[ Top ] [ Japanese ]

Bohdanowiczite

Year of discovery: 1967 (Kletno, Poland), 1985 (Japan)

Locality list: A locality of bohdanowiczite

• AgBiSe₂
• [Ag⁺][Bi³⁺][Se₂]^4-

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

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

• Color: Pale yellow, Pink
• Tarnish: Yellow
• Luster: Metallic
• Diaphaneity: Opaque

• Hardness: 3-3.5
• Density: 7.9

• System: Trigonal
• Group: (-3)m, P(-3)m1
• Lattice: a=8.4, c=19.6

Etymology: Prof. Karol Bohdanowicz (1864-1947) from Cracow, Poland