Nezhilovite | |
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General | |
Category | Mineral |
Formula (repeating unit) | PbZn2(Mn4+,Ti4+)2Fe8O19 |
Strunz classification | 4.CC.45 |
Crystal system | Hexagonal |
Space group | P63/mmc |
Unit cell | a = 5.849 Å, c = 22.809 Å Z=2 |
Identification | |
Colour | black |
Luster | metallic |
Streak | dark brown |
Diaphaneity | opaque |
Specific gravity | 5.69 |
Optical properties | Uniaxial (-) |
Pleochroism | no |
Nezhilovite is a magnetoplumbite mineral discovered in 1996 by Bermanec et al., [1] who gave it the ideal elemental formula Pb Zn2( Mn4+, Ti4+)2 Fe8 O19. It forms black magnetic crystals up to 1mm with a tabular, hexagonal outline. [2] The mineral is optically anisotropic, bireflectant and is paramagnetic. [2] The minerals occurs in a matrix of "pink dolomitic marble from a Precambrian metamorphic complex of gneisses, schists and marbles in the Nezhilovo area" of the Pelagonian massif. [2]
Nezhilovite | |
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General | |
Category | Mineral |
Formula (repeating unit) | PbZn2(Mn4+,Ti4+)2Fe8O19 |
Strunz classification | 4.CC.45 |
Crystal system | Hexagonal |
Space group | P63/mmc |
Unit cell | a = 5.849 Å, c = 22.809 Å Z=2 |
Identification | |
Colour | black |
Luster | metallic |
Streak | dark brown |
Diaphaneity | opaque |
Specific gravity | 5.69 |
Optical properties | Uniaxial (-) |
Pleochroism | no |
Nezhilovite is a magnetoplumbite mineral discovered in 1996 by Bermanec et al., [1] who gave it the ideal elemental formula Pb Zn2( Mn4+, Ti4+)2 Fe8 O19. It forms black magnetic crystals up to 1mm with a tabular, hexagonal outline. [2] The mineral is optically anisotropic, bireflectant and is paramagnetic. [2] The minerals occurs in a matrix of "pink dolomitic marble from a Precambrian metamorphic complex of gneisses, schists and marbles in the Nezhilovo area" of the Pelagonian massif. [2]