Miassite is a mineral made of rhodium and sulfur, with the stoichometric formula Rh
17S
15. It was named after the Miass River in the Urals.[1] It is a superconductor and an unconventional superconductor. Naturally occurring miassite is too brittle, so it is made in a lab for superconductor research.[2]
| General | |
|---|---|
| Category | Mineral |
| Formula (repeating unit) | Rh17S15 |
| IMA symbol | Mia |
| Strunz classification | 2.BC.05 |
| Crystal system | cubic |
| Crystal class | Pm3n |
| Unit cell | a = 10.024 V=1,007.22 Å3 |
| Structure | |
| Identification | |
| Colour | light grey |
| Tenacity | brittle |
| Mohs scale hardness | 5-6 |
| Luster | metallic |
| Diaphaneity | Opaque |
| Density | 7.42 |
| Solubility | insoluble |
Its ability to be an unconventional superconductor was discovered at Ames National Laboratory in 2024. [3]
Miassite, covellite, parkerite, and palladseite, occur in nature, and are also made in labs as superconductors. Miassite is the only one found to also have unconventional superconductivity. [4]
References
edit- ^ "Miassite".
- ^ "A Superconductor Found in Nature Has Rocked the Scientific World". Popular Mechanics. 2024-03-19. Retrieved 2024-03-20.
- ^ "Scientists reveal the first unconventional superconductor that can be found in mineral form in nature". MSN.
- ^ "A Superconductor Found in Nature Has Rocked the Scientific World". Popular Mechanics. 2024-03-19. Retrieved 2024-03-20.
External links
edit- Kim, Hyunsoo; Tanatar, Makariy A.; Kończykowski, Marcin; Grasset, Romain; Kaluarachchi, Udhara S.; Teknowijoyo, Serafim; Cho, Kyuil; Sapkota, Aashish; Wilde, John M.; Krogstad, Matthew J.; Bud’ko, Sergey L.; Brydon, Philip M. R.; Canfield, Paul C.; Prozorov, Ruslan (17 February 2024). "Nodal superconductivity in miassite Rh17S15". Communications Materials. 5 (1). doi:10.1038/s43246-024-00456-w.
- http://www.webmineral.com/data/Miassite.shtml
- https://www.mindat.org/min-7250.html