Formula : Tl2As4Sb6S16
System: orthorhombic Hardness:3½ Rarity:very rare
Strunz id:II/E.14-30 -
SULFIDES
Name origin: Named in 1970 by Claude Guillemin, Zdeněk Johan, Claude P. Laforêt, Paul Picot in honor of French mineralogist, Roland Pierrot (1930-1998). He was Head of the Mineralogy Department and General Secretary of the National Geographical Service at BRGM (French Geological Survey)
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