Bonchevite

IMA status
  • Grandfathered
  • Questionable
Also known as
  • Bonchevit
  • Bonchevita

Where it forms, where it's found

8recorded occurrences
Source · OpenStreetMap

Physical

Lustre
metallic
Transparency
Opaque
Colour
steel gray · lead gray

May show patchy blue to blue iridescence, etc.

Synonyms

  • Bonchevit
  • Bonchevita

Literature, links & citation

Citations
  1. 1958Fleischer, M. (1958) New Mineral Names. American Mineralogist, 43 (11-12). 1219-1225
  2. 1958Kostov, Ivan (1958) Bonchevite, PbBi4S7, a new mineral. Mineralogical Magazine and Journal of the Mineralogical Society, 31 (241). 821-828 doi:10.1180/minmag.1958.031.241.02DOI: 10.1180/minmag.1958.031.241.02
  3. 1967Nechelyustov, G.N. and Lebedev, V.S. (1967) Dokl. Acad. Nauk SSSR: 174: 679.
  4. 1967Craig, James R. (1967) Phase relations and mineral assemblages in the Ag-Bi-Pb-S system. Mineralium Deposita, 1 (4). 278-306 doi:10.1007/bf00205202DOI: 10.1007/bf00205202
  5. 1969Kupčík, V., Franc, L., Makovický, E. (1969) Mineralogical data on a sulphosalt from the Rhodope mountains, Bulgaria. TMPM Tschermaks Mineralogische und Petrographische Mitteilungen, 13 (2). 149-156 doi:10.1007/bf01088019DOI: 10.1007/bf01088019
Cite this entry
@misc{mineral2026,
  author    = {Mineral Index editorial board},
  title     = {Bonchevite — Mineral Index},
  year      = {2026},
  url       = {https://mineralindex.org/minerals/bonchevite-10738},
  note      = {Accessed 2026-05-11}
}