Ardaite

Ardaite is a very rare sulfosalt mineral with chemical formula Pb19Sb13S35Cl7 in the monoclinic crystal system,[1][2] named after the Arda river, which passes through the type locality.[3] It was discovered in 1978 and approved by the International Mineralogical Association in 1980.[4][5][6] It was the second well-defined natural chlorosulfosalt, after dadsonite.[7]

Ardaite
Ardaite associated with galenite, Madjarovo polymetallic ore deposit, National Natural History Museum, Sofia, Bulgaria
General
CategorySulfosalt minerals, Lead minerals
Formula
(repeating unit)		Pb19Sb13S35Cl7
Strunz classification2.LB.30 (10 ed)
2/E.19-20 (8 ed)
Dana classification02.15.01.01
Crystal systemMonoclinic
Unknown space group
Identification
ColorGreenish gray or bluish green
Mohs scale hardness2.5-3
LusterMetallic
Density6.44
PleochroismWeak
ReferencesBreskovska, V. V.; Mozgova, N. N.; Bortnikov, N. S.; Gorshkov, A. I.; Tzepin, A. I. (1982), "Ardaite, a new lead-antimony chlorsulphosalt" (PDF), Mineral. Mag., 46: 357–361

Greenish gray or bluish green in color, its luster is metallic. Ardaite occurs as 50 µm fine-grained aggregates of acicular crystals associated with galena, pyrostilpnite, anglesite, nadorite, and Cl-bearing robinsonite and semseyite, in the Madjarovo polymetallic ore deposit in Bulgaria. Ardaite has a hardness of 2.5 to 3 on Mohs scale and a density of approximately 6.44.[1]

The type locality is the Madjarovo polymetallic ore deposit in the Rhodope mountains.[8][9] Later its occurrence was proved in the Gruvåsen deposit, near Filipstad, Bergslagen, Sweden.[5]

References
  1. Mindat information page for Ardaite
  2. Webmineral information page for Ardaite
  3. Handbook of Mineralogy information page for Ardaite
  4. Breskovska, V. V.; Mozgova, N. N.; Bortnikov, N. S.; Gorshkov, A. I.; Tzepin, A. I. (1982), "Ardaite, a new lead-antimony chlorsulphosalt" (PDF), Mineral. Mag., 46: 357–361
  5. Burke, E.A.J.; Kieft, C.; Zakrzewski, M.A. (1981), "The Second Occurrence of Ardaite" (PDF), Canadian Mineralogist, 19: 419–422, retrieved 3 May 2018
  6. Dunn, Pete; Fleischer, Michael (1983), "New Mineral Names" (PDF), American Mineralogist, 68: 642–45
  7. Zelenski, Michael; Zunic, Tonci Balic; Bindi, Luca; Caravelli, Anna; Makovicky, Emil; Pinto, Daniela; Vurro, Filippo (2006), "First Occurrence of Iodine in Natural Sulfosalts: The Case of Mutnovscite" (PDF), American Mineralogist, 91: 21–28
  8. See the Collection of Minerals at the National Natural History Museum, Sofia, Bulgaria
  9. See the Madjarovo deposit at Mindat.com
Paragenesis of ardaite & galena, Madjarovo ore deposit, Bulgaria, National Natural History Museum, Sofia, Bulgaria

See also

List of minerals approved by IMA

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