Aktashite-Gruzdevite Series

A solid-solution series between two end-member minerals

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Photos of Aktashite-Gruzdevite Series (12)

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Aktashite

Jas Roux, La Chapelle-en-Valgaudemar, Gap, Hautes-Alpes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France

Aktashite

Moctezuma, Moctezuma Municipality, Sonora, Mexico

Aktashite, etc.

Lengenbach Quarry, Fäld, Binn, Goms, Valais, Switzerland

Aktashite

Jas Roux, La Chapelle-en-Valgaudemar, Gap, Hautes-Alpes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France

Aktashite

Moctezuma, Moctezuma Municipality, Sonora, Mexico

Aktashite, etc.

Lengenbach Quarry, Fäld, Binn, Goms, Valais, Switzerland

Aktashite

Jas Roux, La Chapelle-en-Valgaudemar, Gap, Hautes-Alpes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France

Aktashite

Moctezuma, Moctezuma Municipality, Sonora, Mexico

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About Aktashite-Gruzdevite SeriesHide

Crystal System:

Trigonal

Series Formula:

Cu₆Hg₃As₄S₁₂ to Cu₆Hg₃Sb₄S₁₂

A series between Aktashite and Gruzdevite

Unique IdentifiersHide

Mindat ID:

8588

Long-form identifier:

mindat:1:1:8588:1

GUID
(UUID V4):

774e86e2-404f-4dc4-ba0b-9ed3b2934fbf

Crystallography of Aktashite-Gruzdevite SeriesHide

Crystal System:

Trigonal

Crystal StructureHide

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Data courtesy of the American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database. Click on an AMCSD ID to view structure

ID	Species	Reference	Year	Locality	Temp (K)
0012465	Aktashite	Kaplunik L N, Pobedimskaya E A, Belov N V (1980) Kristallicheskaya struktura aktashimita Cu6Hg3As4S12 Doklady Akademii Nauk SSSR 251 96-98	1980		293
0018863	Aktashite	Vasil'ev V I, Pervukhina N V, Borisov S V, Magarill S A, Naumov D Y, Kurat'eva N V (2010) Aktashite Cu6Hg3As4S12 from the Aktash Deposit, Altai, Russia: Refinement and crystal chemical analysis of the structure Geology of Ore Deposits 52 656-661	2010	Aktash deposit, Gorny Altai, Russia	293
0018891	Aktashite	Nowacki W (1982) Isotypy in aktashite Cu6Hg3As4S12 and nowackiite Cu6Zn3As4S12 Soviet Physics Crystallography 27 26-27	1982	not given	293

CIF Raw Data - click here to close

data_global
_chemical_name_mineral 'Aktashite'
loop_
_publ_author_name
'Kaplunik L N'
'Pobedimskaya E A'
'Belov N V'
_journal_name_full 'Doklady Akademii Nauk SSSR'
_journal_volume 251 
_journal_year 1980
_journal_page_first 96
_journal_page_last 98
_publ_section_title
;
 Kristallicheskaya struktura aktashimita Cu6Hg3As4S12
;
_database_code_amcsd 0012465
_chemical_formula_sum 'Hg3 Cu6 As4 S12'
_cell_length_a 13.730
_cell_length_b 13.730
_cell_length_c 9.329
_cell_angle_alpha 90
_cell_angle_beta 90
_cell_angle_gamma 120
_cell_volume 1523.024
_exptl_crystal_density_diffrn      5.454
_symmetry_space_group_name_H-M 'R 3'
loop_
_space_group_symop_operation_xyz
  'x,y,z'
  '2/3+x,1/3+y,1/3+z'
  '1/3+x,2/3+y,2/3+z'
  '-y,x-y,z'
  '2/3-y,1/3+x-y,1/3+z'
  '1/3-y,2/3+x-y,2/3+z'
  '-x+y,-x,z'
  '2/3-x+y,1/3-x,1/3+z'
  '1/3-x+y,2/3-x,2/3+z'
loop_
_atom_site_label
_atom_site_fract_x
_atom_site_fract_y
_atom_site_fract_z
_atom_site_U_iso_or_equiv
Hg   0.31000   0.22630   0.02730   0.02444
Cu1   0.07600   0.29210   0.02220   0.01292
Cu2   0.39150   0.55200   0.03720   0.01241
As,   0.56100   0.17800   0.01920   0.00950
As2   0.00000   0.00000   0.00000   0.00266
S1   0.37290   0.08990   0.10400   0.00570
S2   0.45790   0.42800   0.08520   0.00481
S3   0.11860   0.15610   0.12710   0.00823
S4   0.20360   0.47500   0.11530   0.00684