In honour of Prof. Peter Buseck, Arizona State University, for his work on the geochemistry and mineralogy of various types of meteorites, and his landmark high-resolution transmission electron microscopy work on minerals.

Type Locality:

ⓘ Zaklodzie meteorite, Zamość County, Lublin Voivodeship, Poland

Polymorph of:

Keilite, Rudashevskyite, Troilite

The Fe analogue of wurtzite and rambergite.

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Unique IdentifiersHide

Mindat ID:

42371

Long-form identifier:

mindat:1:1:42371:1

GUID
(UUID V4):

ecb9eee9-060d-4319-b2a3-eab7b59cf5ea

IMA Classification of BuseckiteHide

IMA status:

Approved

Approval year:

2011

Type description reference:

Ma, C., Beckett, J.R., Rossman, G.R. (2012) Discovery of buseckite, (Fe,Zn,Mn,)S, a new mineral in Zaklodzie, an ungrouped enstatite-rich achondrite. Abstract # 1520. 43rd Lunar and Planetary Science Conference. The Woodlands, Texas.

Classification of BuseckiteHide

Strunz-mindat (2024):

2.CB.45

2 : SULFIDES and SULFOSALTS (sulfides, selenides, tellurides; arsenides, antimonides, bismuthides; sulfarsenites, sulfantimonites, sulfbismuthites, etc.)
C : Metal Sulfides, M: S = 1: 1 (and similar)
B : With Zn, Fe, Cu, Ag, etc.

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
Bsc	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 BuseckiteHide

Transparency:

Opaque

Colour:

Black

Density:

3.697 g/cm³ (Calculated)

Chemistry of BuseckiteHide

Mindat Formula:

(Fe,Zn,Mn)S

Zn and Mn are probably needed for stabilisation.

Elements listed:

Fe, Mn, S, Zn - search for minerals with similar chemistry

Crystallography of BuseckiteHide

Crystal System:

Hexagonal

Class (H-M):

6mm - Dihexagonal Pyramidal

Space Group:

P6₃mc

Cell Parameters:

a = 3.8357 Å, c = 6.3002 Å

Ratio:

a:c = 1 : 1.643

Unit Cell V:

80.27 Å³

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ID	Species	Reference	Link	Year	Locality	Pressure (GPa)	Temp (K)
0019081	Buseckite	Ma C, Beckett J R, Rossman G R (2012) Buseckite, (Fe,Zn,Mn)S, a new mineral from the Zaklodzie meteorite American Mineralogist 97 1226-1233		2012	Zaklodzie, Poland	0	293

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 Buseckite, (Fe,Zn,Mn)S, a new mineral from the Zaklodzie meteorite
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_database_code_amcsd 0019081
_chemical_compound_source 'Zaklodzie, Poland'
_chemical_formula_sum 'Fe.46 Zn.32 Mn.16 Mg.04 S'
_cell_length_a 3.8357
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_cell_length_c 6.3002
_cell_angle_alpha 90
_cell_angle_beta 90
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_exptl_crystal_density_diffrn      3.659
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Fe   0.33333   0.66667   0.00000   0.46000
Zn   0.33333   0.66667   0.00000   0.32000
Mn   0.33333   0.66667   0.00000   0.16000
Mg   0.33333   0.66667   0.00000   0.04000
S   0.33333   0.66667   0.37500   1.00000

X-Ray Powder DiffractionHide

Powder Diffraction Data:

d-spacing	Intensity
3.322 Å	(100)
3.150 Å	(62)
2.938 Å	(90)
2.286 Å	(36)
1.918 Å	(76)
1.775 Å	(76)
1.638 Å	(48)
1.078 Å	(28)

Geological EnvironmentHide

Paragenetic Mode(s):

Paragenetic Mode	Earliest Age (Ga)
Stage 2: Planetesimal differentiation and alteration	4.566-4.550
5 : Primary asteroid phases	4.566–4.560

Type Occurrence of BuseckiteHide

Type Locality:

ⓘ Zaklodzie meteorite, Zamość County, Lublin Voivodeship, Poland

General Appearance of Type Material:

Scattered irregular to subhedral crystals (4-20 μm in diameter) along grain boundaries.

Place of Conservation of Type Material:

National Museum of Natural History, Washington, D.C., USA (USNM 7607O)

Geological Setting of Type Material:

In an ungrouped enstatite-rich achondrite.

Associated Minerals at Type Locality:

Troilite	Tridymite	Sinoite	Schreibersite	Quartz
Plagioclase	Keilite	Iron	Graphite	Enstatite
Cristobalite

Reference:

Ma, C., Beckett, J.R., Rossman, G.R. (2012) Discovery of buseckite, (Fe,Zn,Mn,)S, a new mineral in Zaklodzie, an ungrouped enstatite-rich achondrite. 43rd Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, Abstract # 1520.

Synonyms of BuseckiteHide

IMA2011-070

Relationship of Buseckite to other SpeciesHide

Member of:

Wurtzite Group

Other Members of this group:

Cadmoselite	CdSe	Hex. 6mm : P6₃mc
Greenockite	CdS	Hex. 6mm : P6₃mc
Rambergite	MnS	Hex. 6mm : P6₃mc
Wurtzite	(Zn,Fe)S	Hex. 6mm : P6₃mc

Forms a series with:

Wurtzite

Wurtzite-Buseckite Series

Related Minerals - Strunz-mindat Grouping Hide

2.CB.	Agmantinite	Ag₂MnSnS₄	Orth.
2.CB.	Richardsite	Zn₂CuGaS₄	Tet. 4 2m : I4 2m
2.CB.	Gachingite	Au(Te_1-xSe_x)	Orth. mmm (2/m 2/m 2/m)
2.CB.	Tolstykhite	Au₃S₄Te₆	Tric. 1 : P1
2.CB.	Hanswilkeite	KFeS₂	Mon. 2/m : B2/b
2.CB.	Auroselenide	AuSe	Mon. 2/m : B2/m
2.CB.	Ruizhongite	(Ag₂◻)Pb₃Ge₂S₈	Iso. 4 3m : I4 3d
2.CB.	Okruginite	Cu₂SnSe₃	Mon. m : Bb
2.CB.05a	Coloradoite	HgTe	Iso. 4 3m : F4 3m
2.CB.05a	Hawleyite	CdS	Iso. 4 3m : F4 3m
2.CB.05a	Metacinnabar	HgS	Iso. 4 3m : F4 3m
2.CB.05c	Polhemusite	(Zn,Hg)S	Tet.
2.CB.05b	Sakuraiite	(Cu,Zn,Fe)₃(In,Sn)S₄	Iso.
2.CB.05a	Sphalerite	ZnS	Iso. 4 3m : F4 3m
2.CB.05a	Stilleite	ZnSe	Iso. 4 3m : F4 3m
2.CB.05a	Tiemannite	HgSe	Iso. 4 3m : F4 3m
2.CB.05	UM1998-15-S:CuFeZn	Cu₂Fe₃Zn₅S₁₀
2.CB.05a	Rudashevskyite	(Fe,Zn)S	Iso. 4 3m : F4 3m
2.CB.05a	Ishiharaite	(Cu,Ga,Fe,In,Zn)S	Iso. 4 3m : F4 3m
2.CB.07a	Shenzhuangite	NiFeS₂	Tet. 4 2m : I4 2d
2.CB.07a	Unnamed (Cu-Mn-Sn Sulpide)	Cu₂MnSnS₄
2.CB.10a	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	Tet. 4 2m : I4 2d
2.CB.10a	Eskebornite	CuFeSe₂	Tet. 4 2m : P4 2c
2.CB.10a	Gallite	CuGaS₂	Tet. 4 2m : I4 2d
2.CB.10b	Haycockite	Cu₄Fe₅S₈	Orth. 2 2 2
2.CB.10a	Lenaite	AgFeS₂	Tet. 4 2m : I4 2d
2.CB.10b	Mooihoekite	Cu₉Fe₉S₁₆	Tet. 4 2m : P4 2m
2.CB.10b	Putoranite	Cu_1.1Fe_1.2S₂	Iso. m3m (4/m 3 2/m) : Pn3m
2.CB.10a	Roquesite	CuInS₂	Tet. 4 2m : I4 2d
2.CB.10b	Talnakhite	Cu₉(Fe,Ni)₈S₁₆	Iso. 4 3m : I4 3m
2.CB.10a	Laforêtite	AgInS₂	Tet. 4 2m : I4 2d
2.CB.10a	Unnamed (Cu-Zn-In Sulphide)	CuZn₂InS₄
2.CB.10a	UM1984-30-S:CuFeSn	Cu₂Fe₂Sn₃S₇
2.CB.10c	Omariniite	Cu₈Fe₂ZnGe₂S₁₂	Orth. 2 2 2 : I2 2 2
2.CB.15a	Černýite	Cu₂(Cd,Zn,Fe)SnS₄	Tet. 4 2m : I4 2m
2.CB.15a	Ferrokësterite	Cu₂FeSnS₄	Tet. 4 : I4
2.CB.15a	Hocartite	Ag₂(Fe²⁺,Zn)SnS₄	Tet. 4 2m : I4 2m
2.CB.15a	Idaite	Cu₅FeS₆	Hex.
2.CB.15a	Kësterite	Cu₂ZnSnS₄	Tet. 4 : I4
2.CB.15a	Kuramite	Cu₃SnS₄	Tet. 4 2m : I4 2m
2.CB.15b	Mohite	Cu₂SnS₃	Mon.
2.CB.15a	Pirquitasite	Ag₂ZnSnS₄	Tet. 4 : I4
2.CB.15a	Stannite	Cu₂FeSnS₄	Tet. 4 2m : I4 2m
2.CB.15c	Stannoidite	Cu⁺₆Cu²⁺₂(Fe²⁺,Zn)₃Sn₂S₁₂	Orth. 2 2 2 : I2 2 2
2.CB.15a	Velikite	Cu₂HgSnS₄	Tet. 4 : I4
2.CB.15c	UM2006-11-S:CuFeGeZn	Cu₈(Fe,Zn)₃Ge₂S₁₂ (?)
2.CB.17a v	Arsenic-bearing Renierite	Cu₁₁GeAsFe₄S₁₆
2.CB.20	Chatkalite	Cu₆FeSn₂S₈	Tet. 4 2m : P4m2
2.CB.20	Mawsonite	Cu₆Fe₂SnS₈	Tet. 4 2m : P4m2
2.CB.30	Argyropyrite	near Ag₂Fe₇S₁₁
2.CB.30	Colusite	Cu₁₃VAs₃S₁₆	Iso. 4 3m : P4 3n
2.CB.30	Germanite	Cu₁₃Fe₂Ge₂S₁₆	Iso. 4 3m : P4 3n
2.CB.30	Germanocolusite	Cu₂₆V₂(Ge,As)₆S₃₂	Iso. 4 3m : P4 3m
2.CB.30	Nekrasovite	Cu₂₆V₂(Sn,As,Sb)₆S₃₂	Iso. 4 3m : P4 3n
2.CB.30	Stibiocolusite	Cu₁₃V(Sb,Sn,As)₃S₁₆	Iso. 4 3m : P4 3m
2.CB.30	Ovamboite	Cu₂₀(Fe,Cu,Zn)₆W₂Ge₆S₃₂	Iso. 4 3m : P4 3n
2.CB.30	Maikainite	Cu₂₀(Fe,Cu)₆Mo₂Ge₆S₃₂	Iso. m3m (4/m 3 2/m)
2.CB.30	Frieseite	Ag₂Fe₅S₈ (?)
2.CB.35a	Hemusite	Cu₆SnMoS₈	Iso.
2.CB.35a	Kiddcreekite	Cu₆SnWS₈	Iso. 4 3m : F4 3m
2.CB.35a	Polkovicite	(Fe,Pb)₃(Ge,Fe)_1-xS₄	Iso.
2.CB.35a	Renierite	(Cu¹⁺,Zn)₁₁Fe₄(Ge⁴⁺,As⁵⁺)₂S₁₆	Tet. 4 2m : P4 2c
2.CB.35a	Vinciennite	Cu⁺₇Cu²⁺₃Fe²⁺₂Fe³⁺₂Sn(As,Sb)S₁₆	Tet.
2.CB.35a	Morozeviczite	(Pb,Fe)₃Ge_1-xS₄	Iso.
2.CB.35b	Catamarcaite	Cu₆GeWS₈	Hex. 6mm : P6₃mc
2.CB.40	Lautite	CuAsS	Orth. mmm (2/m 2/m 2/m) : Pnma
2.CB.42	Lingbaoite	AgTe₃	Trig. 3m : R3m
2.CB.45	Cadmoselite	CdSe	Hex. 6mm : P6₃mc
2.CB.45	Greenockite	CdS	Hex. 6mm : P6₃mc
2.CB.45	Wurtzite	(Zn,Fe)S	Hex. 6mm : P6₃mc
2.CB.45	Rambergite	MnS	Hex. 6mm : P6₃mc
2.CB.45	Maletoyvayamite	Au₃Se₄Te₆	Tric. 1 : P1
2.CB.47	Murchisite	Cr₅S₆	Trig. 3m (3 2/m) : P3 1c
2.CB.50	Zincselenide	ZnSe
2.CB.50	Wassonite	TiS	Trig. 3m (3 2/m) : R3m
2.CB.52	Dzhezkazganite	ReMoCu₂PbS₆ ?	Trig. 3m : R3m
2.CB.55a	Cubanite	CuFe₂S₃	Orth. mmm (2/m 2/m 2/m)
2.CB.55b	Isocubanite	CuFe₂S₃	Iso. m3m (4/m 3 2/m) : Fm3m
2.CB.60	Picotpaulite	TlFe₂S₃	Orth. mmm (2/m 2/m 2/m) : Cmcm
2.CB.60	Raguinite	TlFeS₂	Orth.
2.CB.65	Argentopyrite	AgFe₂S₃	Mon. 2/m
2.CB.65	Sternbergite	AgFe₂S₃	Orth. mmm (2/m 2/m 2/m)
2.CB.70	Sulvanite	Cu₃VS₄	Iso. 4 3m : P4 3m
2.CB.75	Vulcanite	CuTe	Orth. mmm (2/m 2/m 2/m)
2.CB.80	Empressite	AgTe	Orth. mmm (2/m 2/m 2/m)
2.CB.85	Muthmannite	AuAgTe₂	Mon. 2/m : P2/m

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References for BuseckiteHide

Reference List:

Williams, P. A., Hatert, F., Pasero, M., Mills, S. J. (2011) New minerals and nomenclature modifications approved in 2011. CNMNC Newsletter No 11. Mineralogical Magazine, 75 (6) 2887-2893 doi:10.1180/minmag.2011.075.6.2887

Ma, C., Beckett, J. R., Rossman, G. R. (2012) Buseckite, (Fe,Zn,Mn)S, a new mineral from the Zaklodzie meteorite. American Mineralogist, 97 (7) 1226-1233 doi:10.2138/am.2012.4110

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

Localities for BuseckiteHide

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Poland (TL)
Lublin Voivodeship Zamość County ⓘ Zaklodzie meteorite (TL)	Williams et al. (2011) +2 other references

Sudan
River Nile ⓘ Almahata Sitta meteorite	Kimura et al. (2021)

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