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Paraschachnerite Mineral Data + |
General Paraschachnerite Information |
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| Ag3Hg2 | |||
| Molecular Weight = 724.78 gm | |||
| Silver 44.65 % Ag | |||
| Mercury 55.35 % Hg | |||
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| 100.00 % | |||
| Ag3Hg2 | |||
| Found in the oxidezed zone, formed by the alteration of moschellandsbergite. | |||
| Approved IMA 1972 | |||
| Landsberg, near Obermoschel, Germany. Link to MinDat.org Location Data. | |||
| Named for its relationship to schachnerite. | |||
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Paraschachnerite Crystallography |
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| a:b:c =0.5771:1:0.9415 | |||
| a = 2.961, b = 5.13, c = 4.83, Z = 0.8; V = 73.37 Den(Calc)= 13.12 | |||
| Orthorhombic - DipyramidalH-M Symbol (2/m 2/m 2/m) Space Group: C mcm | |||
| By Intensity(I/Io): 2.267(1), 1.263(0.6), 2.404(0.6), | |||
Physical Properties of Paraschachnerite |
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| Tin white. | |||
| 12.98 | |||
| Opaque | |||
| Twinning Common - Crystals are usually twinned. | |||
| 4 - Fluorite | |||
| Metallic | |||
| metallic | |||
Optical Properties of Paraschachnerite |
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| Distinct. | |||
| Creamy white. | |||
| Brownish rose-white to creamy white. | |||
Calculated Properties of Paraschachnerite |
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relectron=10.9 gm/cc |
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| Fermion Index = 0.16716 Boson Index = 0.83284 |
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PEParaschachnerite =1,065.73 barns/electron |
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| GRapi = 0 (Gamma Ray American Petroleum Institute Units) Paraschachnerite is Not Radioactive |
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Paraschachnerite Classification |
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| 1.1.8.3 (1)Native Elements | |||
| (1.1)with metallic elements other than the platinum group | |||
| (1.1.8)Silver Amalgam Alloys | |||
| I/A.02-60 I - Elements | |||
| I/A - Metallic and intermetallic compounds, Carbides, Nitrides, Phosphides and Silicides | |||
| I/A.02 - Mercury and Amalgame series | |||
Other Paraschachnerite Information |
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| NAME( Dana8) PHYS. PROP.(Enc. of Minerals,2nd ed.,1990) OPTIC PROP.(AntBidBlaNic1) | |||
| Links to other databases for Paraschachnerite : 1 -Am. Min. Crystal Structure Database 2 -Athena 3 - EUROmin Project 4 -Google Images 5 -Google Scholar 6 -Handbook of Mineralogy (UofA) 7 -MinDAT 8 -MinMax(Deutsch) 9 -MinMax(English) 10 -Mineralienatlas (Deutsch) 11 -QUT Mineral Atlas 12 -École des Mines de Paris Search for Paraschachnerite using: Visit our Advertisers for Paraschachnerite : Translate Paraschachnerite Mineral Data : Ask about Paraschachnerite here : Print or Cut-and-Paste your Paraschachnerite Specimen Label here :
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