Hutchinsonite

Hutchinsonite, etc.

Quiruvilca Mine, Quiruvilca District, Santiago de Chuco Province, La Libertad Department, Peru

Hutchinsonite

Lengenbach Quarry, Fäld, Binn Valley, Wallis, Switzerland

Hutchinsonite, etc.

Quiruvilca Mine, Quiruvilca District, Santiago de Chuco Province, La Libertad Department, Peru

Hutchinsonite, etc.

Quiruvilca Mine, Quiruvilca District, Santiago de Chuco Province, La Libertad Department, Peru

Hutchinsonite

Lengenbach Quarry, Fäld, Binn Valley, Wallis, Switzerland

Hutchinsonite, etc.

Quiruvilca Mine, Quiruvilca District, Santiago de Chuco Province, La Libertad Department, Peru

Hutchinsonite, etc.

Quiruvilca Mine, Quiruvilca District, Santiago de Chuco Province, La Libertad Department, Peru

Hutchinsonite

Lengenbach Quarry, Fäld, Binn Valley, Wallis, Switzerland

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Arthur Hutchinson

Formula:

TlPbAs₅S₉

Colour:

Scarlet-vermillion to deep cherry-red

Lustre:

Adamantine

Hardness:

1½ - 2

Specific Gravity:

4.6

Crystal System:

Orthorhombic

Name:

Named in honor of Dr. Arthur Hutchinson (6 July 1866, London, UK – 12 December 1937, Cambridge, UK), Professor of Mineralogy, University of Cambridge.

Type Locality:

ⓘ Lengenbach Quarry, Fäld (Imfeld; Im Feld; Feld), Binn Valley, Wallis (Valais), Switzerland

This page provides mineralogical data about Hutchinsonite.

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Physical Properties of HutchinsoniteHide

Optical Data of HutchinsoniteHide

Type:

Biaxial (-)

RI values:

n_α = 3.078 n_β = 3.176 n_γ = 3.188

2V:

Measured: 37° , Calculated: 36°

Max Birefringence:

δ = 0.110

Image shows birefringence interference colour range (at 30µm thickness)
and does not take into account mineral colouration.

Surface Relief:

Very High

Type:

Anisotropic

Anisotropism:

Strong

Dispersion:

marked to extreme

Internal Reflections:

Marked carmine-red

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Localities for HutchinsoniteHide

This map shows a selection of localities that have latitude and longitude coordinates recorded. Click on the symbol to view information about a locality. The symbol next to localities in the list can be used to jump to that position on the map.

Locality ListHide

- This locality has map coordinates listed. - This locality has estimated coordinates. ⓘ - Click for further information on this occurrence. ? - Indicates mineral may be doubtful at this locality. - Good crystals or important locality for species. - World class for species or very significant. (TL) - Type Locality for a valid mineral species. (FRL) - First Recorded Locality for everything else (eg varieties). Struck out - Mineral was erroneously reported from this locality. Faded * - Never found at this locality but inferred to have existed at some point in the past (eg from pseudomorphs.)

All localities listed without proper references should be considered as questionable.

China
Anhui Province Ma'anshan Prefecture He Co. ⓘ Xiangquan Tl deposit	Zhou, T.F., Fan, Y., Yuan, F., Wu, M.A., Hou, M.J., Voicu, G., Hu, Q.H., Zhang, Q.M., and Yue, S.C. (2005): Mineralogy and Petrology 85(3/4), 243-251
Hubei Province Huangshi Prefecture Yangxin Co. Fengshan ore field ⓘ Zhulintang Au deposit	Guanglong Shu, Shimin Ma, and Jishun Liu (2007): Geology and Prospecting 43(2), 1-7
Yunnan Province Chuxiong Autonomous Prefecture Nanhua Co. ⓘ Nanhua Tl-As deposit	Baogui Zhang, Zhong Zhang, Guohong Gong, Sanxue Wang, and Mingzai Wang (1995): Acta Mineralogica Sinica 15(2), 138-143; Minzhi Yang (2000): Bulletin of Mineralogy, Petrology and Geochemistry 19(4), 381-383
Germany
Baden-Württemberg Wiesloch ⓘ Segen Gottes Mine	P. Ramdohr, (1980) The Ore Minerals and Their Intergrowths,2nd ed., Pergammon Press, pg 740.
Iran
West Azarbaijan Province (West Azerbaijan Province) Takab (Takan Tepe) ⓘ Zareh Shuran Mine (Zarshuran Mine; Zarshouran Mine; Zarehehuran)	W. H. Paar, A. Pring, Y. Moëlo, C. J. Stanley, H. Putz, D. Topa, A. C. Roberts, R. S. W. Braithwaite (2009): Daliranite, PbHgAs2S6, a new sulphosalt from the Zarshouran Au-As deposit, Takab region, Iran. Mineralogical Magazine, 73, 871-881.
Japan
Hokkaido Abuta-gun Takarada ⓘ Tohya mine (Toya mine; Tohya-Takarada mine)	Shimizu, M., Matsuyama, F. and Shimizu, M. (1999): Hutchinsonite, TlPb(As,Sb)5S9 chabournéite, Tl2Pb(Sb,As)10S17 and unnamed (Tl,Ag)2Pb6(As,Sb)16S31 from the Toya-Takarada mine, Hokkaido, Japan －Tl mineralisation in the Kuroko deposits. Resource Geology, Special Issue no. 20, 31-37.
Peru
La Libertad Department Santiago de Chuco Province Quiruvilca District ⓘ Quiruvilca Mine (La Libertad Mine; ASARCO Mine)	White, J.S. & Nelen, J.A. (1985): Hutchinsonite from Quiruvilca, Peru. Mineralogical Record 16, 459-460; Hyrsl & Rosales (2003) Mineralogical Record, 34, 241-254
Switzerland (TL)
Wallis (Valais) Binn Valley Fäld (Imfeld; Im Feld; Feld) ⓘ Lengenbach Quarry (TL)	Cambridge Phil.Soc.Proc.(1904) 12, 277 and Mineralogical Magazine(1905) 14, 72-82