Dimorfita
Sign in to saveDimorphite, chemical name arsenic sesquisulfide (As4S3), is a very rare orange-yellow arsenic sulfide mineral. In nature, dimorphite forms primarily by deposition in volcanic fumaroles at temperatures of . Dimorphite was first discovered in such a fumarole near Naples, Italy in 1849 by the mineralogist Arcangelo Scacchi (1810–1893). Since its discovery, dimorphite has been found in the Alacrán silver mine near Copiapó, Chile. It has also been reported from Cerro de Pasco, Peru, and the Lavrion District Mines in Attica, Greece.
Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- sulfide class of minerals
- Named after
- visual appearance
- Image
- Dimorphite.jpg
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- Strunz 8th edition (series ID, updated)
- II/D.08 – Anhang
- Commons category
- Dimorphite
- Nickel-Strunz '10th ed', review of (9th ed/ 2009 update)
- 2.FA.10
- chemical formula
- As₄S₃
- crystal system
- orthorhombic crystal system
- Nickel-Strunz 9th edition (updated 2009)
- 2.FA.10
- type locality (geology)
- Pozzuoli
- streak color
- yellow
- IMA Mineral Symbol
- Dim
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La dimorfita es un mineral de la clase de los sulfuros, concretamente un sulfuro de arsénico. Su nombre procede del griego y significa "dos formas", en alusión a las dos formas en que supuestamente se puede presentar. Se describió por primera vez antes de 1959, en solfataras de la región de Campania (Italia).
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