aciculite Mineral Data, minerology database

Mineral Reference Lookup for aciculite

This reference page contains mineralogic data for aciculite and folklore and metaphysical beliefs. If the mineral is an alternate naming of a more common name, the more common mineral's data is displayed below the list of synonyms.

Minerals matching aciculite in the database: Aciculite

Mineralogical Reference

aciculite

Mineral	Aciculite
Synonym	Aikinite

Aikinite (synonym)

Mineral	Aikinite
Chemistry	PbCuBiS 3
Color	red -brown lead-grey
Luster	Metallic
CrystalSystem	Orthorhombic
Cleavage	Poor/Indistinct on {010}
Hardness	2 - 2½
Streak	grey-black
IMAStatus	Approved - Published prior to 1959 (pre-IMA) - Gra
Discovered	1843
CellParameters	a = 11.31b = 11.63c = 4.03
Ratio	a:b:c = 0.972 : 1 : 0.347
TypeLocality	Berezovskoye Au Deposit ( Berezovsk Mines) Berezovskii ( Berezovskii Zavod) Ekaterinberg ( Yekaterinburg; Sverdlovsk) Sverdlovskaya Oblast Urals Region Russia
Strunz	2/E.30-10 2 : Sulphides E : Sulphosalts (S : AsSbBi = x)Sulphosalts with predominant Fe and Cu and x = 2.0 30 : Aikinite - Pekoite series

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