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Sulfide

Chenguodaite

Ag₉FeTe₂S₄
Crystal systemOrthorhombic
ClassSulfide
Chenguodaite specimen

Silvery metallic crystal aggregates of the extremely rare Ag-Fe-Te sulphide mineral chenguodaite from the famous locality of Bisbee, Arizona in a sample that was completely analyzed by SEM/EDS. From Bisbee, Warren District, Mule Mountains, Cochise County, Arizona, United States of America. Ex Vandenbroucke Museum collection from Waregem, Belgium. — Photo: David Hospital · CC BY-SA 4.0

Chenguodaite

Chenguodaite is an IMA-recognized mineral species in the sulfide class, with the chemical formula Ag₉FeTe₂S₄.

It crystallizes in the orthorhombic crystal system.

IMA symbol Cgu, IMA status: approved, named in 2004.

Index entry. This entry combines official IMA/RRUFF species data with published physical-property data — a full written entry hasn’t been published yet. Browse more C minerals or help write this entry.