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Volynskite

Year of discovery: 1965 (Zod mine, Armenia), 1974 (Japan)

Locality list: A locality of volynskite

• AgBiTe₂
• [Ag⁺][Bi³⁺][Te₂]^4-

• Class: Matildite group < Binary sulfosalts < Sulfosalt class
• Class: Telluro-salt

• Te => S: Matildite, Schapbachite
• Te => Se: Bohdanowiczite

• Color: Silver white, Gray
• Luster: Metallic
• Diaphaneity: Opaque

• Aggregate: Massive

• Cleavage: Perfect (1 plane), Imperfect (2 planes).
• Hardness: 2.5-3
• Density: 8.0

• System: Orthorhombic

Etymology: I.S. Volynskii (1900-1962), Russian mineralogist