Where it forms, where it's found
8recorded occurrences
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
- 1958Fleischer, M. (1958) New Mineral Names. American Mineralogist, 43 (11-12). 1219-1225
- 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
- 1967Nechelyustov, G.N. and Lebedev, V.S. (1967) Dokl. Acad. Nauk SSSR: 174: 679.
- 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
- 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}
}