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General Aktashite Information

Chemical Formula: Cu6Hg3As4S12
Composition: Molecular Weight = 1,667.52 gm
Copper 22.86 % Cu
Mercury 36.09 % Hg
Arsenic 17.97 % As
Sulfur 23.08 % S
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100.00 %
Empirical Formula: Cu6Hg3As4S12
Environment: Hydrothermal deposits.
IMA Status: Approved IMA 1968
Locality: Gal-Kyaya deposit, Yakutia, and Aktash deposit, Altai Mts., Russia. Link
to MinDat.org Location Data.
Name Origin: Named after the locality.
Name Pronunciation: Aktashite + Pronunciation
Synonym: ICSD 20424
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Aktashite Image
Images:
Aktashite
Comments: Metallic gray grain of aktashite in quartz
gangue.
Location: Moctezuma, Mun. de Moctezuma, Sonora,
Mexico. Scale: Picture size 5 mm.
Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag

Aktashite Crystallography
Axial Ratios: a:c = 1:0.6793
Cell Dimensions: a = 13.72, c = 9.32, Z = 3; V = 1,519.34 Den(Calc)= 5.47
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Crystal System: Trigonal - PyramidalH-M Symbol (3) Space Group: R 3

X Ray Diffraction: By Intensity(I/Io): 3.12(1), 1.909(0.54), 1.627(0.4),
Crystal Structure:
Mouse
drag1 - LMB Manipulate Structure
drag2 - RMB Resize/Rotate
Keyboard Kaplunik L N , Pobedimskaya E A , Belov N V , Doklady Akademii Nauk SSSR ,
S - Stereo Pair on/off 251 (1980) p.96-98, Kristallicheskaya struktura aktashimita Cu6Hg3As4S12
H - Help Screen
I - Data Info
A - Atoms On/Off Large Pop-Up
P - Polyhedra On/Off
B - Bonds On/Off
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Physical Properties of Aktashite

Cleavage: None
Color: Grayish black.
Density: 5.5
Diaphaneity: Opaque
Fracture: Conchoidal - Uneven - Uneven fracture producing small, conchoidal
fragments.
Habit: Anhedral Grains - Granular minerals without the expression of crystal
shapes
Habit: Euhedral Crystals - Occurs as well-formed crystals showing good
external form.
Habit: Microscopic Crystals - Crystals visible only with microscopes.
Hardness: 3.5 - Copper Penny
Luster: Metallic
Streak: black

Optical Properties of Aktashite

RL Anisotrophism: Weak in shades of blue.
RL Color: White.

Calculated Properties of Aktashite

Electron Density: Bulk Density (Electron Density)=4.84 gm/cc
note: Specific Gravity of Aktashite =5.47 gm/cc.
Fermion Index: Fermion Index = 0.11
Boson Index = 0.89
Photoelectric: PEAktashite = 602.40 barns/electron
U=PEAktashite x rElectron Density=2,916.66 barns/cc.
Radioactivity: GRapi = 0 (Gamma Ray American Petroleum Institute Units)
Aktashite is Not Radioactive

Aktashite Classification
Dana Class: 03.04.13.02 (03)Sulfides - Sulfosalts
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(03.04)where z/y > 3 - (A+)i (A++)j [By Cz], A=metals, B=semi-metals,

C=non-metals
(03.04.13)Dana Group
03.04.13.01 Nowackiite Cu6Zn3As4S12 R 3 3
03.04.13.02 Aktashite Cu6Hg3As4S12 R 3 3
03.04.13.03 Gruzdevite Cu6Hg3Sb4S12 R 3 3
Strunz Class: 02.GA.30 02 - SULFIDES and SULFOSALTS (sulfides, selenides,
tellurides; arsenides, antimonides, bismuthides; sulfarsenites, sulf
02.G - Sulfarsenites, sulfantimonites, sulfbismuthites
02.GA -Neso-sulfarsenites, etc., without additional S
02.GA.30 Aktashite Cu6Hg3As4S12 R 3 3
02.GA.30 Gruzdevite Cu6Hg3Sb4S12 R 3 3
02.GA.30 Nowackiite Cu6Zn3As4S12 R 3 3

Other Aktashite Information

References: NAME( Dana8) PHYS. PROP.(Dana8) OPTIC PROP.(AntBidBlaNic1)
See Also: Links to other databases for Aktashite :
1 - Am. Min. Crystal Structure Database
2 - Athena
3 - EUROmin Project
4 - Ecole des Mines de Paris
5 - GeoScienceWorld
6 - Google Images
7 - Google Scholar
8 - Handbook of Mineralogy (MinSocAm)
9 - Handbook of Mineralogy (UofA)
10 - MinDAT
11 - Mineralienatlas (Deutsch)
12 - Online Mineral Museum
13 - QUT Mineral Atlas
14 - Ruff.Info
15 - WWW-MINCRYST

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Cu6Hg3As4S12
Dana No: 03.04.13.02 Strunz No: 02.GA.30
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