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Sulfide

Hanauerite

AgHgSI
Crystal systemOrthorhombic
ClassSulfide
Hanauerite specimen

Yellow prismatic crystals of hanauerite on goethite and aggregates of greenish-yellow rhombohedral plumbogummite crystals. Schöne Aussicht Mine. FOV width: (a)—1.2 mm, (b)—0.35 mm. The image is published in an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license ( https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ ). — Photo: Pekov, I.V.; Zubkova, N.V.; Britvin, S.N.; Agakhanov, A.A.; Polekhovsky, Y.S.; Pushcharovsky, D.Y.; Möhn, G.; Desor, J.; Blass, G. A · CC BY 4.0

Hanauerite

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

It crystallizes in the orthorhombic crystal system (space group Pmma).

IMA symbol Hna, IMA status: approved, named in 2018.

It is found associated with Distribution From the Schöne Aussicht Mine, Dernbach, Neuwied, Wied Iron Spar District, Westerwald and the Friedrichssegen Mine, Frücht, Bad Ems District.

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 H minerals or help write this entry.