UM1988-14-S:Bi

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Formula:

Bi₃S₄

Co-described with 'UM1988-11-S:AgPbTe', 'UM1988-13-S:Bi', 'UM1988-15-S:BiPb', 'UM1988-24-Te:AgBi', and 'UM1988-25-Te:Bi'.

Chemically similar to bismuthinite; occurs in form of intergrowth with gersdorffite.
May form solid solution with UM1978-24-Te:Bi (Bi₃Te₄)?

[Possibly unrecognised mixture of bismuthinite and bismuth?]

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Unique IdentifiersHide

Mindat ID:

51614

Long-form identifier:

mindat:1:1:51614:5

Similar NamesHide

UM1943-01-AsO:Bi		BiAsO₄
UM1988-13-S:Bi		Bi₃S₅
UM1990-49-Sb:Ni		Ni₃Sb
UM1991-12-S:AuBi		(Bi,Au)₄S₅ (?)
UM1996-35-S:Sb		Sb₂S₃
UM1996-36-Sb:Au		Au₂Sb₃
UM2007-31-S:Ti		Ti₇S₃

Chemistry of UM1988-14-S:BiHide

Mindat Formula:

Bi₃S₄

Element Weights:

Element	% weight
Bi	83.016 %
S	16.984 %

Calculated from ideal end-member formula.

Elements listed:

Bi, S - search for minerals with similar chemistry

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References for UM1988-14-S:BiHide

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Pavlova, Z.N., Kotelnikov, P.E. (1988): Forms of occurrence of silver, bismuth, tellurium, selenium, cobalt and antimony in a copper-gold ore deposit in Kazakhstan. Izvestiya Akad. Nauk Kazak. SSR, Ser. Geol.: 1988(2): 13-23 (in Russian); in: Jambor, J.L., Puziewicz, J. (1990): New mineral Names. American Mineralogist: 75: 1212

Smith, D. G.W.; Nickel, E. H. (2007) A System of Codification for Unnamed Minerals: Report of the Subcommittee for Unnamed Minerals of the IMA Commission on New Minerals, Nomenclature and Classification. The Canadian Mineralogist, 45 (4). 983-990 doi:10.2113/gscanmin.45.4.983

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China
Henan Sanmenxia Shanzhou District ⓘ Xiaoshan Au deposit	Tang et al. (2024)

Kazakhstan