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Aikinite altered to Bismutite with Gold - Ekateringburg, Berezovsk deposit, Beryozovsky, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia (#:MINS9154)

Aikinite xls partly altered to Bismutite up to 5 mm with native gold xls up to 1 mm in association on quartz matrix. A rarely seen specimen. Former Ralph E. Merril Collection.

Formula :
PbCuBiS₃
System: orthorhombic Hardness:2-2½ Rarity:not common
Strunz id:II/E.30-10 - SULFIDES
Name origin: Named by E.J. Chapman in 1843 in honor of Dr. Arthur Aikin (19 May 1773, Warrington, Lancashire, England – 15 April 1854, Hoxton, London, England), chemist. Aikin was a founder, and for many years Secretary, of the Geological Society of London. He also authored a "Manual of Mineralogy".