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Chursinite (Chursinit)

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beiger Chursinit auf braunem, traubigem Limonit, Moschellandsberg, Rheinland-Pfalz; BB ~ 1 mm, analysiert mittels REM-EDX und RAMAN
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Mineral: Chursinite
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beiger Chursinit auf braunem, traubigem Limonit, Moschellandsberg, Rheinland-Pfalz; BB 1 mm, analysiert mittels REM-EDX und RAMAN
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Locality: Moschellandsberg / Obermoschel / Nordpfälzer Land, Verbandsgemeinde / Donnersbergkreis / Rheinland-Pfalz / Deutschland
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Dunkelgelbe Chursinit-xx (ohne Maßstab) von der Typlokalität Khaidarkan Sb-Hg Lagerstätte (Chaidarkan; Hajdarkan), Batken Region, Kirgistan. Ex Van den Broucke Sammlung (sh.: https://www.mindat.org/mesg-560223.html).
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Location: Kirgistan/Batken, Oblast/Kadamdschai (Kadamjay), Rajon/Khaidarkan (Aidarken; Chaidarkan; Khaydarkan) Sb-Hg Lagerstätte
Mineral: Chursinite
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Chursinit

Dunkelgelbe Chursinit-xx (ohne Maßstab) von der Typlokalität Khaidarkan Sb-Hg Lagerstätte (Chaidarkan; Hajdarkan), Batken Region, Kirgistan. Ex Van den Broucke Sammlung (sh.: https://www.mindat.org~...
Copyright: Wikipedia-user: David Hospital
Contribution: oliverOliver 2023-12-24
Locality: Khaidarkan (Aidarken; Chaidarkan; Khaydarkan) Sb-Hg Lagerstätte / Kadamdschai (Kadamjay), Rajon / Batken, Oblast / Kirgistan

Collectors Summary

Color gelbbraun, orangebraun
Streak color graugelb
Lustre Diamantglanz
Hardness (Mohs) 3
Crystal System monoklin, P21/c

Chemism

Chemical formula

Hg3(AsO4)

Additional chem. information

Hg1+Hg2+(AsO4) (CNMNC; nach rechnerischer Prüfung scheint ein Hg zu fehlen)

Chemical composition

Arsen, Quecksilber, Sauerstoff

Unit weight: 740.695322 u; Number of atoms in the formula: 8

Info

Empirical formula:

Hg3(AsO4)

Element

Symbol

Weight%

Atoms

Atoms%

Atom weight (u)

Sum weight (u)
Oxygen

O

8.64

4

50.00

15.9994300

63.9977200
Arsenic

As

10.12

1

12.50

74.9216020

74.9216020
Mercury

Hg

81.24

3

37.50

200.5920000

601.7760000

Strunz 9th edition incl. updates

8.AD.60

8: Phosphate, Arsenate, Vanadate
A: Phosphate, etc., ohne weitere Anionen, ohne H2O
D: Mit ausschließlich großen [Kationen]
60:Chursinit-Gruppe

Lapis Classification

VII/A.11-010

VII: PHOSPHATE, ARSENATE UND VANADATE ("Phosphate" des Registers immer einschließlich isotyper Arsenate und Vanadate!)
A: Wasserfreie Phosphate [PO4] 3-, ohne fremde Anionen
11: Mittelgroße und große Kationen: Mg-Mn-Fe-Cu-Zn und Ca-Na

Classification by Hölzel

8.AD.430

8: PHOSPHATES ARSENATES VANADATES
A: Phosphates (-anions -water)
D: Phosphates, C large

Dana 8th edition

38.05.01.01

38: Anhydrous Phosphates, etc
05: Anhydrous Phosphates, etc with miscellaneous formulae

IMA status

Anerkannt von der CNMNC

Mineral status

anerkanntes Mineral

Optical Properties

Color

gelbbraun, orangebraun

Streak color

graugelb

Lustre

Diamantglanz

RI value α / ω / n

2.0>

RI value β

2.0>

RI value γ / ε

2.0>

Ri mean

2

2V angle

Biaxial

Crystallography

Crystal System

monoklin

Class (H-M)

2/m

Space Group number

14

Space Group

P21/c

Cell parameters a (Å)

8.71

Cell parameters b (Å)

5.08

Cell parameters c (Å)

15.66

Cell parameters a/b or c/a

1.715

Cell parameters c/b

3.083

Cell parameters α

90°

Cell parameters β

128.27

Cell parameters γ

90°

Z

4

Volume (ų)

544

X-Ray Powder Diffraction

3.05(100),
2.89(70),
2.84(60),
2.49(50),
2.16(50),
1.991(50),
1.883(50),
1.852(50)
XRD chart Chursinite

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)

219 (10g)

Density (g/cm³)

9.06 (berechnet)

9.043 ( ρ calc. Mineralienatlas )

(Co-)Type locality

(Co-)Type locality

Kirgistan/Batken, Oblast/Kadamdschai (Kadamjay), Rajon/Khaidarkan (Aidarken; Chaidarkan; Khaydarkan) Sb-Hg Lagerstätte

Preface

Name from

Zu eheren der russichen Theater und Film Darstellerin Lyudmila Alekseevna Chursina (1941–)

Author (Name, Year)

Vasil'ev & Lavrent'ev & Pal'chik, 1984

References

Zapiski Vsesoyuznogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva 113 (1984), 341

Other languages

German

Chursinit

Spanish

Chursinita

French

Chursinite

English

Chursinite

Russian

Чурсинит

CNMNC (IMA)-Number

IMA 1982-047a

CNMNC symbol

Symbol

Csi

Locations with GPS information

IDs

GUSID (Global unique identifier short form) iWgRJWtcEk6QKrZEuQEHeg
GUID (Global unique identifier) 25116889-5C6B-4E12-902A-B644B901077A
Database ID 761