# Algodonite

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{{Infobox mineral
| name        = Algodonite
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| image       = Algodonit - Houghton County, Michigan, USA.jpg
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| caption     = Algodonite – Houghton County, Michigan, US
| category    = [Sulfide mineral](/source/Sulfide_mineral)
| formula     = Cu<sub>6</sub>As
|IMAsymbol=Ago<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Warr|first=L.N.|date=2021|title=IMA–CNMNC approved mineral symbols|journal=Mineralogical Magazine|volume=85|issue=3|pages=291–320|doi=10.1180/mgm.2021.43|bibcode=2021MinM...85..291W|s2cid=235729616|doi-access=free}}</ref>
| molweight   = 456.2 g/mol
| strunz      = 2.AA.10a
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| system      = [Hexagonal](/source/Hexagonal_crystal_system)
| class       = Dihexagonal dipyramidal (6/mmm) <br/>[H-M symbol](/source/H-M_symbol): (6/m 2/m 2/m)
| symmetry    = ''P''6<sub>3</sub>/mmc 
| unit cell   = a = 2.6, c = 4.228&nbsp;[Å]; Z&nbsp;=&nbsp;2
| color       = Gray, silver white, steel gray, tarnishes dull bronze
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| habit       = Massive, granular. Common texture observed in granite and other igneous rock
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| fracture    = Sub-conchoidal 
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| mohs        = 4
| luster      = Metallic
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| diaphaneity = Opaque
| gravity     = 8.38 (measured), 8.72 (calculated)
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| other       = Non-magnetic, non-fluorescent
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| references  = <ref>[http://webmineral.com/data/Algodonite.shtml Algodonite]. Webmineral</ref><ref>[http://www.mindat.org/min-114.html Algodonite]. Mindat.org</ref><ref>{{cite journal|url=http://www.minsocam.org/MSA/collectors_corner/arc/rammelsbergite.htm |author=Williams, Sidney A. |year=1963|title=Crystals of rammelsbergite and algodonite|journal= American Mineralogist|volume =48|pages=421–422}}</ref>
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'''Algodonite''' is a [copper](/source/copper) [arsenide](/source/arsenide) mineral with formula: Cu<sub>6</sub>As. It is a gray white metallic mineral crystallizing in the [hexagonal](/source/Hexagonal_(crystal_system)) system. It has a [Mohs hardness](/source/Mohs_hardness) of 4 and a [specific gravity](/source/specific_gravity) of 8.38 – 8.72.

It was first described in 1857 from the Algodones silver mine, [Coquimbo](/source/Coquimbo), [Chile](/source/Chile).

==References==
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Category:Copper minerals
Category:Arsenide minerals
Category:Hexagonal minerals
Category:Minerals in space group 194

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