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Arsiccioite & Chabournéite

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Arsiccioite & Chabournéite

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Description
Locality: 
Monte Arsiccio Mine, Sant'Anna di Stazzema, Stazzema, Lucca Province, Tuscany, Italy
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2 × 1.4 × 1 cm
Description

A cracked arsiccioite crystal on striated chabourneite in a cavity. Cavities are very rare at this locality. 

References:

Biagioni, C., Bonaccorsi, E., Moëlo, Y., Orlandi, P., Bindi, L., D’Orazio, M. and Vezzoni, S. (2013) Arsiccioite, IMA 2013-058. CNMNC Newsletter No. 17, October 2013, page 3003; Mineralogical Magazine, 77, 2997-3005; Biagioni, C., Bonaccorsi, E., Moëlo, Y., Orlandi, P., Bindi, L., D’Orazio, M., Vezzoni, S. (2014): Mercury-arsenic sulfosalts from the Apuan Alps (Tuscany, Italy). II. Arsiccioite, AgHg2TlAs2S6, a new mineral from the Monte Arsiccio mine: occurrence, crystal structure and crystal chemistry of the routhierite isotypic series. Mineralogical Magazine, 78, 101-117.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Arsiccioite

Formula: 
AgHg2Tl(As,Sb)2S6
Hardness: 
0.0
Colour: 
Red
Type Locality: 
Monte Arsiccio Mine, Sant'Anna di Stazzema, Stazzema, Apuan Alps, Lucca Province, Tuscany, Italy...

Chabournéite

Formula: 
Tl21-xPb2x(Sb,As)91-xS147 (x = 0-17.5)
Strunz: 
2.HC.05e
Hardness: 
3.0 - 3.5
Colour: 
Black
Type Locality: 
Jas Roux, La Chapelle-en-Valgaudemar (La Chapelle-en-Valgaudémar), Hautes-Alpes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France...