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Livingstonite (Livingstonit)

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Livingstonit
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Livingstonit
Größe: 40 x 30 x 30 mm; Fundort: Huitzuco de los Figueroa, Guerrero, Mexiko
Copyright: Jean-Francois Carpentier; Contribution: slugslayer
Location: Mexiko/Guerrero/Huitzuco, Municipio/Huitzuco de los Figueroa
Mineral: Livingstonite
Image: 1224424067
Rating: 6 (votes: 2)
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Livingstonit

Größe: 40 x 30 x 30 mm; Fundort: Huitzuco de los Figueroa, Guerrero, Mexiko
Copyright: Jean-Francois Carpentier
Contribution: slugslayer 2008-10-19
Locality: Huitzuco de los Figueroa / Huitzuco, Municipio / Guerrero / Mexiko
Livingstonit mit Cinnabarit
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Livingstonit mit Cinnabarit
Größe: 50x40 mm; Fundort: Khaidarkan, Ferganabecken, Osh Oblast, Kirgisien
Copyright: Pavel M. Kartashov; Contribution: slugslayer
Location: Kirgistan/Batken, Oblast/Kadamdschai, Bezirk/Hg-Sb-Lagerstätten/Khaidarkan (Aidarken; Chaidarkan; Khaydarkan)
Mineral: Cinnabar, Livingstonite
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Livingstonit mit Cinnabarit

Größe: 50x40 mm; Fundort: Khaidarkan, Ferganabecken, Osh Oblast, Kirgisien
Copyright: Pavel M. Kartashov
Contribution: slugslayer 2008-07-29
Locality: Khaidarkan (Aidarken; Chaidarkan; Khaydarkan) / Hg-Sb-Lagerstätten / Kadamdschai, Bezirk / Batken, Oblast / Kirgistan
Livingstonit (xx)
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Livingstonit (xx)
Bildbreite: 10 mm; Fundort: Huitzuco de los Figueroa, Guerrero, Mexiko
Copyright: slugslayer; Contribution: slugslayer
Collection: slugslayer, Collection number: 0283, Donator: anatasi
Location: Mexiko/Guerrero/Huitzuco, Municipio/Huitzuco de los Figueroa
Mineral: Livingstonite
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Livingstonit (xx) (SNr: 0283)

Bildbreite: 10 mm; Fundort: Huitzuco de los Figueroa, Guerrero, Mexiko
Collection: slugslayer
Copyright: slugslayer
Contribution: slugslayer 2009-03-10
Locality: Huitzuco de los Figueroa / Huitzuco, Municipio / Guerrero / Mexiko
Livingstonit
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Livingstonit
Größe: 40x25 mm; Fundort: Mun. de Huitzuco, Guerrero, Mexiko
Copyright: Paul Bongaerts; Contribution: slugslayer
Location: Mexiko/Guerrero/Huitzuco, Municipio
Mineral: Livingstonite
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Livingstonit

Größe: 40x25 mm; Fundort: Mun. de Huitzuco, Guerrero, Mexiko
Copyright: Paul Bongaerts
Contribution: slugslayer 2010-01-21
Locality: Huitzuco, Municipio / Guerrero / Mexiko
Cinnabarit, Livingstonit
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Cinnabarit, Livingstonit
hellroter Cinnabarit und eingewachsene Livigstonit-Leisten; Bildbreite: 60 mm; Fundort: Chaidarkan, Ferganabecken, Osh Oblast, Kirgistan
Copyright: Pavel M. Kartashov; Contribution: slugslayer
Location: Kirgistan/Batken, Oblast/Kadamdschai, Bezirk/Hg-Sb-Lagerstätten/Khaidarkan (Aidarken; Chaidarkan; Khaydarkan)
Mineral: Cinnabar, Livingstonite
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Cinnabarit, Livingstonit

hellroter Cinnabarit und eingewachsene Livigstonit-Leisten; Bildbreite: 60 mm; Fundort: Chaidarkan, Ferganabecken, Osh Oblast, Kirgistan
Copyright: Pavel M. Kartashov
Contribution: slugslayer 2011-02-23
Locality: Khaidarkan (Aidarken; Chaidarkan; Khaydarkan) / Hg-Sb-Lagerstätten / Kadamdschai, Bezirk / Batken, Oblast / Kirgistan
Cinnabarit, Livingstonit
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Cinnabarit, Livingstonit
hellroter Cinnabarit und eingewachsene Livigstonit-Leisten; Größe: 80x50x30 mm; Fundort: Chaidarkan, Ferganabecken, Osh Oblast, Kirgistan
Copyright: Pavel M. Kartashov; Contribution: slugslayer
Location: Kirgistan/Batken, Oblast/Kadamdschai, Bezirk/Hg-Sb-Lagerstätten/Khaidarkan (Aidarken; Chaidarkan; Khaydarkan)
Mineral: Cinnabar, Livingstonite
Image: 1298470604
License: Usage for Mineralienatlas project only
Cinnabarit, Livingstonit

hellroter Cinnabarit und eingewachsene Livigstonit-Leisten; Größe: 80x50x30 mm; Fundort: Chaidarkan, Ferganabecken, Osh Oblast, Kirgistan
Copyright: Pavel M. Kartashov
Contribution: slugslayer 2011-02-23
Locality: Khaidarkan (Aidarken; Chaidarkan; Khaydarkan) / Hg-Sb-Lagerstätten / Kadamdschai, Bezirk / Batken, Oblast / Kirgistan

You find additional Livingstonit specimen at the Geolitho Museum

Collectors Summary

Color weiß mit tief roten internen Reflektionen
Streak color rot
Lustre Diamantglanz, Metallglanz
Hardness (Mohs) 2
Solubility +++ warme HNO3, - kalte HNO3
Crystal System monoklin, A2/a
Morphology derb

Chemism

Chemical formula

HgSb4S8

Chemical composition

Antimon, Quecksilber, Schwefel

Unit weight: 944.1564 u; Number of atoms in the formula: 13

Info

Empirical formula:

HgSb4S8

Element

Symbol

Weight%

Atoms

Atoms%

Atom weight (u)

Sum weight (u)
Sulfur

S

27.17

8

61.54

32.0655000

256.5240000
Antimony

Sb

51.58

4

30.77

121.7601000

487.0404000
Mercury

Hg

21.25

1

7.69

200.5920000

200.5920000

Analysis wt%

Hg : 21.26, Sb : 51.60, S : 27.14 (Ref: berechnet)

Strunz 9th edition incl. updates

2.HA.15

2: Sulfide und Sulfosalze (Sulfide, Selenide, Telluride, Arsenide, Antimonide, Bismutide, Sulfarsenite, Sulfantimonite, Sulfbismuthite)
H: Sulfosalze mit SnS als Vorbild
A: Mit Cu, Ag, Fe (ohne Pb)
15:Livingstonit-Gruppe

Lapis Classification

II/E.13-010

II: SULFIDE UND SULFOSALZE (Sulfide, Selenide, Telluride, Arsenide, Antimonide, Bismutide)
E: Sulfosalze (S : As,Sb,Bi = x)
13: Sulfosalze mit Thallium/Quecksilber vorherrschend (x=4,0 - 1,6)

Classification by Hölzel

2.CD.550

2: SULFIDES
C: Sulfides (etc) with Me/S=1/1
D: With Sn,Pb, etc. - Coordination Number ~[4+1]
5: Coordination Number ~[2+4] Cinnabar-Group

Dana 8th edition

03.07.11.01

03: Sulfides - Sulfosalts
07: Sulfides - Sulfosalts where z/y = 2 - (A+)i (A++)j [By Cz], A=metals, B=semi-metals, C=non-metals

IMA status

Erstbeschreibung vor CNMNC-Gründung (1959), als Mineral meist anerkannt

Mineral status

anerkanntes Mineral

Optical Properties

Color

weiß mit tief roten internen Reflektionen

Streak color

rot

Diaphaneity (Transparency)

opak bis teilweise durchscheinend

Lustre

Diamantglanz, Metallglanz

max. Birefringence

0.3~
Birefringence chart\! Livingstonite title=Birefringence chart Livingstonite

Michel-Levy Color Chart viewed according to the maximum birefringence (at 30μm). Mineral color is not taken into account. Click on the image to enlarge or change thickness.

RI value α / ω / n

2.72>

RI value β

3.0

Ri mean

3.0~

2V angle

Biaxial (-) nd

Crystallography

Crystal System

monoklin

Class (H-M)

2/m

Space Group number

15

Space Group

A2/a

Cell parameters a (Å)

30.567

Cell parameters b (Å)

4.015

Cell parameters c (Å)

21.465

Cell parameters a/b or c/a

7.613

Cell parameters c/b

5.346

Cell parameters α

90°

Cell parameters β

103.38

Cell parameters γ

90°

Z

8

Volumne (ų)

2562.82

X-Ray Powder Diffraction

10.54(40),
5.41(20),
5.23(100),
3.83(50),
3.49(80),
3.01(40),
2.88(50),
2.28(70)
XRD chart Livingstonite

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

Morphology

derb

Crystals 3D

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Crystal Structure 3D

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Physical Properties

Hardness (Mohs)

2

VHN (Hardness Vickers)

111 (100g)

Density (g/cm³)

4.81 - 4.9 / Durchschnittlich = 4.85

4.894 ( ρ calc. Mineralienatlas )

Instability

+++ warme HNO3, - kalte HNO3

(Co-)Type locality

(Co-)Type locality

Mexiko/Guerrero/Huitzuco, Municipio/Huitzuco de los Figueroa

Preface

Generation conditions

hydrothermal

Associations

Cinnabarit

Author (Name, Year)

Barcena, 1874

References

Handbook of Mineralogy (Anthony et al.), 1 (1990), 299

Other languages

German

Livingstonit

Spanish

Livingstonita

French

Livingstonite

English

Livingstonite

Russian

Ливингстонит

Simplified Chinese

硫汞锑矿

Simplified Chinese

硫锑汞矿

Japanese

ﾘﾋﾞﾝｸﾞｽﾄﾝ鉱

CNMNC symbol

Symbol

Lst

Locations with GPS information