miassite

See also: Miassite

English

Etymology

From the town and river Miass in the Urals[1] + -ite.

Noun

miassite

  1. (mineralogy) An isometric-hexoctahedral gray mineral containing rhodium and sulfur.
    • 1898, Institution of Mining Engineers (Great Britain), The Mining Engineer: Journal of The Institution of Mining Engineers, page 550:
      ... miassite (claeolite-biotite-syenite) in lovely sapphire-blue crystalline masses, and molybdenite is recorded from two localities. Among other minerals of more or less industrial interest are ilmenite, titanite, magnetite […]
    • 1900, University of Durham. Philosophical Society, Proceedings - Durham, England. Philosophical Society, page 112:
      ... miassite (biotite nepheline-syenite), and here is the original locality of the mineral ilmenite. The hills are pitted with little quarries, some of which are still worked for the various minerals got in the miassite and gneiss […]
    • 2024 October 28, Hermann Sicius, Handbook of the Chemical Elements, Springer Nature, →ISBN, page 732:
      ... rhodium minerals such as bowieite, genkinite or miassite are found, which are of no significance for technical production. Rhodium is most commonly found as a companion of sulfidic nickel-copper ores , which are mainly mined in […]

Usage notes

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References

  • David Barthelmy (1997–2025) “Miassite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
  1. ^ Mineralogical Abstracts, 2001: “Miassite Rh17S15 a new mineral from a placer on the Miass River, Urals.”
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