Arzakite R070021
Name: Arzakite
RRUFF ID: R070021
Ideal Chemistry: Hg3S2(Br,Cl)2
Locality: Arzak deposit, Tuva, Siberia, Russia
Source: Michael Scott S105108 [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Orange brown crystals lining vug, co-type material; associated with jarosite (sharp crystals), montroydite (dark red - blackish)
Status: The identification of this mineral is not yet confirmed.
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
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RRUFF ID: R070021
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
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REFERENCES for Arzakite

American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database Record: [view record]

Anthony J W, Bideaux R A, Bladh K W, and Nichols M C (1990) Handbook of Mineralogy, Mineral Data Publishing, Tucson Arizona, USA, by permission of the Mineralogical Society of America. [view file]

Vasil’ev V I, Pal’chik N A, Grechishchev O K (1984) Lavrentievite and arzakite, new natural mercury sulfohalides, Geologiya i Geofizika, 25, issue 7 54-63   [view file]

Dunn P J, Fleischer M, Langley R H, Shingley J E, Zilczer J A (1985) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 70, 871-881   [view file]

Minets Y V, Voroshilov Y V, Pan'ko V V (2004) The structures of mercury chalcogenhalogenides Hg3X2Hal2, Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 367, 109-114