Baksanite Mineral Data

General Baksanite Information

Chemical Formula:

Bi6Te2S3

Composition:

Molecular Weight = 1,605.28 gm

Bismuth 78.11 % Bi

Tellurium 15.90 % Te

Sulfur 5.99 % S

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100.00 %

Empirical Formula:

Bi₆Te₂S₃

Environment:

Found in garnet-magnetite skarn,

IMA Status:

Approved IMA 1963 (Dana # Added)

Locality:

Tyrngauz deposit, Baksan River valley, northern Caucasus, Russia. Link to MinDat.org Location Data.

Name Origin:

Named after the discovery locality.

Name Pronunciation:

Baksanite + Pronunciation

Synonym:

IMA1992-042

Baksanite Image

Images:

Baksanite

Comments: Gray metallic grain of baksanite surrounded by white calcite.
Location: Tyrnyauz, Kabardino-Balkaria Republic, North Caucasus, Russia. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Baksanite Crystallography

Axial Ratios:

a:c = 1:14.78465

Cell Dimensions:

a = 4.249, c = 62.82, Z = 3; V = 982.21 Den(Calc)= 8.14

Crystal System:

Trigonal - Hexagonal ScalenohedralH-M Symbol (3 2/m) Space Group: P 3m1

$Help on X Ray Diffraction:$ X Ray Diffraction:

By Intensity(I/I_o): 3.09(1), 4.5(0.46), 2.255(0.38),

Physical Properties of Baksanite

Color:

Steel gray.

Density:

8.1

Diaphaneity:

Opaque

Hardness:

1.5-2 - Talc-Gypsum

Luster:

Metallic

Calculated Properties of Baksanite

Electron Density:

Bulk Density (Electron Density)=6.59 gm/cc
note: Specific Gravity of Baksanite =8.14 gm/cc.

Fermion Index:

Fermion Index = 0.01
Boson Index = 0.99

Photoelectric:

PE_Baksanite=1,612.77 barns/electron
U=PE_Baksanite x rElectron Density=10631.38 barns/cc.

Radioactivity:

GRapi = 0 (Gamma Ray American Petroleum Institute Units)
Baksanite is Not Radioactive

Baksanite Classification

Dana Class:

03.01.13.01 (03)Sulfides - Sulfosalts

(03.01)where z/y > 4 - (A+)i (A++)j [By Cz], A=metals, B=semi-metals, C=non-metals

(03.01.13)Dana Group

03.01.13.01 Baksanite! Bi6Te2S3 P 3m1 3 2/m

Strunz Class:

02.DC.05e 02 - SULFIDES and SULFOSALTS (sulfides, selenides, tellurides; arsenides, antimonides, bismuthides; sulfarsenites, sulf

02.D - Metal Sulfides, M:S = 3:4 and 2:3

02.DC -Variable M:S

02.DC.05e Baksanite! Bi6Te2S3 P 3m1 3 2/m

02.DC.05e Sztrokayite* Bi3TeS2 Trig ? Trig

02.DC.05e Protojoseite* Bi4TeS2(?) R 3m 3 2/m

02.DC.05e Vihorlatite! Bi24Se17Te4 P 3m1 3 2/m

Other Baksanite Information

References:

NAME( AmMin, Vol 82) PHYS. PROP.(Am.Min, Vol.82,p1038,1997)

See Also:

Links to other databases for Baksanite :
1 - Am. Min. Crystal Structure Database
2 - Athena
3 - GeoScienceWorld
4 - Google Images
5 - Google Scholar
6 - Handbook of Mineralogy (MinSocAm)
7 - Handbook of Mineralogy (UofA)
8 - MinDAT
9 - Mineralienatlas (Deutsch)
10 - Online Mineral Museum
11 - QUT Mineral Atlas
12 - Ruff.Info

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Baksanite

Bi6Te2S3
Dana No: 03.01.13.01 Strunz No: 02.DC.05e
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