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Gananite

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Formula:

BiF₃

Colour:

brown to black and greenish-black

Lustre:

Resinous, Sub-Metallic

Hardness:

3½

Specific Gravity:

8.928 (Calculated)

Crystal System:

Isometric

Name:

Named for Gannan, the Chinese name for southwestern Jiangxi Province, where the mineral was discovered.
Note that the IMA approved name is "Gananite" although the region for which its was named is spelled with two "n".

Type Locality:

ⓘ Laikeng tungsten mine, Gan Co., Ganzhou, Jiangxi, China

This page provides mineralogical data about Gananite.

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Classification of GananiteHide

IMA status:

Approved

First Published:

1984

Strunz 8th ed.:

3/A.11-10

Nickel-Strunz 10th (pending) ed.:

3.AC.20

3 : HALIDES
A : Simple halides, without H₂O
C : M:X = 1:3

Dana 8th ed.:

9.3.5.1

9 : NORMAL HALIDES
3 : AX₃

Hey's CIM Ref.:

8.9.3

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

Physical Properties of GananiteHide

Lustre:

Resinous, Sub-Metallic

Transparency:

Translucent

Colour:

brown to black and greenish-black

Streak:

Dark gray

Hardness:

3½ on Mohs scale

Hardness:

VHN₁₀₀=135 - 153 - Vickers

Tenacity:

Brittle

Cleavage:

None Observed

Fracture:

Irregular/Uneven

Density:

8.928 g/cm³ (Calculated)

Chemical Properties of GananiteHide

Formula:

BiF₃

Elements listed:

Bi, F - search for minerals with similar chemistry

Crystallography of GananiteHide

Crystal System:

Isometric

Cell Parameters:

a = 5.825(1) Å

Unit Cell V:

197.65 Å³ (Calculated from Unit Cell)

Comment:

Space group P43m

Crystal StructureHide

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ID	Species	Reference	Link	Year	Locality	Pressure (GPa)	Temp (K)
0015758	Gananite	Hund F, Fricke R (1949) Der kristallbau von a-BiF3 Zeitschrift fur Anorganische und Allgemeine Chemie 258 198-204		1949		0	293

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_database_code_amcsd 0015758
_chemical_formula_sum 'Bi F3'
_cell_length_a 5.853
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_cell_length_c 5.853
_cell_angle_alpha 90
_cell_angle_beta 90
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_cell_volume 200.510
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F1   0.00000   0.00000   0.00000
F2   0.50000   0.50000   0.50000
F3   0.00000   0.50000   0.50000
F4   0.50000   0.00000   0.00000
F5   0.25000   0.25000   0.25000

Type Occurrence of GananiteHide

Type Locality:

ⓘ Laikeng tungsten mine, Gan Co., Ganzhou, Jiangxi, China

General Appearance of Type Material:

brown to black and greenish-black irregular aggregates, 0.076 to 0.15 mm in diameter

Place of Conservation of Type Material:

National Museum of Geology of Beijing, China.

Associated Minerals at Type Locality:

Wolframite	Quartz	Pyrite	Chalcopyrite	Bismuthinite
Bismuth

Reference:

Cheng, L., Huang, Z., Pan, S., Huang, R., Guo, S. (1984) Gananite (α-BiF3), a new bismuto-fluoride mineral from Jiangxi, China. Acta Petrologica Mineralogica et Analytica [Yanshi Kuangwu Ji Ceshi]: 3(2): 119-123.

Synonyms of GananiteHide

IMA1983-006

Other Language Names for GananiteHide

German:Gananit

Russian:Гананит

Simplified Chinese:赣南矿

Spanish:Gananita

Related Minerals - Nickel-Strunz Grouping Hide

3.AC.05	Zharchikhite	AlF(OH)₂	Mon.
3.AC.10	Molysite	FeCl₃	Hex.
3.AC.15	Fluocerite-(Ce)	(Ce,La)F₃	Trig. 3m (3 2/m) : P3c1
3.AC.15	Fluocerite-(La)	(La,Ce)F₃	Trig. 3m (3 2/m) : P3c1

Related Minerals - Hey's Chemical Index of Minerals Grouping Hide

8.9.1	Onoratoite	Sb₈Cl₂O₁₁	Tric. 1 : P1
8.9.2	Kelyanite	[Hg₂]²⁺₆Sb³⁺BrCl₂O₆	Trig. 3
8.9.4	Zavaritskite	(BiO)F	Tet.
8.9.5	Bismoclite	BiOCl	Tet. 4/mmm (4/m 2/m 2/m) : P4/nmm
8.9.6	Daubréeite	(BiO)(OH,Cl)	Tet. 4/mmm (4/m 2/m 2/m) : P4/nmm
8.9.7	Perite	PbBiClO₂	Orth. mmm (2/m 2/m 2/m) : Cmcm

Other InformationHide

Electrical:

None

Notes:

readily soluble in HCl and HN03.

Health Risks:

No information on health risks for this material has been entered into the database. You should always treat mineral specimens with care.

References for GananiteHide

Reference List:

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Hund, F., Fricke, R. (1949) Der kristallbau von α-BiF3. Zeitschrift für Anorganische und Allgemeine Chemie: 258: 198-204.

Jambor, J.L., Burke, E.A.J., Ercit, T.S., Grice, J.D. (1988) New mineral names. American Mineralogist: 73: 1492-1499 (1494).

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Localities for GananiteHide

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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 (eg from pseudomorphs.)

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


China (TL)
Jiangxi Ganzhou Gan Co. ⓘ Laikeng tungsten mine (TL)	Longzai Cheng, Zongshao Hu, Shiwei Pan, Rongsheng Huang, and Shuliang Guo (1984): Acta Petrologica Mineralogica et Analytica 3(2), 119-123; American Mineralogist 73, 1494 (1988)

Germany
Saxony Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge Dippoldiswalde ⓘ Sadisdorf	Witzke, T. (2011): Neues von Sadisdorf, Erzgebirge: Gananit, Cheralith, Grayit und Brockit. Mineralien-Welt 22 (4), 47-50.

Russia
Chukotka Autonomous Okrug Iultinsky District ⓘ Kuiviveem–Pyrkakai ore district	Alekseev, V. I., & Marin, Y. B. (2015). Composition and evolution of accessory mineralization of Li–F granites in the Far East as indicators of their ore potential. Geology of Ore Deposits, 57(8), 635-644.
Okhotsk-Chukotka belt ⓘ Kontaktovyi Stock	Sidorov, V. A., Volkov, A. V., Wolfson, A. A., & Sidorov, A. A. (2007, November). Au-Bi-Te mineralization of the Kontaktovyi stock in Northeast Russia. In Doklady Earth Sciences (Vol. 417, No. 1, pp. 1164-1168). Nauka/Interperiodica.

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Gananite

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Type Occurrence of GananiteHide

Synonyms of GananiteHide

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