Vasilite

Vasilite

Konstantinovo, Kameno, Burgas Province, Bulgaria

Vasilite

Konstantinovo, Kameno, Burgas Province, Bulgaria

Vasilite

Konstantinovo, Kameno, Burgas Province, Bulgaria

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Classification of VasiliteHide

Physical Properties of VasiliteHide

Optical Data of VasiliteHide

Type:

Isotropic

Bireflectance:

None

Reflectivity:

470nm	R=41.2%
546nm	R=37.7%
589nm	R=38.6%
650nm	R=43.1%

Graph shows reflectance levels at different wavelengths (in nm). Top of box is 100%. Peak reflectance is 43.1%.

Colour in reflected light:

Creamy with a yellowish tint

Internal Reflections:

None

Pleochroism:

Non-pleochroic

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Related Minerals - Nickel-Strunz GroupingHide

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Localities for VasiliteHide

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Locality ListHide

- This locality has map coordinates listed. - This locality has estimated coordinates. ⓘ - Click for 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 (eg from pseudomorphs.)

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

Bulgaria (TL)
Burgas Province Kameno ⓘ Konstantinovo (Novoseltsi) (TL)	Atanasov, A.V. (1990). "Vasilite (PdCu)16(STe)17 a new mineral species from Novoseltsi Bulgaria." Canadian Mineralogist, 28(3),pp:687-690.
Canada
Ontario Thunder Bay District Coldwell complex ⓘ Marathon deposit	Mcdonald, A.M., Cabri, L.J., Stanley, C.J., Good, D.J., Redpath, J., Lane, G., Spratt, J. & Ames, D.E. (2015) Coldwellite, Pd3Ag2S, a new mineral species from the Marathon deposit, Coldwell complex, Ontario, Canada. Canadian Mineralogist 53, 1-13.
Yukon Whitehorse mining district Kluane District ⓘ Burwash Creek	Yana Fedortchouk, William LeBarge, Andrei Y. Barkov, Luca Fedele, Robert J. Bodnar, and Robert F. Martin (2010) Platinum-group minerals from a placer deposit in Burwash Creek, Kluane area, Yukon Territory, Canada. The Canadian Mineralogist (June 2010), 48(3):583-596
Denmark
Greenland Sermersooq ⓘ Skaergaard intrusion	Mineralogical Magazine, August 2004, Vol. 68(4), pp. 615–632; Nielsen, T. F., Andersen, J. Ø., Holness, M. B., Keiding, J. K., Rudashevsky, N. S., Rudashevsky, V. N., ... & Veksler, I. V. (2015). The Skaergaard PGE and gold deposit: the result of in situ fractionation, sulphide saturation, and magma chamber-scale precious metal redistribution by immiscible Fe-rich melt. Journal of Petrology, 56(8), 1643-1676.
Greece
Central Macedonia Ianthia ⓘ Veria ophiolite complex	Tsoupas, G., & Economou-Eliopoulos, M. (2008). High PGE contents and extremely abundant PGE-minerals hosted in chromitites from the Veria ophiolite complex, northern Greece. Ore Geology Reviews, 33(1), 3-19.
Epirus Pindos Mtn Pindos ophiolite complex ⓘ Korydallos area	Kapsiotis, A. N. (2013). Genesis of chromitites from Korydallos, Pindos Ophiolite Complex, Greece, based on spinel chemistry and PGE-mineralogy. Journal of Geosciences, 58(1), 49-69.
Russia
Chelyabinsk Oblast ⓘ Miass River	S.N. Britvin, N.S. Rudashevsky, A.N. Bogdanova, D.K. Shcherbachev (2001) Miassite Rh17S15, a new mineral from a placer of the Miass River, Urals. Zap. Vseross. Mineral. Obshch., 130(2), 41–45 (in Russian, English abs.).
Kamchatka Krai ⓘ Pustaya River	Tolstykh, N.D., Sidorov, E., Laajoki, K., Krivenko, A., Podlipskiy, M. (2000) The association of platinum-group minerals in placers of the Pustaya River, Kamchatka, Russia. Canadian Mineralogist: 38: 1251-1264.
Murmansk Oblast Fedorovo-Pansky massif (Pana layered complex) ⓘ Southern PGE Reef	33rd International Geological Congress (2008) session MPM-04 Platinum-group mineralogy: Platinum-group minerals in the PGE deposit of the Fedorovo-Pansky layered intrusion, Kola Peninsula
Slovakia
Košice Region Košice Jasov (Jossau; Joss) ⓘ Serpentinite outcrops	Radvanec, M., & Uher, P. (2016). Platinum-group minerals in metapyroxenite from Jasov, Meliatic Unit, Slovakia. Acta Geol. Slov., 8, 2, 195, 201.
South Africa
Limpopo ⓘ Maandagshoek farm	The Canadian Mineralogist Vol. 43, pp. 1711-1734 (2005)