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- 10.3.3.1 Corderoite Hg3S2Cl2 I 213 2 3
- 10.3.3.2 Kenhsuite ! Hg3S2Cl2 A2mm mm2
- II/F.14-05 Kenhsuite Hg3S2Cl2 A2mm mm2
- II/F.14-10 Corderoite Hg3S2Cl2 I 213 2 3
- II/F.14-20 Grechishchevite Hg3S2(Br,Cl,I)2 P 42m-,P 4m2,P 4mm,P 4/mmm Tetra
- II/F.14-30 Radtkeite Hg3S2ClI C 2/m 2/m
- II/F.14-40 Lavrentievite Hg3S2(Cl,Br)2 P 2/m,P 2,Pm Mono
- II/F.14-50 Arzakite Hg3S2(Br,Cl)2 P 2/m,P 2,Pm Mono
General Kenhsuite Information |
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 Chemical Formula: |
Hg3S2Cl2 | ||
| Composition: |
Molecular Weight = 736.81 gm | ||
| Mercury 81.67 % Hg 88.19 % HgO | |||
| Sulfur 8.70 % S 8.70 % S2- | |||
| - % S -4.34 % -O=S | |||
| Chlorine 9.62 % Cl 9.62 % Cl | |||
| - % Cl -2.17 % -O=Cl2 | |||
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| 100.00 % 100.00 % = TOTAL OXIDE | |||
| Empirical Formula: |
Hg3S2Cl2 | ||
| Environment: |
In hydrothermally altered rhyolitic, tuffaceous rocks. An orthorhombic polymorph of corderoite. | ||
| IMA Status: |
Approved IMA 1998 (Dana # Added) | ||
| Locality: |
The McDermitt open pit mercury mine, about 10 km southwest of the town of McDermitt, Humboldt County, Nevada, USA. Link to MinDat.org Location Data. | ||
| Name Origin: |
For Dr. Kenneth Junghwa Hsu (1929-), Professor Emeritus, Swiss Federal Institute of Technonogy, Zurich, Switzerland. | ||
| Synonym: |
ICSD 29253 | ||
| IMA1996-026 | |||
| PDF 20-738 | |||
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Kenhsuite Crystallography |
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| Axial Ratios: |
a:b:c =0.5548:1:0.5414 | ||
| Cell Dimensions: |
a = 9.332, b = 16.82, c = 9.108, Z = 8; V = 1,429.63 Den(Calc)= 6.85 | ||
| Crystal System: |
Orthorhombic - PyramidalH-M Symbol (mm2) Space Group: A2mm | ||
| X Ray Diffraction: |
By Intensity(I/Io): 2.58(1), 3.65(0.9), 3.11(0.51), | ||
Physical Properties of Kenhsuite |
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| Color: |
Canary yellow. | ||
| Density: |
6.76 | ||
| Diaphaniety: |
Transparent | ||
| Fracture: |
Brittle - Conchoidal - Very brittle fracture producing small, conchoidal fragments. | ||
| Habit: |
Acicular - Occurs as needle-like crystals. | ||
| Habit: |
Microscopic Crystals - Crystals visible only with microscopes. | ||
| Hardness: |
2-3 - Gypsum-Calcite | ||
| Luster: |
Vitreous (Glassy) | ||
| Streak: |
canary yellow | ||
Optical Properties of Kenhsuite |
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| Gladstone-Dale: |
CI meas= -0.331 (Poor) - where the CI = (1-KPDmeas/KC) CI calc= -0.314 (Poor) - where the CI = (1-KPDcalc/KC) KPDcalc= 0.1825,KPDmeas= 0.1849,KC= 0.1389 |
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| Optical Data: |
Biaxial (+), b=2.25, g=2.25, , 2V(Meas)=70-80. Dispersion r > v extreme. | ||
Calculated Properties of Kenhsuite |
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| Electron Density: |
relectron=5.69 gm/cc |
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| Fermion Index |
Fermion Index = 0.2473 Boson Index = 0.7527 |
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| Photoelectric: |
PEKenhsuite =1,393.04 barns/electron |
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| Radioactivity: |
GRapi = 0 (Gamma Ray American Petroleum Institute Units) Kenhsuite is Not Radioactive |
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Kenhsuite Classification |
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| Dana Class: |
10.3.3.2 (10)Oxyhalides and Hydroxyhalides | ||
| (10.3)where (A)3 (O,OH)2 Xq | |||
| (10.3.3)Dana Group | |||
| Strunz Class: |
II/F.14-05 II - Sulfides and sulphosalts | ||
| II/F - Sulfides with nonmetallic properties, Halogensulfides (Sulfohalides) with Mercury/Lead and related compounds | |||
| II/F.14 - Corderoite - Arzakite series | |||
Other Kenhsuite Information |
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| References: |
NAME( MinRec) PHYS. PROP.(Min.Mag.,Vol.61,p733,1997) OPTIC PROP.(Min.Mag.,Vol.61,p733,1997) | ||
| See Also: |
Links to other databases for Kenhsuite : 1 -Am. Min. Crystal Structure Database 2 -Athena 3 -Google Images 4 -Google Scholar 5 -Handbook of Mineralogy (UofA) 6 -MinDAT 7 -MinMax(Deutsch) 8 -MinMax(English) 9 -Mineralienatlas (Deutsch) 10 -QUT Mineral Atlas Search for Kenhsuite using: Visit our Advertisers for Kenhsuite : Translate Kenhsuite Mineral Data : Ask about Kenhsuite here : Print or Cut-and-Paste your Kenhsuite Specimen Label here :
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