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General Kenhsuite Information

Chemical Formula:

Hg3S2Cl2

Composition:

Molecular Weight = 736.81 gm

Mercury 81.67 % Hg 88.19 % HgO

Sulfur 8.70 % S 8.70 % S^2-

- % S -4.34 % -O=S

Chlorine 9.62 % Cl 9.62 % Cl

- % Cl -2.17 % -O=Cl₂

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100.00 % 100.00 % = TOTAL OXIDE

Empirical Formula:

Hg₃S₂Cl₂

Environment:

In hydrothermally altered rhyolitic, tuffaceous rocks. An orthorhombic polymorph of corderoite.

IMA Status:

Approved IMA 1998 (Dana # Added)

Locality:

The McDermitt open pit mercury mine, about 10 km southwest of the town of McDermitt, Humboldt County, Nevada, USA. Link to MinDat.org Location Data.

Name Origin:

For Dr. Kenneth Junghwa Hsu (1929-), Professor Emeritus, Swiss Federal Institute of Technonogy, Zurich, Switzerland.

Synonym:

ICSD 29253

IMA1996-026

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Kenhsuite Image

Images:

Kenhsuite

Comments: Yellow crystalline kenhsuite on montmorillonite matrix (light sensitive).
Location: McDermitt Mine, Humboldt County, Nevada, USA. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Kenhsuite Crystallography

Axial Ratios:

a:b:c =0.5548:1:0.5414

Cell Dimensions:

a = 9.332, b = 16.82, c = 9.108, Z = 8; V = 1,429.63 Den(Calc)= 6.85

Crystal System:

Orthorhombic - PyramidalH-M Symbol (mm2) Space Group: A2mm

$Help on X Ray Diffraction:$ X Ray Diffraction:

By Intensity(I/I_o): 2.58(1), 3.65(0.9), 3.11(0.51),

Physical Properties of Kenhsuite

Color:

Canary yellow.

Density:

6.76

Diaphaniety:

Transparent

Fracture:

Brittle - Conchoidal - Very brittle fracture producing small, conchoidal fragments.

Habit:

Acicular - Occurs as needle-like crystals.

Habit:

Microscopic Crystals - Crystals visible only with microscopes.

Hardness:

2-3 - Gypsum-Calcite

Luster:

Vitreous (Glassy)

Streak:

canary yellow

Optical Properties of Kenhsuite

Gladstone-Dale:

CI meas= -0.331 (Poor) - where the CI = (1-KPDmeas/KC)
CI calc= -0.314 (Poor) - where the CI = (1-KPDcalc/KC)
KPDcalc= 0.1825,KPDmeas= 0.1849,KC= 0.1389

Optical Data:

Biaxial (+), b=2.25, g=2.25, , 2V(Meas)=70-80. Dispersion r > v extreme.

Calculated Properties of Kenhsuite

Electron Density:

r_electron=5.69 gm/cc
note: r_Kenhsuite=6.85 gm/cc.

Fermion Index

Fermion Index = 0.2473
Boson Index = 0.7527

Photoelectric:

PE_Kenhsuite=1,393.04 barns/electron
U=PE_Kenhsuite x r_electron=7,925.95 barns/cc.

Radioactivity:

GRapi = 0 (Gamma Ray American Petroleum Institute Units)

Kenhsuite is Not Radioactive

Kenhsuite Classification

Dana Class:

10.3.3.2 (10)Oxyhalides and Hydroxyhalides

(10.3)where (A)3 (O,OH)2 Xq

(10.3.3)Dana Group

10.3.3.1 Corderoite Hg3S2Cl2 I 2₁3 2 3

10.3.3.2 Kenhsuite ! Hg3S2Cl2 A2mm mm2

Strunz Class:

II/F.14-05 II - Sulfides and sulphosalts

II/F - Sulfides with nonmetallic properties, Halogensulfides (Sulfohalides) with Mercury/Lead and related compounds

II/F.14 - Corderoite - Arzakite series

II/F.14-05 Kenhsuite Hg3S2Cl2 A2mm mm2

II/F.14-10 Corderoite Hg3S2Cl2 I 2₁3 2 3

II/F.14-20 Grechishchevite Hg3S2(Br,Cl,I)2 P 4₂m-,P 4m2,P 4mm,P 4/mmm Tetra

II/F.14-30 Radtkeite Hg3S2ClI C 2/m 2/m

II/F.14-40 Lavrentievite Hg3S2(Cl,Br)2 P 2/m,P 2,Pm Mono

II/F.14-50 Arzakite Hg3S2(Br,Cl)2 P 2/m,P 2,Pm Mono

Other Kenhsuite Information

References:

NAME( MinRec) PHYS. PROP.(Min.Mag.,Vol.61,p733,1997) OPTIC PROP.(Min.Mag.,Vol.61,p733,1997)

See Also:

Links to other databases for Kenhsuite :
1 -Am. Min. Crystal Structure Database 2 -Athena 3 -Google Images 4 -Google Scholar 5 -Handbook of Mineralogy (UofA) 6 -MinDAT 7 -MinMax(Deutsch) 8 -MinMax(English) 9 -Mineralienatlas (Deutsch) 10 -QUT Mineral Atlas

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Kenhsuite

Hg3S2Cl2
Dana No: 10.3.3.2 Strunz No: II/F.14-05
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