Mineral name
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Xanthoconite
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6151: xanthoconite, proustite (11 x 7 x 6 cm) |
Hölzel-No.
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2.FA.130 |
Type of specimen
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6151 T
6161 T
6163 T |
IMA-No. / Accepted
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prä-IMA / 1840 |
Chemical formula
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Ag3AsS3 |
Type locality
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Germany, Saxony, Ore Mts., Brand-Erbisdorf, Himmelsfürst mine |
Associated minerals
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Proustite, marcasite |
Collection
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Geowissenschaftliche Sammlungen - TU Bergakademie Freiberg |
Contact person
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Andreas Massanek |
Catalogue−No. / Site
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6151 / G 5,4
6161 / G 5,4
6163 / G 5,4 |
Nature of
type specimen
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1 Mineral specimen and 2 fragments in a glass tube |
References
Xanthokon, ein neues Glied der Ordnung der Blenden
Breithaupt, J.F.A. (1840)
Journal für Praktische Chemie, 20, 67-69 |
Notes / Further information
6151: Remark by Breithaupt "from the occurrence of 1797".
6161: Remark by Breithaupt "from the occurrence of 1797".
6163: Remark by Breithaupt "from the occurrence of 1797".
Breithaupt writes in the original reference, that the mineral was discovered in the material from the 1797 occurrence. |
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