4.JK.15

4 : OXIDES (Hydroxides, V[5,6] vanadates, arsenites, antimonites, bismuthites, sulfites, selenites, tellurites, iodates)
J : Arsenites, antimonites, bismuthites, sulfites, selenites, tellurites; iodates
K : Tellurites without additional anions, without H₂O

Dana 7th ed.:

34.1.3.1

Dana 8th ed.:

34.1.3.1

34 : SELENITES, TELLURITES AND SULFITES
1 : A(XO₃)

Hey's CIM Ref.:

28.3.1

28 : Selenites, Selenates, Tellurites, and Tellurates
3 : Tellurites

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
Byk	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 BalyakiniteHide

Transparency:

Translucent

Colour:

Greyish-green, bluish-green

Streak:

Pale bluish-green

Hardness:

3½ on Mohs scale

Hardness:

VHN₁₀=80 - 125 kg/mm² - Vickers

Cleavage:

None Observed

Density:

5.6 g/cm³ (Measured) 5.64 g/cm³ (Calculated)

Optical Data of BalyakiniteHide

Type:

Biaxial (-)

RI values:

n_α = 2.11 n_β = 2.18 n_γ = 2.22

2V:

Measured: 80° , Calculated: 72°

Max. Birefringence:

δ = 0.110
Based on recorded range of RI values above.

Interference Colours:
The colours simulate birefringence patterns seen in thin section under crossed polars. They do not take into account mineral colouration or opacity.

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Thickness: 30 µm Order divisions

Rotation:

Surface Relief:

Very High (positive)
Relative to Canada balsam mounting medium (n ≈ 1.537).

This shows the grain boundary and Becke line effect under plane-polarised light, based on the contrast between this mineral's average refractive index and the mounting medium. It does not take into account mineral colouration.

Focus:

In focus

Interference Figure:

This shows the idealized biaxial acute bisectrix (Bxa) interference figure - the conoscopic view for a grain cut perpendicular to the acute bisectrix, using this mineral's 2V. The two small white dots mark the melatopes - the points where the two optic axes emerge - and are shown only when they fall within the field of view. The coloured bands are isochromatics, and the dark bands are isogyres.

Rotate the stage: at 0°/90° the isogyres form a cross through the melatopes; at 45° they pull apart into curved hyperbolas. That splitting on rotation - absent in a uniaxial figure - is the standard diagnostic test for telling biaxial minerals from uniaxial ones. If 2V is large, the melatopes may fall outside the field of view, as they often do at the microscope too.

Thickness: 30 µm

Stage rotation: 0°

Anisotropism:

slight

Dispersion:

strong

Colour in reflected light:

gray, bluish gray

Pleochroism:

Weak

Comments:

Shades of green

Chemistry of BalyakiniteHide

Mindat Formula:

Cu(TeO₃)

Element Weights:

Element	% weight
Te	53.357 %
Cu	26.572 %
O	20.071 %

Calculated from ideal end-member formula.

Elements listed:

Cu, O, Te - search for minerals with similar chemistry

Crystallography of BalyakiniteHide

Crystal System:

Orthorhombic

Class (H-M):

mmm(2/m2/m2/m) - Dipyramidal

Cell Parameters:

a = 7.6 Å, b = 12.7 Å, c = 5.83 Å

Ratio:

a:b:c = 0.598 : 1 : 0.459

Unit Cell V:

562.71 Å³ (Calculated from Unit Cell)

Comment:

Space Group: Pmcn.

Crystal StructureHide

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Data courtesy of the American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database. Click on an AMCSD ID to view structure

ID	Species	Reference	Link	Year	Locality	Pressure (GPa)	Temp (K)
0011931	Balyakinite	Lindqvist O (1972) The crystal structure of CuTeO3 Acta Chemica Scandinavica 26 1423-1430		1972	synthetic	0	293
0011928	Balyakinite	Lindqvist O (1971) On the crystal structures of CuTeO3 and CuTe2O5 Acta Chemica Scandinavica 25 740-740		1971	synthetic	0	293

CIF Raw Data - click here to close

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_chemical_name_mineral 'Balyakinite'
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'Lindqvist O'
_journal_name_full 'Acta Chemica Scandinavica'
_journal_volume 26 
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 The crystal structure of CuTeO3
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_database_code_amcsd 0011931
_chemical_compound_source 'Synthetic'
_chemical_formula_sum 'Te Cu O3'
_cell_length_a 7.604
_cell_length_b 5.837
_cell_length_c 12.705
_cell_angle_alpha 90
_cell_angle_beta 90
_cell_angle_gamma 90
_cell_volume 563.906
_exptl_crystal_density_diffrn      5.634
_symmetry_space_group_name_H-M 'P m c n'
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  '1/2-x,1/2-y,1/2+z'
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Te1   0.25000   0.17020   0.11410
Te2   0.75000   0.10400   0.16300
Cu   0.54540   0.16070   0.41050
O1   0.43000   0.33800   0.04600
O2   0.44700   0.41100   0.32500
O3   0.75000   0.11000   0.31700
O4   0.75000   0.42800   0.48100
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_atom_site_aniso_U_23
Te1 0.00700 0.01500 0.01300 0.00000 0.00000 0.00000
Te2 0.00600 0.01500 0.01100 0.00000 0.00000 0.00000
Cu 0.01800 0.02000 0.01100 0.00800 0.00800 0.00400
O1 0.01400 0.01800 0.03400 -0.00700 0.00300 0.00800
O2 0.03700 0.04100 0.02300 0.05100 0.02700 0.04900
O3 0.00700 0.02100 0.00700 0.00000 0.00000 -0.01900
O4 0.02200 0.01700 0.00200 0.00000 0.00000 -0.03900

X-Ray Powder DiffractionHide

Powder Diffraction Data:

d-spacing	Intensity
2.85 Å	(10)
2.84 Å	(8)
3.09 Å	(5)
1.711 Å	(5)
4.34 Å	(4)
3.18 Å	(4)
2.28 Å	(3.5)

Geological EnvironmentHide

Paragenetic Mode(s):

Paragenetic Mode	Earliest Age (Ga)
Stage 7: Great Oxidation Event	<2.4
47e : [Vanadates, chromates, manganates]
47h : [Near-surface oxidized, dehydrated minerals]

Type Occurrence of BalyakiniteHide

Co-Type Localities:

ⓘ Pionerskoye gold deposit, Muya, Muysky District, Buryatia, Russia
ⓘ Aginskoe Au deposit (Aginskoye deposit), Central Kamchatka mining district, Bystrinsky District, Kamchatka Krai, Russia

General Appearance of Type Material:

Integrowths up to 0.5mm and as very small short prismatic crystals.

Place of Conservation of Type Material:

A. E. Fersman Mineralogical Museum, Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia.

Geological Setting of Type Material:

In veinlets in aggregates of tetrahedrite, chalcopyrite, and tellurides.

Associated Minerals at Type Locality:

Tellurite

Reference:

Spiridonov, E.M. (1980) Balyakinite CuTeO3 — a new mineral from the oxidation zone. Doklady Akademii Nauk SSSR: 253: 1448-1450.

Synonyms of BalyakiniteHide

IMA1980-001

Other Language Names for BalyakiniteHide

Dutch:Balyakiniet

German:Balyakinit

Russian:Балякинит

Spanish:Balyakinita

Related Minerals - Strunz-mindat Grouping Hide

4.JK.	Matthiasweilite	PbTe⁴⁺O₃	Tric. 1 : P1
4.JK.05	Walfordite	(Fe³⁺,Te⁶⁺)Te⁴⁺₃O₈	Iso. m3(2/m3) : Ia3
4.JK.05	Winstanleyite	TiTe⁴⁺₃O₈	Iso. m3(2/m3) : Ia3
4.JK.10	Zincospiroffite	Zn₂Te⁴⁺₃O₈	Mon. 2/m : B2/b
4.JK.10	Spiroffite	Mn²⁺₂Te⁴⁺₃O₈	Mon. 2/m : B2/b
4.JK.20	Rajite	Cu(Te⁴⁺₂O₅)	Mon. 2/m : P2₁/b
4.JK.25	Carlfriesite	CaTe⁴⁺₂Te⁶⁺O₈	Mon. 2/m : B2/b
4.JK.30	Chenzhangruite	MnFe²⁺Te⁴⁺₄O₁₀	Tet. 4/mmm(4/m2/m2/m) : P4₂/nbc
4.JK.30	Stankeithite	Mn²⁺Mn²⁺Te⁴⁺₄O₁₀	Tet. 4 : P4₂
4.JK.30	Paulhlavaite	CaCuTe⁴⁺₄O₁₀	Mon. 2/m : B2/b
4.JK.30	Denningite	CaMn²⁺Te⁴⁺₄O₁₀	Tet. 4/mmm(4/m2/m2/m) : P4₂/nbc
4.JK.35	Chekhovichite	Bi₂Te⁴⁺₄O₁₁	Mon. 2/m
4.JK.40	Smirnite	Bi₂Te⁴⁺O₅	Orth. mm2
4.JK.45	Choloalite	(Cu,Sb)₃(Pb,Ca)₃(TeO₃)₆Cl	Iso. 432 : P4₁32
4.JK.50	Fairbankite	Pb²⁺₁₂(Te⁴⁺O₃)₁₁(SO₄)	Tric. 1 : P1
4.JK.55	Plumbotellurite	Pb(TeO₃)	Mon. 2/m : B2/b
4.JK.60	Magnolite	[Hg₂]²⁺[Te⁴⁺O₃]	Orth. mm2
4.JK.65	Moctezumite	Pb(UO₂)(TeO₃)₂	Mon. 2/m : P2₁/b
4.JK.70	Schmitterite	(UO₂)(TeO₃)	Orth. mmm(2/m2/m2/m)
4.JK.75	Cliffordite	(UO₂)Te⁴⁺₃O₇	Iso. m3(2/m3) : Pa3

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References for BalyakiniteHide

Reference List:

Lindqvist, O. (1971) On the crystal structures of CuTeO3 and CuTe2O5. Acta Chemica Scandinavica: 25: 740-787.

Lindqvist, Oliver, Jensen, Stig Jorgo, Tucker, E. E., Songstad, J., Svensson, Sigfrid (1972) The Crystal Structure of CuTeO3. Acta Chemica Scandinavica, 26. 1423-1430 doi:10.3891/acta.chem.scand.26-1423

Spiridonov, E.M. (1980) Balyakinite CuTeO3 — a new mineral from the oxidation zone. Doklady Akademii Nauk SSSR: 253: 1448-1450.

Fleischer, Michael, Pabst, Adolf (1981) New Mineral Names. American Mineralogist, 66 (3-4) 436-439

(2005) Balyakinite. Handbook of Mineralogy. Mineralogical Society of America

Localities for BalyakiniteHide

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- World class for species or very significant. (TL) - Type Locality for a valid mineral species. (FRL) - First Recorded Locality for everything else (eg varieties). ~~Struck out~~ - Mineral was erroneously reported from this locality. Faded * - Never found at this locality but inferred to have existed at some point in the past (e.g. from pseudomorphs).

All localities listed without proper references should be considered as questionable.


Belgium
Wallonia Luxembourg Vielsalm ⓘ Salmchâteau	Krygier (1982) +1 other reference
ⓘ Copper-tellurium mineralization	Krygier (1982) +2 other references

Russia (TL)
Buryatia Muysky District Muya ⓘ Pionerskoye gold deposit (TL)	Spiridonov (1980) +1 other reference
Kamchatka Krai Bystrinsky District Central Kamchatka mining district ⓘ Aginskoe Au deposit (Aginskoye deposit) (TL)	Spiridonov (1980) +1 other reference
Koryak Okrug Karaginsky District ⓘ Ozernovskoe deposit	Spiridonov et al. (2009, April)

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