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Chrysothallite

chrysothallite

K6Cu6Tl³⁺Cl17(OH)4·H2O

Chrysothallite archived mineral specimens

Chrysothallite archived mineral specimens — via www.dakotamatrix.com · Source

Overview

Chrysothallite is a rare thallium-bearing chloride mineral with the formula K6Cu6Tl3+Cl17(OH)4•H2O. Chrysothallite is unique in being only the second mineral with essential trivalent thallium, a feature shared with natural thallium(III) oxide, avicennite. Another examples of natural thallium chlorides are steropesite, Tl3BiCl6, and lafossaite, TlCl. Chrysothallite is one of numerous fumarolic minerals discovered among fumarolic sites of the Tolbachik volcano, Kamchatka, Russia The mineral is named in allusion to its colour and thallium content.

Scientific references

  1. Chrysothallite — Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19833331 Link
  2. Chrysothallite — Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chrysothallite Link