hutchinsonite
Sign in to saveHutchinsonite is a sulfosalt mineral of thallium, arsenic and lead with formula . Hutchinsonite is a rare hydrothermal mineral.
Key facts
- Mineral.name
- Hutchinsonite
- Mineral.category
- Sulfosalt mineral
- Mineral.image
- Hutchinsonite-169844.jpg
- Mineral.caption
- Hutchinsonite, from Quiruvilca Mine, Santiago de Chuco Province, Peru. Size: 4.5×4.4×2.2 cm
- Mineral.IMAsymbol
- Hut
- Mineral.strunz
- 2.HD.45
- Mineral.system
- Orthorhombic
- Mineral.class
- Dipyramidal (mmm) H-M symbol: (2/m 2/m 2/m)
- Mineral.symmetry
- Pbca
- Mineral.color
- Red, pink, black
- Mineral.habit
- Acicular – cccurs as needle-like crystals
- Mineral.cleavage
- {100} good
- Mineral.fracture
- Very brittle fracture producing small, conchoidal fragments
- Mineral.mohs
- 1.5–2
- Mineral.luster
- Sub-metallic
- Mineral.refractive
- nα = 3.078 nβ = 3.176 nγ = 3.188; 2V = 37°
- Mineral.opticalprop
- Biaxial (−)
- Mineral.birefringence
- δ = 0.110
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Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- sulfosalt subclass of minerals
- Image
- Hutchinsonite-169844.jpg
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- Nickel-Strunz 9th edition (updated 2009)
- 2.HD.45
- Commons category
- Hutchinsonite
- chemical formula
- TlPbAs₅S₉
- Nickel-Strunz '10th ed', review of (9th ed/ 2009 update)
- 2.HD.45
- type locality (geology)
- Lengenbach quarry
- streak color
- red
- IMA Mineral Symbol
- Hut
- Strunz 8th edition (series ID, updated)
- II/D.03 – Anhang
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Hutchinsonite is a sulfosalt mineral of thallium, arsenic and lead with formula . Hutchinsonite is a rare hydrothermal mineral.
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