Aktashite Explained

Aktashite
Category:	Sulfosalt
Formula:	Cu6Hg3As4S12
Imasymbol:	Ats^[1]
Molweight:	1667.51 g/mol
Strunz:	2.GA.30
System:	Trigonal
Class:	Pyramidal (3) H-M symbol: (3)
Symmetry:	R3
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]}

References

1. Warr. L.N.. 2021. IMA–CNMNC approved mineral symbols. Mineralogical Magazine. 85. 3. 291–320. 10.1180/mgm.2021.43. 2021MinM...85..291W. 235729616. free.
2. http://www.mindat.org/min-74.html Mindat
3. http://www.handbookofmineralogy.org/pdfs/aktashite.pdf Handbook of Mineralogy
4. Fleischer, Michael . American Mineralogist . New Mineral Names . 1973 . 58 . 562 .
5. Fleischer, Michael . American Mineralogist . New Mineral Names . 1971 . 56 . 358–359 .
6. Gruzdev, V. S. . Chernitsova, N. M. . Shumkova, N. G. . 1972 . Aktashite, Cu₆Hg₃As₄S₁₂, new data . . 206 . 694–697 . Russian.