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Schachnerite

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Sala Silver Mine, Sala, Västmanland, Sweden
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Formula:
Ag
 
1.1
Hg
 
0.9
System:HexagonalColour:Grey
Lustre:MetallicHardness:3½
Name:Named after Doris Schachner-Korn (b. 1904), Professor of Mineralogy, Technische Hochschule, Germany.


Silver Amalgam Group.

Classification of Schachnerite

IMA status:Approved
Strunz 8th edition ID:1/A.02-50
Nickel-Strunz 10th (pending) edition ID:1.AD.15

1 : ELEMENTS (Metals and intermetallic alloys; metalloids and nonmetals; carbides, silicides, nitrides, phosphides)
A : Metals and Intermetallic Alloys
D : Mercury-amalgam family
Dana 7th edition ID:1.1.11.2
Dana 8th edition ID:1.1.8.2

1 : NATIVE ELEMENTS AND ALLOYS
1 : Metals, other than the Platinum Group
Hey's CIM Ref.:1.16

1 : Elements and Alloys (including the arsenides, antimonides and bismuthides of Cu, Ag and Au)
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Type Occurrence of Schachnerite

Type Locality:Vertrauen zu Gott Mine, Landsberg Mt. (Moschellandsberg Mt.), Obermoschel, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Year of Discovery:1972

Physical Properties of Schachnerite

Lustre:Metallic
Diaphaneity (Transparency):Opaque
Colour:Grey
Hardness (Mohs):3½

Crystallography of Schachnerite

Crystal System:Hexagonal
Cell Parameters:a = 2.97Å, c = 4.84Å
Ratio:a:c = 1 : 1.63
Unit Cell Volume:V 36.97 ų (Calculated from Unit Cell)

Chemical Properties of Schachnerite

Formula:
Ag
 
1.1
Hg
 
0.9
Essential elements:Ag, Hg
All elements listed in formula:Ag, Hg

Relationship of Schachnerite to other Species

Related to:
  • Silver Amalgam Group
    • Related Minerals - Nickel-Strunz Grouping):
    1.AD.05Mercury
    Hg
    1.AD.10Belendorffite
    Cu
     
    7
    		Hg
     
    6
    1.AD.10Kolymite
    Cu
     
    7
    		Hg
     
    6
    1.AD.15Eugenite
    Ag
     
    11
    		Hg
     
    2
    1.AD.15Luanheite
    Ag
     
    3
    		Hg
    1.AD.15Moschellandsbergite
    Ag
     
    2
    		Hg
     
    3
    1.AD.15Paraschachnerite
    Ag
     
    3
    		Hg
     
    2
    1.AD.20Weishanite
    (Au,Ag)
     
    3
    		Hg
     
    2
    1.AD.20Goldamalgam
    (Au,Ag)Hg
    1.AD.25Potarite
    PdHg
    1.AD.30Leadamalgam
    HgPb
     
    2
    Related Minerals - Hey's Index Grouping:
    1.1Copper
    Cu
    1.2Silver
    Ag
    1.5Gold
    Au
    1.6Auricupride
    Cu
     
    3
    		Au
    1.7Tetra-auricupride
    AuCu
    1.8Zinc
    Zn
    1.9Cadmium
    Cd
    1.10Danbaite
    CuZn
     
    2
    1.11Zhanghengite
    CuZn
    1.12Mercury
    Hg
    1.13Kolymite
    Cu
     
    7
    		Hg
     
    6
    1.14Moschellandsbergite
    Ag
     
    2
    		Hg
     
    3
    1.15Eugenite
    Ag
     
    11
    		Hg
     
    2
    1.17Paraschachnerite
    Ag
     
    3
    		Hg
     
    2
    1.18Luanheite
    Ag
     
    3
    		Hg
    1.19Weishanite
    (Au,Ag)
     
    3
    		Hg
     
    2
    1.20Indium
    In
    1.21Aluminium
    Al
    1.22Khatyrkite
    (Cu,Zn)Al
     
    2
    1.23Cupalite
    (Cu,Zn)Al
    1.24Diamond
    C
    1.25Graphite
    C
    1.26Chaoite
    C
    1.27Lonsdaleite
    C
    1.28Silicon
    Si
    1.29Tin
    Sn
    1.30Lead
    Pb
    1.31Anyuiite
    Au(Pb,Sb)
     
    2
    1.31Novodneprite
    AuPb
     
    3
    1.32Leadamalgam
    HgPb
     
    2
    1.33Arsenic
    As
    1.34Arsenolamprite
    As
    1.35Paxite
    CuAs
     
    2
    1.36Koutekite
    Cu
     
    5
    		As
     
    2
    1.37Domeykite
    Cu
     
    3
    		As
    1.38Algodonite
    (Cu
     
    1-x
    		As
     
    x
    		)
    1.39Novakite
    Cu
     
    20
    		AgAs
     
    10
    1.40Kutinaite
    Cu
     
    2
    		AgAs
    1.41Antimony
    Sb
    1.42Stibarsen
    AsSb
    1.43Paradocrasite
    Sb
     
    3
    		As
    1.44Horsfordite
    1.45Cuprostibite
    Cu
     
    2
    		(Sb,Tl)
    1.46Allargentum
    (Ag
     
    1-x
    		Sb
     
    x
    		)
    1.47Aurostibite
    AuSb
     
    2
    1.48Dyscrasite
    Ag
     
    3
    		Sb
    1.49Bismuth
    Bi
    1.50Maldonite
    Au
     
    2
    		Bi
    1.51Sulphur
    S
     
    8
    1.52Rosickýite
    S
    1.53Selenium
    Se
    1.54Tellurium
    Te
    1.55Chromium
    Cr
    1.56Rhenium
    Re
    1.57Iron
    Fe
    1.58Chromferide
    Fe
     
    3
    		Cr
     
    1-x
    		 (x=0.6)
    1.59Ferchromide
    Cr
     
    1.5
    		Fe
     
    0.5-x
    1.60Wairauite
    CoFe
    1.61Nickel
    Ni
    1.62Kamacite
    (Fe,Ni)
    1.63Taenite
    (Fe,Ni)
    1.64Tetrataenite
    FeNi
    1.65Awaruite
    Ni
     
    3
    		Fe
    1.66Palladium
    (Pd,Pt)
    1.67Potarite
    PdHg
    1.68Paolovite
    Pd
     
    2
    		Sn
    1.69Stannopalladinite
    (Pd,Cu)
     
    3
    		Sn
     
    2
    1.70Cabriite
    Pd
     
    2
    		SnCu
    1.71Taimyrite
    (Pd,Cu,Pt)
     
    3
    		Sn
    1.72Atokite
    (Pd,Pt)
     
    3
    		Sn
    1.73Rustenburgite
    (Pt,Pd)
     
    3
    		Sn
    1.74Zvyagintsevite
    (Pd,Pt,Au)
     
    3
    		(Pb,Sn)
    1.75Plumbopalladinite
    Pb
     
    2
    		Pd
     
    3
    1.76Osmium
    (Os,Ir,Ru)
    1.77Iridium
    (Ir,Os,Ru)
    1.82Platinum
    Pt
    1.83Hongshiite
    PtCu
    1.84Niggliite
    PtSn
    1.85Isoferroplatinum
    Pt
     
    3
    		Fe
    1.86Tetraferroplatinum
    PtFe
    1.87Tulameenite
    Pt
     
    2
    		CuFe
    1.88Ferronickelplatinum
    Pt
     
    2
    		FeNi
    1.89Rhodium
    (Rh,Pt)
    Related Minerals - Dana Grouping):
    1.1.11.1Moschellandsbergite
    Ag
     
    2
    		Hg
     
    3
    1.1.11.3Paraschachnerite
    Ag
     
    3
    		Hg
     
    2
    1.1.11.4Luanheite
    Ag
     
    3
    		Hg
    1.1.11.5Eugenite
    Ag
     
    11
    		Hg
     
    2

    Other Names for Schachnerite

    Synonyms:
    IMA1971-055
    German names:
    AmalgamitSchachnerit
    Russian names:
    Шахнерит
    Spanish names:
    Schachnerita

    Other Information

    Health Warning:No information on health risks for this material has been entered into the database. You should always treat mineral specimens with care.

    References for Schachnerite

    Reference List:American Mineralogist (1973): 58: 347.

    Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Abhandlungen: 117: 1-18.

    European Journal of Mineralogy: 5: 903-914.

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    Localities for Schachnerite

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    Czech Republic
     
    • Bohemia (Böhmen; Boehmen)
      • Plzeň Region
        • Radnice (Radnitz)
    		Litochleb, J., Sejkora, J., Šrein, V.: Amalgamy stříbra - moschellandsbergit a schachnerit ze železnorudného ložiska Březina u Radnic (západní Čechy). Bulletin mineralogicko-petrografického oddělení Národního muzea v Praze, 2001, roč. 9, s. 225-229.
    France
     
    • Rhône-Alpes
      • Isère
        • Allemont
    		Eur. J. Mineral. , 1993, 5, pp. 903-914.
    Germany
     
    • Rhineland-Palatinate
      • Obermoschel
        • Landsberg Mt. (Moschellandsberg Mt.)
    		No reference listed
    Mexico
     
    • Sonora
      • Mun. de Moctezuma
    		Lapis 2001(1), 11-40
    Slovakia
     
    • Banská Bystrica Region
      • Kremnica Mts
    		Ďuďa R., 1993 : Die mineralien der Gold und Silber - lagersttäte von Kremnitz ( Kremnica) in der Slowakei. Mineralien Welt /Haltern,Nemecko/,5, s. 20 - 32
      • Western Slovenské Rudohorie Mts
    		Koděra, M. et al., 1986 a 1990 : Topografická mineralógia Slovenska, diel 1- 3, Veda – Vydavateľstvo SAV, Bratislava, 1990, 1 – 1590
    • Košice Region
      • Eastern Slovenské Rudohorie Mts
        • Dobšiná (Dobschau) Mining District
    		Koděra et all.,1990: Topografická mineralógia Slovenska, I-III, 1590p
        • Nižná Slaná
    		Koděra, M. et al., 1986 a 1990 : Topografická mineralógia Slovenska, diel 1- 3, Veda – Vydavateľstvo SAV, Bratislava, 1990, 1 – 1590k
        • Rožňava (Rozsnyo; Rosenau) Mining District
    		Pauliš P., Ďuďa R., 2002:Nejznámejší mineralogická nalezište Slovenska. Kuttna, Kutná Hora, 136p
    Sweden
     
    • Västmanland
      • Sala
    		Min.Mag.(1987) 51, 318-321
    USA
     
    • Nevada
      • Clark Co.
        • Goodsprings District
    		NBMG Spec. Pub. 31 Minerals of Nevada
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