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Salzburgite has a general empirical formula of Pb2Cu2Bi7S12 and an
orthorhombic crystal structure In crystallography, the orthorhombic crystal system is one of the 7 crystal systems. Orthorhombic lattices result from stretching a cubic lattice along two of its orthogonal pairs by two different factors, resulting in a rectangular prism with a ...
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Salzburgite
Joylon Ralph, 1993-2010. Web. 14 September 2010.
This mineral is very similar to paarite in that they both have nearly the same empirical formulas.Topa, Dan, and Emil Mackovicky. "Mineralogical Data on Salzburgite..." Editorial. Canadian Mineralogist June 2005: 909-17. GeoScience World. 2010. 14 September 2010. They are both of the
bismuthinite Bismuthinite is a mineral consisting of bismuth sulfide ( Bi2 S3). It is an important ore for bismuth. The crystals are steel-grey to off-white with a metallic luster. It is soft enough to be scratched with a fingernail and rather dense. Bismu ...
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aikinite Aikinite is a sulfide mineral of lead, copper and bismuth with formula Pb Cu Bi S3. It forms black to grey or reddish brown acicular orthorhombic crystals with a Mohs hardness of 2 to 2.5 and a specific gravity of 6.1 to 6.8. It was originally fou ...
series. Salzburgite was named after the region in which it was found,
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