Zlatogorite

General Information:
 Chemical Formula:
CuNiSb2
 Composition:
(Molecular Weight = 365.74 gm)
Copper 17.37 % Cu
Nickel 16.05 % Ni
Antimony 66.58 % Sb
 Empirical Formula:
CuNiSb2
 Environment:
In altered schistose rock (listwenite).
 IMA Status:
Approved IMA
 Locality:
Zlatoya Gora deposit, near Karabasch, Middle Urals, Russia.
 Name Origin:
Named after its locality.
Physical Properties:
 Cleavage:
[001] Imperfect
 Color:
silver white.
 Density:
8.21
 Diaphaniety:
Opaque
 Habits:
Globular - Spherical, or nearly so, rounded forms (e.g. wavellite)., Prismatic - Crystals Shaped like Slender Prisms (e.g. tourmaline).,
 Hardness:
4.5 - Between Fluorite and Apatite
 Luminescence:
Non-fluorescent.
 Luster:
Metallic
 Streak:
light silver gray
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