argutite
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Argutite (GeO2) is a rare germanium oxide mineral. It is a member of the rutile group.
Key facts
- Mineral.name
- Argutite
- Mineral.category
- Oxide mineral
- Mineral.formula
- GeO2
- Mineral.IMAsymbol
- Agt
- Mineral.molweight
- 104.61
- Mineral.strunz
- 4.DB.05
- Mineral.dana
- 04.04.01.07
- Mineral.system
- Tetragonal Ditetragonal dipyramidal class
- Mineral.symmetry
- Tetragonal H–M Symbol: (4/m 2/m 2/m) Space group: P42/mnm
- Mineral.unit cell
- a = 4.3975, c = 2.8625 [Å]; Z = 2
- Mineral.color
- Grayish black, light gray in reflected light
- Mineral.habit
- Subhedral crystals, as inclusions in sphalerite
- Mineral.twinning
- Occasionally twinned on {101}
- Mineral.mohs
- 6-7
- Mineral.luster
- Vitreous - adamantine
- Mineral.refractive
- 2.01
- Mineral.opticalprop
- Uniaxial (+)
- Mineral.gravity
- 6.28 calculated
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- IMA Mineral Symbol
- Agt
- Nickel-Strunz 9th edition (updated 2009)
- 4.DB.05
- Nickel-Strunz '10th ed', review of (9th ed/ 2009 update)
- 4.DB.05
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Argutite (GeO2) is a rare germanium oxide mineral. It is a member of the rutile group.