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Also known as IMA1969-024

Wakabayashilite is a rare arsenic, antimony sulfide mineral with formula .

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It sits within the topics Antimony minerals, Arsenic minerals and Minerals in space group 33.

Vinony links it to 9 Wikipedia language editions.

Key facts

Mineral.name
Wakabayashilite
Mineral.category
Arsenic sulfide, Sulfosalt mineral
Mineral.image
Wakabayashilite-Calcite-176729.jpg
Mineral.imagesize
260
Mineral.caption
Wakabayashilite on calcite
Mineral.IMAsymbol
Wak
Mineral.molweight
1291.8 gram/mol
Mineral.strunz
2.FA.40
Mineral.system
Orthorhombic
Mineral.class
Pyramidal (mm2) H-M symbol: (mm2)
Mineral.symmetry
Pna21
Mineral.unit cell
a = 25.262 Å, b = 14.563 Å c = 6.492 Å and V = 2388.4 Å3; Z = 4
Mineral.color
Golden yellow, lemon yellow, orange yellow
Mineral.habit
Fibrous
Mineral.cleavage
{100} Perfect, {010} Perfect and {101} Perfect
Mineral.mohs
1.5
Mineral.luster
Silky
Mineral.pleochroism
Strong

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Wikidata facts

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Wakabayashilite-Calcite-176729.jpg
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Commons category
Wakabayashilite
Nickel-Strunz '10th ed', review of (9th ed/ 2009 update)
2.FA.40
Nickel-Strunz 9th edition (updated 2009)
2.FA.40
IMA Mineral Symbol
Wak
chemical formula
[(As,Sb)₆S₉][As₄S₅]
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Encyclopedic overview

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  • Discovery and occurrence
  • Structure and optical properties
  • References

{{Infobox mineral | name = Wakabayashilite | category = Arsenic sulfide, Sulfosalt mineral | boxwidth = | boxbgcolor = | image = Wakabayashilite-Calcite-176729.jpg | imagesize = 260 | caption = Wakabayashilite on calcite | formula = | IMAsymbol = Wak | molweight = 1291.8 gram/mol | strunz = 2.FA.40 | system = Orthorhombic | class = Pyramidal (mm2) H-M symbol: (mm2) | symmetry = Pna21 | unit cell = a = 25.262 Å, b = 14.563 Å c = 6.492 Å and V = 2388.4 Å3; Z = 4 | color = Golden yellow, lemon yellow, orange yellow | habit = Fibrous | twinning = | cleavage = {100} Perfect, {010} Perfect and {101} Perfect | fracture = | tenacity = | mohs = 1.5 | luster = Silky | refractive = | opticalprop = | birefringence = | pleochroism = Strong | streak = Orange, yellow | gravity = 3.98 | density = | melt = | fusibility = | diagnostic = | solubility = | diaphaneity = Translucent | other = | references = }}

Wakabayashilite is a rare arsenic, antimony sulfide mineral with formula .

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