Rudashevskii, N.S., Mochalov, A.G., Begizov, V.D., Men'sikov Shumakaya, N.I. (1984) Inaglyite, PbCu3(Ir,Pt)8S16, a new mineral. Zapiski Vsesoyuznogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva: 113(6): 712-717.

Strunz-mindat (2023):

2.DA.20

2 : SULFIDES and SULFOSALTS (sulfides, selenides, tellurides; arsenides, antimonides, bismuthides; sulfarsenites, sulfantimonites, sulfbismuthites, etc.)
D : Metal Sulfides, M: S = 3 :4 and 2:3
A : M:S = 3:4

Dana 8th ed.:

2.10.4.2

2 : SULFIDES
10 : A_mB_nX_p, with (m+n):p = 3:4

Hey's CIM Ref.:

3.12.61

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

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
Ina	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 InaglyiteHide

Lustre:

Metallic

Transparency:

Opaque

Colour:

Steel gray

Hardness:

5½ on Mohs scale

Hardness:

VHN₁₀₀=347 - 726 - Vickers

Tenacity:

Brittle

Cleavage:

Imperfect/Fair
In two directions

Optical Data of InaglyiteHide

Anisotropism:

Weak

Reflectivity:

Wavelength	R₁	R₂
420nm	41.6%	42.8%
520nm	40.1%	41.6%
580nm	40.2%	42.2%
640nm	40.6%	42.7%
700nm	41.4%	43.2%

Graph shows reflectance levels at different wavelengths (in nm). Top of box is 100%. Peak reflectance is 43.2%.
R₁ shown in black, R₂ shown in red

Colour in reflected light:

Steel gray

Internal Reflections:

None

Chemical Properties of InaglyiteHide

Formula:

Cu₃Pb(Ir,Pt)₈S₁₆

IMA Formula:

PbCu₃Ir₈S₁₆

Elements listed:

Cu, Ir, Pb, Pt, S - search for minerals with similar chemistry

Common Impurities:

Rh,Ni

Crystallography of InaglyiteHide

Crystal System:

Hexagonal

Cell Parameters:

a = 7.03(1) Å, c = 16.44(1) Å

Ratio:

a:c = 1 : 2.339

Unit Cell V:

703.63 Å³ (Calculated from Unit Cell)

Comment:

Point Group: 6, 6/m 2/m 2/m, 622, or 6m2.; Space Group: P63, P6, P6/mmm, P622, or P62m.

X-Ray Powder DiffractionHide

Powder Diffraction Data:

d-spacing	Intensity
2.98 Å	(100)
5.7 Å	(90)
2.438 Å	(80)
1.753 Å	(70)
1.699 Å	(50)
1.292 Å	(50)
1.082 Å	(50)

Geological EnvironmentHide

Paragenetic Mode(s):

Paragenetic Mode	Earliest Age (Ga)
Stage 3a: Earth’s earliest Hadean crust	>4.50
7 : Ultramafic igneous rocks
Stage 3b: Earth’s earliest hydrosphere	>4.45
12 : Hadean hydrothermal subsurface sulfide deposits (see also #33)
Near-surface Processes
26 : Hadean detrital minerals
High-𝑇 alteration and/or metamorphism
33 : Minerals deposited by hydrothermal metal-rich fluids (see also [#12])

Type Occurrence of InaglyiteHide

Co-Type Localities:

ⓘ Inagli Massif, Aldan, Sakha, Russia
ⓘ Aleksandrov Log Pt deposit, Soloveva Mountain, Prigorodny District, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia

General Appearance of Type Material:

As inclusions in isoferroplatinum; irregular grains up to 150 µm, in intergrowths with erlichmanite; also occurs as rims around iridosmine and laurite inclusions within isoferroplatinum.

Place of Conservation of Type Material:

Mining Institute, St. Petersburg, Russia, 1499/1.

Associated Minerals at Type Locality:

Laurite

Isoferroplatinum

Erlichmanite

Reference:

Rudashevskii, N.S., Mochalov, A.G., Begizov, V.D., Men'sikov Shumakaya, N.I. (1984) Inaglyite, PbCu3(Ir,Pt)8S16, a new mineral. Zapiski Vsesoyuznogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva: 113(6): 712-717.

Download:

https://rruff.info/rruff_1.0/uploads/ZVMO113N6_712.pdf

Synonyms of InaglyiteHide

IMA1983-054

Other Language Names for InaglyiteHide

German:Inaglyit

Spanish:Inaglyita

Common AssociatesHide

Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:

1 photo of Inaglyite associated with Hollingworthite	(Rh,Pt,Pd)AsS
1 photo of Inaglyite associated with Isoferroplatinum	Pt₃Fe
1 photo of Inaglyite associated with Irarsite	(Ir,Ru,Rh,Pt)AsS
1 photo of Inaglyite associated with Sperrylite	PtAs₂

Related Minerals - Strunz-mindat Grouping Hide

2.DA.	Zaykovite	Rh₃Se₄	Mon. 2/m : B2/m
2.DA.	Grimmite	NiCo₂S₄	Iso. m3m (4/m 3 2/m) : Fd3m
2.DA.	Zolenskyite	FeCr₂S₄	Mon. 2/m : B2/m
2.DA.	Ezochiite	Cu⁺(Rh³⁺Pt⁴⁺)S₄	Iso. m3m (4/m 3 2/m) : Fd3m
2.DA.05	Bornhardtite	Co²⁺Co³⁺₂Se₄	Iso. m3m (4/m 3 2/m) : Fd3m
2.DA.05	Carrollite	CuCo₂S₄	Iso. m3m (4/m 3 2/m) : Fd3m
2.DA.05	Cuproiridsite	(Cu,Fe)Ir₂S₄	Iso. m3m (4/m 3 2/m) : Fd3m
2.DA.05	Cuprorhodsite	(Cu¹⁺_0.5Fe³⁺_0.5)Rh³⁺₂S₄	Iso. m3m (4/m 3 2/m) : Fd3m
2.DA.05	Daubréelite	Fe²⁺Cr³⁺₂S₄	Iso. m3m (4/m 3 2/m) : Fd3m
2.DA.05	Fletcherite	CuNi₂S₄	Iso. m3m (4/m 3 2/m) : Fd3m
2.DA.05	Florensovite	(Cu,Zn)Cr_1.5Sb_0.5S₄	Iso. m3m (4/m 3 2/m)
2.DA.05	Greigite	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂S₄	Iso. m3m (4/m 3 2/m) : Fd3m
2.DA.05	Indite	FeIn₂S₄	Iso. m3m (4/m 3 2/m) : Fd3m
2.DA.05	Kalininite	ZnCr₂S₄	Iso. m3m (4/m 3 2/m) : Fd3m
2.DA.05	Linnaeite	Co²⁺Co³⁺₂S₄	Iso. m3m (4/m 3 2/m) : Fd3m
2.DA.05	Malanite	Cu¹⁺(Ir³⁺Pt⁴⁺)S₄	Iso. m3m (4/m 3 2/m)
2.DA.05	Polydymite	Ni²⁺Ni³⁺₂S₄	Iso. m3m (4/m 3 2/m) : Fd3m
2.DA.05	Siegenite	CoNi₂S₄	Iso. m3m (4/m 3 2/m) : Fd3m
2.DA.05	Trüstedtite	Ni₃Se₄	Iso.
2.DA.05	Tyrrellite	Cu(Co³⁺,Ni³⁺)₂Se₄	Iso. m3m (4/m 3 2/m) : Fd3m
2.DA.05	Violarite	Fe²⁺Ni³⁺₂S₄	Iso. m3m (4/m 3 2/m) : Fd3m
2.DA.05	Xingzhongite	Pb²⁺Ir³⁺₂S₄	Iso.
2.DA.05	Cadmoindite	CdIn₂S₄	Iso. m3m (4/m 3 2/m) : Fd3m
2.DA.05	Cuprokalininite	CuCr₂S₄	Iso. m3m (4/m 3 2/m) : Fd3m
2.DA.05	Joegoldsteinite	MnCr₂S₄	Iso. m3m (4/m 3 2/m) : Fd3m
2.DA.05	Nickeltyrrellite	CuNi₂Se₄	Iso. m3m (4/m 3 2/m) : Fd3m
2.DA.10	Rhodostannite	Cu¹⁺(Fe²⁺_0.5Sn⁴⁺_1.5)S₄	Tet. 4/m : I4₁/a
2.DA.10	Toyohaite	Ag¹⁺(Fe²⁺_0.5Sn⁴⁺_1.5)S₄	Tet. 4/m : I4₁/a
2.DA.15	Brezinaite	Cr₃S₄	Mon. 2/m
2.DA.15	Heideite	(Fe,Cr)_1.15(Ti,Fe)₂S₄	Mon. 2/m
2.DA.20	Konderite	Cu₃Pb(Rh,Pt,Ir)₈S₁₆	Hex. 6/m : P6/m
2.DA.25	Kingstonite	(Rh,Ir,Pt)₃S₄	Mon. 2/m : B2/m

Other InformationHide

Health Risks:

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References for InaglyiteHide

Reference List:

Dunn, P.J., Chao, G.Y., Fitzpatrick, J.J., Langley, R.H., Fleischer, M., Zilczer, J.A. (1986) New mineral names. American Mineralogist: 71: 227-232 (228).

Localities for InaglyiteHide

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- 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.


China
Hebei Chengde Chengde County Gaositai ⓘ Gaositai Cr-PGE deposit (Gao District; Gaotai village)	Zuxiang Yu (1995): Acta Mineralogica Sinica 15(1), 1-4 Zuxiang Yu (1995): Acta Geologica Sinica 69(3), 215-220

Russia
Kamchatka Krai Sobolevsky District ⓘ Maior River (Brook)	Подлипский, М. Ю., Сидоров, Е. Г., Толстых, Н. Д., & Кривенко, А. П. (1999). Кобальтсодержащий маланит и другие тиошпинели платины из россыпных проявлений реки Майор (Камчатка). Геология и геофизика, 40(4), 645-648.
ⓘ Mount Filipp	Sidorov, E. G., Tolstykh, N. D., Podlipsky, M. Y., & Pakhomov, I. O. (2004). Placer PGE minerals from the Filippa clinopyroxenite-dunite massif (Kamchatka). Geologiya i Geofizika (Russian Geology and Geophysics), 45(9), 1128-1144.
Khabarovsk Krai Ayan-Maya district ⓘ Konder alkaline-ultrabasic massif	Cabri, L.J., Laflamme, H.H. Giles, (1997), Platinum Group Minerals from the Konder Massif, Russian Far East, Min Rec. 28, 97-106 Lennikov, A. M., Zalishak, B. L., & Oktyabrsky, R. A. (2004). The Konder massif of ultramafic and alkaline rocks and related PGM mineralization. In Interim IAGOD Conf. Excursion Guidebook. Vladivostok: Dalnauka (p. 29).
Sakha Aldan ⓘ Inagli Massif (TL)	Rudashevskii N S, Mochalov A G, Begizov V D, Men'sikov Shumakaya N I (1984) Inaglyite, PbCu3(Ir,Pt)8S16, a new mineral, Zapiski Vsesoyuznogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva 113, issue 6, 712-717 *Pekov, Igor V. (1998) Minerals first discovered on the territory of the former Soviet Union. Ocean Pictures, Moscow. 369pp.*
Sverdlovsk Oblast Prigorodny District Soloveva Mountain ⓘ Aleksandrov Log Pt deposit (TL)	Rudashevskii N S, Mochalov A G, Begizov V D, Men'sikov Shumakaya N I (1984) Inaglyite, PbCu3(Ir,Pt)8S16, a new mineral, Zapiski Vsesoyuznogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva 113, issue 6, 712-717 *Pekov, Igor V. (1998) Minerals first discovered on the territory of the former Soviet Union. Ocean Pictures, Moscow. 369pp.*

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