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Getchellite (Getchellit)

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Getchellit
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Getchellit
Bildbreite: 4 mm; Fundort Zarshuran Mine, Takab , östl. Azarbaijan Provinz, Iran
Copyright: Stephan Wolfsried; Contribution: Philip Blümner
Location: Iran/West-Aserbaidschan, Provinz/Takab, Landkreis/Zareh Shuran (Zarshuran)
Mineral: Getchellite
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Getchellit

Bildbreite: 4 mm; Fundort Zarshuran Mine, Takab , östl. Azarbaijan Provinz, Iran
Copyright: Stephan Wolfsried
Contribution: Philip Blümner 2009-02-11
Locality: Zareh Shuran (Zarshuran) / Takab, Landkreis / West-Aserbaidschan, Provinz / Iran
Getchellit
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Getchellit
Bildbreite: 3 mm; Fundort Zarshuran Mine, Takab , östl. Azarbaijan Provinz, Iran
Copyright: Stephan Wolfsried; Contribution: Philip Blümner
Location: Iran/West-Aserbaidschan, Provinz/Takab, Landkreis/Zareh Shuran (Zarshuran)
Mineral: Getchellite
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Getchellit

Bildbreite: 3 mm; Fundort Zarshuran Mine, Takab , östl. Azarbaijan Provinz, Iran
Copyright: Stephan Wolfsried
Contribution: Philip Blümner 2009-02-11
Locality: Zareh Shuran (Zarshuran) / Takab, Landkreis / West-Aserbaidschan, Provinz / Iran
Getchellit
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Getchellit
Bildbreite: 4 mm; Fundort: Zarshuran Mine, Takab, West-Aserbaidschan, Iran
Copyright: Stephan Wolfsried; Contribution: Philip Blümner
Location: Iran/West-Aserbaidschan, Provinz/Takab, Landkreis/Zareh Shuran (Zarshuran)
Mineral: Getchellite
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Getchellit

Bildbreite: 4 mm; Fundort: Zarshuran Mine, Takab, West-Aserbaidschan, Iran
Copyright: Stephan Wolfsried
Contribution: Philip Blümner 2021-01-09
Locality: Zareh Shuran (Zarshuran) / Takab, Landkreis / West-Aserbaidschan, Provinz / Iran
Getchellit
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Getchellit
Bildbreite: 2,7 mm; Fundort: Zarshuran Mine, Takab, West-Aserbaidschan, Iran
Copyright: Mabu; Contribution: Philip Blümner
Location: Iran/West-Aserbaidschan, Provinz/Takab, Landkreis/Zareh Shuran (Zarshuran)
Mineral: Getchellite
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Getchellit

Bildbreite: 2,7 mm; Fundort: Zarshuran Mine, Takab, West-Aserbaidschan, Iran
Copyright: Mabu
Contribution: Philip Blümner 2021-01-09
Locality: Zareh Shuran (Zarshuran) / Takab, Landkreis / West-Aserbaidschan, Provinz / Iran
Getchellite with Orpiment
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Getchellite with Orpiment
Getchellite with Orpiment in matrix rock, from Khaidarkan Sb-Hg deposit (Chaidarkan; Hajdarkan), Batken Region, Kyrgyzstan; Dimensions: 33 mm x 21 mm x 15 mm
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Location: Kirgistan/Batken, Oblast/Kadamdschai (Kadamjay), Rajon/Khaidarkan (Aidarken; Chaidarkan; Khaydarkan) Sb-Hg Lagerstätte
Mineral: Getchellite
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Getchellite with Orpiment

Getchellite with Orpiment in matrix rock, from Khaidarkan Sb-Hg deposit (Chaidarkan; Hajdarkan), Batken Region, Kyrgyzstan; Dimensions: 33 mm x 21 mm x 15 mm
Copyright: pegmatite
Contribution: pegmatite 2024-06-28
Locality: Khaidarkan (Aidarken; Chaidarkan; Khaydarkan) Sb-Hg Lagerstätte / Kadamdschai (Kadamjay), Rajon / Batken, Oblast / Kirgistan

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Collectors Summary

Color hellrot / dunkel-blutrot / purpurrot
Streak color orangerot
Lustre Glasglanz
Hardness (Mohs) 1.5 - 2
Solubility +++ mixt. H2SO4-HNO3
Crystal System monoklin, P21/a
Morphology Massen aus unvollkommenen blättrigen Kristallen

Chemism

Chemical formula

AsSbS3

Chemical composition

Antimon, Arsen, Schwefel

Unit weight: 292.878202 u; Number of atoms in the formula: 5

Info

Empirical formula:

AsSbS3

Element

Symbol

Weight%

Atoms

Atoms%

Atom weight (u)

Sum weight (u)
Sulfur

S

32.85

3

60.00

32.0655000

96.1965000
Arsenic

As

25.58

1

20.00

74.9216020

74.9216020
Antimony

Sb

41.57

1

20.00

121.7601000

121.7601000

Analysis wt%

Ø As : 25.09, Sb : 42.04, S : 32.82 (Ref: American Mineralogist 65)

Strunz 9th edition incl. updates

2.FA.35

2: Sulfide und Sulfosalze (Sulfide, Selenide, Telluride, Arsenide, Antimonide, Bismutide, Sulfoarsenide, Sulfoantimonide, Sulfobismuthide)
F: Sulfide, Arsenide, Alkaide; Sulfide mit Halogeniden, Oxiden, Hydroxiden (H2O)
A: mit As, (Sb), S
35:Getchellit-Gruppe

Lapis Classification

II/F.03-010

II: SULFIDE UND SULFOSALZE (Sulfide, Selenide, Telluride, Arsenide, Antimonide, Bismutide)
F: Sulfide mit nichtmetallischem Charakter
3: Arsen-Sulfide

Classification by Hölzel

2.KA.220

2: SULFIDES
K: Nonmetallic Sulfides, HalideSulfides, etc.
A: With As,Sb,V
2: Orpiment-Group

Dana 8th edition

02.11.01.02

02: Sulfide Minerals
11: Sulfides - Including Selenides and Tellurides where Am Bn Xp, with (m+n):p=2:3
01: Orpiment Group

IMA status

Anerkannt von der CNMNC

Mineral status

anerkanntes Mineral

Optical Properties

Color

hellrot / dunkel-blutrot / purpurrot

Streak color

orangerot

Lustre

Glasglanz

max. Birefringence

sehr stark

RI value α / ω / n

2.11>whi

RI value β

2.72> Li

Ri mean

2.11

2V angle

Biaxial (+) 83°

Crystallography

Crystal System

monoklin

Class (H-M)

2/m

Space Group number

14

Space Group

P21/a

Cell parameters a (Å)

11.949

Cell parameters b (Å)

9.028

Cell parameters c (Å)

10.130

Cell parameters a/b or c/a

1.324

Cell parameters c/b

1.122

Cell parameters α

90°

Cell parameters β

116.15

Cell parameters γ

90°

Z

8

Volume (ų)

980.926

X-Ray Powder Diffraction

6.46(50),
4.97(50),
4.60(50),
4.44(80),
3.63(70),
2.89(100),
2.54(60),
2.33(60)
XRD chart Getchellite

Calculated from d-spacing and intensity at 0.1541838 nm (Cu)

Morphology

Massen aus unvollkommenen blättrigen Kristallen

Crystals 3D

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Crystal Structure 3D

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Physical Properties

Hardness (Mohs)

1.5 - 2

VHN (Hardness Vickers)

24 (ungefähre Angabe abgeleitet aus der Mohshärte)

Density (g/cm³)

3.92-3.98

3.966 ( ρ calc. Mineralienatlas )

Instability

+++ mixt. H2SO4-HNO3

(Co-)Type locality

(Co-)Type locality

USA/Nevada/Humboldt County/Golconda District/Getchell Mine

Preface

Occurrences

in Quecksilber-Antimon-Lagerstätten; in epithermalen Goldlagerstätten / Entstehung: hydrothermal; Oxidationszone

Associations

Stibnit, Auripigment, Calcit, Cinnabarit, Galkhait, Quarz, Realgar, u.a.

Rareness

selten (+)

Author (Name, Year)

Weissberg, 1965

Relevance, Usage

für Sammlerzwecke

Collector information

schwer zu bekommen

References

American Mineralogist 50 (1965), 1817

Other languages

German

Getchellit

Spanish

Getchellita

English

Getchellite

French

Getchellite

Russian

Гетчеллит

Traditional Chinese

硫砷銻礦

Simplified Chinese

硫砷锑矿

Japanese

ｹﾞﾁｪﾙ鉱

CNMNC (IMA)-Number

IMA 1965-010

CNMNC symbol

Symbol

Get

Locations with GPS information

IDs

GUSID (Global unique identifier short form) WnwkK002OkGYsqLViTO-9w
GUID (Global unique identifier) 2B247C5A-364D-413A-98B2-A2D58933BEF7
Database ID 1374