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Billingsleyite Mineral Data

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General Billingsleyite Information

Help on Chemical  Formula: Chemical Formula: Ag7AsS6
Help on Composition: Composition: Molecular Weight = 1,022.40 gm
   Silver   73.85 %  Ag
   Arsenic   7.33 %  As
   Sulfur   18.82 %  S
           ______ 
           100.00 % 
Help on Empirical Formula: Empirical Formula: Ag7AsS6
Help on Environment: Environment: Believed to have occurred in a body of high-grade silver ore.
Help on IMA Status: IMA Status: Approved IMA 1968
Help on Locality: Locality: In the North Lily mine, East Tintic district, Juab Co., Utah, USA. Link to MinDat.org Location Data.
Help on Name Origin: Name Origin: For Paul Billingsley (1887-1962), mining geologist, who discovered the North Lily mine, and collected the type material.
Help on Name Pronunciation: Name Pronunciation: Billingsleyite + Pronunciation Say BILLINGSLEYITE
Help on Synonym: Synonym: ICSD 75126
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