strashimirite
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Strashimirite (IMA symbol: Ssh) is a rare monoclinic mineral containing arsenic, copper, hydrogen, and oxygen. It has the chemical formula .
Key facts
- Mineral.name
- Strashimirite
- Mineral.category
- Arsenate mineral
- Mineral.image
- Strashimirite-88588.jpg
- Mineral.imagesize
- 260px
- Mineral.caption
- Strashimirite from Schwarzleo District, Schwarzleograben, Hütten, Leogang, Saalfelden, Salzburg, Austria Field of view 4 mm. Depth of field is achieved with CombineZM. Specimen and photo Leon Hupperichs.
- Mineral.IMAsymbol
- Ssh
- Mineral.dana
- 42.6.5.1
- Mineral.strunz
- 8.DC.12 (10 ed) 7/D.07-20 (8 ed)
- Mineral.system
- Monoclinic Unknown space group
- Mineral.symmetry
- P2/m, P2, or Pm
- Mineral.unit cell
- a = 9.71 Å, b = 18.81 Å c = 8.94 Å; β = 97.2°; Z = 3
- Mineral.color
- White, pale green
- Mineral.habit
- Elongated, tabular crystals; crusts; radiating aggregates
- Mineral.cleavage
- Parting at right angle to elongation
- Mineral.mohs
- 2.5–3
- Mineral.luster
- Greasy, pearly
- Mineral.refractive
- nα = 1.726 nγ = 1.747
- Mineral.opticalprop
- Biaxial (−)
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Strashimirite (IMA symbol: Ssh) is a rare monoclinic mineral containing arsenic, copper, hydrogen, and oxygen. It has the chemical formula .
This mineral was discovered in Zapachitsa (Zapacica) copper deposit, Svoge, Sofia Oblast, Bulgaria in 1960, by Bulgarian mineralogist Jordanka Minčeva-Stefanova. She named it after Strashimir Dimitrov (1892–1960), Professor in Mineralogy and Petrography at Sofia University "St Kliment Ohridski", Bulgaria. The International Mineralogical Association approved it as a new mineral in 1968.
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