jalpaite
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Key facts
- Mineral.name
- Jalpaite
- Mineral.image
- Jalpaite-rom38a.jpg
- Mineral.caption
- Jalpaite crystals from Jalpa, Municipio de Jalpa, Zacatecas, Mexico (size: 3.6 x 3.5 x 3.2 cm)
- Mineral.category
- Sulfide mineral
- Mineral.formula
- Ag3CuS2
- Mineral.IMAsymbol
- Jal
- Mineral.strunz
- 2.BA.45
- Mineral.system
- Tetragonal
- Mineral.class
- Ditetragonal dipyramidal (4/mmm) H-M symbol: (4/m 2/m 2/m)
- Mineral.symmetry
- I41/amd
- Mineral.unit cell
- a = 8.67, c = 11.75 [Å]; Z = 8
- Mineral.color
- Pale metallic gray
- Mineral.habit
- Irregular and foliated masses, inclusions in other minerals
- Mineral.cleavage
- Prismatic, good
- Mineral.fracture
- Subconchoidal
- Mineral.tenacity
- Sectile, malleable
- Mineral.mohs
- 2 - 2.5
- Mineral.luster
- Metallic
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Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- sulfide class of minerals
- Named after
- Jalpa
- Image
- Jalpaite-rom38b.jpg
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- streak color
- black
- Nickel-Strunz '10th ed', review of (9th ed/ 2009 update)
- 2.BA.45
- Commons category
- Jalpaite
- chemical formula
- Ag₃CuS₂
- Nickel-Strunz 9th edition (updated 2009)
- 2.BA.25c
- crystal system
- tetragonal crystal system
- IMA Mineral Symbol
- Jal
- Strunz 8th edition (series ID, updated)
- II/A.04
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Jalpaite is a rare copper silver sulfide mineral with formula Ag3CuS2.
It was first described in 1858 for an occurrence in the Leonora Mine, Jalpa, Zacatecas, Mexico and named after the locality. It occurs in low temperature hydrothermal veins at temperatures less than . Associated minerals include acanthite, mckinstryite, galena, sphalerite, pyrite, chalcopyrite, stromeyerite, polybasite, pearceite, tetrahedrite–tennantite and native silver.
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