Mozgovaite
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Formula:
PbBi4S7
Minor Se may replace S.
Colour:
Silvery grey
Lustre:
Metallic
Hardness:
2½ - 3½
Specific Gravity:
6.26 (Calculated)
Crystal System:
Orthorhombic
Name:
Named in honor of Nadezhda Nikolaevna Mozgova (Надежды Николаевны Мозговой) (10 April 1931 – 11 April 2019), Russian mineralogist, professor, doctor of geological and mineralogical Sciences, and honorary member of the all-Russian mineralogical society. She was the lead researcher at the Institute of Geology of Ore Deposits, Petrography, Mineralogy, and Geochemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences.
This page provides mineralogical data about Mozgovaite.
Classification of Mozgovaite
Approved
Approval year:
1998
First published:
1999
2/E.34-08
2.JA.05h
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
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 Mozgovaite
Metallic
Colour:
Silvery grey
Streak:
Grey
Hardness:
2½ - 3½ on Mohs scale
Density:
6.26(6) g/cm3 (Calculated)
Chemical Properties of Mozgovaite
Formula:
PbBi4S7
Minor Se may replace S.
Minor Se may replace S.
Elements listed:
Crystallography of Mozgovaite
Crystal System:
Orthorhombic
Cell Parameters:
a = 13.18(6) Å, b = 37.4(2) Å, c = 4.05(3) Å
Ratio:
a:b:c = 0.352 : 1 : 0.108
Unit Cell V:
1,996.37 ų (Calculated from Unit Cell)
Z:
6
Type Occurrence of Mozgovaite
General Appearance of Type Material:
tiny slender prismatic crystals, up to 0.2 mm long and 0.02 mm across
Geological Setting of Type Material:
Fumarole encrustation
Reference:
Vurro, F., Garavelli, A., Garbarino, C., Moelo, Y., Borodaev, Y.S. (1999) Rare sulfosalts from Vulcano, Aeolian islands, Italy. II. Mozgovaite, PbBi4(S,Se)7, a new mineral species. The Canadian Mineralogist: 37: 1499-1506.
Synonyms of Mozgovaite
Other Language Names for Mozgovaite
German:Mozgovait
Spanish:Mozgovaita
Related Minerals - Nickel-Strunz Grouping
| 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 | Cu0.9Ag0.5Pb0.6Bi2.5S5 | 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 | Cu1.12Ag0.81Pb0.27Bi5.35S9 | Mon. 2/m |
| 2.JA.05f | Mummeite | Cu0.58Ag3.11Pb1.10Bi6.65S13 | Mon. |
| 2.JA.05a | Pavonite | AgBi3S5 | Mon. 2/m : B2/m |
| 2.JA.05b | Grumiplucite | HgBi2S4 | Mon. 2/m : B2/m |
| 2.JA.05d | Cupromakovickyite | Cu4AgPb2Bi9S18 | Mon. 2/m : B2/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)0.33Pb1.33Bi11.33]S22 | Mon. |
| 2.JA.10d | Pizgrischite | (Cu,Fe)Cu14PbBi17S35 | Mon. 2/m : B2/m |
| 2.JA.10b | Kupčíkite | Cu3.4Fe0.6Bi5S10 | Mon. 2/m : B2/m |
| 2.JA.15 | Schapbachite | Ag0.4Pb0.2Bi0.4S | 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 Information
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 Mozgovaite
Reference List:
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Vurro, F., Garavelli, A., Garbarino, C., Moelo, Y., Borodaev, Y.S. (1999) Rare sulfosalts from Vulcano, Aeolian islands, Italy. II. Mozgovaite, PbBi4(S,Se)7, a new mineral species. The Canadian Mineralogist: 37: 1499-1506.
Jambor, J.L., Grew, E.S., Roberts, A.C. (2000) New mineral names. American Mineralogist: 85: 1561-1565.
Miyawaki, R., Hatert, F., Pasero, M., Mills, S.J. (2019) IMA Commission on New Minerals, Nomenclature and Classification (CNMNC) Newsletter 50. New minerals and nomenclature modifications approved in 2019. Mineralogical Magazine: 83: 615-620.
Internet Links for Mozgovaite
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Localities for Mozgovaite
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Italy (TL) | |
| Vurro, F., Garavelli, A., Garbarino, C., Moelo, Y., Borodaev, Y.S. (1999) Rare sulfosalts from Vulcano, Aeolian islands, Italy. II. Mozgovaite, PbBi4(S,Se)7, a new mineral species. The Canadian Mineralogist: 37: 1499-1506. |
Russia | |
| Alekseev, V. I., & Marin, Y. B. (2015). Composition and evolution of accessory mineralization of Li–F granites in the Far East as indicators of their ore potential. Geology of Ore Deposits, 57(8), 635-644. |
| Ivashchenko, V. I., Bushmin, S. A., Ruchyev, A. M., Kornakov, A. S., Bogomolov, E. S., Savva, E. V., ... & Frolov, P. V. (2018, June). First Evidence of the Archean Age of Orogenic Gold of the Russian Part of the Karelian Craton (Fennoscandian Shield): Sm–Nd Mineral Isochron for Gold-Bearing Metasomatites of the Novye Peski Deposit. In Doklady Earth Sciences (Vol. 480, No. 2, pp. 804-809). Pleiades Publishing. |
