{{Infobox mineral | name = Vrbaite | nameIUPAC = | strunz = {{strunz-inline|02|H|F|20}} | dana = 03.07.15.01 | largeurbox = | image = Vrbaite-91144.jpg | imagesize = 280 | caption = Vrbaïte, Crven Dol Mine, Allchar (Alsar), Roszdan, North Macedonia | formula = Tl4Hg3Sb2As8S2 <!-- Identification --> | color = black, gray-black, bluish, dark red; on polished sections, bluish white with internal red highlights | class = Dipyramidal ; <br> <math>C</math> <math>mca</math><br>{C 2/m 2/c 2{{ind|1}}/a} | system = orthorhombic | fracture = uneven/irregular to conchoidal | tenacity = 3,5 <!-- Optical properties --> | refractive = n = 2,72-2,73 | dispersion = r > v | fluorescence = aucune | absorption = opaque <!-- Chemical properties --> | density = 5,27-5,33 }}
'''Vrbaite''' (symbol: Vrb) is an opaque to subtranslucent brittle mineral with chemical formula Tl<sub>4</sub>Hg<sub>3</sub>Sb<sub>2</sub>As<sub>8</sub>S<sub>20</sub> and pyramidal crystals. It is names after Czech mineralogist {{ill|Karel Vrba|cs}}. It is bluish white with red internal reflections and dark red in translucent thin fragments. It is classified in the class "sulfides and sulfosalts".<ref>[https://webmineral.com/data/Vrbaite.shtml Vrbaite Mineral Data]</ref><ref name=mindat>[https://www.mindat.org/min-4211.html Vrbaite] at ''mindat.org''</ref>
Type locality: Allchar deposit, {{ill|Ržanovo mine|mk|’Ржаново (рудник)}}, Kavadarci Municipality, North Macedonia.<ref name=mindat/><ref>[https://www.mindat.org/loc-2245.html Allchar, Ržanovo, Kavadarci Municipality, North Macedonia]</ref>
==References== {{reflist}} {{strunz|02|H|F|20}} Category:Sulfosalt minerals