For its chemical relation to makovickyite. The root name is for Emil Makovicky (18 August 1940, Bratislava, Slovakia – ), Slovak–Danish mineralogist, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark and sulphosalt specialist.

Type Locality:

ⓘ Western ore field, Mittersill Scheelite deposit, Mittersill, Zell am See District, Salzburg, Austria

Cu analogue of makovickyite.

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Unique IdentifiersHide

Mindat ID:

26457

Long-form identifier:

mindat:1:1:26457:0

GUID
(UUID V4):

849e572d-c047-444c-9999-f5dde373a1c2

IMA Classification of CupromakovickyiteHide

IMA status:

Approved

Approval year:

2002

First published:

2008

Type description reference:

Topa, D., Paar, W. H. (2008) Cupromakovickyite, Cu₈Pb₄Ag₂Bi₁₈S₃₆, a new mineral species of the pavonite homologous series. The Canadian Mineralogist, 46 (2) 503-514 doi:10.3749/canmin.46.2.503

Classification of CupromakovickyiteHide

Strunz-mindat (2024):

2.JA.05d

2 : SULFIDES and SULFOSALTS (sulfides, selenides, tellurides; arsenides, antimonides, bismuthides; sulfarsenites, sulfantimonites, sulfbismuthites, etc.)
J : Sulfosalts of PbS archetype
A : Galena derivatives with little or no Pb

Mineral SymbolsHide

As of 2021 there are now IMA–CNMNC approved mineral symbols (abbreviations) for each mineral species, useful for tables and diagrams.

Symbol	Source	Reference
Cmak	IMA–CNMNC	Warr, L.N. (2021). IMA–CNMNC approved mineral symbols. Mineralogical Magazine, 85(3), 291-320. doi:10.1180/mgm.2021.43

Physical Properties of CupromakovickyiteHide

Lustre:

Metallic

Transparency:

Opaque

Colour:

Gray

Streak:

Gray

Hardness:

4 - 4½ on Mohs scale

Hardness:

VHN₅₀=257 - 321 kg/mm² - Vickers

Tenacity:

Brittle

Cleavage:

None Observed

Parting:

None

Fracture:

Irregular/Uneven

Density:

6.78 g/cm³ (Calculated)

Comment:

Could not be measured. Calculated is based on ideal formula.

Optical Data of CupromakovickyiteHide

Anisotropism:

Moderate in air, strong in oil. Dark bluish grey to yellowish brown.

Bireflectance:

Perceptible in air and moderate in oil

Reflectivity:

Wavelength	R₁	R₂
400nm	42.37%	48.05%
440nm	42.47%	48.40%
470nm	42.15%	48.45%
500nm	41.62%	47.85%
520nm	41.35%	47.50%
546nm	41.02%	46.93%
560nm	40.60%	46.49%
589nm	40.25%	45.83%
620nm	39.93%	45.42%
650nm	39.66%	45.01%
680nm	39.46%	44.52%
700nm	39.38%	44.44%

Graph shows reflectance levels at different wavelengths (in nm). Top of box is 100%. Peak reflectance is 48.45%.
R₁ shown in black, R₂ shown in red

Colour in reflected light:

Grayish white

Internal Reflections:

None

Pleochroism:

Not Visible

Chemistry of CupromakovickyiteHide

Mindat Formula:

Cu₄AgPb₂Bi₉S₁₈

Also given as Cu8Ag2Pb4Bi18S36 (doubled formula).

Elements listed:

Ag, Bi, Cu, Pb, S - search for minerals with similar chemistry

Crystallography of CupromakovickyiteHide

Crystal System:

Monoclinic

Class (H-M):

2/m - Prismatic

Space Group:

B2/m

Setting:

C2/m

Cell Parameters:

a = 13.405(8) Å, b = 4.016(3) Å, c = 29.949(19) Å
β = 99.989(16)°

Ratio:

a:b:c = 3.338 : 1 : 7.457

Unit Cell V:

1587.8 Å³

Crystal StructureHide

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ID	Species	Reference	Link	Year	Locality	Pressure (GPa)	Temp (K)
0006187	Cupromakovickyite	Topa D, Makovicky E, Balic-Zunic T (2008) What is the reason for the doubled unit-cell volumes of copper-lead-rich pavonite homologues? The crystal structures of cupromakovickyite and makovickyite The Canadian Mineralogist 46 515-523		2008	Baita Bihor, Romania	0	293

CIF Raw Data - click here to close

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 What is the reason for the doubled unit-cell volumes of
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Ag1   0.34910   0.00000   0.46675   0.16600   0.02110
Bi2   0.44698   0.50000   0.09518   1.00000   0.01790
Bi3   0.64982   0.00000   0.03264   0.81200   0.02170
Ag3   0.64982   0.00000   0.03264   0.18800   0.02170
Bi4   0.55023   0.50000   0.40700   0.83400   0.02040
Ag4   0.55023   0.50000   0.40700   0.16600   0.02040
Bi5   0.23915   0.00000   0.19489   1.00000   0.02070
Pb   0.74078   0.00000   0.32562   1.00000   0.03170
Cu1  -0.01975   0.50000   0.21158   1.00000   0.03100
Cu2   0.45067   0.50000   0.27437   1.00000   0.02880
S1   0.50000   0.50000   0.00000   1.00000   0.02100
S2   0.40887   0.00000   0.38753   1.00000   0.01800
S3   0.29366   0.00000   0.06067   1.00000   0.02500
S4   0.20840   0.50000   0.43626   1.00000   0.02400
S5   0.59356   0.00000   0.11343   1.00000   0.01600
S6   0.50000   0.50000   0.50000   1.00000   0.02300
S7   0.14852   0.50000   0.23335   1.00000   0.01340
S8   0.40537   0.50000   0.17803   1.00000   0.01680
S9   0.36457   0.00000   0.27147   1.00000   0.01230
S10   0.59796   0.50000   0.32498   1.00000   0.01530
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Bi1 0.01870 0.02220 0.02180 0.00000 0.00200 0.00000
Ag1 0.01870 0.02220 0.02180 0.00000 0.00200 0.00000
Bi2 0.01970 0.02090 0.01330 0.00000 0.00330 0.00000
Bi3 0.01790 0.02150 0.02540 0.00000 0.00280 0.00000
Ag3 0.01790 0.02150 0.02540 0.00000 0.00280 0.00000
Bi4 0.02070 0.02320 0.01700 0.00000 0.00290 0.00000
Ag4 0.02070 0.02320 0.01700 0.00000 0.00290 0.00000
Bi5 0.01540 0.02660 0.01790 0.00000 -0.00290 0.00000
Pb 0.03540 0.02290 0.03930 0.00000 0.01310 0.00000
Cu1 0.01700 0.03300 0.04000 0.00000 -0.00500 0.00000
Cu2 0.02100 0.02200 0.04000 0.00000 -0.00600 0.00000
S1 0.02300 0.02300 0.01500 0.00000 -0.00040 0.00000
S2 0.01400 0.02000 0.01700 0.00000 -0.00090 0.00000
S3 0.02100 0.01900 0.03500 0.00000 0.00030 0.00000
S4 0.01300 0.01600 0.03800 0.00000 0.00500 0.00000
S5 0.01700 0.01300 0.01500 0.00000 -0.01100 0.00000
S6 0.02500 0.02100 0.01900 0.00000 -0.00300 0.00000
S7 0.00800 0.01700 0.01500 0.00000 0.00200 0.00000
S8 0.01900 0.01800 0.01520 0.00000 0.00800 0.00000
S9 0.01200 0.01500 0.01000 0.00000 0.00200 0.00000
S10 0.01300 0.01900 0.01500 0.00000 0.00400 0.00000

X-Ray Powder DiffractionHide

Powder Diffraction Data:

d-spacing	Intensity
3.478 Å	(100)
2.842 Å	(94)
3.646 Å	(57)
3.486 Å	(41)
3.345 Å	(33)
2.964 Å	(33)
2.282 Å	(31)

Geological EnvironmentHide

Paragenetic Mode(s):

Paragenetic Mode	Earliest Age (Ga)
High-𝑇 alteration and/or metamorphism
33 : Minerals deposited by hydrothermal metal-rich fluids (see also [#12])

Type Occurrence of CupromakovickyiteHide

Type Locality:

ⓘ Western ore field, Mittersill Scheelite deposit, Mittersill, Zell am See District, Salzburg, Austria

General Appearance of Type Material:

minute segregation lamellae in makovickyite

Place of Conservation of Type Material:

Reference collection (museum), Division of Mineralogy, University of Salzburg, Austria, No. 14943 and 14944 (two polished sections).

Geological Setting of Type Material:

sulphosalt bearing quartz veins, hosted by paleozoic amphibolites, hornblendites and granite gneisses

Associated Minerals at Type Locality:

Wittichenite	Tetradymite	Makovickyite	Kupčíkite	Hodrušite
Emplectite	Cuprobismutite

Reference:

Topa, D., Paar, W.H. (2008) Cupromakovickyite, Cu8Pb4Ag2Bi18S36, a new mineral species of the pavonite homologous series. Canadian Mineralogist: 46: 503-514.

Download:

https://rruff.info/rruff_1.0/uploads/CM46_503.pdf

Synonyms of CupromakovickyiteHide

IMA2002-058

Other Language Names for CupromakovickyiteHide

German:Cupromakovickyit

Simplified Chinese:硫铋银铅铜矿

Relationship of Cupromakovickyite to other SpeciesHide

Member of:

Pavonite Homologous Series Group

Other Members of this group:

Benjaminite	Ag₃Bi₇S₁₂	Mon. 2/m : B2/m
Cupromakopavonite	Ag₃Cu₈Pb₄Bi₁₉S₃₈	Mon. 2/m : B2/m
Cupropavonite	Cu_0.9Ag_0.5Pb_0.6Bi_2.5S₅	Mon. 2/m : B2/m
Dantopaite	Ag₅Bi₁₃S₂₂	Mon. 2/m : B2/m
Luboržákite	Mn₂AsSbS₅	Mon. 2/m : B2/m
Makovickyite	Cu_1.12Ag_0.81Pb_0.27Bi_5.35S₉	Mon. 2/m
Mummeite	Cu_0.58Ag_3.11Pb_1.10Bi_6.65S₁₃	Mon.
Pavonite	AgBi₃S₅	Mon. 2/m : B2/m

Related Minerals - Strunz-mindat Grouping Hide

2.JA.	Ferdowsiite	Ag₈(Sb₅As₃)S₁₆	Mon. 2/m : P2₁/b
2.JA.	Sangenaroite	Ag₈(Sb_8-xAs_x)S_Σ16	Mon. 2/m
2.JA.	Luboržákite	Mn₂AsSbS₅	Mon. 2/m : B2/m
2.JA.05e	Benjaminite	Ag₃Bi₇S₁₂	Mon. 2/m : B2/m
2.JA.05g	Borodaevite	Ag₅(Bi,Pb,Fe)₈(Sb,Bi)₂S₁₇	Mon.
2.JA.05a	Cupropavonite	Cu_0.9Ag_0.5Pb_0.6Bi_2.5S₅	Mon. 2/m : B2/m
2.JA.05i	Livingstonite	HgSb₄S₆(S₂)	Mon. 2/m : B2/b
2.JA.05d	Makovickyite	Cu_1.12Ag_0.81Pb_0.27Bi_5.35S₉	Mon. 2/m
2.JA.05f	Mummeite	Cu_0.58Ag_3.11Pb_1.10Bi_6.65S₁₃	Mon.
2.JA.05a	Pavonite	AgBi₃S₅	Mon. 2/m : B2/m
2.JA.05b	Grumiplucite	HgBi₂S₄	Mon. 2/m : B2/m
2.JA.05h	Mozgovaite	PbBi₄S₇	Orth. mmm (2/m 2/m 2/m)
2.JA.05c	Kudriavite	(Cd,Pb)Bi₂S₄	Mon. 2/m : B2/m
2.JA.05a	Cupromakopavonite	Ag₃Cu₈Pb₄Bi₁₉S₃₈	Mon. 2/m : B2/m
2.JA.05	Dantopaite	Ag₅Bi₁₃S₂₂	Mon. 2/m : B2/m
2.JA.10a	Cuprobismutite	Cu₈AgBi₁₃S₂₄	Mon. 2/m : B2/m
2.JA.10c	Hodrušite	Cu₈Bi₁₂S₂₂	Mon. 2/m
2.JA.10e	Padĕraite	Cu₇[(Cu,Ag)_0.33Pb_1.33Bi_11.33]S₂₂	Mon. 2/m : P2₁/m
2.JA.10d	Pizgrischite	(Cu,Fe)Cu₁₄PbBi₁₇S₃₅	Mon. 2/m : B2/m
2.JA.10b	Kupčíkite	Cu_3.4Fe_0.6Bi₅S₁₀	Mon. 2/m : B2/m
2.JA.15	Schapbachite	Ag_0.4Pb_0.2Bi_0.4S	Iso. m3m (4/m 3 2/m) : Fm3m
2.JA.15	Cuboargyrite	AgSbS₂	Iso. m3m (4/m 3 2/m)
2.JA.20	Bohdanowiczite	AgBiSe₂	Trig. 3m (3 2/m) : P3m1
2.JA.20	Matildite	AgBiS₂	Trig. 3 2 : P3₁ 2 1
2.JA.20	Volynskite	AgBiTe₂	Trig. 3m (3 2/m) : P3m1

Other InformationHide

Health Risks:

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References for CupromakovickyiteHide

Reference List:

Zak, L., Fryda, L., Mumme, W.G., Paar, W.H. (1994) Makovickyite, Ag1.5Bi5.5S9, from Baita Bihorului, Ramania: the 4P natural mineral member of the pavonite series. Neues Jahrbuch fuer Mineralogie - Abhandlungen, 168(2), 147-169.

Topa, Dan, Makovicky, Emil, Paar, Werner H. (2002) Composition ranges and exsolution pairs for the members of the bismuthinite-aikinite series from Felbertal, Austria. The Canadian Mineralogist, 40 (3) 849-869 doi:10.2113/gscanmin.40.3.849

Topa, D., Makovicky, E., Balić-Žunić, T., Paar, W. H. (2003) Kupčíkite, Cu_3.4Fe_0.6Bi₅S₁₀, a new Cu–Bi sulfosalt from Felbertal, Austria, and its crystal structure. The Canadian Mineralogist, 41 (5) 1155-1166 doi:10.2113/gscanmin.41.5.1155

Lapis 29(5):42 (2004)

Piilonen, P.C., Poirier, G., Tait, K.T. (2008) New mineral names. American Mineralogist: 93: 1941-1946.

Topa, D., Makovicky, E., Balić-Žunić, T. (2008) What is the reason for the doubled unit-cell volumes of copper-lead-rich pavonite homologues? The crystal structures of cupromakovickyite and makovickyite. The Canadian Mineralogist: 46: 515-523.

(2023) Cupromakovickyite. Handbook of Mineralogy. Mineralogical Society of America

Localities for CupromakovickyiteHide

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Austria (TL)
Salzburg Zell am See District Mittersill Mittersill Scheelite deposit ⓘ Western ore field (TL)	D. Topa et al.: Can. Mineral. 40:849-869 (2002) D. Topa et al.: Can. Mineral. 41:1155-1166 (2003)

Japan
Yamagata Prefecture ⓘ Ohari mine (Obari mine)	Yuya Izumino, Kazuo Nakashima, Mariko Nagashima (2013) Makovickyite and cupromakovickyite from the Obari mine, Yamagata Prefecture, Japan. Journal of Mineralogical and Petrological Sciences, 108, #2 (April 2013), 94-100. Izumino, Y., Nakashima, K., & Nagashima, M. (2014). Cuprobismutite group minerals (cuprobismutite, hodrušhite, kupčíkite and padĕraite), other Bi–sulfosalts and Bi–tellurides from the Obari mine, Yamagata Prefecture, Japan. Journal of Mineralogical and Petrological Sciences, 109(4), 177-190.

Romania
Bihor County Nucet ⓘ Băiţa mining district	L. Zak et al.: N. Jb. Mineral. Abh. 168:147-169 (1994)

Russia
Chelyabinsk Oblast Kaslinsky District ⓘ Porokhovskoe W deposit	Rogov, D.A., Belogub, E.V., Novoselov, K.A., Rassomakhin, M.A., Irmakov, R.R., Chugaev, A.E. (2023): Bismuth minerals from Yugo-Konevo and Porokhovskoe tungsten deposits (South Urals). Mineralogy, 9, 26-49.
ⓘ Yugo-Konevo W deposit	Rogov, D.A., Belogub, E.V., Novoselov, K.A., Rassomakhin, M.A., Irmakov, R.R., Chugaev, A.E. (2023): Bismuth minerals from Yugo-Konevo and Porokhovskoe tungsten deposits (South Urals). Mineralogy, 9, 26-49.

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