aikinite
Sign in to saveAikinite is a sulfide mineral of lead, copper and bismuth with formula Pb Cu Bi S3. It forms black to grey or reddish brown acicular orthorhombic crystals with a Mohs hardness of 2 to 2.5 and a specific gravity of 6.1 to 6.8. It was originally found in 1843 in the Beryozovskoye deposit, Ural Mountains. It is named after Arthur Aikin (1773–1854), an English geologist.
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It is catalogued under topics including Bismuth minerals, Copper(I) minerals and Glances.
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Key facts
- Mineral.name
- Aikinite
- Mineral.category
- Sulfide mineral
- Mineral.image
- Aikinite - Beresowsk, Ural.JPG
- Mineral.imagesize
- 260px
- Mineral.formula
- Pb Cu Bi S3
- Mineral.IMAsymbol
- Aik
- Mineral.molweight
- 575.92 g/mol
- Mineral.strunz
- 2.HB.05a
- Mineral.dana
- 3.4.5.1
- Mineral.system
- Orthorhombic
- Mineral.class
- Dipyramidal (mmm) H-M symbol: (2/m 2/m 2/m)
- Mineral.symmetry
- Pnma
- Mineral.unit cell
- a = 11.297, b = 11.654 c = 4.061 [Å], Z = 4
- Mineral.color
- Lead gray, grayish black, reddish brown
- Mineral.habit
- Acicular, massive
- Mineral.cleavage
- {010} indistinct
- Mineral.mohs
- 2–2.5
- Mineral.luster
- Metallic
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Wikidata facts
- Named after
- Arthur Aikin
- Image
- Aikinite - Beresowsk, Ural.JPG
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- IMA Mineral Symbol
- Aik
- Strunz 8th edition (series ID, updated)
- II/D.04b
- Commons category
- Aikinite
- chemical formula
- CuPbBiS₃
- Nickel-Strunz 9th edition (updated 2009)
- 2.HB.05a
- Nickel-Strunz '10th ed', review of (9th ed/ 2009 update)
- 2.HB.05a
- type locality (geology)
- Beryozovskoye deposit
Sources (1)
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Article · Português
Aikinite é um mineral que pertence a classe dos sulfetos. Também é conhecido como aciculita, aikenita ou patrinita.
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