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Aktashite

ex. R. Feigl

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Description
Locality: 
Moctezuma Mine, Moctezuma, Moctezuma Municipality, Sonora, Mexico
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2 × 2.5 × 1.7 cm
Description

This specimen shows a cluster of black aktashite crystals. Aktashite is a copper and mercury containing sulphosalt. Purchased by R. Feigl on 30/03/1982.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Aktashite

Formula: 
Cu6Hg3As4S12
Strunz: 
2.GA.30
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
3.5 -
Type Locality: 
Aktashskoye, Altai Republic, Western Siberia, Russian Federation
Isostructural with: 
Gruzdevite
Nowackiite