	Iso. 4 3m : F4 3m
Ishiharaite	(Cu,Ga,Fe,In,Zn)S	Iso. 4 3m : F4 3m
Metacinnabar	HgS	Iso. 4 3m : F4 3m
Sphalerite	ZnS	Iso. 4 3m : F4 3m
Stilleite	ZnSe	Iso. 4 3m : F4 3m
Tiemannite	HgSe	Iso. 4 3m : F4 3m

Related Minerals - Strunz-mindat Grouping Hide

2.CB.	Agmantinite	Ag₂MnSnS₄	Orth.
2.CB.	Richardsite	Zn₂CuGaS₄	Tet. 4 2m : I4 2m
2.CB.	Gachingite	Au(Te_1-xSe_x)	Orth. mmm (2/m 2/m 2/m)
2.CB.	Tolstykhite	Au₃S₄Te₆	Tric. 1 : P1
2.CB.	Hanswilkeite	KFeS₂	Mon. 2/m : B2/b
2.CB.	Auroselenide	AuSe	Mon. 2/m : B2/m
2.CB.	Ruizhongite	(Ag₂◻)Pb₃Ge₂S₈	Iso. 4 3m : I4 3d
2.CB.	Okruginite	Cu₂SnSe₃	Mon. m : Bb
2.CB.05a	Coloradoite	HgTe	Iso. 4 3m : F4 3m
2.CB.05a	Hawleyite	CdS	Iso. 4 3m : F4 3m
2.CB.05a	Metacinnabar	HgS	Iso. 4 3m : F4 3m
2.CB.05c	Polhemusite	(Zn,Hg)S	Tet.
2.CB.05b	Sakuraiite	(Cu,Zn,Fe)₃(In,Sn)S₄	Iso.
2.CB.05a	Sphalerite	ZnS	Iso. 4 3m : F4 3m
2.CB.05a	Stilleite	ZnSe	Iso. 4 3m : F4 3m
2.CB.05a	Tiemannite	HgSe	Iso. 4 3m : F4 3m
2.CB.05	UM1998-15-S:CuFeZn	Cu₂Fe₃Zn₅S₁₀
2.CB.05a	Ishiharaite	(Cu,Ga,Fe,In,Zn)S	Iso. 4 3m : F4 3m
2.CB.07a	Shenzhuangite	NiFeS₂	Tet. 4 2m : I4 2d
2.CB.07a	Unnamed (Cu-Mn-Sn Sulpide)	Cu₂MnSnS₄
2.CB.10a	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	Tet. 4 2m : I4 2d
2.CB.10a	Eskebornite	CuFeSe₂	Tet. 4 2m : P4 2c
2.CB.10a	Gallite	CuGaS₂	Tet. 4 2m : I4 2d
2.CB.10b	Haycockite	Cu₄Fe₅S₈	Orth. 2 2 2
2.CB.10a	Lenaite	AgFeS₂	Tet. 4 2m : I4 2d
2.CB.10b	Mooihoekite	Cu₉Fe₉S₁₆	Tet. 4 2m : P4 2m
2.CB.10b	Putoranite	Cu_1.1Fe_1.2S₂	Iso. m3m (4/m 3 2/m) : Pn3m
2.CB.10a	Roquesite	CuInS₂	Tet. 4 2m : I4 2d
2.CB.10b	Talnakhite	Cu₉(Fe,Ni)₈S₁₆	Iso. 4 3m : I4 3m
2.CB.10a	Laforêtite	AgInS₂	Tet. 4 2m : I4 2d
2.CB.10a	Unnamed (Cu-Zn-In Sulphide)	CuZn₂InS₄
2.CB.10a	UM1984-30-S:CuFeSn	Cu₂Fe₂Sn₃S₇
2.CB.10c	Omariniite	Cu₈Fe₂ZnGe₂S₁₂	Orth. 2 2 2 : I2 2 2
2.CB.15a	Černýite	Cu₂(Cd,Zn,Fe)SnS₄	Tet. 4 2m : I4 2m
2.CB.15a	Ferrokësterite	Cu₂FeSnS₄	Tet. 4 : I4
2.CB.15a	Hocartite	Ag₂(Fe²⁺,Zn)SnS₄	Tet. 4 2m : I4 2m
2.CB.15a	Idaite	Cu₅FeS₆	Hex.
2.CB.15a	Kësterite	Cu₂ZnSnS₄	Tet. 4 : I4
2.CB.15a	Kuramite	Cu₃SnS₄	Tet. 4 2m : I4 2m
2.CB.15b	Mohite	Cu₂SnS₃	Mon.
2.CB.15a	Pirquitasite	Ag₂ZnSnS₄	Tet. 4 : I4
2.CB.15a	Stannite	Cu₂FeSnS₄	Tet. 4 2m : I4 2m
2.CB.15c	Stannoidite	Cu⁺₆Cu²⁺₂(Fe²⁺,Zn)₃Sn₂S₁₂	Orth. 2 2 2 : I2 2 2
2.CB.15a	Velikite	Cu₂HgSnS₄	Tet. 4 : I4
2.CB.15c	UM2006-11-S:CuFeGeZn	Cu₈(Fe,Zn)₃Ge₂S₁₂ (?)
2.CB.17a v	Arsenic-bearing Renierite	Cu₁₁GeAsFe₄S₁₆
2.CB.20	Chatkalite	Cu₆FeSn₂S₈	Tet. 4 2m : P4m2
2.CB.20	Mawsonite	Cu₆Fe₂SnS₈	Tet. 4 2m : P4m2
2.CB.30	Argyropyrite	near Ag₂Fe₇S₁₁
2.CB.30	Colusite	Cu₁₃VAs₃S₁₆	Iso. 4 3m : P4 3n
2.CB.30	Germanite	Cu₁₃Fe₂Ge₂S₁₆	Iso. 4 3m : P4 3n
2.CB.30	Germanocolusite	Cu₂₆V₂(Ge,As)₆S₃₂	Iso. 4 3m : P4 3m
2.CB.30	Nekrasovite	Cu₂₆V₂(Sn,As,Sb)₆S₃₂	Iso. 4 3m : P4 3n
2.CB.30	Stibiocolusite	Cu₁₃V(Sb,Sn,As)₃S₁₆	Iso. 4 3m : P4 3m
2.CB.30	Ovamboite	Cu₂₀(Fe,Cu,Zn)₆W₂Ge₆S₃₂	Iso. 4 3m : P4 3n
2.CB.30	Maikainite	Cu₂₀(Fe,Cu)₆Mo₂Ge₆S₃₂	Iso. m3m (4/m 3 2/m)
2.CB.30	Frieseite	Ag₂Fe₅S₈ (?)
2.CB.35a	Hemusite	Cu₆SnMoS₈	Iso.
2.CB.35a	Kiddcreekite	Cu₆SnWS₈	Iso. 4 3m : F4 3m
2.CB.35a	Polkovicite	(Fe,Pb)₃(Ge,Fe)_1-xS₄	Iso.
2.CB.35a	Renierite	(Cu¹⁺,Zn)₁₁Fe₄(Ge⁴⁺,As⁵⁺)₂S₁₆	Tet. 4 2m : P4 2c
2.CB.35a	Vinciennite	Cu⁺₇Cu²⁺₃Fe²⁺₂Fe³⁺₂Sn(As,Sb)S₁₆	Tet.
2.CB.35a	Morozeviczite	(Pb,Fe)₃Ge_1-xS₄	Iso.
2.CB.35b	Catamarcaite	Cu₆GeWS₈	Hex. 6mm : P6₃mc
2.CB.40	Lautite	CuAsS	Orth. mmm (2/m 2/m 2/m) : Pnma
2.CB.42	Lingbaoite	AgTe₃	Trig. 3m : R3m
2.CB.45	Cadmoselite	CdSe	Hex. 6mm : P6₃mc
2.CB.45	Greenockite	CdS	Hex. 6mm : P6₃mc
2.CB.45	Wurtzite	(Zn,Fe)S	Hex. 6mm : P6₃mc
2.CB.45	Rambergite	MnS	Hex. 6mm : P6₃mc
2.CB.45	Buseckite	(Fe,Zn,Mn)S	Hex. 6mm : P6₃mc
2.CB.45	Maletoyvayamite	Au₃Se₄Te₆	Tric. 1 : P1
2.CB.47	Murchisite	Cr₅S₆	Trig. 3m (3 2/m) : P3 1c
2.CB.50	Zincselenide	ZnSe
2.CB.50	Wassonite	TiS	Trig. 3m (3 2/m) : R3m
2.CB.52	Dzhezkazganite	ReMoCu₂PbS₆ ?	Trig. 3m : R3m
2.CB.55a	Cubanite	CuFe₂S₃	Orth. mmm (2/m 2/m 2/m)
2.CB.55b	Isocubanite	CuFe₂S₃	Iso. m3m (4/m 3 2/m) : Fm3m
2.CB.60	Picotpaulite	TlFe₂S₃	Orth. mmm (2/m 2/m 2/m) : Cmcm
2.CB.60	Raguinite	TlFeS₂	Orth.
2.CB.65	Argentopyrite	AgFe₂S₃	Mon. 2/m
2.CB.65	Sternbergite	AgFe₂S₃	Orth. mmm (2/m 2/m 2/m)
2.CB.70	Sulvanite	Cu₃VS₄	Iso. 4 3m : P4 3m
2.CB.75	Vulcanite	CuTe	Orth. mmm (2/m 2/m 2/m)
2.CB.80	Empressite	AgTe	Orth. mmm (2/m 2/m 2/m)
2.CB.85	Muthmannite	AuAgTe₂	Mon. 2/m : P2/m

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References for RudashevskyiteHide

Reference List:

Britvin, S.N. (2008) Rudashevskyite, Fe-dominant analogue of sphalerite, a new mineral: description and crystal structure. American Mineralogist: 93: 902-909.

(2023) Rudashevskyite. Handbook of Mineralogy. Mineralogical Society of America

Localities for RudashevskyiteHide

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- 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).

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Atlantic Ocean
Mid-Atlantic Ridge complex Ashadze hydrothermal area ⓘ Ashadze 1	Firstova et al. (2016)

Azerbaijan (TL)
Aghjabadi District Hindarx ⓘ Indarch meteorite (TL)	Britvin (2008)

Czech Republic
Vysočina Region Havlíčkův Brod District Stříbrné Hory ⓘ Stříbrné Hory slag locality	Janíčková et al. (2012)

Poland
Silesian Voivodeship ⓘ Katowice - Piekary Śląskie area slag dumps	Warchulski et al. (2015)
Piekary Śląskie Brzeziny Śląskie Orzeł Biały mine ⓘ Orzeł Biały dumps	Warchulski et al. (2015)

Tonga
Southern Lau Basin ⓘ Kilo Moana vent field	Wendt (2013)

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