A New Mineral Hanauerite, AgHgSI, and Common Crystal Chemical Features of Natural Mercury Sulphohalides

A New Mineral Hanauerite, AgHgSI, and Common Crystal Chemical Features of Natural Mercury Sulphohalides

A new mineral, hanauerite, ideally AgHgSI, was found in the oxidation zone of Ag- and Hg-bearing ores at two old, abandoned mines in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. In a holotype specimen originating from the Schöne Aussicht Mine, Dernbach, Westerwald, it is associated with plumbogummite–hinsdalite s...

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Main Authors: Igor V. Pekov, Natalia V. Zubkova, Sergey N. Britvin, Atali A. Agakhanov, Yury S. Polekhovsky, Dmitry Y. Pushcharovsky, Gerhard Möhn, Joy Desor, Günter Blass
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2023-08-01
Series:Crystals
Subjects:
hanauerite
new mineral
silver mercury sulphide iodide
mercury sulphohalide
crystal structure
oxidation zone of ore deposit
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4352/13/8/1218

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