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Museumite Mineral Data
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General Museumite Information
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 Chemical Formula: |
Pb2(Pb,Sb)2S8[Te,Au]2 |
| Composition: |
Molecular Weight = 1,992.56 gm |
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Antimony 6.17 % Sb |
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Tellurium 11.72 % Te |
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Lead 51.99 % Pb |
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Gold 10.68 % Au |
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Sulfur 19.44 % S |
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100.00 % |
| Empirical Formula: |
Pb5Au1.08Sb1.01Te1.83S12.08 |
| Environment: |
Occurs as anhedral to subhedral grains up to 300 �m in cavities and vugs of large nagy�gite crystals. Nagy�gite-buckhornite homologous series |
| IMA Status: |
Approved IMA 2003 (Dana # Added) |
| Locality: |
Museum specimen from gold-telluride deposit of Sacar�mb, Metaliferi Mountains, western Romania. Link to MinDat.org Location Data. |
| Name Origin: |
Named in appreciation for all the museums of the world that provide the important function of mineral specimen custodianship. |
| Synonym: |
IMA2003-039 |
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