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Formula: Cu1.12Ag0.81Pb0.27Bi5.35S9
Sulphosalt, pavonite homologous series group,
silver-
and bismuth- bearing mineral
Crystal System: Monoclinic
Specific gravity: Calculated 6.70 (Cu poor) to 6.66 (Cu rich)
Hardness: 3½
Streak: Grey
Colour: Grey
Environments
Metamorphic environments
Hydrothermal environments
Localities
There are two co-type localities, the Western ore field, Mittersill Scheelite deposit, Mittersill, Zell am See
District, Salzburg, Austria, and the Băiţa mining district, Nucet, Bihor County, Romania.
At the Western ore field, Mittersill Scheelite deposit, Mittersill, Zell am See District, Salzburg, Austria,
makovickyite occurs in a hydrothermal tungsten deposit in
amphibolites and felsic
gneisses, in discordant quartz
veins. Associated minerals include galenobismutite,
bismuth, hammarite,
lindströmite, gold,
chalcopyrite and pyrrhotite
(HOM).
At the Băiţa mining district, Nucet, Bihor County, Romania, makovickyite occurs mong other
bismuth-bearing sulphosalts in a
dolomite skarn. Associated
minerals include chalcopyrite,
hammarite, bismuthinite,
krupkaite–lindströmite,
tetradymite, wittichenite,
padĕraite, miharaite,
bismuth, gold,
scheelite, molybdenite,
galena, sphalerite,
chalcocite, diopside,
chondrodite and
grossular–andradite
(HOM).
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