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Achávalite - Achávalite Mineral Information and Data
Achávalite - Achávalite Mineral Information and Data
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Achvalite
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Formula: FeSe
Name: Named after Luis Achval (June 8 1870, Crdoba - March 20, 1938), civil engineer. Professor at
Universidad Nacional de Crdoba. Author of "Geografia de Crdoba" with Manuel Rio and
president of Academia de Ciencia (Academy of Science).
Luis Achval
The Fe analogue of freboldite; chemically also the Fe analogue of klockmannite, and sederholmite (all have the same space group). Also chemically
the Se-analogue of troilite.
Classification of Achvalite
IMA status: Approved, 'Grandfathered' (first described prior to 1959)
Approval Renamed by IMA in 2015 (IMA 15-E): Spelling changed from achavalite to achvalite.
History:
Strunz 8th ed.: 2/C.19-60
Nickel-Strunz 2.CC.05
10th (pending)
ed.: 2 : SULFIDES and SULFOSALTS (sulfides, selenides, tellurides; arsenides, antimonides, bismuthides; sulfarsenites, sulfantimonites, sulfbismuthites,
etc.)
C : Metal Sulfides, M: S = 1: 1 (and similar)
C : With Ni, Fe, Co, PGE, etc.
3 : Sulphides, Selenides, Tellurides, Arsenides and Bismuthides (except the arsenides, antimonides and bismuthides of Cu, Ag and Au, which are
included in Section 1)
9 : Sulphides etc. of Fe
Diaphaneity Opaque
(Transparency):
Colour: dark grey
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Streak: grey-black
Hardness 2
(Mohs):
Density: 6.58 g/cm3 (Calculated)
Crystallography of Achvalite
Crystal System: Hexagonal
Kotulskite Pd(Te,Bi)
Langisite (Co,Ni)As
Nickeline NiAs
Sobolevskite Pd(Bi,Te)
Sudburyite (Pd,Ni)Sb
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2.CC.10 Pyrrhotite Fe 7 S 8
UM1990-38- (Ni,Fe,Rh,Cu,Ir,Pt)S
2.CC.20
S:CuFeIrNiPtRh
2+ 3+
3.9.5 Greigite Fe Fe 2 S 4
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Simplified Chinese:
Spanish: Achavalita
Other Information
Health Risks: No information on health risks for this material has been entered into the database. You should always treat mineral specimens with care.
Bernardini, G.P., Mazzetti, G. (1979) Phase relations in the copper-iron-selenium system at 900 and 700C. Rendiconti della Societa Italiana di
Mineralogia e Petrologia: 35: 71-90.
Franz, E.D. (1972) X-ray diffraction data on mixed phases in the pyrite (FeS2)-ferroselite (FeSe2)/pyrrhotite (FeS)-achavalite (FeSe) system. Neues
Jahrbuch fr Mineralogie, Monatshefte: 1972: 276-280.
Strunz, H., Nickel, E.H. (2001) Strunz Mineralogical Tables. Ninth Edition. Schweizerbart, Stuttgart.
Yakovleva, V.A., Nesterov, A.R., Belogub, E.V., Novoselov, K.A. (2001) Secondary sulfides, selenides and arsenides in the supergene zone of
Zapadno-Ozernoe massive sulfide deposit, South Urals. Vestnik Sankt-Peterburgskogo Universiteta, Seriya 7: Geologiya, Geografiya: 2001: 3: 73-
79. [in Russian]
Brodtkorb, M.K. (2002) Las Especies Minerales de la Repblica Argentina (1. edition) Asociacin Mineralgica Argentina, Buenos Aires.
Wyckoff, R.W.G (1963): Crystal Structures: 1: 85-237 (Second edition). Interscience Publishers, New York.
(TL) indicates type locality for a valid mineral species. (FRL) indicates first recorded locality for everything else. ? indicates mineral may be doubtful at this locality. All other localities listed
without reference should be considered as uncertain and unproven until references can be found.
Argentina
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Argentina
Mendoza
Lujn de Cuyo department
Cacheuta
Sierra de Cacheuta ? Econ Geol (1997) 92:468-484
Cerro de Cacheuta [Clark, 1993 - "Hey's Mineral Index, 3rd Edition"]; Ahlfeld Friedrich and Angelelll Vlctorio 1948 Las especies
minerales de la Republica Argentina Univ Nac Tucumftn Inst Geologla y Mineria Jujuy Pub no 458 p 47 48 49
Cacheuta Mine (TL)
50 54 67 69 70 71 120 121 133 134
China
Hubei Province
Enshi Autonomous Prefecture (E'xi Autonomous Prefecture)
Enshi Co. Handong Qian, Zhenghua Zhao, Xiang Zheng, Chengyi Lin, Jiahu Zeng, Xuemei Wu, and Wu Chen (2006):
Yutangba Se deposit Acta Geologica Sinica 80(11), 1706-1710
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