chatkalite
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Chatkalite is a copper, iron, tin sulfide mineral with formula Cu6Fe2+Sn2S8. It crystallizes in the tetragonal crystal system and forms as rounded disseminations within tetrahedrite in quartz veins.
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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.CB.20
- Nickel-Strunz 9th edition (updated 2009)
- 2.CB.20
- crystal system
- tetragonal crystal system
- chemical formula
- Cu₆FeSn₂S₈
- IMA Mineral Symbol
- Ctk
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Chatkalite is a copper, iron, tin sulfide mineral with formula Cu6Fe2+Sn2S8. It crystallizes in the tetragonal crystal system and forms as rounded disseminations within tetrahedrite in quartz veins.
==Physical properties==
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