Livingstonite

Livingstonite

Landsberg, Obermoschel, Nordpfälzer Land, Donnersberg District, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

Livingstonite, etc.

Landsberg, Obermoschel, Nordpfälzer Land, Donnersberg District, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

Livingstonite

Huitzuco de los Figueroa, Huitzuco de los Figueroa Municipality, Guerrero, Mexico

Livingstonite

Landsberg, Obermoschel, Nordpfälzer Land, Donnersberg District, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

Livingstonite, etc.

Landsberg, Obermoschel, Nordpfälzer Land, Donnersberg District, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

Livingstonite

Huitzuco de los Figueroa, Huitzuco de los Figueroa Municipality, Guerrero, Mexico

Livingstonite

Landsberg, Obermoschel, Nordpfälzer Land, Donnersberg District, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

Livingstonite, etc.

Landsberg, Obermoschel, Nordpfälzer Land, Donnersberg District, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

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David Livingstone

Formula:

HgSb₄S₆(S₂)

Colour:

Blackish-gray

Lustre:

Adamantine, Metallic

Hardness:

2

Specific Gravity:

4.88

Crystal System:

Monoclinic

Name:

Named by Mariano Barcena in 1874 in honor of David Livingstone (19 March 1813, Blantyre, South Lanarkshire, Scotland - 1 May 1873, Chief Chitambo's Village, Zambia), the African explorer and missionary. Livingstone had died the year before the mineral was described and Barcena noted that 'the benefactors of humanity belong to all nations, and that all humanity must honor their memory.'

Type Locality:

ⓘ Huitzuco de los Figueroa (Huitzuco), Huitzuco de los Figueroa Municipality, Guerrero, Mexico

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ID	Species	Reference	Link	Year	Locality	Pressure (GPa)	Temp (K)
0010580	Livingstonite	Niizeki N, Buerger M J (1957) The crystal structure of livingstonite, HgSb4S8 Zeitschrift fur Kristallographie 109 129-157		1957	Guerrido, Mexico	0	293
0010773	Livingstonite	Srikrishnan T, Nowacki W (1975) A redetermination of the crystal structure of livingstonite, HgSb4S8 Zeitschrift fur Kristallographie 141 174-192		1975	Huitzuco, Guerrero, Mexico	0	293

CIF Raw Data - click here to closedata_global _chemical_name_mineral 'Livingstonite' loop_ _publ_author_name 'Niizeki N' 'Buerger M J' _journal_name_full 'Zeitschrift fur Kristallographie' _journal_volume 109 _journal_year 1957 _journal_page_first 129 _journal_page_last 157 _publ_section_title ; The crystal structure of livingstonite, HgSb4S8 ; _database_code_amcsd 0010580 _chemical_compound_source 'Guerrido, Mexico' _chemical_formula_sum 'Hg Sb4 S8' _cell_length_a 30.25 _cell_length_b 4 _cell_length_c 21.48 _cell_angle_alpha 90 _cell_angle_beta 104.20 _cell_angle_gamma 90 _cell_volume 2519.666 _exptl_crystal_density_diffrn 4.978 _symmetry_space_group_name_H-M 'A 1 2/a 1' loop_ _space_group_symop_operation_xyz 'x,y,z' 'x,1/2+y,1/2+z' '1/2+x,-y,z' '1/2+x,1/2-y,1/2+z' '1/2-x,y,-z' '1/2-x,1/2+y,1/2-z' '-x,-y,-z' '-x,1/2-y,1/2-z' loop_ _atom_site_label _atom_site_fract_x _atom_site_fract_y _atom_site_fract_z _atom_site_U_iso_or_equiv Hg1 0.00000 0.50000 0.00000 0.02001 Hg2 0.25000 0.00000 0.00000 0.02001 Sb1 0.12000 0.06300 0.07500 0.01381 Sb2 0.04200 0.09500 0.21400 0.01444 Sb3 0.13100 0.06400 0.42500 0.01191 Sb4 0.20800 0.07800 0.28700 0.00266 S1 0.06200 0.49300 0.09200 0.01343 S2 0.22900 0.02800 0.18000 0.00633 S3 0.17200 0.50600 0.03900 0.01532 S4 0.14900 0.52100 0.22200 0.00595 S5 0.18900 0.49400 0.40700 0.01216 S6 0.02200 0.02100 0.31800 0.00963 S7 0.07800 0.50700 0.46000 0.01127 S8 0.10200 0.48300 0.27700 0.00874

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Data Set: Huitzuco, Guerrero, Mexico 2314 Huitzuco, Guerrero, Mexico 2361

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- 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.

Australia
New South Wales Yancowinna Co. Broken Hill district ⓘ Broken Hill	G. Nottes & U. Heidtke (1986) Aufschluss 37, 31-36
China
Qinghai Hainan Xinghai County ⓘ Kuhai Hg deposit	Zhengjiang Ding, Fengyue Sun, Bile Li, Shijin Li, Junwei Zhao, Hui Zhao, and Li Wang (2010): Geology and Exploration 46(2), 198-206
Germany
Baden-Württemberg Karlsruhe Region Rhein-Neckar-Kreis Wiesloch ⓘ Segen Gottes Mine	Weiss, S. (1990) Mineralfundstellen Atlas, Deutschland West. Weise Verlag, München, 320 pages.
Rhineland-Palatinate Donnersberg District Nordpfälzer Land Obermoschel ⓘ Landsberg (Moschellandsberg)	Lapis 2001(6), 13-40
Italy
Tuscany Massa-Carrara Province ⓘ Carrara	Pellecchia, M. and Passarino, G. (2018) Tesori nascosti nelle collezioni. Livingstonite tra i minerali su marmo di Carrara di Francesco Bedogné. Rivista Mineralogica Italiana, 42 (3), 176-184.
Miseglia quarrying basin (Miseglia-Fantiscritti quarrying basin; Fantiscritti quarrying basin) Fantiscritti ⓘ Carbonera Quarry (Carbonera B Quarry; Vennai Quarry; Carbonera-Vennai-Ciresuola quarries)	Pellecchia, M., and Passarino, G. (2018) Tesori nascosti nelle collezioni. Livingstonite tra i minerali su marmo di Carrara di Francesco Bedogné. Rivista Mineralogica Italiana, 42, 3 (3-2018), 176-184; Biagioni, C., Orlandi, P., Camarda, S., Chinellato, M., Appiani, R., Del Chiaro, L., and Sanguineti, G. (2019) Minerals from marbles of Carrara and the Apuan Alps. LoGisma editore, Vicchio (Firenze) - Musumeci S.p.A., Quart (Aosta), 144 pp.
Japan
Iwate Prefecture Hachimantai City ⓘ Matsuo mine	Mineralogical Journal, Spec. 1, 157-159 (1971)
Kyrgyzstan
Batken Region ⓘ Chauvai (Chauvay) Sb-Hg Deposit	[Lapis 1993:11 p11-24]
ⓘ Khaidarkan Sb-Hg deposit (Chaidarkan; Hajdarkan)	[Lapis 11:11-24]; Pekov, I. (1998) Minerals First discovered on the territory of the former Soviet Union 369p. Ocean Pictures, Moscow
Mexico (TL)
Guerrero Huitzuco de los Figueroa Municipality ⓘ Huitzuco de los Figueroa (Huitzuco) (TL)	Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 141, 174(1957)
ⓘ Agua Salada Mine	Panczner(1987):254.
ⓘ Cruz Mine	Pancnzer(1987):94-386.
ⓘ San Agustín Mine	Panczner (1987): 254.
ⓘ Unión Mine	Panczner (1987): 254.
New Zealand
Northland Region Whangarei District ⓘ Puhipuhi	Mineralogical Magazine; February 2004; v. 68; no. 1; p. 191-198
ⓘ Mount Mitchell prospect	Hampton, W.A., White, G.P., Hoskin, P.W.O., Browne, P.R.L., Rodgers , K.A. (2004) Cinnabar, livingstonite, stibnite and pyrite in Pliocene silica sinter from Northland, New Zealand. Mineralogical Magazine 68:1, 191-198.
Russia
Chelyabinsk Oblast Plastovsky District Plast Kochkar' District ⓘ Svetlinskoe Au deposit	Vikent'eva, O., & Vikentev, I. (2016, April). Occurrence modes of As, Sb, Te, Bi, Ag in sulfide assemblages of gold deposits of the Urals. In IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering (Vol. 123, No. 1, p. 012028). IOP Publishing.; Vikent'eva, O., & Vikentev, I. (2016, April). Occurrence modes of As, Sb, Te, Bi, Ag in sulfide assemblages of gold deposits of the Urals. In IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering (Vol. 123, No. 1, p. 012028). IOP Publishing.
Sverdlovsk Oblast Beryozovsky ⓘ Berezovsk deposit	Vikent'eva, O., & Vikentev, I. (2016, April). Occurrence modes of As, Sb, Te, Bi, Ag in sulfide assemblages of gold deposits of the Urals. In IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering (Vol. 123, No. 1, p. 012028). IOP Publishing.
Spain
Castile and Leon León Crémenes ⓘ Salamón mining district (Salamón deposit)	Crespo, J. L., Moro, M. C., Fadón, O., Cabrera, R., & Fernández, A. (2000). The Salamón gold deposit (León, Spain). Journal of Geochemical Exploration,71(2), 191-208.
Maraña Boicibacar ⓘ Carmina Mine	- Luque, C., Garcia, J. and García, P. (1989): Características Geoquimicas de los Cinabrios de la Cordillera Cantábrica (NW de España): Utilidad en prospección. Trabajos de Geología Universidad de Oviedo(18) pp. 1-11
ⓘ Pedrosa del Rey	Anthony, Bideaux, Bladh, Nichols: "Handbook of Mineralogy", Vol. 1, 1990
USA
Arkansas ⓘ Clark Co.	J. Michael Howard (2007) Mineral Species of Arkansas ; Arkansas Geological Commission Bulletin 23
Howard Co. ⓘ Southwest Arkansas Mercury Mining District	U.S. Geological Survey,2005, Mineral Resources Data System: U.S Geological Survey,Reston, Virginia
Pike Co. ⓘ Funderburk prospect	Roberts, A.C. et al (2003), The Canadian Mineralogist: 41(3): 721-725.
ⓘ Mercury District of Southwest Arkansas	U.S. Geological Survey,2005, Mineral Resources Data System: U.S Geological Survey,Reston, Virginia
Nevada Nye Co. Hot Creek Range Tybo Mining District ⓘ A and B Mine	NBMG Bull 99B Geology and Mineral Resources of Northern Nye County, Nevada
Pershing Co. Antelope Springs Mining District ⓘ Adamson property (Midas mine)	NBMG Spec. Pub. 31 Minerals of Nevada