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Livingstonite - Khaidarkan Sb-Hg deposit, Batken Region, Kyrgyzstan
(#:MINS8446)
Livingstonite, a very rare Hg-Sb sulfosalt, is uncommon from this less well-known deposit. Dense columnar masses of bright, steel-metallic lathes cover both sides of this rich piece, which includes red cinnabar, an alteration product. Seldom available. Ex Francesco Bedognè coll.
Formula :
HgSb
4
S
8
System:
monoclinic
Hardness:
2
Rarity:
rare
Strunz id:II/E.13-10 - SULFIDES
Name origin:
Named by Mariano Barcena in 1874 in honor of David Livingstone (19 March 1813, Blantyre, South Lanarkshire, Scotland - 1 May 1873, Chief Chitambo Village, Zambia), the African explorer and missionary. Livingstone had died the year before the mineral was described and Barcena noted that "the benefactors of humanity belong to all nations, and that all humanity must honor their memory."
Specimen weight:51 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 1,5 cm
Overall size: 55mm x 23 mm x 33 mm
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