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Bonchevite, PbBi4S7, a new mineral

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 March 2018

Ivan Kostov
Ivan Kostov*
Affiliation:
University of Sofia
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Summary

In quartz-seheelite veins traversing rocks from the metamorphic complex in the Central Rhodopian mountains, a mineral was found closely resembling bismuthinite. Its composition is Bi 66·62 %, Pb15·50 %, Cu 0·85 %, and S 16·71 %, corresponding to the formula PbBi4S7. It is orthorhombic, long prismatic to acicular with an axial ratio a:b:c = 0·9004:1:0·3249. Observed forms: {110}, {100}, {010}, and {011}. Sp. gr. 6·92. Hardness about 2 1/2. Displays a perfect cleavage along {100}. It is distinctly anisotropic. Strongest X-ray intensities: 3·50 Å. (10), 3·08 (8), 1·939 (8), 2·78 (6), 1·733 (6), 2·50 (5). The name is after the eminent Bulgarian mineralogist and petrographer G. Bonchev.

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Research Article
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Mineralogical magazine and journal of the Mineralogical Society , Volume 31 , Issue 241 , June 1958 , pp. 821 - 828
Copyright
Copyright © The Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland 1958

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