Item talk:Q162482
Mindat Short Description
The bismuth analogue of tintinaite.
Geoscience Ontology Status Notes
Setterberg J (1841) Undersökning af ett nytt mineral, funnet uti Hvena Kobolt-grufvor uti Nerike, Kong. Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar 1841, 188-193 Chemical formula is redefined to Pb_3_BiSbS_6_: Rammelsberg C F (1875) Kobellit, Handbuch der Mineralchemie 2, 100-101 The original chemical formula proposed by Setterberg is reconfirmed as Pb_6_Sb_2_Bi_4_S_15_: Keller H F (1890) Ueber Kobellit von Ouray, Colorado, und über die chemische Zusammensetzung dieser Species. Zeitschrift für Krystallographie und Mineralogie 17, 67-72 Chemical formula is redefined again as Pb_6_FeSb_2_Bi_4_S_16_: Nuffield E W (1948) Observations on kobellite, University of Toronto Studies: VI. Geological Series 52, 86-89 Chemical formula is redefined yet again as Pb_5_(Bi,Sb)_8_S_17_: Harris D C, Jambor J L, Lachance G R, Thorpe R I (1968) Tintinaite, the antimony analogue of kobellite, The Canadian Mineralogist 9, 371-382 Chemical formula is redefined again, based on crystal structure, Pb_12_(Cu,Fe)_2_(Bi,Sb)_14_S_35_: Miehe G (1971) Crystal structure of kobellite, Nature Physical Science 231, 133-134 Chemical formula redefined yet again: Moëlo Y, Roger G, Maurel-Palacin D, Marcoux E, Laroussi A (1995) Chemistry of some Pb-(Cu,Fe)-(Sb,Bi) sulfosalts from France and Portugal. Implications for the crystal chemistry of lead sulfosalts in the Cu-poor part of the Pb_2_S_2_-Cu_2_S-Sb_2_S_3_-Bi_2_S_3_ system, Mineralogy and Petrology 53, 229-250
IMA Formula (from Mindat)
Pb11(Cu,Fe)2(Bi,Sb)15S35
RRUFF Formula (from Geoscience Ontology)
Pb2+11(Cu1+,Fe2+)2(Bi3+,Sb3+)15S2-35
