The name is a portmanteau of "cupromakovickyite" and "cupropavonite". The structure of cupromakopavonite is ideally a 1:1 interstratification of the bismuth sulfide layer of cupromakovickyite and the silver bismuth sulfide layer of cupropavonite. The construction of the name therefore parallels the construction of the mineral.

Type Locality:

ⓘ Western ore field, Mittersill Scheelite deposit, Mittersill, Zell am See District, Salzburg, Austria

Closely related to cupromakovickyite and cupropavonite. Its structure combines elements from each of these minerals.

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Unique IdentifiersHide

Mindat ID:

28892

Long-form identifier:

mindat:1:1:28892:3

IMA Classification of CupromakopavoniteHide

IMA status:

Approved

IMA Formula:

Cu¹⁺₈Ag¹⁺₃Pb²⁺₄Bi³⁺₁₉S^2-₃₈

Approval year:

2005

First published:

2012

Type description reference:

Topa, D., Makovicky, E., Ilinca, G., Dittrich, H. (2012) Cupromakopavonite, Cu₈Ag₃Pb₄Bi₁₉S₃₈, a new mineral species, its crystal structure and the cupropavonite homologous series. The Canadian Mineralogist, 50 (2) 295-312 doi:10.3749/canmin.50.2.295

Classification of CupromakopavoniteHide

Strunz-mindat (2026):

2.JA.05a

2 : SULFIDES and SULFOSALTS (sulfides, selenides, tellurides; arsenides, antimonides, bismuthides; sulfarsenites, sulfantimonites, sulfbismuthites, etc.)
J : Sulfosalts of PbS archetype
A : Galena derivatives with little or no Pb

Mineral SymbolsHide

As of 2021 there are now IMA–CNMNC approved mineral symbols (abbreviations) for each mineral species, useful for tables and diagrams.

Symbol	Source	Reference for Standard
Cmpav	IMA–CNMNC	Warr, L.N. (2021). IMA–CNMNC approved mineral symbols. Mineralogical Magazine, 85(3), 291-320. doi:10.1180/mgm.2021.43

Physical Properties of CupromakopavoniteHide

Lustre:

Metallic

Transparency:

Opaque

Colour:

Gray

Streak:

Gray

Comment:

Could not be measured

Tenacity:

Brittle

Cleavage:

None Observed

Density:

6.78 g/cm³ (Calculated)

Comment:

Could not be measured. Calculated is based on ideal formula.

Optical Data of CupromakopavoniteHide

Anisotropism:

Moderate in air and strong in oil. Dark bluish grey to yellowish brown.

Bireflectance:

Perceptible in air and moderate in oil

Reflectivity:

Wavelength	R₁ (%)	R₂ (%)
400nm	43.45%	45.82%
440nm	43.22%	45.29%
470nm	42.91%	46.56%
500nm	42.74%	46.94%
520nm	42.58%	46.64%
546nm	42.1%	46.46%
560nm	42.22%	46.06%
589nm	41.34%	45.78%
620nm	41.01%	45.25%
650nm	40.24%	45.13%
680nm	40.64%	44.43%
700nm	39.72%	44.61%

Graph shows reflectance levels at different wavelengths (in nm). Peak reflectance is 46.94%.
R₁ shown in black, R₂ shown in red

Colour in reflected light:

Greyish white

Internal Reflections:

None

Pleochroism:

Not Visible

Chemistry of CupromakopavoniteHide

Mindat Formula:

Ag₃Cu₈Pb₄Bi₁₉S₃₈

Element Weights:

Element	% weight
Bi	57.967 %
S	17.788 %
Pb	12.100 %
Cu	7.422 %
Ag	4.724 %

Calculated from ideal end-member formula.

Elements listed:

Ag, Bi, Cu, Pb, S - search for minerals with similar chemistry

Crystallography of CupromakopavoniteHide

Crystal System:

Monoclinic

Class (H-M):

2/m - Prismatic

Space Group:

B2/m

Setting:

C2/m

Cell Parameters:

a = 13.380(2) Å, b = 4.0007(6) Å, c = 31.083(4) Å
β = 93.064(2)°

Ratio:

a:b:c = 3.344 : 1 : 7.769

Unit Cell V:

1,661.47 Å³ (Calculated from Unit Cell)

Crystal StructureHide

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ID	Species	Reference	Link	Year	Locality	Pressure (GPa)	Temp (K)
0019215	Cupromakopavonite	Topa D, Makovicky E, Ilinca G, Dittrich H (2012) Cupromakopavonite, Cu8Ag3Pb4Bi19S38, a new mineral species, its crystal structure and the cupropavonite homologous series The Canadian Mineralogist 50 295-312		2012	the scheelite deposit Felbertal, Salzburg Province, Austria	0	293

CIF Raw Data - click here to close

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 Cupromakopavonite, Cu8Ag3Pb4Bi19S38, a new mineral species, its crystal
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Cu2   0.48850   0.00000   0.71340   1.00000   0.02940
Ag   0.00000   0.00000   0.00000   0.93700   0.03400
Pb   0.28681   0.00000   0.33522   1.00000   0.02990
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Bi1   0.27808   0.00000   0.05767   1.00000   0.01380
Bi2   0.44173   0.00000   0.88385   1.00000   0.01330
Bi3   0.18026   0.00000   0.78873   1.00000   0.01810
Bi4   0.42586   0.00000   0.58778   0.80300   0.02070
Ag4   0.42586   0.00000   0.58778   0.19700   0.02070
Bi5   0.14238   0.00000   0.53161   0.85500   0.02020
Ag5   0.14238   0.00000   0.53161   0.14500   0.02020
S1   0.35370   0.00000   0.97120   1.00000   0.01600
S2   0.07420   0.00000   0.92150   1.00000   0.02300
S3   0.19770   0.00000   0.13650   1.00000   0.01220
S4   0.49060   0.00000   0.19400   1.00000   0.01420
S5   0.21940   0.00000   0.24820   1.00000   0.01370
S6   0.07450   0.00000   0.71700   1.00000   0.01220
S7   0.35530   0.00000   0.66530   1.00000   0.01660
S8   0.06110   0.00000   0.60650   1.00000   0.01700
S9   0.22450   0.00000   0.44030   1.00000   0.02300
S10   0.50000   0.00000   0.50000   1.00000   0.02000
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Cu1 0.02300 0.02900 0.03500 0.00000 -0.00900 0.00000
Cu2 0.03000 0.01600 0.04100 0.00000 -0.01000 0.00000
Ag 0.03000 0.04100 0.03100 0.00000 -0.00200 0.00000
Pb 0.03490 0.01790 0.03760 0.00000 0.00800 0.00000
Bi 0.03000 0.04100 0.03100 0.00000 -0.00200 0.00000
Bi1 0.01590 0.01180 0.01370 0.00000 0.00130 0.00000
Bi2 0.01580 0.01170 0.01260 0.00000 0.00220 0.00000
Bi3 0.01950 0.02100 0.01330 0.00000 -0.00310 0.00000
Bi4 0.02460 0.02040 0.01700 0.00000 0.00190 0.00000
Ag4 0.02460 0.02040 0.01700 0.00000 0.00190 0.00000
Bi5 0.02080 0.01790 0.02180 0.00000 -0.00030 0.00000
Ag5 0.02080 0.01790 0.02180 0.00000 -0.00030 0.00000
S1 0.01700 0.01700 0.01500 0.00000 0.00400 0.00000
S2 0.01900 0.01400 0.03400 0.00000 -0.00400 0.00000
S3 0.01500 0.01500 0.00700 0.00000 0.00000 0.00000
S4 0.01900 0.01500 0.01000 0.00000 0.00400 0.00000
S5 0.01200 0.01400 0.01500 0.00000 -0.00100 0.00000
S6 0.01400 0.01100 0.01200 0.00000 -0.00100 0.00000
S7 0.01700 0.01300 0.02000 0.00000 0.00200 0.00000
S8 0.01800 0.01600 0.01600 0.00000 -0.00100 0.00000
S9 0.01900 0.01500 0.03600 0.00000 -0.00400 0.00000
S10 0.02200 0.01900 0.02000 0.00000 0.00000 0.00000

X-Ray Powder DiffractionHide

Powder Diffraction Data:

d-spacing	Intensity
3.607 Å	(54)
3.457 Å	(99)
3.436 Å	(27)
3.340 Å	(34)
2.9526 Å	(28)
2.8742 Å	(33)
2.8335 Å	(100)
2.2558 Å	(29)

Geological EnvironmentHide

Paragenetic Mode(s):

Paragenetic Mode	Earliest Age (Ga)
High-? alteration and/or metamorphism
33 : Minerals deposited by hydrothermal metal-rich fluids (see also [#12])

Type Occurrence of CupromakopavoniteHide

Type Locality:

ⓘ Western ore field, Mittersill Scheelite deposit, Mittersill, Zell am See District, Salzburg, Austria

General Appearance of Type Material:

Inclusions in oversubstituded krupkaite. Homogeneous grains or as a component in lamellar intergrowths with Cu-bearing makovickyite.

Place of Conservation of Type Material:

Reference collection (museum) of the Division of Mineralogy, University of Salzburg, Austria, catalog no. 14955.

Geological Setting of Type Material:

Recrystallization of sulfide and sulfosalt material in quartz veins hosted within felsic gneisses and amphibolites. Retrograde Alpine metamorphism.

Associated Minerals at Type Locality:

'Aikinite-Bismuthinite Series'	Chalcopyrite	Cuprobismutite	Hodrušite	Kupčíkite
Makovickyite	Native Bismuth	Pyrrhotite	Quartz	Wittichenite

Reference:

Synonyms of CupromakopavoniteHide

IMA2005-036

Other Language Names for CupromakopavoniteHide

Dutch:Cupromakopavoniet

German:Cupromakopavonit

Relationship of Cupromakopavonite to other SpeciesHide

Member of:

Pavonite Homologous Series Group

Other Members of Pavonite Homologous Series:

Benjaminite	Ag₃Bi₇S₁₂	Mon. 2/m : B2/m
Cupromakovickyite	Cu₄AgPb₂Bi₉S₁₈	Mon. 2/m : B2/m
Cupropavonite	Cu_0.9Ag_0.5Pb_0.6Bi_2.5S₅	Mon. 2/m : B2/m
Dantopaite	Ag₅Bi₁₃S₂₂	Mon. 2/m : B2/m
Graţianite	MnBi₂S₄	Mon. 2/m : B2/m
Grumiplucite	HgBi₂S₄	Mon. 2/m : B2/m
Kudriavite	(Cd,Pb)Bi₂S₄	Mon. 2/m : B2/m
Luboržákite	Mn₂AsSbS₅	Mon. 2/m : B2/m
Makovickyite	Cu_1.12Ag_0.81Pb_0.27Bi_5.35S₉	Mon. 2/m
Mummeite	Cu_0.58Ag_3.11Pb_1.10Bi_6.65S₁₃	Mon.
Pavonite	AgBi₃S₅	Mon. 2/m : B2/m
Sunshuite	FeBi₂S₄	Mon. 2/m : B2/m

Related Minerals - Strunz-mindat Grouping Hide

2.JA.	Ferdowsiite	Ag₈(Sb₅As₃)S₁₆	Mon. 2/m : P2₁/b
2.JA.	Luboržákite	Mn₂AsSbS₅	Mon. 2/m : B2/m
2.JA.	Sangenaroite	Ag₈(Sb_8-xAs_x)S_Σ16	Mon. 2/m
2.JA.05a	Pavonite	AgBi₃S₅	Mon. 2/m : B2/m
2.JA.05b	Grumiplucite	HgBi₂S₄	Mon. 2/m : B2/m
2.JA.05c	Kudriavite	(Cd,Pb)Bi₂S₄	Mon. 2/m : B2/m
2.JA.05d	Cupromakovickyite	Cu₄AgPb₂Bi₉S₁₈	Mon. 2/m : B2/m
2.JA.05e	Benjaminite	Ag₃Bi₇S₁₂	Mon. 2/m : B2/m
2.JA.05i	Livingstonite	HgSb₄S₆(S₂)	Mon. 2/m : B2/b
2.JA.05h	Mozgovaite	PbBi₄S₇	Orth. mmm(2/m2/m2/m)
2.JA.05	Dantopaite	Ag₅Bi₁₃S₂₂	Mon. 2/m : B2/m
2.JA.05a	Cupropavonite	Cu_0.9Ag_0.5Pb_0.6Bi_2.5S₅	Mon. 2/m : B2/m
2.JA.05	Selenodantopaite	Ag₅Bi₁₃Se₂₂	Mon. 2/m : B2/m
2.JA.05g	Borodaevite	Ag₅(Bi,Pb,Fe)₈(Sb,Bi)₂S₁₇	Mon.
2.JA.05d	Makovickyite	Cu_1.12Ag_0.81Pb_0.27Bi_5.35S₉	Mon. 2/m
2.JA.05f	Mummeite	Cu_0.58Ag_3.11Pb_1.10Bi_6.65S₁₃	Mon.
2.JA.10b	Kupčíkite	Cu_3.4Fe_0.6Bi₅S₁₀	Mon. 2/m : B2/m
2.JA.10d	Pizgrischite	(Cu,Fe)Cu₁₄PbBi₁₇S₃₅	Mon. 2/m : B2/m
2.JA.10c	Hodrušite	Cu₈Bi₁₂S₂₂	Mon. 2/m
2.JA.10a	Cuprobismutite	Cu₈AgBi₁₃S₂₄	Mon. 2/m : B2/m
2.JA.10e	Padĕraite	Cu₇[(Cu,Ag)_0.33Pb_1.33Bi_11.33]S₂₂	Mon. 2/m : P2₁/m
2.JA.15	Schapbachite	Ag_0.4Pb_0.2Bi_0.4S	Iso. m3m(4/m32/m) : Fm3m
2.JA.15	Cuboargyrite	AgSbS₂	Iso. m3m(4/m32/m)
2.JA.20	Matildite	AgBiS₂	Trig. 32 : P3₁21
2.JA.20	Volynskite	AgBiTe₂	Trig. 3m(32/m) : P3m1
2.JA.20	Bohdanowiczite	AgBiSe₂	Trig. 3m(32/m) : P3m1

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References for CupromakopavoniteHide

Reference List:

Topa, D., Makovicky, E., Ilinca, G., Dittrich, H. (2012) Cupromakopavonite, Cu₈Ag₃Pb₄Bi₁₉S₃₈, a new mineral species, its crystal structure and the cupropavonite homologous series: Erratum. The Canadian Mineralogist, 50 (3) 773 doi:10.3749/canmin.50.3.773

Borisov, S. V., Magarill, S. A., Pervukhina, N. V. (2015) Crystallographic analysis of modular structures of cupromakopavonite Cu8Ag3Pb4Bi19S38 and heyrovskyite Pb6Bi2S9 minerals. Crystallography Reports, 60 (6) 791-796 doi:10.1134/s1063774515060048

(2022) Cupromakopavonite. Handbook of Mineralogy. Mineralogical Society of America

Localities for CupromakopavoniteHide

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Austria (TL)
Salzburg Zell am See District Mittersill Mittersill Scheelite deposit ⓘ Western ore field (TL)	Topa et al. (2012)

Russia
Chelyabinsk Oblast Kaslinsky District ⓘ Porokhovskoe W deposit	Rogov et al. (2023)
ⓘ Yugo-Konevo W deposit	Rogov et al. (2023)

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