Simonite (original) (raw)

A valid IMA mineral species

Crystal System:

Monoclinic

Name:

Apparently named after Simon Engel, the son of the principal describer.

Unique IdentifiersHide

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Long-form identifier:

mindat:1:1:3667:8

a11e778f-ac34-45f6-ba06-8729984547b3

IMA Classification of SimoniteHide

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Classification of SimoniteHide

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2.GC.20

2 : SULFIDES and SULFOSALTS (sulfides, selenides, tellurides; arsenides, antimonides, bismuthides; sulfarsenites, sulfantimonites, sulfbismuthites, etc.)
G : Sulfarsenites, sulfantimonites, sulfbismuthites
C : Poly-sulfarsenites

3.7.10.1

3 : SULFOSALTS
7 : ø = 2

5.5.4

5 : Sulphosalts - Sulpharsenites and Sulphobismuthites (those containing Sn, Ge,or V are in Section 6)
5 : Sulpharsenites etc. of Tl

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Physical Properties of SimoniteHide

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Chemistry of SimoniteHide

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Crystallography of SimoniteHide

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Crystal System:

Monoclinic

Class (H-M):

2/m - Prismatic

Cell Parameters:

a = 5.948(2) Å, b = 11.404(6) Å, c = 15.979(5) Å
β = 90.15(1)°

Ratio:

a:b:c = 0.522 : 1 : 1.401

Unit Cell V:

1,083.87 ų (Calculated from Unit Cell)

Morphology:

Occurs as inclusions in rebulite.

Comment:

Space group P21/n.

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ID	Species	Reference	Link	Year	Locality	Pressure (GPa)	Temp (K)
0010851	Simonite	Engel P, Nowacki W, Balic-Zunic T, Scavnicar S (1982) The crystal structure of simonite, TlHgAs3S6 Zeitschrift fur Kristallographie 161 159-166		1982	0	293

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Type Occurrence of SimoniteHide

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Health Risks:

No information on health risks for this material has been entered into the database. You should always treat mineral specimens with care.

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- This locality has map coordinates listed. - This locality has estimated coordinates. ⓘ - Click for references and 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 (e.g. from pseudomorphs).

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