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Brodtkorbite

A valid IMA mineral species
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Formula:
Cu2HgSe2
Colour:
Dark grey
Lustre:
Metallic
Hardness:
2½ - 3
Specific Gravity:
7.77 (Calculated)
Crystal System:
Monoclinic
Name:
Named in honor of Milka Kronegold de Brodtkorb (05 July 1932, Ciudad de Buenos Aires, Argentina - 18 July 2019, Córdoba, Argentina), Professor at the Universities of Buenos Aires and La Plata, Argentina, for her contributions to mineralogy (especially that of Argentina) and economic geology. She coauthored the description of four minerals: suredaite, angelaite, jagueite, coiraite.
This page provides mineralogical data about Brodtkorbite.


Approval year:
1999
First published:
Type description reference:

Classification of Brodtkorbite

2 : SULFIDES and SULFOSALTS (sulfides, selenides, tellurides; arsenides, antimonides, bismuthides; sulfarsenites, sulfantimonites, sulfbismuthites, etc.)
B : Metal Sulfides, M: S > 1: 1 (mainly 2: 1)
D : With Hg, Tl

Mineral Symbols
Transparency:
Opaque
Colour:
Dark grey
Streak:
Dark grey
Hardness:
2½ - 3 onMohs scale
Hardness:
VHN10=118 kg/mm2 - Vickers
Tenacity:
Brittle
Cleavage:
None Observed
Fracture:
Irregular/Uneven
Density:
7.77 g/cm3 (Calculated)

Optical Data of Brodtkorbite

Crystallography of Brodtkorbite
General Appearance of Type Material:
Anhedral grains from 10x20 µm to 50 x 100 µm and aggregates reaching 150 x 250 µm.
Place of Conservation of Type Material:
Institute of Mineralogy, University of Salzburg, Austria, 14600-14602.
The Natural History Museum, London, England, 1998,173.
Geological Setting of Type Material:
In atelethermal selenide vein-type assemblage.
Associated Minerals at Type Locality:
BellidoiteChaméaniteCopper-bearing CadmoseliteEskeborniteEucairite
FerroseliteHakite-(Hg)KlockmanniteKrut'aite-Trogtalite SeriesMercurian Cadmoselite
TiemanniteUmangiteUraninite
Reference:
Paar, Werner H., Topa, Dan, Roberts, Andrew C., Criddle, Alan J., Amann, Gerhard, Sureda, Ricardo J. (2002) The new mineral species brodtkorbite, Cu2HgSe2, and the associated selenide assemblage from Tuminico, Sierra de Cacho, La Rioja, Argentina.The Canadian Mineralogist, 40 (1) 225-237doi:10.2113/gscanmin.40.1.225

Synonyms of Brodtkorbite

Other Language Names for Brodtkorbite

Related Minerals -Strunz-mindat GroupingTric.1 :P12.BD.UM2004-33-S:AgCuHgSe(Ag,Cu)8Hg3(S,Se)72.BD.05ImiteriteAg2HgS2Mon. 2/m :P21/b2.BD.10GortdrumiteCu24Fe2Hg9S23Tric.1 :P12.BD.15Danielsite(Cu,Ag)14HgS8Orth.2.BD.15BalkaniteCu9Ag5HgS8Mon. 2/m :P2/m2.BD.20DonharrisiteNi3HgS3Mon. 2/m :B2/m2.BD.25CarliniteTl2STrig. 3 :R32.BD.30Bukovite(Cu3Fe)Σ4Tl2Se4Tet. 4/mmm(4/m2/m2/m) :I4/mmm2.BD.30ThalcusiteTl2Cu3FeS4Tet.2.BD.30MurunskiteK2(Cu,Fe)4S4Tet. 4/mmm(4/m2/m2/m) :I4/mmm2.BD.35Rohaite(Tl,Pb,K)2Cu8.7Sb2S4Orth.2.BD.40ChalcothalliteTl2(Cu,Fe)6SbS4Tet. 4/mmm(4/m2/m2/m) :I4/mmm2.BD.45SabatieriteTlCu6Se4Orth.2.BD.50CrookesiteCu7(Tl, Ag)Se4Tet.

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