Sudovikovite

Sudovikovite

Itabira, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Sudovikovite

Itabira, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Sudovikovite

Itabira, Minas Gerais, Brazil

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Nikolai G. Sudovikov

Formula:

PtSe₂

Colour:

Yellowish white

Lustre:

Metallic

Hardness:

2 - 2½

Specific Gravity:

9.7 (Calculated)

Crystal System:

Trigonal

Member of:

Melonite Group

Name:

Named in honor of Nikolai Georgievich Sudovikov (Николай Георгиевич Судовиков) (26 December 1903, Sevastopol, the Taurian Gubernia, Russian Empire - 29 July 1966, Leningrad, USSR), geologist, petrologist and professor in the Geological Faculty of Leningrad State University.

Type Locality:

ⓘ Srednyaya Padma mine, Zaonezhie peninsula, Medvezhyegorsky District, Republic of Karelia, Russia

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Anisotropism:

Strong, rose-yellow to dark gray-lilac

Bireflectance:

Strong

Reflectivity:

Wavelength	R1	R2
400nm	39.1%	46.1%
420nm	38.4%	47.9%
440nm	39.1%	50.3%
460nm	35.6%	48.0%
470nm	35.1%	48.4%
480nm	35.2%	48.5%
500nm	34.9%	48.5%
520nm	34.7%	48.4%
540nm	34.9%	48.4%
546nm	35.1%	48.3%
560nm	35.0%	48.8%
580nm	35.2%	49.0%
589nm	35.3%	49.1%
600nm	35.4%	49.2%
620nm	35.9%	49.8%
640nm	36.2%	50.1%
650nm	36.5%	50.8%
660nm	36.9%	51.3%
680nm	37.5%	51.8%
700nm	37.8%	52.5%

Graph shows reflectance levels at different wavelengths (in nm). Top of box is 100%. Peak reflectance is 52.5%.
R₁ shown in black, R₂ shown in red

Colour in reflected light:

White

Pleochroism:

Visible

Comments:

Light yellow to light lilac

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- This locality has map coordinates listed. - This locality has estimated coordinates. ⓘ - Click for references and 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 (e.g. from pseudomorphs).

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

Brazil
Minas Gerais Itabira ⓘ Cauê mine	MinMag 66:327-336 Kwitko, R., Cabral, A. R., Lehmann, B., Laflamme, J. G., Cabri, L. J., Criddle, A. J., & Galbiatti, H. F. (2002). Hongshiite, PtCu, from itabirite-hosted Au–Pd–Pt mineralization (jacutinga), Itabira district, Minas Gerais, Brazil. The Canadian Mineralogist, 40(2), 711-723.
Pará Curionópolis ⓘ Serra Pelada claims	Cabral, A. R., Lehmann, B., Kwitko, R., Costa, C. H. C. (2002) The Serra Pelada Au-Pd-Pt deposit, Carajas mineral province, northern Brazil: reconnaissance mineralogy and chemistry of very high grade palladian gold mineralization. Economic Geology, 97 (5) 1127-1138 doi:10.2113/gsecongeo.97.5.1127 pubs.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca (2004) http://pubs.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/mineral/tcm-145140-5.html Cabral, A. R. (2006). Palladiferous gold mineralisation (ouro preto) in Brazil: Gongo Soco, Itabira and Serra Pelada. Sonderhefte Reihe D - Geol. Jahrb., Heft 8 Berni, G. V., Heinrich, C. A., Lobato, L. M., Wall, V. J., Rosiere, C. A., Freitas, M. A. (2014) The Serra Pelada Au-Pd-Pt Deposit, Carajas, Brazil: Geochemistry, Mineralogy, and Zoning of Hydrothermal Alteration. Economic Geology, 109 (7) 1883-1899 doi:10.2113/econgeo.109.7.1883 Berni, Gabriel V., Heinrich, Christoph A., Lobato, Lydia M., Wall, Vic (2016) Ore mineralogy of the Serra Pelada Au-Pd-Pt deposit, Carajás, Brazil and implications for ore-forming processes. Mineralium Deposita, 51 (6) 781-795 doi:10.1007/s00126-015-0635-7
Russia (TL)
Republic of Karelia Medvezhyegorsky District Zaonezhie peninsula ⓘ Srednyaya Padma mine (TL)	Polekhovskiy, Y.S., Tarasova, I.P., Nesterov, A.P., Pakhomovskiy, Y.A., Bakhchisaraitsev, A.Y. (1997) Sudovikovite PtSe2 - a new platinum selenide from Karelia metasomite. Doklady Akademii Nauk: 354: 82-85. Jambr, John L., Kovalenker, Vladimir A., Roberts, Andrew C. (1998) New mineral names. American Mineralogist, 83. 1117-1121 Pekov, Igor V. (1998) Minerals first discovered on the territory of the former Soviet Union. Ocean Pictures, Moscow. 369pp. Chernikov, A. A., Dubinchuk, V. T., Ozhogin, D. O., & Chistyakova, N. I. (2007) Features of Occurrence and Distribution of Noble Metals in the Ores and Oxidized Zone of the Onega Uranium Vanadium Deposits, South Karelia. New Data on Minerals, 43.