galkhaite
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Galkhaite is a rare and chemically complex sulfosalt mineral from a group of natural thioarsenites. Its formula is , making the mineral the only known natural Cs-Hg and Cs-As phase. It occurs in Carlin-type hydrothermal deposits.
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- Subclass of
- sulfosalt subclass of minerals
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- Nickel-Strunz '10th ed', review of (9th ed/ 2009 update)
- 2.GB.20
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- Galkhaite
- Nickel-Strunz 9th edition (updated 2009)
- 2.GB.20
- type locality (geology)
- Aydarken
- IMA Mineral Symbol
- Gkh
- chemical formula
- (Hg₅Cu)CsAs₄S₁₂
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Galkhaite is a rare and chemically complex sulfosalt mineral from a group of natural thioarsenites. Its formula is , making the mineral the only known natural Cs-Hg and Cs-As phase. It occurs in Carlin-type hydrothermal deposits.
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