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Mazzettiite Mineral Data
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General Mazzettiite Information
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 Chemical Formula: |
Ag3HgPbSbTe5 |
| Composition: |
Molecular Weight = 1,493.72 gm |
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Silver 21.59 % Ag |
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Mercury 13.56 % Hg |
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Antimony 8.07 % Sb |
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Tellurium 42.63 % Te |
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Lead 14.15 % Pb |
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100.00 % |
| Empirical Formula: |
Ag2.99Hg1.01Pb1.02Sb0.99Te4.99 |
| Environment: |
Closely associated with altaite together with galena in a gangue of quartz. Strong similarities with petrovicite |
| IMA Status: |
Approved IMA 2004 (Dana # Added) |
| Locality: |
Findlay Gulch, Saguache Co., Colorado, USA Link to MinDat.org Location Data. |
| Name Origin: |
Named for Giuseppe Mazzetti (1942�2003), curator in chief of the Mineralogy Section of the Museo di Storia Naturale, Universit� di Firenze. |
| Synonym: |
IMA2004-003 |
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