Kharaelakhite
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Formula:
(Cu,Pt,Pb,Fe,Ni)9S8
Lustre:
Metallic
Crystal System:
Orthorhombic
Name:
The new name is for the locality, the Kharaelakh plateau near the Talnakh deposit.
This page provides mineralogical data about Kharaelakhite.
Classification of Kharaelakhite
Approved
First Published:
1985
2/B.17-30
2.BB.15
2 : SULFIDES and SULFOSALTS (sulfides, selenides, tellurides; arsenides, antimonides, bismuthides; sulfarsenites, sulfantimonites, sulfbismuthites, etc.)
B : Metal Sulfides, M: S > 1: 1 (mainly 2: 1)
B : With Ni
2 : SULFIDES and SULFOSALTS (sulfides, selenides, tellurides; arsenides, antimonides, bismuthides; sulfarsenites, sulfantimonites, sulfbismuthites, etc.)
B : Metal Sulfides, M: S > 1: 1 (mainly 2: 1)
B : With Ni
2.7.5.1
2 : SULFIDES
7 : AmBnXp, with (m+n):p = 9:8
2 : SULFIDES
7 : AmBnXp, with (m+n):p = 9:8
3.12.46
3 : Sulphides, Selenides, Tellurides, Arsenides and Bismuthides (except the arsenides, antimonides and bismuthides of Cu, Ag and Au, which are included in Section 1)
12 : Sulphides etc. of the platinum metals
3 : Sulphides, Selenides, Tellurides, Arsenides and Bismuthides (except the arsenides, antimonides and bismuthides of Cu, Ag and Au, which are included in Section 1)
12 : Sulphides etc. of the platinum metals
Physical Properties of Kharaelakhite
Metallic
Optical Data of Kharaelakhite
Type:
Anisotropic
Anisotropism:
pink-lilac to bluish.
Bireflectance:
weak
Colour in reflected light:
grayish with a brownish-lilac tint
Chemical Properties of Kharaelakhite
Formula:
(Cu,Pt,Pb,Fe,Ni)9S8
Common Impurities:
Pd
Crystallography of Kharaelakhite
Crystal System:
Orthorhombic
Class (H-M):
mmm (2/m 2/m 2/m) - Dipyramidal
Space Group:
Pmmm
Setting:
Pmmm
Cell Parameters:
a = 9.71 Å, b = 8.33 Å, c = 14.52 Å
Ratio:
a:b:c = 1.166 : 1 : 1.743
Unit Cell V:
1,174.44 ų (Calculated from Unit Cell)
Z:
4
Type Occurrence of Kharaelakhite
Place of Conservation of Type Material:
Fersman Mineralogical Museum, Moscow, and in the mineralogical laboratory of the Institute of Geology of Ore Deposits, Petrography, Mineralogy and Geology, Moscow.
Associated Minerals at Type Locality:
Reference:
Genkin, A.D., Evstigneeva, T.L., Byelsov, L.N., Laputina, I.P. (1985) Kharaelakhite (Pt,Cu,Pb,Fe,Ni)9S8 - a new sulphide of platinum, copper and lead. Mineralogiceskij Zhurnal: 7: 78-83.
Synonyms of Kharaelakhite
Other Language Names for Kharaelakhite
German:Kharaelakhit
Spanish:Kharaelakhita
Related Minerals - Nickel-Strunz Grouping
| 2.BB. | Horomanite | Fe6Ni3S8 | Tet. 4/mmm (4/m 2/m 2/m) : P4/mmm |
| 2.BB. | Samaniite | Cu2Fe5Ni2S8 | Tet. 4/mmm (4/m 2/m 2/m) : P42/mnm |
| 2.BB. | UM2007-27-S:CuFeIrNiRh | (Ni,Fe,Cu,Rh,Ir)11S9 | |
| 2.BB.05 | Heazlewoodite | Ni3S2 | Trig. 3 2 : R3 2 |
| 2.BB.05 | Oregonite | Ni2FeAs2 | Hex. |
| 2.BB.05 | Vozhminite | (Ni,Co)4(As,Sb)S2 | Hex. |
| 2.BB.05 | UM2007-30-S:Fe | Fe3S2 | |
| 2.BB.10 | Arsenohauchecornite | Ni18Bi3AsS16 | Tet. |
| 2.BB.10 | Bismutohauchecornite | Ni9Bi2S8 | Tet. 4/mmm (4/m 2/m 2/m) : P4/mmm |
| 2.BB.10 | Hauchecornite | Ni9BiSbS8 | Tet. 4/mmm (4/m 2/m 2/m) : P4/mmm |
| 2.BB.10 | Tellurohauchecornite | Ni9Bi(Te,Bi)S8 | Tet. |
| 2.BB.10 | Tučekite | Ni9Sb2S8 | Tet. |
| 2.BB.15 | Argentopentlandite | Ag(Fe,Ni)8S8 | Iso. m3m (4/m 3 2/m) : Fm3m |
| 2.BB.15 | Cobaltpentlandite | (Co,Ni,Fe)9S8 | Iso. m3m (4/m 3 2/m) : Fm3m |
| 2.BB.15 | Geffroyite | (Cu,Fe,Ag)9(Se,S)8 | Iso. m3m (4/m 3 2/m) : Fm3m |
| 2.BB.15 | Godlevskite | (Ni,Fe)9S8 | Orth. 2 2 2 : C2 2 2 |
| 2.BB.15 | Manganoshadlunite | (Mn,Pb,Cd)(Cu,Fe)8S8 | |
| 2.BB.15 | Pentlandite | (FexNiy)Σ9S8 | Iso. m3m (4/m 3 2/m) : Fm3m |
| 2.BB.15 | Shadlunite | (Pb,Cd)(Fe,Cu)8S8 | |
| 2.BB.15 | Sugakiite | Cu(Fe,Ni)8S8 | Tet. 4/mmm (4/m 2/m 2/m) : P42/mnm |
| 2.BB.15 | UM2002-26-S:FeNi | (Ni,Fe)9S8 | Hex. |
Related Minerals - Hey's Chemical Index of Minerals Grouping
| 3.12.1 | Seinäjokite | (Fe,Ni)(Sb,As)2 | Orth. |
| 3.12.2 | Laurite | RuS2 | Iso. m3 (2/m 3) : Pa3 |
| 3.12.3 | Ruthenarsenite | (Ru,Ni)As | Orth. |
| 3.12.4 | Anduoite | (Ru,Os)As2 | Orth. |
| 3.12.5 | Ruarsite | (Ru,Os)AsS | Mon. |
| 3.12.6 | Xingzhongite | (Pb,Cu,Fe)(Ir,Pt,Rh)2S4 | Iso. |
| 3.12.7 | Rhodplumsite | Rh3Pb2S2 | Trig. |
| 3.12.8 | Cuprorhodsite | (Cu,Fe)Rh2S4 | Iso. m3m (4/m 3 2/m) : Fd3m |
| 3.12.9 | Konderite | Cu3Pb(Rh,Pt,Ir)8S16 | Hex. 6/m : P6/m |
| 3.12.10 | Bowieite | (Rh,Ir,Pt)2S3 | Orth. mmm (2/m 2/m 2/m) |
| 3.12.11 | Cherepanovite | RhAs | Orth. mmm (2/m 2/m 2/m) : Pnma |
| 3.12.12 | Hollingworthite | (Rh,Pt,Pd)AsS | Iso. m3 (2/m 3) |
| 3.12.13 | Vysotskite | (Pd,Ni)S | Tet. |
| 3.12.14 | Vasilite | (Pd,Cu)16(S,Te)7 | |
| 3.12.15 | Palladseite | Pd17Se15 | |
| 3.12.16 | Oosterboschite | (Pd,Cu)7Se5 | Orth. |
| 3.12.17 | Telluropalladinite | Pd9Te4 | Mon. |
| 3.12.18 | Temagamite | Pd3HgTe3 | Trig. 3m : P3m1 |
| 3.12.19 | Sopcheite | Ag4Pd3Te4 | Orth. |
| 3.12.20 | Michenerite | PdBiTe | |
| 3.12.21 | Kotulskite | Pd(Te,Bi) | Hex. |
| 3.12.22 | Telargpalite | (Pd,Ag)3(Te,Bi) | Iso. |
| 3.12.23 | Merenskyite | (Pd,Pt)(Te,Bi)2 | Trig. 3m : P3m1 |
| 3.12.24 | Palladoarsenide | Pd2As | Mon. 2/m : P2/m |
| 3.12.25 | Stillwaterite | Pd8As3 | Trig. |
| 3.12.26 | Atheneite | Pd2As0.75Hg0.25 | Hex. 6 m2 : P62m |
| 3.12.27 | Majakite | PdNiAs | Hex. |
| 3.12.28 | Palarstanide | Pd5(Sn,As)2 | Hex. |
| 3.12.29 | Arsenopalladinite | Pd8(As,Sb)3 | Tric. 1 : P1 |
| 3.12.30 | Vincentite | Pd3As | Tet. |
| 3.12.31 | Palladobismutharsenide | Pd2(As,Bi) | Orth. |
| 3.12.32 | Stibiopalladinite | Pd5Sb2 | Hex. |
| 3.12.33 | Hexatestibiopanickelite | (Pd,Ni)(Sb,Te) | Hex. |
| 3.12.34 | Sudburyite | (Pd,Ni)Sb | Hex. |
| 3.12.35 | Testibiopalladite | PdTe(Sb,Te) | Iso. |
| 3.12.36 | Borovskite | Pd3SbTe4 | Iso. |
| 3.12.37 | Isomertieite | Pd11Sb2As2 | Iso. m3m (4/m 3 2/m) : Fd3m |
| 3.12.38 | Mertieite-I | Pd11(Sb,As)4 | Hex. |
| 3.12.39 | Mertieite-II | Pd8Sb2.5As0.5 | Trig. 3m (3 2/m) : R3c |
| 3.12.40 | Sobolevskite | Pd(Bi,Te) | Hex. |
| 3.12.41 | Froodite | α-PdBi2 | Mon. 2/m : B2/m |
| 3.12.42 | Polarite | Pd(Bi,Pb) | Orth. mm2 : Cmc21 |
| 3.12.43 | Urvantsevite | Pd(Bi,Pb)2 | Tet. |
| 3.12.44 | Cooperite | PtS | Tet. 4/mmm (4/m 2/m 2/m) : P42/mmc |
| 3.12.45 | Braggite | (Pt,Pd,Ni)S | Tet. |
| 3.12.47 | Malanite | Cu(Pt3+,Ir3+)2S4 | Iso. |
| 3.12.48 | Moncheite | (Pt,Pd)(Te,Bi)2 | Trig. |
| 3.12.49 | Maslovite | PtBiTe | |
| 3.12.50 | Sperrylite | PtAs2 | Iso. m3 (2/m 3) : Pa3 |
| 3.12.51 | Platarsite | PtAsS | Iso. |
| 3.12.52 | Geversite | PtSb2 | Iso. m3 (2/m 3) : Pa3 |
| 3.12.53 | Daomanite | CuPtAsS2 | Orth. |
| 3.12.54 | Genkinite | (Pt,Pd,Rh)4Sb3 | Tet. 4 2 2 |
| 3.12.55 | Stumpflite | Pt(Sb,Bi) | Hex. |
| 3.12.56 | Insizwaite | Pt(Bi,Sb)2 | |
| 3.12.57 | Erlichmanite | OsS2 | Iso. m3 (2/m 3) : Pa3 |
| 3.12.58 | Omeiite | (Os,Ru)As2 | Orth. |
| 3.12.59 | Osarsite | (Os,Ru)AsS | Mon. |
| 3.12.60 | Kashinite | (Ir,Rh)2S3 | Orth. |
| 3.12.61 | Inaglyite | Cu3Pb(Ir,Pt)8S16 | Hex. |
| 3.12.62 | Cuproiridsite | (Cu,Fe)Ir2S4 | Iso. m3m (4/m 3 2/m) : Fd3m |
| 3.12.63 | Iridarsenite | (Ir,Ru)As2 | Mon. |
| 3.12.64 | Irarsite | (Ir,Ru,Rh,Pt)AsS | Iso. |
| 3.12.65 | Tolovkite | IrSbS | Iso. |
Other Information
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 Kharaelakhite
Reference List:
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Genkin, A.D., Evstigneeva, T.L., Byelsov, L.N., Laputina, I.P. (1985) Kharaelakhite (Pt,Cu,Pb,Fe,Ni)9S8 - a new sulphide of platinum, copper and lead. Mineralogiceskij Zhurnal: 7: 78-83.
Jambor, J.L. (1989) New mineral names. American Mineralogist: 74: 1215-1220.
Internet Links for Kharaelakhite
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All localities listed without proper references should be considered as questionable.
- 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).
All localities listed without proper references should be considered as questionable.
Russia | |
| (2014) 12th International Platinum Symposium p320; Spiridonov, E. M., E. A. Kulagov, A. A. Serova, I. M. Kulikova, N. N. Korotaeva, E. V. Sereda, I. N. Tushentsova, S. N. Belyakov, and N. N. Zhukov. "Genetic Pd, Pt, Au, Ag, and Rh mineralogy in Noril’sk sulfide ores." Geology of Ore Deposits 57, no. 5 (2015): 402-432. |
| Jambor J L (1989) New mineral names. American Mineralogist 74, 1215-1220 | |
| Min.Zhurnal,(1985) 7, n1, 78-88; Pekov, I. (1998) Minerals First discovered on the territory of the former Soviet Union 369p. Ocean Pictures, Moscow | |
| ZVMO (1974) 103, 104-107 |