Where it forms, where it's found
- Type locality
- Kalgoorlie-Boulder
- Kalgoorlie-Boulder Shire
- Western Australia
- Australia
-30.7460°, 121.4741°
1recorded occurrences
Crystallography
- Space group
- P42/mnm
- Cell parameters
- a = 10.264(1) Å · c = 5.4015(7) Å
Chemical composition
Synonyms
- Proxitwelvefoldiet
In other languages
- German
- IMA 2024-034 · Proxitwelvefoldit
Classification
Strunz
10th ed.2.CC
- 2Sulfides and SulfosaltsClass
- 2.CMetal Sulfides, M: S = 1: 1 (and similar)Division
- 2.CCWith Ni, Fe, Co, PGE, etc.Group
- 2.CCProxitwelvefolditeSpecies
Literature, links & citation
Citations
- —Bindi, L., Cabri, L. J., Mihalkovič, M., Laufek, F., and Krivovichev, S.: Proxitwelvefoldite, IMA 2024-034, in: CNMNC Newsletter 81, Eur. J. Mineral., 36, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-36-917-2024, 2024.
- 1983Yakel, H. L. (1983) Atom distributions in sigma phases. I. Fe and Cr atom distributions in a binary sigma phase equilibrated at 1063, 1013 and 923 K. Acta Crystallographica Section B Structural Science, 39 (1) 20-28 doi:10.1107/s0108768183001974DOI: 10.1107/s0108768183001974
- 2024Bindi, Luca, Cabri, Louis J, Mihalkovič, Marek, Laufek, Frantisek, Krivovichev, Sergey V (2024) Discovery of an Earthborn quasicrystal approximant. American Mineralogist.
Cite this entry
@misc{mineral2026,
author = {Mineral Index editorial board},
title = {Proxitwelvefoldite — Mineral Index},
year = {2026},
url = {https://mineralindex.org/minerals/proxitwelvefoldite-471418},
note = {Accessed 2026-05-11}
}