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Zavaritskite

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Ebisu mine, Hirukawa, Nakatsugawa City, Gifu Prefecture, Chubu Region, Honshu Island, Japan
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Formula:
BiOF
System:TetragonalColour:Grey
Lustre:Greasy, Sub-MetallicHardness:2 - 2½
Name:Named after Aleksandr Nicolaevich Zavaritskii (1884-1952), academician, Academy of Sciences (Russia), a specialist in the petrology of ore deposits.


Matlockite Group.

Classification of Zavaritskite

IMA status:Approved
Strunz 8th edition ID:3/D.0-30
Nickel-Strunz 10th (pending) edition ID:3.DC.25

3 : HALIDES
D : Oxyhalides, hydroxyhalides and related double halides
C : With Pb (As,Sb,Bi), without Cu
Dana 8th edition ID:10.2.1.1

10 : OXYHALIDES AND HYDROXYHALIDES
2 : A(O,OH)Xq
Hey's CIM Ref.:8.9.4

8 : Halides - Fluorides, Chlorides, Bromides and Iodides; also Fluoborates and Fluosilicates
9 : Halides of Sb and Bi
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Type Occurrence of Zavaritskite

Type Locality:Sherlovaya Gora, Adun-Cholon Range, Nerchinsk Gem mines, Nerchinsk (Nertschinsk), Chitinskaya Oblast', Transbaikalia (Zabaykalye), Eastern-Siberian Region, Russia
Year of Discovery:1962

Physical Properties of Zavaritskite

Lustre:Greasy, Sub-Metallic
Diaphaneity (Transparency):Opaque
Colour:Grey
Hardness (Mohs):2 - 2½

Crystallography of Zavaritskite

Crystal System:Tetragonal
Cell Parameters:a = 3.74Å, c = 6.22Å
Ratio:a:c = 1 : 1.663
Unit Cell Volume:V 87.00 ų (Calculated from Unit Cell)

Optical Data of Zavaritskite

Type:Uniaxial (+/-)
RI values: nα = 2.210 nβ = 2.213
Maximum Birefringence:δ = 2.210

Chart shows birefringence interference colour range (at 30µm thickness) and does not take into account mineral colouration.
Surface Relief:Very High

Chemical Properties of Zavaritskite

Formula:
BiOF
Essential elements:Bi, F, O
All elements listed in formula:Bi, F, O

Relationship of Zavaritskite to other Species

Member of Group:
Matlockite Group:
MXY
Related Minerals - Nickel-Strunz Grouping):

- +
3.DC.05Laurionite
PbClOH
3.DC.05Paralaurionite
PbClOH
3.DC.10Fiedlerite
Pb
 
3
Cl
 
4
F(OH)·H
 
2
O
3.DC.15Penfieldite
Pb
 
2
[OH|Cl
 
3
]
3.DC.20Laurelite
Pb(F,Cl,OH)
 
2
3.DC.25Bismoclite
BiOCl
3.DC.25Daubréeite
BiO(OH,Cl)
3.DC.25Matlockite
PbFCl
3.DC.25Rorisite
CaFCl
3.DC.25Zhangpeishanite
BaFCl
3.DC.30Nadorite
PbSb[O
 
2
|Cl]
3.DC.30Perite
PbBi[O
 
2
|Cl]
3.DC.35Aravaipaite
Pb
 
3
[F
 
3
|AlF
 
6
] · H
 
2
O
3.DC.37Calcioaravaipaite
PbCa
 
2
[(F,OH)
 
3
|AlF
 
6
] · H
 
2
O
3.DC.40Thorikosite
Pb
 
3
[OH|(SbO
 
3
,AsO
 
3
)|Cl
 
2
]
3.DC.45Mereheadite
Pb
 
47
O
 
24
(OH)
 
13
Cl
 
25
(BO
 
3
)
 
2
(CO3)
3.DC.50Blixite
Pb
 
2
[(O,OH)
 
2
|Cl]
3.DC.55Pinalite
Pb
 
3
WO
 
5
Cl
 
2
3.DC.60Symesite
Pb
 
10
[O
 
7
|SO
 
4
|Cl
 
4
] · H
 
2
O
3.DC.65Ecdemite
Pb
 
6
[As
 
2
O
 
7
|Cl
 
4
]
3.DC.65Heliophyllite
Pb
 
3
AsO
 
4-n
Cl
 
2n+1
3.DC.70Mendipite
Pb
 
3
[O
 
2
|Cl
 
2
]
3.DC.75Damaraite
Pb
 
3
[O
 
2
|OH|Cl]
3.DC.80Onoratoite
Sb
 
8
O
 
11
Cl
 
2
3.DC.85Cotunnite
PbCl
 
2
3.DC.90Pseudocotunnite
K
 
2
PbCl
 
4
3.DC.95Barstowite
Pb
 
4
[Cl
 
6
|CO
 
3
] · H
 
2
O
Related Minerals - Hey's Index Grouping:

- +
8.9.1Onoratoite
Sb
 
8
O
 
11
Cl
 
2
8.9.2Kelyanite
(Hg
2+
 
)
 
6
(SbO
 
6
)BrCl
 
2
8.9.3Gananite
BiF
 
3
8.9.5Bismoclite
BiOCl
8.9.6Daubréeite
BiO(OH,Cl)
8.9.7Perite
PbBi[O
 
2
|Cl]

Other Names for Zavaritskite

Synonyms:
Zawaryskite
Other Languages:
German:Zavaritskit
Zawaryskit
Russian:Заварицкит
Spanish:Zavaritskita
Zawaryskita

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 Zavaritskite

Reference List:Doklady Akademii Nauk SSSR (1962): 146: 680.

American Mineralogist (1963): 48: 210.

Acta Chemica Scandinavica:: 18: 1823-1830.

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