Chemistry:Aleksite

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Aleksite
Aleksite.jpg
Alkesite on matrix
General
Categorysulfosalt mineral
Formula
(repeating unit)
PbBi2Te2S2
Crystal systemTrigonal
Crystal class3m
Space groupP3m1 (no. 164)
Identification
Mohs scale hardness2.5
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Streakpale green
Specific gravity7.80


Aleksite (IMA symbol: Alk[1]) is a rare lead bismuth tellurium sulfosalt mineral with formula PbBi2Te2S2.[2][3][4]

References

  1. Warr, L.N. (2021). "IMA-CNMNC approved mineral symbols". Mineralogical Magazine 85 (3): 291–320. doi:10.1180/mgm.2021.43. Bibcode2021MinM...85..291W. 
  2. Lipovetskii A. G., Borodaev Yu. S. and Zav'yalov E. N. 1978: Aleksite, PbBi2Te2S2, a new mineral. Zapiski Vsesoyuznego Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva, 107, 315-321, in Fleischer M., Chao G. Y. and Mandarino J. A. 1979: New mineral names. American Mineralogist, 64, 652-659 - [1]
  3. Mindat
  4. http://www.handbookofmineralogy.org/pdfs/aleksite.pdf Handbook of Mineralogy