KENHSUITE


Meaning of KENHSUITE in English

General Information:

Chemical Formula:

Hg3S2Cl2

Composition:

(Molecular Weight = 736.81 gm)

Mercury 81.67 % Hg

Sulfur 8.70 % S

Chlorine 9.62 % Cl

Empirical Formula:

Hg3S2Cl2

Environment:

In hydrothermally altered rhyolitic, tuffaceous rocks. An orthorhombic polymorph of corderoite.

IMA Status:

Approved IMA (Dana # Added)

Locality:

The McDermitt open pit mercury mine, about 10 km southwest of the town of McDermitt, Humboldt County, Nevada, USA.

Name Origin:

For Dr. Kenneth Junghwa Hsu (1929-), Professor Emeritus, Swiss Federal Institute of Technonogy, Zurich, Switzerland.

Physical Properties:

Color:

canary yellow.

Density:

6.76

Diaphaniety:

Transparent

Habits:

Microscopic Crystals - Crystals visible only with microscopes., Acicular - Occurs as needle-like crystals.,

Hardness:

2-3 - Gypsum-Calcite

Luminescence:

Fluorescent, Short UV=orange red.

Luster:

Vitreous (Glassy)

Streak:

canary yellow

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