| Aktashite | |
|---|---|
 Gray aktashite is richly dispersed on matrix | |
| General | |
| Category | Sulfosalt |
| Formula (repeating unit) | Cu6Hg3As4S12 |
| IMA symbol | Ats[1] |
| Strunz classification | 2.GA.30 |
| Crystal system | Trigonal |
| Crystal class | Pyramidal (3) H-M symbol: (3) |
| Space group | R3 |
| Identification | |
| Formula mass | 1667.51 g/mol |
| References | [2][3] |
Aktashite is a rare arsenic sulfosalt mineral with formula Cu6Hg3As4S12. It is a copper mercury-bearing sulfosalt and is the only sulfosalt mineral with essential Cu and Hg yet known. It is of hydrothermal origin. It was published without approval of the IMA-CNMNC, but recognized as valid species by the IMA-CNMNC Sulfosalts Subcommittee (2008).[2][3][4][5][6]
- ^ Warr, L.N. (2021). "IMA–CNMNC approved mineral symbols". Mineralogical Magazine. 85 (3): 291–320. Bibcode:2021MinM...85..291W. doi:10.1180/mgm.2021.43. S2CID 235729616.
- ^ a b http://www.mindat.org/min-74.html Mindat
- ^ a b http://www.handbookofmineralogy.org/pdfs/aktashite.pdf Archived 2022-07-09 at the Wayback Machine Handbook of Mineralogy
- ^ Fleischer, Michael (1973). "New Mineral Names" (PDF). American Mineralogist. 58: 562.
- ^ Fleischer, Michael (1971). "New Mineral Names" (PDF). American Mineralogist. 56: 358–359.
- ^ Gruzdev, V. S.; Chernitsova, N. M.; Shumkova, N. G. (1972). "Aktashite, Cu6Hg3As4S12, new data". Doklady Akademii Nauk SSSR (in Russian). 206: 694–697.