aktashite
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Aktashite is a rare arsenic sulfosalt mineral with formula Cu6Hg3As4S12. It is a copper mercury-bearing sulfosalt and is the only sulfosalt mineral with essential Cu and Hg yet known. It is of hydrothermal origin. It was published without approval of the IMA-CNMNC, but recognized as valid species by the IMA-CNMNC Sulfosalts Subcommittee (2008).
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Within Vinony's link graph, aktashite is referenced by 5 other articles, and connects out to sulfosalt subclass of minerals, copper and mercury.
It sits within the topics Arsenic minerals, Copper minerals and Mercury minerals.
Its subject is documented across 11 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Mineral.name
- Aktashite
- Mineral.image
- Aktashite-509292.jpg
- Mineral.imagesize
- 260px
- Mineral.caption
- Gray aktashite is richly dispersed on matrix
- Mineral.category
- Sulfosalt
- Mineral.formula
- Cu6Hg3As4S12
- Mineral.IMAsymbol
- Ats
- Mineral.molweight
- 1667.51 g/mol
- Mineral.strunz
- 2.GA.30
- Mineral.system
- Trigonal
- Mineral.class
- Pyramidal (3) H-M symbol: (3)
- Mineral.symmetry
- R3
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- Aktash
- Image
- Aktashite-509292.jpg
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- Nickel-Strunz '10th ed', review of (9th ed/ 2009 update)
- 2.GA.30
- chemical formula
- Cu₆Hg₃As₄S₁₂
- Nickel-Strunz 9th edition (updated 2009)
- 2.GA.30
- Commons category
- Aktashite
- crystal system
- trigonal crystal system
- IMA Mineral Symbol
- Ats
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Encyclopedic overview
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Aktashite is a rare arsenic sulfosalt mineral with formula Cu6Hg3As4S12. It is a copper mercury-bearing sulfosalt and is the only sulfosalt mineral with essential Cu and Hg yet known. It is of hydrothermal origin. It was published without approval of the IMA-CNMNC, but recognized as valid species by the IMA-CNMNC Sulfosalts Subcommittee (2008).
==References==
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