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Modderite (Modderit)

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Sehr kleine graue Modderit-Einzelkristalle (ohne Maßstab) von der (Co-)Typlokalität Modderfontein Mine, Benoni, Ekurhuleni District, Prov. Gauteng, Rep. Südafrika. Ex Van den Broucke Sammlung (sh.: https://www.mindat.org/mesg-560223.html).
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Location: Südafrika/Gauteng, Provinz/Ekurhuleni, Metropolgemeinde/Benoni/New Modderfontein Mine (Modderfontein Mine)
Mineral: Modderite
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Modderit

Sehr kleine graue Modderit-Einzelkristalle (ohne Maßstab) von der (Co-)Typlokalität Modderfontein Mine, Benoni, Ekurhuleni District, Prov. Gauteng, Rep. Südafrika. Ex Van den Broucke Sammlung (sh.:...

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Contribution: oliverOliver 2023-12-30
Locality: New Modderfontein Mine (Modderfontein Mine) / Benoni / Ekurhuleni, Metropolgemeinde / Gauteng, Provinz / Südafrika

Collectors Summary

Color bläulichweiß, stahlgrau
Streak color grau
Hardness (Mohs) 4
Crystal System orthorhombisch, Pmcn, Pna21

Chemism

Chemical formula

(Co,Fe)As

Chemical composition

Arsen, Eisen, Kobalt

Unit weight: 133.082802675 u; Number of atoms in the formula: 2

Info

Empirical formula:

(Co0.75Fe0.25)As

Element

Symbol

Weight%

Atoms

Atoms%

Atom weight (u)

Sum weight (u)

Iron

Fe

10.49

0.25

12.50

55.8452000

13.9613000

Cobalt

Co

33.21

0.75

37.50

58.9332009

44.1999007

Arsenic

As

56.30

1

50.00

74.9216020

74.9216020

Analysis wt%

Ø Co : 38.30, Fe : 6.50, As : 56.70 (Ref: Zapiski Vsesoyuznogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva, 1904-1974 77)

Strunz 9th edition incl. updates

2.CC.15

2: Sulfide und Sulfosalze (Sulfide, Selenide, Telluride, Arsenide, Antimonide, Bismutide, Sulfarsenite, Sulfantimonite, Sulfbismuthite)
C: Metallsulfide, M : S = 1 : 1 (und ähnliche)
C: mit Nickel (Ni), Eisen (Fe), Cobalt (Co), usw.
15:Westerveldit-Gruppe

Lapis Classification

II/C.19-040

II: SULFIDE UND SULFOSALZE (Sulfide, Selenide, Telluride, Arsenide, Antimonide, Bismutide)
C: Sulfide mit Metall : S,Se,Te ~ 1:1

Classification by Hölzel

2.CC.510

2: SULFIDES
C: Sulfides (etc) with Me/S=1/1
C: With Pd,Pt, etc. - Coordination Number ~[4], Planar
5: Westerveldite-Group

Dana 8th edition

02.08.18.01

02: Sulfide Minerals
08: Sulfides - Including Selenides and Tellurides where Am Bn Xp, with (m+n):p=1:1

IMA status

Erstbeschreibung vor CNMNC-Gründung (1959), als Mineral meist anerkannt

Mineral status

anerkanntes Mineral

Optical Properties

Color

bläulichweiß, stahlgrau

Streak color

grau

Diaphaneity (Transparency)

opak

Crystallography

Crystal System

orthorhombisch

Class (H-M)

mmm, mm2

Space Group number

62, 33

Space Group

Pmcn, Pna21

Cell parameters a (Å)

3.458

Cell parameters b (Å)

5.869

Cell parameters c (Å)

5.292

Cell parameters a/b or c/a

0.589

Cell parameters c/b

0.902

Cell parameters α

90°

Cell parameters β

90°

Cell parameters γ

90°

Z

4

Volume (ų)

107.401

X-Ray Powder Diffraction

2.59(90),
2.55(60),
2.06(50),
1.97(100),
1.047(60),
0.999(60),
0.957(70),
0.927(60)

XRD chart Modderite

Calculated from d-spacing and intensity at 0.1541838 nm (Cu)

Crystal Structure 3D

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Physical Properties

Hardness (Mohs)

4

VHN (Hardness Vickers)

190 (ungefähre Angabe abgeleitet aus der Mohshärte)

Density (g/cm³)

8.28 (berechnet)

8.23 ( ρ calc. Mineralienatlas )

Preface

Author (Name, Year)

Cooper, 1923

References

Zapiski Vsesoyuznogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva 106 (1977), 347

Other languages

German

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Spanish

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French

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English

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Russian

Моддерит

Simplified Chinese

莫砷钴矿

Alternative Name

Lederkobold

CNMNC symbol

Symbol

Mod

IDs

GUSID (Global unique identifier short form) JPzTNF6_60OF4rk6tfDhRw
GUID (Global unique identifier) 34D3FC24-BF5E-43EB-85E2-B93AB5F0E147
Database ID 2560