# Xanthoconite

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{{Infobox mineral
| name        = Xanthoconite
| category    = [Sulfosalt mineral](/source/Sulfosalt_mineral)
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| image       = Xanthoconite-220973.jpg
| imagesize   = 260px
| caption     = Xanthoconite from Imiter Mine, Boumalne-Dadès, Ouarzazate Province, Souss-Massa-Draâ Region, Morocco
| formula     = [Ag](/source/Silver)<sub>3</sub>[As](/source/Arsenic)[S](/source/Sulfur)<sub>3</sub>
| IMAsymbol   = Xcn<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   = 494.72 g/mol
| strunz      = 2.GA.10
| system      = [Monoclinic](/source/Monoclinic)
| class       = Prismatic (2/m) <br/><small>(same [H-M symbol](/source/H-M_symbol))</small>
| symmetry    = ''C2/c''
| color       = Red-orange; Lemon yellow
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| mohs        = 2.5–3.0
| luster      = [Adamantine](/source/Adamantine_lustre)
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| gravity     = 5.54, range 5.5–5.6
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| diaphaneity = Subtranslucent – opaque
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| references  =<ref>[http://webmineral.com/data/Xanthoconite.shtml Xanthoconite mineral data from Webmineral]</ref><ref name=Mindat>[http://www.mindat.org/min-4330.html Mindat.org]</ref>
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'''Xanthoconite''' is a [sulfosalt mineral](/source/sulfosalt_mineral) with the chemical formula [Ag](/source/Silver)<sub>3</sub>[As](/source/Arsenic)[S](/source/Sulfur)<sub>3</sub>.

==References==
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Category:Sulfosalt minerals
Category:Silver minerals
Category:Monoclinic minerals
Category:Minerals in space group 15
Category:Minerals described in 1840

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