algodonite
Sign in to saveAlgodonite is a copper arsenide mineral with formula: Cu6As. It is a gray white metallic mineral crystallizing in the hexagonal system. It has a Mohs hardness of 4 and a specific gravity of 8.38 – 8.72.
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Within Vinony's link graph, algodonite is referenced by 12 other articles, and connects out to Mohs scale of mineral hardness, hexagonal crystal system and relative density.
It is catalogued under topics including Arsenide minerals, Copper minerals and Hexagonal minerals.
Its subject is documented across 17 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Mineral.boxbgcolor
- 735039
- Mineral.boxtextcolor
- fff
- Mineral.name
- Algodonite
- Mineral.image
- Algodonit - Houghton County, Michigan, USA.jpg
- Mineral.imagesize
- 260
- Mineral.caption
- Algodonite – Houghton County, Michigan, US
- Mineral.category
- Sulfide mineral
- Mineral.formula
- Cu6As
- Mineral.IMAsymbol
- Ago
- Mineral.molweight
- 456.2 g/mol
- Mineral.strunz
- 2.AA.10a
- Mineral.system
- Hexagonal
- Mineral.class
- Dihexagonal dipyramidal (6/mmm) H-M symbol: (6/m 2/m 2/m)
- Mineral.symmetry
- P63/mmc
- Mineral.unit cell
- a = 2.6, c = 4.228 [Å]; Z = 2
- Mineral.color
- Gray, silver white, steel gray, tarnishes dull bronze
- Mineral.habit
- Massive, granular. Common texture observed in granite and other igneous rock
- Mineral.fracture
- Sub-conchoidal
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Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- sulfide class of minerals
- Image
- Algodonit - Houghton County, Michigan, USA.jpg
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- Nickel-Strunz '10th ed', review of (9th ed/ 2009 update)
- 2.AA.10a
- Commons category
- Algodonite
- Nickel-Strunz 9th edition (updated 2009)
- 2.AA.10a
- IMA Mineral Symbol
- Ago
- chemical formula
- Cu₁₋ₓAsₓ (x ~0.15)
- Strunz 8th edition (series ID, updated)
- II/A’.01
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Algodonite is a copper arsenide mineral with formula: Cu6As. It is a gray white metallic mineral crystallizing in the hexagonal system. It has a Mohs hardness of 4 and a specific gravity of 8.38 – 8.72.
It was first described in 1857 from the Algodones silver mine, Coquimbo, Chile.
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