University of Hamburg Mineralogical Museum of the University of Hamburg
Mineral name
 
Perroudite
 
Hölzel-No.
 
2.KB.330
Type of specimen
 
HT (Für die revidierte chemische Formel)
IMA-No. / Accepted
 
86-35 /1986
Chemical formula
 
Hg5Ag4S5(I,Br)2Cl2
Type locality
 
Namibia, Tsumeb, Tsumeb mine
Associated minerals
 
Arsentsumebite, azurite
Collection
 
Archiv der Universität Stuttgart - „Mineralogische Sammlung Prof. Keller”
Contact person
 
Prof. Dr. P. Keller
Catalogue−No. / Site
 
ST-86.35 / 0/824-s27/2
Nature of 
type specimen

 
Single crystal in a glass capillary
References

Single-crystal structure determination of perroudite, Hg5Ag4S5(I,Br)2Cl2, from Tsumeb (Namibia), and its structural relationships to other sulfide halides of mercury and cinnabar.
Keller, P., Lissner, F. & Schleid, Th. (2005)
N. Jb. Mineral. Abh., 181, 1-9

Perroudite, a new sulphide-halide of Hg and Ag from Cap-Garonne, Var, France, and from Broken Hill, New South Wales, and Coplin Pool, Western Australia.
Sarp, H., Birch, W.D., Hlava, P.F., Sewll, D.K.B. & Nickel,E.H. (1987)
Amer. Mineral., 72, 1251-1256
Notes / Further information

Samples for the examinations regarding the revised chemical formula were provided by Mr. Hartwig Hettrich, Saarbrücken, Germany.
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