Ardaite
| Ardaite | |
|---|---|
 Ardaite associated with galenite, Madjarovo polymetallic ore deposit, National Natural History Museum, Sofia, Bulgaria | |
| General | |
| Category | Sulfosalt minerals, Lead minerals |
| Formula (repeating unit) | Pb19Sb13S35Cl7 |
| Strunz classification | 2.LB.30 (10 ed) 2/E.19-20 (8 ed) |
| Dana classification | 02.15.01.01 |
| Crystal system | Monoclinic Unknown space group |
| Identification | |
| Color | Greenish gray or bluish green |
| Mohs scale hardness | 2.5-3 |
| Luster | Metallic |
| Density | 6.44 |
| Pleochroism | Weak |
| References | Breskovska V. V., N. N. Mozgova, N. S. Bortnikov, A. I. Gorshkov, A. I. Tzepin (1982): Ardaite, a new lead-antimony chlorsulphosalt. Mineral. Mag., 46, 357-361. |
Ardaite is a very rare sulfosalt mineral with chemical formula Pb19Sb13S35Cl7 in the monoclinic crystal system,[1][2] named after the Arda river, which passes through the type locality.[3] It was discovered in 1978 and approved by the International Mineralogical Association in 1980.[4][5][6] It was the second well-defined natural chlorosulfosalt, after dadsonite.[7]
Greenish gray or bluish green in color, its luster is metallic. Ardaite occurs as 50 µm fine-grained aggregates of acicular crystals associated with galena, pyrostilpnite, anglesite, nadorite, and Cl-bearing robinsonite and semseyite, in the Madjarovo polymetallic ore deposit in Bulgaria. Ardaite has a hardness of 2.5 to 3 on Mohs scale and a density of approximately 6.44.[1]
The type locality is the Madjarovo polymetallic ore deposit in the Rhodope mountains.[8][9] Later its occurrence was proved in the Gruvåsen deposit, near Filipstad, Bergslagen, Sweden.[5]
References
- ^ a b Mindat information page for Ardaite
- ^ Webmineral information page for Ardaite
- ^ Handbook of Mineralogy information page for Ardaite
- ^ Breskovska V. V., N. N. Mozgova, N. S. Bortnikov, A. I. Gorshkov, A. I. Tzepin (1982): Ardaite, a new lead-antimony chlorsulphosalt. Mineral. Mag., 46, 357-361.
- ^ a b E.A.J. Burke, C. Kieft, M.A. Zakrzewski (1981), The Second Occurrence of Ardaite, Canadian Mineralogist, vol. 19, pp. 419–422.
- ^ Pete Dunn and Michael Fleischer (1983), New Mineral Names, American Mineralogist, vol. 68, pp. 642-45
- ^ Michael Zelenski, Tonci Balic Zunic, Luca Bindi, Anna Caravelli, Emil Makovicky, Daniela Pinto, Filippo Vurro (2006), First Occurrence of Iodine in Natural Sulfosalts: The Case of Mutnovscite, American Mineralogist, vol. 91, pp. 21-28
- ^ See the Collection of Minerals at the National Natural History Museum, Sofia, Bulgaria
- ^ See the Madjarovo deposit at Mindat.com
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