Arcubisite (
Ag6 Cu Bi S4) is a
sulfosalt mineral
Sulfosalt minerals are sulfide minerals with the general formula , where
*A represents a metal such as copper, lead, silver, iron, and rarely mercury (element), mercury, zinc, vanadium
*B usually represents semi-metal such as arsenic, antimony, b ...
occurring with
cryolite
Cryolite ( Na3 Al F6, sodium hexafluoroaluminate) is an uncommon mineral identified with the once-large deposit at Ivittuut on the west coast of Greenland, mined commercially until 1987.
History
Cryolite was first described in 1798 by Danish vete ...
in
Greenland
Greenland ( kl, Kalaallit Nunaat, ; da, Grønland, ) is an island country in North America that is part of the Kingdom of Denmark. It is located between the Arctic and Atlantic oceans, east of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. Greenland is t ...
. It is named after its composition (ARgentum, CUprum, and BISmuth). Its IMA symbol is Acb.
References
Mindat.org - ArcubisiteWebmineral - ArcubisiteHandbook of Mineralogy - Arcubisite
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Silver minerals
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Bismuth minerals
Sulfosalt minerals
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