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Aktashite from
Moctezuma, Moctezuma Municipality, Sonora, Mexico


Locality type:Town
Classification
Species:Aktashite
Formula:Cu6Hg3As4S12
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Aktashite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Moctezuma, Moctezuma Municipality, Sonora, Mexico
Photo GalleryView Gallery (2 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:117210
Long-form Identifier:1:3:117210:2
GUID (UUID V4):f96a8f5b-c8c2-4d93-a20a-a4469f6b2d1c
Localities for Aktashite in this Region
Moctezuma Mine, Moctezuma, Moctezuma Municipality, Sonora, Mexico
Nearest other occurrences of Aktashite
1.4km (0.9 miles) Moctezuma Mine, Moctezuma, Moctezuma Municipality, Sonora, Mexico
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Report (issue)
Crystal Data: Hexagonal. Point Group: 3 (probable). aktashite, to 4 mm; typically massive, presumably. Physical...9 Cell Data: Space Group: R3 (by analogy to aktashite). a = 13.90(2) c = 9.432 Z=3 X-ray Powder...Occurrence: Kyrgyzstan). Forms a series with aktashite. In veinlets of probable low-temperature hydrothermal...hydrothermal origin (Chauvai deposit, Association: Aktashite, stibnite, cinnabar, metacinnabar, wurtzite, fluorite...northwest of the Moctezuma (Bambolla) mine, 12 km south of Moctezuma, Sonora, Mexico. At the Goldstrike
Report (issue)
Aktashite Cu6Hg3As4S12 Crystal Data: Hexagonal, pseudocubic. Point Group: 3. Rare crystals resemble...Kyrgyzstan. In the Moctezuma (Bambolla) mine, 12 km south of Moctezuma, Sonora, Mexico. At the Getchell... N.M. Chernitsova, and N.G. Shumakove (1972) Aktashite, Cu6Hg3As5S12, new data. Doklady Acad. Nauk SSSR...sulfosalts from the Apuan Alps (Tuscany, Italy). III. Aktashite, Cu6Hg3As4S12, and laffittite, AgHgAsS3, from...Magarill, D.Yu. Naumov, and N.V. Kurat’eva (2010) - Aktashite Cu6Hg3As4S12 from the Aktash deposit, Altai, Russia:
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
the International Mineralogical Association. Aktashite. V. I. Vasilev, I968. [Bonpoc. ueTaaaoreumI pTyTH...yellow octahedra from the San Miguel mine, Moctezuma, Sonora, Mexico, agree in all respects with synthetic...crystals of Fe~(TeOa)~SO4.3H20 from the Moctezuma mine, Sonora, Mexico. Named for Dr. Frederick H. Pough....crystals of Fe~+Te~+O6(OH)2.zH~O from the Moctezuma mine, Sonora, Mexico. Named from the locality. [M.A. 69-2396;
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
11-177.] Aktaschit, Germ. trans, of AKTamI~T, aktashite (26th List). Hintze, 2. Al-antigorite. H. Strunz...and tellurites at the Bambolla mine, Moctezuma, Sonora, Mexico, are tetragonal, a 3"865, c 5-632 A; composition...bipyramidal crystals from the Bambollita mine, Moctezuma, Sonora, Mexico, are orthorhombic, a 8"624, b I1-878,...mendipite. Mercurarsite, MepI~ypapcHr,syn. of aktashite (26th List). Zap. 102, 44o and 457 (1973) apparently...c 4"944/k, from the Bambollita mine, Moctezuma, Sonora, Mexico, have the composition [Cu4Zn8(TeO3)a(OH)~8]
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
ZW01 Vaughanite Tl[Hg1+]Sb4S7 CA01 2638 2621 Aktashite§ Cu6[Hg2+]3As4S12 CA01, CN05, FR03, IR01, KG01...age of primary mineralization listed here. § Aktashite and arzakite are inadequately described species...not yet approved by CNMNC but probably valid, aktashite {Cu6[Hg2+]3As4S12} and arzakite {[Hg2+]3[(Br,Cl)2S2]}...070532, on calcite from Charcas, San Luis Potosi, Mexico; (c) imiterite (Ag2HgS2), RRUFF 080014, with calcite...Macedonia Allchar, Roszdan Volkov et al. (2006) MX01 Mexico San Luis Mine, Hauhauxtla, Mun. de Taxco, Guerrero
Book (edition)
a bolcite crystal. Boleo, Baja Califomia Sur, Mexico. Drawing by R. Peter Richards. Preface As I writc...TUFAN Uzbelcskii Geologicheskii Z/111mal VGZ de Mexico, fnslitulo de Geologia Boletin UNAMIGB Universidad...Artrocitc, Ivigtul cryolitc deposit. Ivittuut municipality. southwest Wi tgreenl Greenland. 73. 1492, ZK...Aksaite, Mg8 0Oi{Ollk211p. 1553-1566 (str.) D Aktashite, Cubllg,A 4 S 12• trig" forms a series with Gruzde...Bambollalte,Cu(Sc.Te):. tet., ps. cub.. La Moctezuma mine, Sonora,Mexico, 58. 805 D Bamfordite,Fe1·Mo:O.(OHkH:O
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bluish-green. Red Cloud Fluorite mine, Lincoln Co., New Mexico, USA. H=?, Din=?, Dc=?, VllD 17. Fehr & Hochleitner...in reflected light. San Carlos mine, Guanajuato, Mexico. H= 2.5, Djj4= 7.586, D(;= 7.562, IIA 03. Genth...48(1963), 209 (Abst.). Am. Min. 56 (1971), 1553. Aktashite, CugHg3As4S42j Rhom. Metallic white. Aktash mercury...Mon. Translucent colorless, white. Alamos, Sonora, Mexico. H=4.5, Djjj=6.5, D(.= 6.30, VHID 17. Palache...As)2Sii, 0 Mon. Submetallic black. Sonora and Guanajuato, Mexico. H=?, Djjj= 6.34, D(.= 6.32, IID 11
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Brian J., et al) 7-8 1269 Mexico Mineralogy Schmitterite, Sonora. Moctezuma (Gaines, Richard V.) 3-4 4ll...optical' x-ray diffraction analysis,synthesis, Mexico 3-4 4t1 (Gaines, Richard V.) Srihngeite, new mineral...stability 7-8 1303 (Craig, James R.) Sulfosalts Aktashite, willyamite, hatchite, new mineral, mineral data
Book
Massachusetts 01966 U.S.A. A Adamite, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico Preamble t is with considerable pride that | introduce...superintendent of the San Carlos mine, Guanajuato, Mexico, the discovery locality. Afwillite Genth, F.A...Ahlfeldite Red Cloud mine, Lincoln County, New Mexico, U.S.A. NiSeOQ3¢2H20, mon., P2;/n. Forms a series...Dal Negro, A. (1971): Am. Mineral. 56, 1553. Aktashite CusHg3As4S12, trig., R3(?). Forms a series with...Named after its discovery locality, at Alamos, Sonora, Mexico. Palache, C. & Merwin, H.E. (1909): Am.J.Sci
Book
morphologies at Bisbee, Arizona, and Grant County, New Mexico (abstract; by R. W. Graeme) 22:68 An occurrence...silver (abstract; by L. Presmyk) 25:73-74 ARIZONA-SONORA DESERT MUSEUM The Congden Earth Sciences Center...Silver minerals of the Las Chispas mine, Arizpe, Sonora [Mexico] (abstract; by T. C. Wallace) 25:73 ARKANSAS...Arizona, and Grant County, New Mexico (abstract; by R. W. Graeme) 22:68 New Mexico azurite (abstract; by R....localities: the Batopilas district, Chihuahua, Mexico (by W. E. Wilson & C. S. Panczner) 17:61-80 BAUM
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
al,(1974)が 米 国 ア リ ゾ ナ のBisbee鉱 し たgraemite Moctezumaか ‑sbronite 砂 の 一 部 を 交 代 し て 産 出 す るcorderoite...成 がAg5Pb3Sb5S12で あ る 事 を 立 証 し た 。 ま た1968年 aktashiteの 化 学 式 はCu1.49Hg0.66(As0.98Sb0.08)S3で をGruzdev
Book (edition)
New 1994. Abernathyite K2[(UOJ 2l(AsO_J2]•6HzO Mexico, at Kellogg, Shoshone co., Idaho, and at Som(8E...weakly = = l = = = = brerete, Zacatecas, Mexico. In small crystals at Jachymov, Bohemia, Czech...Margarita Is., munic. Mulehge, Baja California, Mexico. Nephrite is a massive actinolite variety, usually...variety). transparent Adamine, 50 mm, Ojuela mine, Mexico, G A ADAMSlTE-(Y) 16 translucent.Ju ter vitreous...{001} perfect. {100} and {010} Colfax co., New Mexico, and at Mont St-Hilaire, good.H = 3. D = 227. Np
Book (edition)
wulfenite, San Francisco mine, Sonora, Mexico; (center) ameihyst, Veracruz, Mexico; (center) vivianite, Bolivia;...Richard Graeme D. K. Jones Douglas K. Miller Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum =Donald Olson ‘Delma Perry David...Cripple Creek district. It is also found in Canada; Mexico; Bolivia; Czechoslovakia; Norway; Germany; Tsumeb;...specimens occur at the Ojuela mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico; at Tsumeb, Namibia; and at Laurium, Greece. Other...Typical occurrences are found in California, New Mexico, Washington, Montana, South Dakota, Arkansas, Minnesota
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Americas, persons from the United States, Canada, Mexico, Argentina, Brazil, Guyana, Chile, and Peru have...names. ajoite, Ajo, Arizona. alamosite, Alamos, Sonora, Mexico. aragonite, Aragon, Spain. bararite, Barari...franklinite, Franklin, New Jersey. grantsite, Grants, New Mexico. nantokite, Nantoko, Chile. terlinguaite, Terlingua...and development of the uranium deposits of New Mexico. tsumcorite, from the Tsumeb Corporation; the mineral...Quetzalcoatl, a god of the Toltec and Aztec Indians of Mexico, who is identified with the sea; named for the
Book (edition)
ite San Francisco mine, Sonora, Mexico; (center) amethyst, Veracruz, Mexico; ( center) vivianite, Bolivia;...Graeme DJ D. K. Jones Douglas K. Miller DK Arizona-Sonora Desert DM Museum DO = "Donald Olson Delma Perry...Cripple Creek district. It is also found in Canada; Mexico; Bolivia; Czechoslovakia; Norway; Germany; Tsumeb;...specimens occur at the Ojuela mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico; at Tsumeb, Namibia; and at Laurium, Greece. Other...Typical occurrences are found in California, New Mexico, Washington, Montana, South Dakota, Arkansas, Minnesota
Book
Germ, trans. of AKTamuT, aktashite (26th List). Hintze, 2. 28th List Aktashite. V. I. Vasilev, 1968. [Bonpoc...isomorphous with wollastonite. From Alamos, Sonora, Mexico. Prepared artificially by S. Hilpert and P...variety of amber from Baja (Lower) California, Mexico. Named from the locality in a contracted form....and tellurites at the Bambolla mine, Moctezuma, Sonora, Mexico, are tetragonal, a 3-865, c 5-632 A; composition...Hansonburg or Blanchard lead mine, Bingham, New Mexico, it is stated that ‘A (?) new mineral from the
Journal (issue)
georgines - the flowers which he brought to Russia from Mexico. The next contribution to the seminary's Mineralogical...Mountain 78- Tampa Bay 79- 13oleo 80- L a Paz 81- Moctezuma 82- L o s Lamentos 83- Santa Eulalia; Naica 84-...Mine (Au),35 km E of Marathon. Ontario. Canada: aktashite; *1989 — hemloite; *1989 — vaughanite; deposit...Photo: N. Pekova. 5. Boleite. Baja California, Mexico. Crystal 6 mm. I.V. & N . Pekov specimen. Photo:...minerals — 4 species( 1989). Grants, (U) deposits. New Mexico, USA: selenium; ! tyuyamunite; * zellerite. Green
Book (edition)
1) and AZURITE, Concepcion del Oro, Zacatecas, Mexico (13, column 2). Colar, page 108 Transpose illustrations...Transpose illustrations for TELLURITE, Moctezuma, Sonora, Mexico (#2, column 1) and TENNANTITE, Dresser..., Su1nmit County . rt is also found in Canada, Mexico, Czechoslovakia, and Germany. Acanthite is stable...specimens occur at the Ojuela mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico; at Tsumeb , South West Africa; and at Laurium...Rowan County, North Carolina; and at deposits in Mexico, France, and Tasmania. BEST REF. IN ENGLISH: Palache
Book (edition)
INFORMATION The United States, from east to west Canada Mexico Central America and the Caribbean Greenland Iceland...Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma...Australia Tasmania Victoria Western Australia States, Mexico Aguascaientes Baja California Norte Baja California...Federal Durango Guanajuato Guerrero Hidalgo Jalisco Mexico Michoacan Morelos Nayarit NSW NT Q SA TAS VIC...Crystallographie, BSFM), to 1988 Boletin de Mineralogia (Mexico) British Museum (Natural History) Bulletin of the
Book (edition)
Named for material from (TL) Guanacere. Chihuahua. Mexico. Confinned :L<; mixture of mimetitc and wulfenitc...c 6.04 A. Z=4 [PDF 6-536 on spec. from Durango. Mexico]. (TL) Chaiiarcillo. Chile. Named for M. Adam....[PDF 27-620]. (TL) San Carlos mine. Guanajuato. Mexico. Named for S. Aguilar. Agustitc. syn. of apatite... Kazakhstan. USSR. Named for locality. 5.4.3 Aktashite. Cu 6Hg 3 As,S 1 1 . V.I. Vasilcv ( 1 968) / Vopros...29-782. from Tsumeb SW Africa J. (TL) Alamos. Sonora. Mexico. Named for locality. Al-antigorite. var. of
Journal (issue)
Scorodite crystals to 1.3 cm, from Zacatecas, Mexico. Sams collection; Van Pelt photo. Figure 5. Cerussite...rare, crystallized minerals, especially from Moctezuma. Chr. Rewitzer, P.O. Box 1168, D-8492 Furth im...Lake Superior. Among the list of species are aktashite, aurostibite, parapierrotite, routhierite, chalcostibite...and xenotime from Ambatofotsy. MEXICO Regarding what’s new from Mexico, no particular dealer seemed to...would suggest that there was indeed much new from Mexico over the last year. There were a few more creedites
Book (chapter)
= kleinite, MM 15, 425 (1910). mercurarsite = aktashite, MM 39, 919 (1974). mercurblende = cinnabar, Egleston...= goethite ± ferrihydrite, László 184 (1995). Moctezuma agate = banded quartz-mogánite mixed-layer, MR
Report (issue)
130657 (1982). Microprobe analyses from Guanaquato, Mexico, showed nearly the whole series acanthite-aguilarite...130657 (1982). Microprobe analyses from Guanaquato, Mexico, showed nearly the whole series acanthite-aguilarite...analyses (5) show low MgU (0.8-1.3%) in N.J. AKTASHITE. Kaplunnik et al., (Uokl. Akad. Nauk SSSR 251... Structure. Trigonal, a 13.730, c 9.329, R3. AKTASHITE. Nowacki, (Kristallografiia 27, 49-60 (1982))...have space yroup R3, Z=3; a 13.73, c 9.329A. AKTASHITE. Spiridonov et al., (Dokl. Akad. Nauk SSSR 261
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Corpora2300 Candelaria Road, N.E., Albuquerque, New Mexico 87107. Anhydrite and Gypsum; tion, mineral descriptions...Dept. of Geology, H4B Quebec, Canada treal, Mexico 87106. Electron Pro ble Microanalysis. University...Director, Institute of Meteoritics, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New 14830. Mineral Properties; Synthetic... WESCOTT, A. P. Green Refractories Company, Mexico, Missouri 65265. Fire JOHN SAMPSON WHITE, alogy...Castile Formation of the Permian of Texas and New Mexico. Extensive dehydration by burial would surely have
 
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