acantita

Mineral de sulfuro de plata, clase 02

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It is catalogued under topics including Glances, Minerals described in 1855 and Minerals in space group 14.

Its subject is documented across 35 Wikipedia language editions.

Key facts

Mineral.name: Acanthite
Mineral.category: Sulfide mineral
Mineral.image: Acanthite - Imiter mine, Jbel Saghro, Tinghir, Drâa-Tafilalet, Morocco.jpg
Mineral.imagesize: 280px
Mineral.caption: Crystallized acanthite (4.0 × 2.5 × 1.5 cm) from Imiter mine, Jbel Saghro mountain range, Morocco
Mineral.formula: Ag2S
Mineral.IMAsymbol: Aca
Mineral.strunz: 2.BA.30a
Mineral.system: Monoclinic
Mineral.class: Prismatic (2/m) (same H-M symbol)
Mineral.symmetry: P21/n
Mineral.unit cell: a = 4.229 Å, b = 6.931 Å c = 7.862 Å; β = 99.61°; Z = 4
Mineral.color: Iron-black
Mineral.habit: Primary crystals rare, prismatic to long prismatic, elongated along [001], may be tubular; massive. Commonly paramorphic after the cubic high-temperature phase ("argentite"), of original cubic or octahedral habit
Mineral.twinning: Polysynthetic on {111}, may be very complex due to inversion; contact on {101}
Mineral.cleavage: Indistinct
Mineral.fracture: Uneven
Mineral.tenacity: Sectile

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Wikidata facts

Subclass of: sulfide class of minerals
Named after: spinose structure
Image: Acanthite - Imiter mine, Jbel Saghro, Tinghir, Drâa-Tafilalet, Morocco.jpg

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crystal system: monoclinic crystal system
IMA Mineral Symbol: Aca
Commons category: Acanthite
chemical formula: Ag₂S
Nickel-Strunz 9th edition (updated 2009): 2.BA.30
Nickel-Strunz '10th ed', review of (9th ed/ 2009 update): 2.BA.35
type locality (geology): Jáchymov
streak color: black
Strunz 8th edition (series ID, updated): II/A.03

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Article · Español

La acantita es un mineral del grupo de los sulfuros, químicamente sulfuro de plata puro (Ag2S). Descrito por primera vez en 1855 en los montes Metálicos de la región de Bohemia, es conocido por ser mena de plata. Su nombre deriva del griego akantha, que significa 'espina', en alusión a las caras de sus cristales. Sinónimos son argirita y henkelita.

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