A discredited mineral originally reported from Mount Uludağ, Bursa Province, Marmara Region, Turkey.

Needs a crystal-structure determination (Moëlo et al., 2008).

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Unique IdentifiersHide

Mindat ID:

807

Long-form identifier:

mindat:1:1:807:1

IMA Classification of BursaiteHide

IMA status:

Discredited

Classification of BursaiteHide

Strunz-mindat (2025):

2.JB.40a

2 : SULFIDES and SULFOSALTS (sulfides, selenides, tellurides; arsenides, antimonides, bismuthides; sulfarsenites, sulfantimonites, sulfbismuthites, etc.)
J : Sulfosalts of PbS archetype
B : Galena derivatives, with Pb

Dana 8th ed.:

3.4.15.2

3 : SULFOSALTS
4 : ø = 3

Physical Properties of BursaiteHide

Lustre:

Metallic

Transparency:

Opaque

Colour:

Grey

Hardness:

2½ - 3 on Mohs scale

Chemistry of BursaiteHide

Mindat Formula:

Pb₅Bi₄S₁₁ (?)

Element Weights:

Element	% weight
Pb	46.569 %
Bi	37.576 %
S	15.855 %

Calculated from ideal end-member formula.

Elements listed:

Bi, Pb, S - search for minerals with similar chemistry

Crystallography of BursaiteHide

Crystal System:

Orthorhombic

Other Language Names for BursaiteHide

German:Bursait

Simplified Chinese:柱辉铋铅矿

Spanish:Bursaita

Related Minerals - Strunz-mindat Grouping Hide

2.JB.	Clino-oscarkempffite	Ag₁₅Pb₆Sb₂₁Bi₁₈S₇₂	Mon. 2/m : P2₁/b
2.JB.	Arsenquatrandorite	Ag_17.6Pb_12.8Sb_38.1As_11.5S₉₆	Mon. 2/m : P2₁/b
2.JB.	Ginelfite	Ag₂(Ag_0.5Fe)TlPb_23.5(Sb,As)_33.5S₇₆	Tric. 1 : P1
2.JB.	Andreadiniite	CuHgAg₇Pb₇Sb₂₄S₄₈	Mon. 2/m : P2₁/b
2.JB.	Chukotkaite	AgPb₇Sb₅S₁₅	Mon. 2/m : P2₁/b
2.JB.	Selenojunoite	Cu₂Pb₃Bi₈Se₁₆	Mon. 2/m : B2/m
2.JB.	Lechnerite	Ag₁₀Cu₄HgPb₃₃Sb₅₈S₁₂₈	Tric. 1 : P1
2.JB.	Cuprosenandorite	Ag₁₆Cu₈Pb₂₄Sb₇₂S₁₄₄	Orth. mm2 : Pna2₁
2.JB.	Morleyite	Ag₂CuPb₂₅Sb₂₄As₄S_68.5	Tric. 1 : P1
2.JB.	Lazerckerite	Ag_3.75Pb_4.50(Sb_7.75Bi₄)S₂₄	Mon. 2/m : P2₁/b
2.JB.	Lasmanisite	Ag₁₂Pb₁₃Mn₁₁Sb₄₄S₉₆	Orth. 2 2 2 : P2₁ 2₁ 2₁
2.JB.	Montpelvouxite	AgPb₁₆Sb₂₇As₁₈S₈₄	Tric. 1 : P1
2.JB.	Senandorite	AgPbSb₃S₆	Orth. mm2 : Pmn2₁
2.JB.	Oscarkempffite	Ag₁₀Pb₄(Sb₁₇Bi₉)S₄₈	Orth. mm2
2.JB.05	Diaphorite	Ag₃Pb₂Sb₃S₈	Mon. 2/m : P2₁/b
2.JB.10	Cosalite	Pb₂Bi₂S₅	Orth. mmm (2/m 2/m 2/m)
2.JB.15	Marrite	AgPbAsS₃	Mon. 2/m : P2₁/b
2.JB.15	Freieslebenite	AgPbSbS₃	Mon. 2/m : P2₁/b
2.JB.20	Cannizzarite	Pb₄₈Bi₅₆S₁₃₂	Mon. 2/m : P2₁/m
2.JB.20	Wittite	Pb₉Bi₁₂(S,Se)₂₇	Mon.
2.JB.25j	Rouxelite	Cu₂HgPb₂₃Sb₂₇S_65.5	Tric. 1 : P1
2.JB.25i	Neyite	Ag₂Cu₆Pb₂₅Bi₂₆S₆₈	Mon. 2/m : B2/m
2.JB.25a	Junoite	Cu₂Pb₃Bi₈(S,Se)₁₆	Mon. 2/m : B2/m
2.JB.25f	Ángelaite	Cu₂AgPbBiS₄	Orth. mmm (2/m 2/m 2/m) : Pnma
2.JB.25c	Nordströmite	CuPb₃Bi₇(Se₄S₁₀)	Mon. 2/m : P2₁/m
2.JB.25i	Cuproneyite	Cu₇Pb₂₇Bi₂₅S₆₈	Mon. 2/m : B2/m
2.JB.25g	Nuffieldite	Cu_1.4Pb_2.4Bi_2.4Sb_0.2S₇	Orth. mmm (2/m 2/m 2/m)
2.JB.25h	Weibullite	Pb₅Bi₈Se₇S₁₁	Orth. mmm (2/m 2/m 2/m) : Pnma
2.JB.25d	Proudite	CuPb_7.5Bi_9.33(S,Se)₂₂	Mon. 2/m : B2/m
2.JB.25b	Felbertalite	Cu₂Pb₆Bi₈S₁₉	Mon. 2/m : B2/m
2.JB.30a	Jordanite	Pb₁₄As₆S₂₃	Mon. 2/m : P2₁/m
2.JB.30a	Geocronite	Pb₁₄Sb₆S₂₃	Mon. 2/m : P2₁/m
2.JB.30a	Arsenmarcobaldiite	Pb₁₂(As_3.2Sb_2.8)_Σ6S₂₁	Tric. 1 : P1
2.JB.30b	Kirkiite	Pb₁₀Bi₃As₃S₁₉	Mon. 2/m : P2₁/m
2.JB.30c	Tsugaruite	Pb₂₈As₁₅S₅₀Cl	Orth. mm2 : Pnn2
2.JB.30a	Marcobaldiite	Pb₁₂(Sb₃As₂Bi)_Σ6S₂₁	Tric. 1 : P1
2.JB.35d	Pellouxite	(Cu,Ag)Pb₁₀Sb₁₂S₂₇O(Cl,S)_0.6	Mon. 2/m : B2/m
2.JB.35e	Chovanite	Pb_15-2xSb_14+2xS₃₆O_x (x ~ 0.2)	Mon. 2/m : B2/m
2.JB.35a	Zinkenite	Pb₉Sb₂₂S₄₂	Hex. 6 : P6₃
2.JB.35c	Pillaite	Pb₉Sb₁₀S₂₃ClO_0.5	Mon. 2/m : B2/m
2.JB.35b	Scainiite	Pb₁₄Sb₃₀S₅₄O₅	Mon. 2/m : B2/m
2.JB.35f	Tubulite	Ag₂Pb₂₂Sb₂₀S₅₃	Mon. m : Pb
2.JB.40a	Fizélyite	Ag₅Pb₁₄Sb₂₁S₄₈	Mon. 2/m
2.JB.40a	Ramdohrite	Pb_5.9Fe_0.1Mn_0.1In_0.1Cd_0.2Ag_2.8Sb_10.8S₂₄	Mon. 2/m
2.JB.40e	Ustarasite	Pb(Bi,Sb)₆S₁₀ (?)
2.JB.40	UM1988-05-S:AgBiCuHgPb	(Hg,Ag,Cu,Pb)₅Pb₅Bi₁₁S₂₇
2.JB.40	UM1988-06-S:AgBiCuHgPb	(Pb,Hg)₁₂(Cu,Ag)₃(Bi,Sb)₁₀(S,Te)₂₇
2.JB.40a	Terrywallaceite	AgPb(Sb,Bi)₃S₆	Mon. 2/m : P2₁/b
2.JB.40a	Jasrouxite	Ag₁₆Pb₄(Sb₂₄As₁₆)S₇₂	Tric. 1 : P1
2.JB.40a	Tarutinoite	Ag₃Pb₇Bi₇S₁₉	Mon. 2/m : B2/m
2.JB.40a	Oyonite	Ag₃Mn₂Pb₄Sb₇As₄S₂₄	Mon. 2/m
2.JB.40b	Heyrovskýite	Pb₆Bi₂S₉	Orth. mmm (2/m 2/m 2/m) : Cccm
2.JB.40a	Quatrandorite	AgPbSb₃S₆	Mon. 2/m : P2₁/b
2.JB.40a	Erzwiesite	Ag₈Pb₁₂Bi₁₆S₄₀	Orth. mmm (2/m 2/m 2/m) : Cmcm
2.JB.40a	Vikingite	Ag₅Pb₈Bi₁₃S₃₀	Mon. 2/m : B2/m
2.JB.40a	Lillianite	Pb_3-2xAg_xBi_2+xS₆	Orth. mmm (2/m 2/m 2/m)
2.JB.40b	Baiamareite	Ag₄Pb₁₂Fe₄Sb₂₀S₄₈	Mon. 2/m
2.JB.40a	Staročeskéite	Ag_0.70Pb_1.60(Bi_1.35Sb_1.35)_Σ2.70S₆	Orth. mmm (2/m 2/m 2/m) : Cmcm
2.JB.40a	Roshchinite	Ag₁₉Pb₁₀Sb₅₁S₉₆	Orth. mmm (2/m 2/m 2/m) : Pnma
2.JB.40b	Aschamalmite	Pb_6-3xBi_2+xS₉	Mon. 2/m : B2/m
2.JB.40b	Eskimoite	Ag₇Pb₁₀Bi₁₅S₃₆	Mon.
2.JB.40a	Menchettiite	AgPb_2.40Mn_1.60Sb₃As₂S₁₂	Mon. 2/m : P2₁/b
2.JB.40a	Holubite	Ag₃Pb₆(Sb₈Bi₃)S₂₄	Mon. 2/m
2.JB.40a	Brusnitsynite	Mn₃CuPbAs₃Sb₂S₁₂	Mon. 2/m : P2₁/b
2.JB.40a	Treasurite	Ag₇Pb₆Bi₁₅S₃₂	Mon.
2.JB.40c	Ourayite	Ag₃Pb₄Bi₅S₁₃	Orth.
2.JB.40a	Uchucchacuaite	AgMnPb₃Sb₅S₁₂	Orth. mmm (2/m 2/m 2/m) : Pmmm
2.JB.40d	Schirmerite	PbAgBi₃S₆ - Pb₃Ag_1.5Bi_3.5S₉	Orth.
2.JB.40a	Xilingolite	Pb₃Bi₂S₆	Mon.
2.JB.40a	Gustavite	AgPbBi₃S₆	Orth. mmm (2/m 2/m 2/m)
2.JB.55	Gratonite	Pb₉As₄S₁₅	Trig. 3m : R3m
2.JB.60	Marrucciite	Hg₃Pb₁₆Sb₁₈S₄₆	Mon. 2/m : B2/m
2.JB.65	Vurroite	Pb₂₀Sn₂(Bi,As)₂₂S₅₄Cl₆	Mon. 2/m : B2/b
2.JB.65	Tazieffite	Pb₂₀Cd₂(As,Bi)₂₂S₅₀Cl₁₀	Mon. 2/m : B2/b
2.JB.70	Daliranite	PbHgAs₂S₅	Mon.

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References for BursaiteHide

Reference List:

American Mineralogist: 74: 1403 (?).

Fleischer, M. (1956) New mineral names. American Mineralogist, 41 (7-8). 671-674

Makovicky, E. and Karup-Møller, S. (1977a) Chemistry and crystallography of the lillianite homologous series. I. General properties and definitions. Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Abhandlungen: 130: 264-287.

Makovicky, E. and Karup-Møller, S. (1977): Chemistry and crystallography of the lillianite homologous series. II. Definition of new minerals eskimoite, vikingite, ourayite and treasurite. Redefinition of schirmerite and new data on the lillianite-gustavite solid-solution series. Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Abhandlungen: 131: 56-82.

Mozgova, N.N., Organova, N.I., Borodaev, Yu.S., Ryabeva, E.G., Sivtsov, A.V., Getmanskaya, T.I., Kuzmina, O.V. (1988) New data on cannizzarite and bursaite. Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Abhandlungen: 158: 293-309.

(2005) Bursaite. Handbook of Mineralogy. Mineralogical Society of America

Burke, Ernst A. J. (2006) A mass discreditation of GQN minerals. The Canadian Mineralogist, 44 (6) 1557-1560 doi:10.2113/gscanmin.44.6.1557

Moëlo, Yves, Makovicky, Emil, Mozgova, Nadejda N., Jambor, John L., Cook, Nigel, Pring, Allan, Paar, Werner, Nickel, Ernest H., Graeser, Stephan, Karup-Møller, Sven, Balic-unic, Tonči, Mumme, William G., Vurro, Filippo, Topa, Dan (2008) Sulfosalt systematics: a review. Report of the sulfosalt sub-committee of the IMA Commission on Ore Mineralogy. European Journal of Mineralogy, 20 (1) 7-62 doi:10.1127/0935-1221/2008/0020-1778

Localities for BursaiteHide

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- World class for species or very significant. (TL) - Type Locality for a valid mineral species. (FRL) - First Recorded Locality for everything else (eg varieties). ~~Struck out~~ - Mineral was erroneously reported from this locality. Faded * - Never found at this locality but inferred to have existed at some point in the past (e.g. from pseudomorphs).

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Australia
New South Wales Gough Co. Dundee ⓘ Glen Eden deposit	SOMARIN (2009)

Austria
Salzburg Zell am See District Bramberg am Wildkogel ⓘ Ger Alp - Gerwand area	Exel (1993)

China
Hainan Ledong Co. ⓘ Baolun Mine	Bin Shu et al. (2006)
Hunan Huaihua Tongdao Co. ⓘ Chaxi Au deposit	Chen et al. (2022)
Jiangxi Ganzhou Anyuan Co. ⓘ Pangushan Mine	Yingchen Ren (1998) +2 other references
Yudu Co. ⓘ Tieshanlong Mine (Huangsha Mine)	Yingchen Ren (1999)
Sichuan Garzê Autonomous Prefecture (Ganzi Autonomous Prefecture) Batang Co. ⓘ Xiasai Ag-polymetallic deposit (Xiazhai Ag-polymetallic deposit)	Hanlong Ying et al. (2006)

Czech Republic
Central Bohemian Region Rakovník District Čistá Čistá ring ⓘ Hůrky	Anthony et al. (1990)

Germany
Bavaria Lower Bavaria Freyung-Grafenau District Röhrnbach ⓘ Steinerleinbach Quarry ?	Habel (2009)

Italy
Lombardy Sondrio Province Chiesa in Valmalenco ⓘ Sissone Valley	- (n.d.) +1 other reference
ⓘ Malenco Valley	Bedogné et al. (1994)

Kazakhstan
East Kazakhstan Region Ridder ⓘ Ridder-Sokolnoe Mine (Leninogorsk Mine)	Baibatsha et al. (2015) +1 other reference

Romania
Bihor County Nucet ⓘ Băiţa mining district	Cook et al. (2002) +1 other reference
ⓘ Blidar deposit ?	Shimizu et al. (1998)
ⓘ Secundar Contact deposit ?	Shimizu et al. (1998)

Russia
Amur Oblast Urusha-Oldoi ore district ⓘ Berezitovy mine (Berezitovoe; Konstantinovskii)	Vakh et al. (2016)
North Ossetia–Alania Sadon ore district ⓘ Dzhimidon Pb-Zn deposit	Groznova et al (2005) +1 other reference
Primorsky Krai Dalnerechensky District Malinovsky cluster ⓘ Namovskoe deposit	Grebennikova et al. (2023)
Sakha Aldan Altan Chaidakhsky ⓘ Lagernoye	Kondratieva et al. (2021)
ⓘ Lebedinoe Au Deposit (Nezametnyi Mine)	Kondratieva et al. (2021)
ⓘ Radostnoye	Kondratieva et al. (2021)
Aldansky District ⓘ Spokoininsky ore cluster	Kondratieva et al. (2023)
ⓘ Mayskoe ore field	Kondratieva et al. (2023)
Zabaykalsky Krai Gazimuro-Zavodsky District Lugokan ore cluster ⓘ Lugokanskoe deposit	Redin et al. (2015)
ⓘ Serebryanoe deposit	Redin et al. (2015)
Krasnochikoysky District ⓘ Shumilovskoye W deposit	Mineralogical Society of America - ...

Serbia
ⓘ Boranja orefield	Slobodan A. Radosavljević et al. (2013) +1 other reference
ⓘ Kram deposit	Radosavljevic-Mihajlovic et al. (2007)
ⓘ Mlakva deposit	Radosavljević-Mihajlović et al. (2017)

Switzerland
Valais Saint-Maurice Salvan Les Marécottes La Creusaz ⓘ La Creusaz U prospect	Brugger et al. (2003)

Turkey
Bursa Province Bursa Mt Uludağ W deposit ⓘ Uludağ Mine	Tolun (1954-55)

USA
Arizona Cochise County Middle Pass Mining District Cochise Stronghold ⓘ Abril Mine (Dos Hermanos Mine; Herrera Mine)	Anthony et al. (1995)
Nevada Lander County Ravenswood Mining District (Shoshone Mining District) ⓘ Reward prospects	Castor et al. (2004)
Utah Juab County Fish Springs Mountains Fish Springs Mining District ⓘ Crypto Mineral Deposit	Staargaard (2009)

Uzbekistan
Sirdaryo ⓘ Koytash Mine	Ashirov et al. (2023)

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