iodargyrite
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Iodyrite or iodargyrite is a natural mineral form of silver iodide.
Key facts
- Mineral.gravity
- 5.69
- Mineral.name
- Iodargyrite
- Mineral.image
- Iodargyrite-51194.jpg
- Mineral.caption
- Iodargyrite on gossan, Broken Hill Ore Deposit, New South Wales, Australia.
- Mineral.category
- Halide minerals
- Mineral.formula
- AgI
- Mineral.IMAsymbol
- Iag
- Mineral.strunz
- 3.AA.10
- Mineral.system
- Hexagonal
- Mineral.class
- Dihexagonal pyramidal (6mm) H-M symbol: (6mm)
- Mineral.symmetry
- P6mm
- Mineral.unit cell
- a = 4.59, c = 7.51 [Å]; Z = 2
- Mineral.color
- Colorless (fresh); pale yellow, yellow, greenish yellow, brownish, grayish
- Mineral.mohs
- – 2
- Mineral.luster
- Adamantine, resinous
- Mineral.streak
- Yellow (shining)
- Mineral.diaphaneity
- Transparent, translucent
- Mineral.opticalprop
- Uniaxial (+)
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Iodyrite or iodargyrite is a natural mineral form of silver iodide.
Related minerals are chlorargyrite and bromargyrite.
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