Patrónite

Patronite
Patronite
	Patronite from the Minas Ragra, Peru
General
Category	Sulfide mineral
Formula; (repeating unit)	VS4
Strunz classification	2.EC.10
Crystal system	Monoclinic
Crystal class	Prismatic (2/m) ; (same H-M symbol)
Space group	I2/c
Unit cell	a = 12.11 Å, b = 10.42 Å, ; c = 6.78 Å; β = 100.8°; Z = 8
Identification
Formula mass	179.21 g/mol
Color	Lead-gray on fresh surfaces to gray-black after exposure to air
Crystal habit	Occurs as columnar crystal aggregates and in massive form
Cleavage	Distinct columnar
Mohs scale hardness	2
Luster	Metallic
Streak	Black
Diaphaneity	Opaque
Specific gravity	2.82
Pleochroism	Strong
References

Patronite is the vanadium sulfide mineral with formula V S₄. The material is usually described as V⁴⁺(S₂²⁻)₂.^[5] Structurally, it is a "linear-chain" compound with alternating bonding and nonbonding contacts between the vanadium centers. The vanadium is octa-coordinated, which is an uncommon geometry for this metal.^[6]

The mineral was first described in 1906 for an occurrence in the Minas Ragra vanadium mine near Junín, Cerro de Pasco, Peru. It was named for Peruvian metallurgist Antenor Rizo-Patron (1866–1948) the discoverer of the deposit.^[2]^[3] At the type locality in Peru it occurs in fissures within a red shale likely derived from an asphaltum deposit. Associated minerals include, native sulfur, bravoite, pyrite, , , , quartz and vanadium bearing lignite.^[3] It has also been reported from the Yushkinite gorge on the Middle Silova-Yakha River on the Paikhoi Range of the polar Urals of Russia and from the Tsumeb mine in Namibia.^[2]

References[]

^ Mineralienatlas
^ ^a ^b ^c Mindat.org
^ ^a ^b ^c Handbook of Mineralogy
^ Webmineral data
^ Vaughan, D. J.; Craig, J. R. “Mineral Chemistry of Metal Sulfides" Cambridge University Press, Cambridge: 1978. ISBN 0-521-21489-0.
^ Allmann, R.; Baumann, I.; Kutoglu, A.; Rosch H.; Hellner E. (1964). "Die Kristallstruktur des Patronits V(S₂)₂". Naturwissenschaften. 51: 263–264. Bibcode:1964NW.....51..263A. doi:10.1007/BF00638454.CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)

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[1] Mineralienatlas

[Mindat-2] Mindat.org

[HBM-3] Handbook of Mineralogy

[Webmin-4] Webmineral data

[5] Vaughan, D. J.; Craig, J. R. “Mineral Chemistry of Metal Sulfides" Cambridge University Press, Cambridge: 1978. ISBN 0-521-21489-0.

[6] Allmann, R.; Baumann, I.; Kutoglu, A.; Rosch H.; Hellner E. (1964). "Die Kristallstruktur des Patronits V(S₂)₂". Naturwissenschaften. 51: 263–264. Bibcode:1964NW.....51..263A. doi:10.1007/BF00638454.CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)

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