Cupromakovickyite

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Emil Makovicky

Formula:

Cu₄AgPb₂Bi₉S₁₈

Also given as Cu8Ag2Pb4Bi18S36 (doubled formula).

Colour:

grayish white

Lustre:

Metallic

Hardness:

4 - 4½

Specific Gravity:

6.78 (Calculated)

Crystal System:

Monoclinic

Member of:

Pavonite Homologous Series Group

Name:

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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Classification of CupromakovickyiteHide

IMA status:

Approved

Approval Year:

2002

First Published:

2008

Strunz 8th ed.:

2/E.09-70

Nickel-Strunz 10th (pending) ed.:

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

Physical Properties of CupromakovickyiteHide

Lustre:

Metallic

Colour:

grayish white

Hardness:

4 - 4½ on Mohs scale

Cleavage:

None Observed

Density:

6.78 g/cm³ (Calculated)

Chemical Properties of CupromakovickyiteHide

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

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

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)

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

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.

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
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 - Nickel-Strunz Grouping Hide

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.05a	Kitaibelite	Ag₁₀PbBi₃₀S₅₁
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.
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.JA.10e	Padĕraite	Cu₇[(Cu,Ag)_0.33Pb_1.33Bi_11.33]S₂₂	Mon.
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.
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. 3m (3 2/m) : P3m1
2.JA.20	Volynskite	AgBiTe₂	Orth.

Other InformationHide

Health Risks:

No information on health risks for this material has been entered into the database. You should always treat mineral specimens with care.

References for CupromakovickyiteHide

Reference List:

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L. Zak et al.: N. Jb. Mineral. Abh. 168:147-169 (1994)

D. Topa et al.: Can. Mineral. 40:849-869 (2002)

D. Topa et al.: Can. Mineral. 41:1155-1166 (2003)

Lapis 29(5):42 (2004)

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

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. Canadian Mineralogist: 46: 515-523.

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

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