Kravtsovite
Kravtsovite is an IMA-recognized mineral species in the sulfide class, with the chemical formula PdAg₂S.
It crystallizes in the orthorhombic crystal system (space group Cmcm).
Key properties: specific gravity 8.73; Gray streak; Metallic luster.
IMA symbol Kvt, IMA status: approved, named in 2017.
Found in vein-disseminated hydrothermal mineralization in skarn rocks beneath a basaltic sill.
It is found associated with Telargpalite, cooperite, braggite, vysotskite, sopcheite, stibiopalladinite, sobolevskite, moncheite, kotulskite, malyshevite, insizwaite, vysotskite.
The mineral was named to honor Viktor Fomich Kravtsov (1932-2014), one of the discoverers of the Talnakh and Oktyabrsk deposits in the Noril’sk district of Russia.
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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