Where it forms, where it's found
- Geological setting
samples of Cu–Ni ore colonized by Lecanora cf. polytropa lichens. Further research showed that the fruiting bodies of these lichens (apothecia) contain aqueous nickel oxalate, which was named andreybulakhite
- Type locality
- Nud II mine
- Monche tundra intrusion
- Murmansk Oblast
- Russia
67.8872°, 32.9011°
1recorded occurrences
Physical
Optical
- UV response
- non-fluorescent under either short- or long-wave ultraviolet radiation.
- Notes
mean refractive index calculated based on the Gladstone–Dale relationship is 1.594
Crystallography
- Space group
- C2/c
- Cell parameters
- a = 11.8392(5) Å · b = 5.3312(2) Å · c = 9.8357(7) Å
- Cell angles
- β = 126.723(5) °
- Ratio a:b:c
- 1 : 0.450 : 0.831
- Z
- 4
- Type-locality form
platy to prismatic crystals up to 2x1x1 µm in size that are combined into aggregates up to 40x30x30 µm in size embedded in a lichen reproductive structure (apothecia).
Crystal structure
Chemical composition
Synonyms
- Andreybulakhiet
- Andreybulakhitt
In other languages
- German
- Andreybulakhit · IMA 2023-037
Classification
Strunz
10th ed.10.AB.05
- 10Organic CompoundsClass
- 10.ASalts of organic acidsDivision
- 10.ABOxalatesGroup
- 10.AB.05AndreybulakhiteSpecies
Group, growth & confusion
Literature, links & citation
Citations
- 1973Deyrieux, R., Berro, C., Peneloux, A. (1973) Contribution à l'étude des oxalates de certains métaux bivalents. III. Structure cristalline des oxalates dihydratés de manganèse, de cobalt, de nickel et de zinc. Polymorphisme des oxalates dihydratés de cobalt et de nickel [Oxalates of some divalent metals. III. Crystal structure of dihydrated manganese, cobalt, nickel, and zinc oxalates. Polymorphism of dihydrated cobalt and nickel oxalates]. Bulletin de la Société Chimique de France: 1973: 25-34.
- 1991Bickley, R.I., Edwards, H.G.M., Rose, S.J. (1991) A Raman spectroscopic study of nickel(II) oxalate dihydrate, NiC2O4·2H2O and dipotassium bisoxalatonickel(II) hexahydrate, K2Ni(C2O4)2·6H2O. Journal of Molecular Structure, 243 (3) 341-350 doi:10.1016/0022-2860(91)87048-mDOI: 10.1016/0022-2860(91)87048-m
- 2005Ahmad, Tokeer, Chopra, Reenu, Ramanujachary, Kandalam V., Lofland, Samuel E., Ganguli, Ashok K. (2005) Nanorods of Copper and Nickel Oxalates Synthesized by the Reverse Micellar Route. Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, 5 (11). 1840-1845 doi:10.1166/jnn.2005.440DOI: 10.1166/jnn.2005.440
- 2018Puzan, Anna N., Baumer, Vyacheslav N., Lisovytskiy, Dmytro V., Mateychenko, Pavel V. (2018) Structure transformations in nickel oxalate dihydrate NiC2O4·2H2O and nickel formate dihydrate Ni(HCO2)2·2H2O during thermal decomposition. Journal of Solid State Chemistry, 266. 133-142 doi:10.1016/j.jssc.2018.07.005DOI: 10.1016/j.jssc.2018.07.005
- 2023Bosi, Ferdinando, Hatert, Frédéric, Pasero, Marco, Mills, Stuart J. (2023) Newsletter 75. Mineralogical Magazine, 1-4 doi:10.1180/mgm.2023.76DOI: 10.1180/mgm.2023.76
Cite this entry
@misc{mineral2026,
author = {Mineral Index editorial board},
title = {Andreybulakhite — Mineral Index},
year = {2026},
url = {https://mineralindex.org/minerals/andreybulakhite-470878},
note = {Accessed 2026-05-11}
}