Cabriite Explained

Cabriite
Category:Platinum Group mineral
Formula:Pd2SnCu
Imasymbol:Cbr[1]
Molweight:395.10 g/mol
Strunz:1.AG.30
Dana:1.2.11
System:Orthorhombic
Class:Dipyramidal (mmm)
H-M symbol: (2/m 2/m 2/m)
Symmetry:Pmmm
Color:grey white
Mohs:4–4.5
Luster:Metallic
Opticalprop:Anisotrophic
Pleochroism:detectable
Fluorescence:none
Density:11.1 (measured) 10.7 (calculated)
Diaphaneity:opaque
References:[2] [3] [4]

Cabriite (Pd2SnCu) is a mineral first found in the eastern Siberian region of Russia and named for the Canadian mineralogist Louis J. Cabri (born 1934).[3]

Notes and References

  1. Warr. L.N.. 2021. IMA–CNMNC approved mineral symbols. Mineralogical Magazine. 85. 3. 291–320. 10.1180/mgm.2021.43. 2021MinM...85..291W. 235729616. free.
  2. https://www.mineralienatlas.de/lexikon/index.php/MineralData?mineral=Cabriite Mineralienatlas
  3. http://www.webmineral.com/data/Cabriite.shtml Cabriite Mineral Data from Webmineral
  4. http://www.mindat.org/min-837.html Cabriite: Cabriite mineral information and data from Mindat.org