Hutchinsonite Explained
| Hutchinsonite |
| Category: | Sulfosalt mineral |
| Imasymbol: | Hut[1] |
| Strunz: | 2.HD.45 |
| System: | Orthorhombic |
| Class: | Dipyramidal (mmm)
H-M symbol: (2/m 2/m 2/m) |
| Symmetry: | Pbca |
| Color: | Red, pink, black |
| Habit: | Acicular – cccurs as needle-like crystals |
| Cleavage: | good |
| Fracture: | Very brittle fracture producing small, conchoidal fragments |
| Mohs: | 1.5–2 |
| Luster: | Sub-metallic |
| Refractive: | nα = 3.078
nβ = 3.176
nγ = 3.188; 2V = 37° |
| Opticalprop: | Biaxial (−) |
| Birefringence: | δ = 0.110 |
| Streak: | Red |
| Gravity: | 4.6 |
| Diaphaneity: | Subtranslucent to opaque |
| References: | [2] [3] [4] |
Hutchinsonite is a sulfosalt mineral of thallium, arsenic and lead with formula . Hutchinsonite is a rare hydrothermal mineral.
It was first discovered in a sample from Binnental, Switzerland, in 1903 and named after Cambridge mineralogist Arthur Hutchinson, F.R.S. (1866–1937) in 1904.
See also
Further reading
- 10.1038/071534b0. A New Thallium Mineral. 1905. Prior. G. T.. Nature. 71. 534. 1849. 1905Natur..71Q.534P . free.
- 10.1524/zkri.1994.209.6.475. Refinement of the crystal structure of hutchinsonite, TlPbAs5S9. Zeitschrift für Kristallographie - Crystalline Materials. 209. 6. 475. 1994. Matsushita. Y.. Takéuchi. Y.. 1994ZK....209..475M.
- 10.5940/jcrsj.32.Supplement_68. 1990. Nihon Kessho Gakkaishi. 32. 68. free.
- On some Minerals from Binnental, Switzerland . Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society . 1903. 12 . 277 . R. H. . Solly .
- On some Minerals from Binnental, Switzerland . Mineralogical Magazine . 1905. 72– . R. H. . Solly . 10.1180/minmag.1905.014.64.03 .
- 10.3390/min8090409. The Lengenbach Quarry in Switzerland: Classic Locality for Rare Thallium Sulfosalts. Minerals. 8. 9. 409. 2018. Raber. Thomas. Roth. Philippe. 2018Mine....8..409R. free. 20.500.11850/302136. free.
Notes and References
- 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.
- http://rruff.info/doclib/hom/hutchinsonite.pdf Handbook of Mineralogy
- http://www.mindat.org/min-1954.html Hutchinsonite
- http://webmineral.com/data/Hutchinsonite.shtml Hutchinsonite
