berthierite
Sign in to saveBerthierite is a mineral, a sulfide of iron and antimony with formula . It is steel grey in colour with a metallic lustre, which an iridescent tarnish can cover. Because of its appearance, it is often mistaken for stibnite (, an antimony trisulfide mineral, free of sulfide).
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Vinony's link graph records 11 inbound references to berthierite, and connects out to serpentine mineral subgroup, France and iron.
Vinony files it under Antimony minerals, Glances and Iron(II) minerals.
Vinony links it to 19 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Mineral.class
- Dipyramidal (mmm) H-M symbol: (2/m 2/m 2/m)
- Mineral.name
- Berthierite
- Mineral.image
- Berthierite-224182.jpg
- Mineral.IMAsymbol
- Btr
- Mineral.strunz
- 2.HA.20
- Mineral.system
- Orthorhombic
- Mineral.symmetry
- Pnam
- Mineral.color
- Steel grey
- Mineral.cleavage
- Poor/indistinct
- Mineral.mohs
- 2–3
- Mineral.luster
- Metallic
- Mineral.diaphaneity
- Opaque
- Mineral.gravity
- 4.64
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Wikidata facts
- Has part
- sulfur
- Named after
- Pierre Berthier
- Image
- Berthierite.jpg
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- Nickel-Strunz 9th edition (updated 2009)
- 2.HA.20
- Commons category
- Berthierite
- chemical formula
- FeSb₂S₄
- Nickel-Strunz '10th ed', review of (9th ed/ 2009 update)
- 2.HA.20
- crystal system
- orthorhombic crystal system
- different from
- berthierine
- IMA Mineral Symbol
- Btr
- Strunz 8th edition (series ID, updated)
- II/D.02 – Anhang
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Berthierite is a mineral, a sulfide of iron and antimony with formula . It is steel grey in colour with a metallic lustre, which an iridescent tarnish can cover. Because of its appearance, it is often mistaken for stibnite (, an antimony trisulfide mineral, free of sulfide).
It was discovered in France in 1827 and named for the French chemist, Pierre Berthier (1782–1861).
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