Black metallic crystals of the very rare Bi selenide-telluride mineral vihorlatite from the TL (Poruba pod Vihorlatom, Michalovce County, Košice Region, Slovakia) and only one of two known localities worldwide on a white contrasting matrix. Ex Vandenbroucke Museum collection from Waregem, Belgium. — Photo: David Hospital · CC BY 4.0
Vihorlatite
Vihorlatite is an IMA-recognized mineral species in the sulfide class, with the chemical formula Bi₂₄Se₁₇Te₄.
It crystallizes in the hexagonal crystal system (space group P-3m1).
IMA symbol Vih, IMA status: approved, named in 1988.
Index entry. This entry combines official IMA/RRUFF species data with published physical-property data — a full written entry hasn’t been published yet.
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