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Acanthite - Acanthite Mineral Information and Data
Acanthite - Acanthite Mineral Information and Data
Acanthite - Acanthite Mineral Information and Data
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Photos of Acanthite (878)
Formula: Ag 2 S
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Name: Named in 1855 by Gustav Adolf Kenngott from the Greek ("akantha") meaning "thorn", in
allusion to its crystal shape.
Classification of Acanthite
IMA status: Approved, 'Grandfathered' (first described prior to 1959)
Nickel-Strunz 2.BA.35
10th (pending)
ed.: 2 : SULFIDES and SULFOSALTS (sulfides, selenides, tellurides; arsenides, antimonides, bismuthides; sulfarsenites, sulfantimonites, sulfbismuthites,
etc.)
B : Metal Sulfides, M: S > 1: 1 (mainly 2: 1)
A : With Cu, Ag, Au
2 : SULFIDES
4 : AmBnXp, with (m+n):p = 2:1
3 : Sulphides, Selenides, Tellurides, Arsenides and Bismuthides (except the arsenides, antimonides and bismuthides of Cu, Ag and Au, which are
included in Section 1)
2 : Sulphides etc. of Ag
Diaphaneity Opaque
(Transparency):
Colour: lead grey, black
Hardness 2 - 2
(Mohs):
Hardness VHN50=21 - 25 kg/mm2
(Vickers):
Hardness Data: Measured
Tenacity: Sectile
Fracture: Sub-Conchoidal
Type: Anisotropic
Anisotropism: Weak
Graph shows reflectance levels at different wavelengths (in nm). Top of box is 100%. Peak reflectance is 33.1%.
Common Se
Impurities:
Crystallography of Acanthite
Crystal System: Monoclinic
Morphology: Typically found as pseudo-cubic and pseudo-octahedral crystals, paramorphic after argentite. Also found as thorn-shaped monoclinic crystals,
usually small to microscopic in size. Primary crystals are rare, prismatic to long prismatic, elongated along [001], to 2.5 cm, may be tubular;
massive.
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Transparency
Opaque | Translucent | Transparent
View
Along a-axis | Along b-axis | Along c-axis | Start rotation | Stop rotation
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Occurrences of Acanthite
Type Occurrence of Acanthite
Type Locality: Jchymov (St Joachimsthal), Jchymov District (St Joachimsthal), Krun Hory Mts (Erzgebirge), Karlovy Vary Region, Bohemia (Bhmen; Boehmen),
Czech Republic
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2.BA.05 Geerite Cu 8 S 5
2.BA.05 Roxbyite Cu 9 S 5
2.BA.10 Anilite Cu 7 S 4
2.BA.10 Digenite Cu 9 S 5
2.BA.20 Bellidoite Cu 2 Se
2.BA.20 Berzelianite Cu 2 Se
2.BA.25 Athabascaite Cu 5 Se 4
2.BA.25 Umangite Cu 3 Se 2
2.BA.30 Rickardite Cu 7 Te 5
2.BA.55 Naumannite Ag 2 Se
2.BA.60 Hessite Ag 2 Te
3+
2.BA.60 Chenguodaite Ag 9 Fe Te 2 S 4
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3.2.5 Hessite Ag 2 Te
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Dutch: Argentiet
French: Acanthite
German: Argentit
Acanthit
Akanthit
-Argentit
Argyrit
-Argentit
Glanzerz
Glaserz
Henkelit
Silberglanz
Silberschwrze
Hungarian: Argentit
Italian: Argentite
Japanese:
Latvian: Argentts
Lithuanian: Argentitas
Norwegian Akantitt
(Bokml): Slvglans
Polish: Argentyt
Russian:
Simplified Chinese:
Slovak: Argentit
Spanish: Argentita
Acanthita
Akanthita
-Argentita
Argyrita
-Argentita
Henkelita
Swedish: Silverglans
Traditional
Chinese:
Ukrainian:
Other Information
Fluorescence in Not fluorescent in UV
UV light:
Health Risks: No information on health risks for this material has been entered into the database. You should always treat mineral specimens with care.
External Links Search for toxicity information at the United States National Library of Medicine
Acanthite in petrology
Common component of (items highlighted in red)
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Ore
Silver ore
Petruk, W., Owens, D. R., Stewart, J.M., Murray, E.J. (1974) Observations on acanthite, aguilarite and naumannite. The Canadian Mineralogist: 12:
365-369.
Cava, R.J., Reidinger, F., Wuensch, B.J. (1980) Single-crystal neutron diffraction study of the fast-ion conductor -Ag2S between 186 and 325C.
Journal of Solid State Chemistry: 31: 69-80.
Pingitore, N.E,, Ponce, B.F., Estrada, L., Eastman, M.P., Yuan, H.L., Porter, L.C., Estrada, G. (1993) Calorimetric analysis of the system Ag2S-
Ag2Se between 25 and 250C. Journal of Material Research: 8: 3126-3130.
Gaines, Richard V., H. Catherine W. Skinner, Eugene E. Foord, Brian Mason, Abraham Rosenzweig, Vandall King (1997) Dana's New Mineralogy:
The System of Mineralogy of James Dwight Dana and Edward Salisbury Dana, 8th. edition, p. 42.
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