Hutchinsonite

Formula:  (Pb,Tl)2As5S9

Origin of name:   For A. Hutchinson, English mineralogist

 

Crystal system:  Orthorhombic

Crystal class:  2/m 2/m 2/m

Twinning: 

Unit cell: a = 10.80 Ǻ, b = 35.35 Ǻ, c = 8.16 Ǻ

 

Colour:  Cherry red to almost black

Diaphaneity: 

Luster:  Adamantine

Habit:  Crystals prismatic to acicular, radiating tufts

Hardness:  1.5 to 2

Specific gravity:  4.6

Cleavage:  1; {010} good

Tenacity:  Conchoidal; brittle

Streak:  Cherry-red

 

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