{{Short description|Cubic nickel diarsenide}} {{Infobox mineral | name = Krutovite | category = Arsenide mineral | image = Krutovite-831015.jpg | caption = Krutovite. Dimensions: 5.6 x 4.9 x 3.2 cm. Locality: Svornost Mine (Einigkeit Mine), Jáchymov, Karlovy Vary District, Karlovy Vary Region, Czech Republic | formula = NiAs<sub>2</sub> | IMAsymbol = Kru<ref>{{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}}</ref> | strunz = 2.EB.25 | system = Cubic | class = Tetartoidal (23) | symmetry = Isometric <br/>H-M symbol: (23) <br/>Space group: ''P''2<sub>1</sub>3 | unit cell = 5.79&nbsp;Å; Z&nbsp;=&nbsp;4 | color = grayish white, bright white with a rose tint in polished section | habit = Granular, intergrown with other sulfides | twinning = | cleavage = not observed | fracture = Conchoidal | mohs = 5.5 | luster = metallic | refractive = | opticalprop = | birefringence = | pleochroism = None | streak = | gravity = 7.08–7.12 calculated | density = | melt = | fusibility = | diagnostic = | solubility = | diaphaneity = Opaque | other = | references = <ref>[http://webmineral.com/data/Krutovite.shtml Krutovite on Webmineral]</ref><ref>[http://www.handbookofmineralogy.org/pdfs/krutovite.pdf Krutovite in the Handbook of Mineralogy]</ref><ref>[http://www.mindat.org/min-2280.html Krutovite on Mindat]</ref> }}

'''Krutovite''' is a cubic nickel diarsenide with a chemical composition of NiAs<sub>2</sub> and a sulfur content of 0.02-0.34 weight percent.<ref name=Vinogadova/> Krutovite is composed of nickel and arsenic with trace to minor amounts of cobalt, iron, copper, sulfur, and antimony.<ref name=Vinogadova>Vinogradova, R. A.; Rudashevskiy, N. S.; Bud'ko, I. A.; Bochek, L. I.; Kaspar, P.; Padera, K. (1977) Krutovite, a new cubic nickel diarsenide. International Geology Review, Vol. 19, Issue 2, pp. 232–244</ref>

==Geological occurrence== Krutovite occurs in the Geshiber vein, Svornost shaft, 8th level, in the northwest strike of Jáchymov, Czech Republic, in the Ore Mountains.<ref name=Veselovsky>Veselovský F.; Ondruš P; Gabašová A.; Hloušek J.; Vlašimský P.; Chernyshev IV (2003) Who was who in Jáchymov mineralogy II.: Journal of the Czech Geological Society, Vol 48, Issue 3-4, pp. 193–205</ref> The Ore Mountains are composed of two parts: the Precambrian metamorphic rocks and the Lower Paleozoic metamorphic volcano sedimentary sequence.<ref name=Ondrus>Ondruš, P.; Veselovský, F.; Gabašová, A.; Hloušek, J.; Šrein, V. (2003) Geology and hydrothermal vein system of the Jáchymov (Joachimsthal) ore district. Journal of the Czech Geological Society, Vol. 48, Issue 3-4, pp. 3–18</ref> The surrounding area lies on fault zones where many minerals develop. The Potůčky ore district where krutovite was originally found lies on the northern fault zone. Heading south is the Ore Mountains fault zone which surrounds the district of the Jáchymov. The western border is the Central Fault and the eastern border is formed by the Plavno Fault. Veins come from the major fault lines where krutovite crystallized at moderate hydrothermal temperatures. The veins can be classified into two categories: the morning veins striking along the east and west fault zone and the midnight veins striking from north to south.<ref name=Ondrus/> Krutovite comes from the midnight vein in the Svornmost mine which contains nickel ores as deep as 100 meters in the granite body. The midnight veins are known to exhibit frequent variations in their strike and dip and have an average width of 10–30&nbsp;cm.<ref name=Ondrus/> In addition to nickel being mined here, silver, bismuth, and uranium were also found in the 19th century. Krutovite forms grains up to 0.1&nbsp;mm in isometric or irregular form and has also been known to occur intergrowth with nickel skutterudite and sometimes with tennantite. When this occurs the intergrowth is smooth and there is no visible reaction.<ref name=Spiridonov>Spiridonov, E. M.; Chvileva, T. N. (1996) The boundary between gersdorffite NiAsS and krutovite NiAs. Transactions Doklady of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Earth Science Sections, Vol. 344, Issue 7, pp.&nbsp;119–123</ref>

==Structure== Krutovite is from the family of the isometric-dipoloidal system (2/m{{overline|3}}) and is known to have the same structure type as gersdorffite type P2<sub>1</sub>3.<ref name=Spiridonov/> Krutovite and gersdorffite form a solid solution at a temperature of less than {{convert|300|C}}.

==Physical properties== Krutovite is opaque grayish white paler then the color of nickel skutterudite. In reflected light the mineral has a vivid white with a rosy tint. It has a hardness of 5.5 on the Mohs scale and a metallic luster. No cleavage is observed.<ref name=Vinogadova/> Krutovite has high degree of reflectance about 64.0-67.0% higher than known nickel arsenides and sulfarsenides.<ref name=Vinogadova/> The spectrum of reflectance that occurs in krutovite has a wavelength range of 440-1100 and a minimum of 480-540&nbsp;nm. The rose tint gives the small increase of reflectance in the violent and red parts of the spectrum.<ref name=Vinogadova/>

==Biographic sketch== Kruotvite was named in honor of Georgi Alekseyevich Krutov (24 April 1902 - 11 December 1989) who was a professor of mineralogy of Moscow University in Russia. Krutov graduated at the Geology Prospecting Faculty of the Moscow Mining Academy in 1931. He studied the Co-Ni deposits in the Urals and Kazakhstan; cobalt in Dashkesan deposit, nickel in silicate ores in ultramafic massifs of the Southern Ural, the Cu-Ni (Co) deposits of Norilsk in the Kranoyarsk region and Monchegorsk in Karelia.<ref name=Veselovsky/> Krutov determined the significance of chlorine in the development of contact-metasomatic deposits, which are found in the distribution of amphiboles, scapolite, and chlorapatite. One of Krutov’s great achievements is a monograph: ''Ore Deposits of Cobalt'' which included cobalt and nickel ores in the Krusnehory Mountains and was published in 1959.<ref name=Veselovsky/>

==References== {{Reflist}}

{{Refbegin}} * Bayliss, P.; Stephenson, N.C. (1967) The Structure of gersdorffite. Mineralogical Magazine, pp.&nbsp;38–41 * Hem, Skage R.; Makovicky, Emil (2004) The system Fe-Co-Ni-As-S; II, Phase relations in the (Fe,CO,Ni)As (sub 1.5) S (sub 0.5) section at 650 degrees and 500 degrees C., Canadian Mineralogist, Vol. 42, Part 1, pp.&nbsp;63–86 * Ondruš, P.; Veselovský, F.; Gabašová, A.; Hloušek, J.; Šrein, V. (2003) Geology and hydrothermal vein system of the Jáchymov (Joachimsthal) ore district. Journal of the Czech Geological Society, Vol.48, Issue 3-4, pp 3–18 * Spiridonov E. M.; Chvileva, T. N. (1996) The boundary between gersdorffite NiAsS and krutovite NiAs<sub>2</sub>. Transactions Doklady of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Earth Science Sections, Vol. 344, Issue 7, pp.&nbsp;119–123 * Veselovsky, Frantisek; Ondrus, Petr; Gabasova, Ananda; Hlousek, Jan; Vlasimsky, Pavel (2003) History of discovery and study of new primary minerals at Jachymov. Journal of the Czech Geological Society, Vol. 48, Issue 3-4, pp.&nbsp;207–208 * Veselovský F.; Ondruš P; Gabašová A.; Hloušek J.; Vlašimský P.; Chernyshev IV (2003) Who was who in Jáchymov mineralogy II.: Journal of the Czech Geological Society, Vol 48, Issue 3-4, pp.&nbsp;193 – 205 * Vinogradova, R. A.; Rudashevskiy, N. S.; Bud'ko, I. A.; Bochek, L. I.; Kaspar, P.; Padera, K. (1977) Krutovite, a new cubic nickel diarsenide. International Geology Review, Vol. 19, Issue 2, pp.&nbsp;232–244 {{Refend}} {{Commons}}

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