Miassite

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General
Category Minerals
Formula Rh17S15
IMA symbol Mia
Strunz classification 2.BC.05
Crystal system cubic
Crystal class Pm3n
Unit cell a = 10.024 V=1,007.22 Å3
Structure
Identification
Colourlight grey
Tenacity brittle
Mohs scale hardness5-6
Luster metallic
Diaphaneity Opaque
Density 7.42
Solubility insoluble

Miassite is a mineral made of rhodium and sulfur, with the stoichometric formula Rh
17S
15. It was named after the Miass River in the Urals. [1] It is a superconductor and an unconventional superconductor. Naturally occurring miassite is too brittle, so it is made in a lab for superconductor research. [2]

Its ability to be an unconventional superconductor was discovered at Ames National Laboratory in 2024. [3]

Miassite, covellite, parkerite, and palladseite, occur in nature, and are also made in labs as superconductors. Miassite is the only one found to also have unconventional superconductivity. [4]

References

  1. ↑ "Miassite".
  2. ↑ "A Superconductor Found in Nature Has Rocked the Scientific World". Popular Mechanics. 2024-03-19. Retrieved 2024-03-20.
  3. ↑ "Scientists reveal the first unconventional superconductor that can be found in mineral form in nature". MSN .
  4. ↑ "A Superconductor Found in Nature Has Rocked the Scientific World". Popular Mechanics. 2024-03-19. Retrieved 2024-03-20.
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