aktashite
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Aktashite is a rare arsenic sulfosalt mineral with formula Cu6Hg3As4S12. It is a copper mercury-bearing sulfosalt and is the only sulfosalt mineral with essential Cu and Hg yet known. It is of hydrothermal origin. It was published without approval of the IMA-CNMNC, but recognized as valid species by the IMA-CNMNC Sulfosalts Subcommittee (2008).
Key facts
- Mineral.name
- Aktashite
- Mineral.image
- Aktashite-509292.jpg
- Mineral.imagesize
- 260px
- Mineral.caption
- Gray aktashite is richly dispersed on matrix
- Mineral.category
- Sulfosalt
- Mineral.formula
- Cu6Hg3As4S12
- Mineral.IMAsymbol
- Ats
- Mineral.molweight
- 1667.51 g/mol
- Mineral.strunz
- 2.GA.30
- Mineral.system
- Trigonal
- Mineral.class
- Pyramidal (3) H-M symbol: (3)
- Mineral.symmetry
- R3
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Aktashite is a rare arsenic sulfosalt mineral with formula Cu6Hg3As4S12. It is a copper mercury-bearing sulfosalt and is the only sulfosalt mineral with essential Cu and Hg yet known. It is of hydrothermal origin. It was published without approval of the IMA-CNMNC, but recognized as valid species by the IMA-CNMNC Sulfosalts Subcommittee (2008).
==References==
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