Category Sulfosalt mineral Strunz classification 2.HD.45 Space group Pbca | Formula(repeating unit) (Tl,Pb)2As5S9 Crystal system Orthorhombic | |
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Crystal class Dipyramidal (mmm)H-M symbol: (2/m 2/m 2/m) | ||
Hutchinsonite is a sulfosalt mineral of thallium, arsenic and lead with formula (Tl,Pb)2As5S9. Hutchinsonite is a rare hydrothermal mineral.
It was first discovered in Binnental, Switzerland in 1904 and named after Cambridge mineralogist Arthur Hutchinson, F.R.S. (1866–1937).
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