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.[5]

Abramovite
General
CategorySulfides and sulfosalts
Formula
(repeating unit)
Pb2SnInBiS7
IMA symbolAbm[1]
Strunz classification2.HF.25a (10th edition)
Dana classification03.01.03.03
Crystal systemTriclinic
Crystal classPinacoidal (1)
(same H-M symbol)
Space groupP1
Unit cella = 23.4 Å, b = 5.77 Å
c = 5.83 Å; α = 89.1°
β = 89.9°, γ = 91.5°; Z = 4
Identification
Formula mass1,066.44 g/mol
ColorSilver gray
Crystal habitEncrustations – Forms crust-like aggregates on matrix
TwinningLamellar on {100}
CleavagePerfect on {100}
LusterMetallic
StreakBlack
DiaphaneityOpaque
References[2][3][4][5]

Etymology and history edit

Abramovite is named after the mineralogist Dmitry Vadimovich Abramov (born 1963) of the A.E. Fersman Museum, Russia.[2]

It was discovered as fumarole crust on the Kudriavy (Kudryavyi) volcano, Iturup Island, Kuril Islands, Sakhalin Oblast, Far East Region, Russia.[5]

Formation edit

Abramovite is a product of precipitation from fumarolic gases (600 °C [1,112 °F]) in an active stratovolcano.[2]

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ Warr, L.N. (2021). "IMA–CNMNC approved mineral symbols". Mineralogical Magazine. 85 (3): 291–320. Bibcode:2021MinM...85..291W. doi:10.1180/mgm.2021.43. S2CID 235729616.
  2. ^ a b c "Handbook of Mineralogy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-05-08. Retrieved 2011-04-28.
  3. ^ Mindat.org
  4. ^ Webmineral.com Webmineral Data
  5. ^ a b c Yudovskaya, M.A.; Trubkin, N.V.; Koporulina, E.V.; Belakovsky, D.I.; Mokhov, A.V.; Kuznetsova, M.V.; Golovanova, T.I. (2007). "Abramovite, Pb2SnInBiS7, a new mineral species from fumaroles of the Kudryavy Volcano, Kurile Islands". Zapiski Rossiiskogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva (in Russian): 37–43. Bibcode:2008GeoOD..50..551Y. doi:10.1134/S1075701508070052. ISSN 0869-6055. S2CID 140650406.