Badengzhuite
Badengzhuite is an IMA-recognized mineral species in the native element class, with the chemical formula TiP.
It crystallizes in the hexagonal crystal system (space group P6_3/mmc).
Key properties: specific gravity 4.233; Metallic (synthetic) luster.
IMA symbol Bdz, IMA status: approved, named in 2019.
Found in podiform ophiolite. In a polymineralic spheroid 20 µm across inferred to have crystallized from a droplet of Ti-Si-P intermetallic melt.
It is found associated with Corundum, zhiqinite.
The mineral was named to honor Tibetan geologist Badengzhu (b. 1939) of the Tibet Ore Industry Co., Ltd., Lhasa, who discovered the chromite ore deposits in the Luobusa ophiolite.
Index entry. This entry combines official IMA/RRUFF species data with published physical-property data — a full written entry hasn’t been published yet.
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