abramovite
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Abramovite is a very rare mineral from the sulfides and sulfosalt categories. It has the chemical formula Pb2SnInBiS7. It occurs as tiny elongated lamellar-shaped crystals, up 1 mm × 0.2 mm in size, and is characterized by its non-commensurate structure.
Key facts
- Mineral.name
- Abramovite
- Mineral.category
- Sulfides and sulfosalts
- Mineral.image
- Abramovite.jpg
- Mineral.formula
- Pb2SnInBiS7
- Mineral.IMAsymbol
- Abm
- Mineral.dana
- 03.01.03.03
- Mineral.strunz
- 2.HF.25a (10th edition)
- Mineral.system
- Triclinic
- Mineral.class
- Pinacoidal () (same H-M symbol)
- Mineral.symmetry
- P
- Mineral.unit cell
- a = 23.4 Å, b = 5.77 Å c = 5.83 Å; α = 89.1° β = 89.9°, γ = 91.5°; Z = 4
- Mineral.molweight
- 1,066.44 g/mol
- Mineral.color
- Silver gray
- Mineral.habit
- Encrustations – Forms crust-like aggregates on matrix
- Mineral.cleavage
- Perfect on {100}
- Mineral.twinning
- Lamellar on {100}
- Mineral.streak
- Black
- Mineral.luster
- Metallic
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Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- sulfosalt subclass of minerals
- Image
- Abramovite.jpg
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- Nickel-Strunz '10th ed', review of (9th ed/ 2009 update)
- 2.HF.25a
- chemical formula
- Pb₂SnInBiS₇
- Nickel-Strunz 9th edition (updated 2009)
- 2.HF.25a
- Commons category
- Abramovite
- type locality (geology)
- Kudriavy volcano
- crystal system
- triclinic crystal system
- streak color
- black
- IMA Mineral Symbol
- Abm
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Etymology and history
- Formation
- Type occurrence
- Related Minerals
- See also
- References
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Abramovite is a very rare mineral from the sulfides and sulfosalt categories. It has the chemical formula Pb2SnInBiS7. It occurs as tiny elongated lamellar-shaped crystals, up 1 mm × 0.2 mm in size, and is characterized by its non-commensurate structure.
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