routhierite
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Routhierite is a rare thallium sulfosalt mineral with formula .
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- Nickel-Strunz '10th ed', review of (9th ed/ 2009 update)
- 2.GA.40
- chemical formula
- CuTlHg₂As₂S₆
- Nickel-Strunz 9th edition (updated 2009)
- 2.GA.40
- crystal system
- tetragonal crystal system
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- Rtr
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Routhierite is a rare thallium sulfosalt mineral with formula .
It was first described in 1974 for an occurrence in the Jas Roux deposit in the French Alps. It was named after French geologist Pierre Routhier (1916–2008). It is also reported from the Northern Ural Mountains, Russia and the Thunder Bay district of Ontario, Canada.
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