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General Lautite Information

Help on Chemical  Formula: Chemical Formula: CuAsS
Help on Composition: Composition: Molecular Weight = 170.53 gm
   Copper   37.26 %  Cu
   Arsenic  43.93 %  As
   Sulfur   18.80 %  S
           ______ 
           100.00 % 
Help on Empirical Formula: Empirical Formula: CuAsS
Help on Environment: Environment: In hydrothermal veins formed at a moderate temperature.
Help on IMA Status: IMA Status: Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1881
Help on Locality: Locality: Vater Abraham Mine (Shaft 139), Lauta, Marienberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany. Link to MinDat.org Location Data.
Help on Name Origin: Name Origin: Named after its locality.
Help on Name Pronunciation: Name Pronunciation: Lautite Say LAUTITE
Help on Synonym: Synonym: ICSD 34450
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