bukovite

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| name = Bukovite

| image = Bukovite-605903.jpg

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| caption = Bukovite: metallic grayish-brown grains are noted by the two red dots

| category = Selenide – Bukovite group

| formula = Tl₂(CuFe)₄Se₄

| IMAsymbol=Bko{{Cite journal|last=Warr|first=L.N.|date=2021|title=IMA–CNMNC approved mineral symbols|journal=Mineralogical Magazine|volume=85|issue=3|pages=291–320|doi=10.1180/mgm.2021.43|bibcode=2021MinM...85..291W|s2cid=235729616|doi-access=free}}

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| strunz = 2.BD.30

| dana = 2.5.5.2

| system = Tetragonal

| class = Ditetragonal dipyramidal (4/mmm)
H-M symbol: (4/m 2/m 2/m)

| symmetry = I4/mmm

| unit cell = V = 216.58 Å³

| color = Grayish-brown

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| cleavage = Distinct/good: Good on {001} imperfect on {100}

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| mohs = 2

| luster = Metallic

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| diaphaneity = Opaque

| gravity = 7.40 (calculated)

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| references = [http://rruff.geo.arizona.edu/doclib/hom/bukovite.pdf Handbook of Mineralogy]http://www.mindat.org/min-797.html Mindat

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Bukovite is a rare selenide mineral with formula Tl₂Cu₃FeSe₄. It is a brown to black metallic mineral which crystallizes in the tetragonal system.

It was first described in 1971 for an occurrence in the Bukov uranium mine, Rožná deposit, Vysočina Region, Moravia, Czech Republic. It has also been reported in Skrikerum, near Tryserum, Kalmar, Sweden; near Vernet-la-Varenne, Puy-de-Dôme, France; and Tuminico, Sierra de Cacho, La Rioja Province, Argentina.