Raguinite

Formula: TlFeS2

Origin of name: Named for Eugene Raguin (1900-), French geologist.

 

Crystal system: orthorhombic, pseudohexagonal

Crystal class: 2/m

Twinning:

Unit cell: a = 12.4, b = 10.44, c = 5.26

 

Colour: bronze

Diaphaneity: opaque

Luster: metallic

Habit: microscopic, pseudomorphs of an unknown mineral consisting of pseudohexagonal plates of bundles of fiber with pyrite

Hardness

Specific gravity: 6.4

Cleavage: none

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