Clino-oscarkempffite, Ag1.27Pb0.49Sb1.68Bi1.54S6.01, idealized as Ag1.25Pb0.5Sb1.75Bi1.5S6 (Z = 12), from the Colorada vein, Animas mine, Chocaya Province, Department of Potosi, Sur Chichas, Bolivia, is an N = 4 member of the lillianite homologous series, oversubstituted according to the Ag + (Bi, Sb) ↔ 2Pb substitution to 122.8% in comparison to the formula of gustavite, AgPbBi3S6. Optical properties of clino-oscarkempffite are very similar to those of oscarkempffite and other Bi (Bi–Sb) lillianite homologues. Reflectance values in air vary between 47.5 and 35.2%. Hardness was evaluated to 3–3½, based on VHN50 range 189–208, mean 200 kg mm−2. Density was calculated to 6.04 g cm−3. Minerals associated with clino-oscarkempffite are aramayoite, oscarkempffite, arsenopyrite, ferrokësterite, freibergite, miargyrite, pyrite and quartz. Clino-oscarkempffite is monoclinic, lattice parameters a 39.811(25) Å, b 19.280(12) Å, c 8.278(5) Å, β 96.195(9)°, V 6316.7 Å3, space group P21/c. It is a three-fold superstructure of the lillianite aristotype, with a doubled 4 Å axis and, uniquely, a tripled ∼13.3 Å a parameter. In the crystal structure, configured as a general N = 4 lillianite homologue, the central octahedra of the PbS-like slabs are mixed (Bi,Sb), (Sb,Bi) and Sb sites in alternation along the 8.3 Å direction, whereas in the marginal coordination octahedra (Sb,Bi) positions alternate with distorted tetrahedral coordinations of Ag. The bicapped trigonal coordination prisms on meeting planes of two octahedral slabs are occupied by mixed (Pb,Bi) sites. Cation occupation schemes result in blocks with monoclinic overall symmetry which alternate along [1 0 0] with blocks with orthorhombic overall symmetry. The order–disorder implications of this division are discussed in the paper.
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May 01, 2018
The definition and crystal structure of clino-oscarkempffite, Ag15Pb6Sb21Bi18S72
Emil Makovicky
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Institute for Geoscience and Natural Resources Management, University of Copenhagen
, Østervoldgade 10, 1350Copenhagen K, Denmark
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Dan Topa
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Dan Topa
2
Naturhistorisches Museum Wien
, Burgring 7, 1010Wien, Austria
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Werner H. Paar
Werner H. Paar
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Pezoltgasse 46
, 5020Salzburg, Austria
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European Journal of Mineralogy (2018) 30 (3): 569–589.
Article history
received:
22 May 2017
rev-recd:
12 Jul 2017
accepted:
13 Jul 2017
first online:
26 Apr 2018
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Emil Makovicky, Dan Topa, Werner H. Paar; The definition and crystal structure of clino-oscarkempffite, Ag15Pb6Sb21Bi18S72. European Journal of Mineralogy 2018;; 30 (3): 569–589. doi: https://doi.org/10.1127/ejm/2017/0029-2688
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Index Terms/Descriptors
- antimony
- bismuth
- Bolivia
- chemical composition
- coordination
- crystal structure
- hardness
- lattice parameters
- lillianite
- metals
- optical properties
- order-disorder
- physical properties
- Potosi Bolivia
- provenance
- reflectance
- South America
- substitution
- sulfobismuthites
- sulfosalts
- symmetry
- Chocaya Bolivia
- Animas Mine
- oscarkempffite
- Colorada Vein
- Sur Chichas Bolivia
- clino-oscarkempffite
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