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Fettelite from
Imiter mine, Imiter mining district, Tinghir Cercle, Tinghir Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Fettelite
Formula:[Ag6As2S7][Ag10HgAs2S8]
Formation:Primary
Comments:Confirmed SEM-EDS by Vincent Bourgoin, Association Jean Wyart (Paris) after the 2009 publication. Collected in place. Georges Favreau collection.

PXRD inconclusive (similar to polybasite, see http://www.mindat.org/mesg-7-93085.html)
Considered polybasite in Barral et al. (2009).
Habit:thin curved scales
Colour:bright red
Abundance at site:Very Rare
Confirmation
Validity:Confirmed
Confirmation Methods:SEM-EDS
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Proustite4 photos of Fettelite associated with Proustite at this locality.
Galena1 photo of Fettelite associated with Galena at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Fettelite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Imiter mine, Imiter mining district, Tinghir Cercle, Tinghir Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
Photo GalleryView Gallery (5 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:527227
Long-form Identifier:1:3:527227:3
GUID (UUID V4):a8fe5a8c-cdab-417d-9d1d-07ce6d95199b
References
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US-NV10 Donharrisite Ni8Hg3S9 AT05, US-CA03 1+ Fettelite Ag24[Hg ]As5S20 CL03, DE04 2+ Kenhsuite [Hg ]3Cl2S2...2005). The world’s largest Hg deposit, the Almadén district of central Spain, is representative of concentrations...Almadén and New Idria in California, the largest Hg mining districts in North America, represent post-Miocene...reworking of the mercury-hosting rocks of the Almadén district (primary mineralization 427–380 Ma) led to at...associated with one larger contemporaneous mineralized region. Most notably, mindat.org records more than 300
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