Simonite Mineral Data

Simonite Mineral Data +

General Simonite Information

Chemical Formula:

TlHgAs3S6

Composition:

Molecular Weight = 822.13 gm

Thallium 24.86 % Tl

Mercury 24.40 % Hg

Arsenic 27.34 % As

Sulfur 23.40 % S

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100.00 %

Empirical Formula:

TlHgAs₃S₆

Environment:

Inclusions in rebulite.

IMA Status:

Approved IMA 1982

Locality:

Allchar, Macedonia, Yugoslavia. Link to MinDat.org Location Data.

Name Origin:

Named in 1982 for Simon Engel, son of Peter Engel (b.1942), Swiss crystalographer.

Synonym:

ICSD 38363

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Simonite Crystallography

Axial Ratios:

a:b:c =0.5215:1:1.4011

Cell Dimensions:

a = 5.948, b = 11.404, c = 15.979, Z = 4; beta = 90.15° V = 1,083.87 Den(Calc)= 5.04

Crystal System:

Monoclinic - PrismaticH-M Symbol (2/m) Space Group: P 2₁/n

Crystal Structure:

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Engel P , Nowacki W , Balic-Zunic T , Scavnicar S , Zeitschrift fur Kristallographie , 161 (1982) p.159-166, The crystal structure of simonite, TlHgAs3S6

Physical Properties of Simonite

Color:

Red.

Habit:

Irregular Grains - Occurs as splotchy, anhedral crystals forming inclusions in other minerals or rocks.

Calculated Properties of Simonite

Electron Density:

r_electron=4.36 gm/cc
note: r_Simonite=5.04 gm/cc.

Fermion Index

Fermion Index = 0.07543
Boson Index = 0.92457

Photoelectric:

PE_Simonite= 842.77 barns/electron
U=PE_Simonite x r_electron=3,678.57 barns/cc.

Radioactivity:

GRapi = 0 (Gamma Ray American Petroleum Institute Units)

Simonite is Not Radioactive

Simonite Classification

Dana Class:

3.7.10.1 (3)Sulfides - Sulfosalts

(3.7)where z/y = 2 - (A+)i (A++)j [By Cz], A=metals, B=semi-metals, C=non-metals

(3.7.10)Dana Group

3.7.10.1 Simonite TlHgAs3S6 P 2₁/n 2/m

3.7.10.2 Edenharterite TlPbAs3S6 F dd2 mm2

3.7.10.3 Jentschite! TlPbAs2SbS6 P 2₁/n 2/m

3.7.10.4 Sicherite! TlAg2(As,Sb)3S6 Pmnb 2/m 2/m 2/m

Strunz Class:

II/E.13-30 II - Sulfides and sulphosalts

II/E - Sulfosalts (S : As,Sb,Bi = x) Sulfosalts with predominant Thallium and Mercury, x = 4.0 - 1.6

II/E.13 - Livingstonite - Vaughanite series

II/E.13-10 Livingstonite HgSb4S8 A2/a 2/m

II/E.13-20 Grumiplucite! HgBi2S4 C 2/m 2/m

II/E.13-30 Simonite TlHgAs3S6 P 2₁/n 2/m

II/E.13-40 Vrbaite Tl4Hg3Sb2As8S20 C mca 2/m 2/m 2/m

II/E.13-42 Edenharterite TlPbAs3S6 F dd2 mm2

II/E.13-43 Jentschite! TlPbAs2SbS6 P 2₁/n 2/m

II/E.13-45 Hutchinsonite (Pb,Tl)2As5S9 P bca 2/m 2/m 2/m

II/E.13-50 Lorandite TlAsS2 P 2₁/a 2/m

II/E.13-60 Weissbergite TlSbS2 P1 1

II/E.13-70 Tvalchrelidzeite Hg12(Sb,As)8S15 P1 1

II/E.13-80 Vaughanite TlHgSb4S7 P1 ? 1

Other Simonite Information

References:

NAME( Dana8) PHYS. PROP.(Enc. of Minerals,2nd ed.,1990)

See Also:

Links to other databases for Simonite :
1 -Am. Min. Crystal Structure Database 2 -Athena 3 - EUROmin Project 4 -Google Images 5 -Google Scholar 6 -Handbook of Mineralogy (UofA) 7 -MinDAT 8 -MinMax(Deutsch) 9 -MinMax(English) 10 -Mineralienatlas (Deutsch) 11 -QUT Mineral Atlas 12 - WWW-MINCRYST 13 -École des Mines de Paris

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Simonite

TlHgAs3S6
Dana No: 3.7.10.1 Strunz No: II/E.13-30
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