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Arzakite

Collectors Summary

Color grauschwarz, gelb, rötlichbraun, schwarz
Hardness (Mohs) 3
Crystal System monoklin, P2, Pm, P2/m

Chemism

Chemical formula

Hg3S2(Br,Cl)2

Chemical composition

Brom, Chlor, Quecksilber, Schwefel

Unit weight: 803.48975 u; Number of atoms in the formula: 7

Info

Empirical formula:

Hg3S2(Br0.75Cl0.25)2

Element

Symbol

Weight%

Atoms

Atoms%

Atom weight (u)

Sum weight (u)
Sulfur

S

7.98

2

28.57

32.0655000

64.1310000
Chlorine

Cl

2.21

0.5

7.14

35.4532000

17.7266000
Bromine

Br

14.92

1.5

21.43

79.9041000

119.8561500
Mercury

Hg

74.90

3

42.86

200.5920000

601.7760000

Strunz 9th edition incl. updates

2.FC.15

2: Sulfide und Sulfosalze (Sulfide, Selenide, Telluride, Arsenide, Antimonide, Bismutide, Sulfarsenite, Sulfantimonite, Sulfbismuthite)
F: Sulfide, Arsenide, Alkaide; Sulfide mit Halogeniden, Oxiden, Hydroxiden (H2O)
C: mit Cl, Br, I (Halide-Sulfide)
15:Corderoit-Gruppe

Lapis Classification

II/F.14-050

II: SULFIDE UND SULFOSALZE (Sulfide, Selenide, Telluride, Arsenide, Antimonide, Bismutide)
F: Sulfide mit nichtmetallischem Charakter
14: Halogensulfide (Sulfohalide) mit Quecksilber/Blei und verwandte Verbindungen

Classification by Hölzel

2.KB.110

2: SULFIDES
K: Nonmetallic Sulfides, HalideSulfides, etc.
B: With Cl,(Br,I)
1: Corderoite-Lavrentievite-Group

IMA status

Ohne Prüfung durch die CNMNC veröffentlicht

Optical Properties

Color

grauschwarz, gelb, rötlichbraun, schwarz

Diaphaneity (Transparency)

opak

RI value α / ω / n

2.>

Ri mean

2.>

2V angle

Biaxial

Crystallography

Crystal System

monoklin

Class (H-M)

2, m, 2/m

Space Group number

3, 6, 10

Space Group

P2, Pm, P2/m

Cell parameters a (Å)

9.003

Cell parameters b (Å)

5.287

Cell parameters c (Å)

18.38

Cell parameters a/b or c/a

1.703

Cell parameters c/b

3.476

Cell parameters α

90°

Cell parameters β

91.12

Cell parameters γ

90°

Z

5

Volume (ų)

874.7

X-Ray Powder Diffraction

5.05(30),
3.99(40),
3.41(50),
3.02(60),
2.63(100),
2.313(40),
2.212(30),
1.595(40)
XRD chart Arzakite

Calculated from d-spacing and intensity at 0.1541838 nm (Cu)

Crystal Structure 3D

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Physical Properties

Hardness (Mohs)

3

VHN (Hardness Vickers)

93

Density (g/cm³)

7.64

7.626 ( ρ calc. Mineralienatlas )

(Co-)Type locality

(Co-)Type locality

Russland/Sibirien, Föderationskreis/Tuwa (Tuva, Tyva), Republik/Piy-Khemsky (Pii-Khem, Pi-Chemski, Tuvan), Rajon/Uyuk/Arzak

Preface

Author (Name, Year)

Vasil'ev & Pal'chik & Grechishchev, 1984

References

Transactions (Doklady) of the USSR Academy of Sciences, Earth Science Sections 290 (1986), 177

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IDs

GUSID (Global unique identifier short form) dAWqfvCpKkeZJlqk8HqdSw
GUID (Global unique identifier) 7EAA0574-A9F0-472A-9926-5AA4F07A9D4B
Database ID 217