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Getchellite

getchellite

AsSbS3

Getchellite: Mineral information, data and localities.

Getchellite: Mineral information, data and localities. — via www.mindat.org · Source

Overview

Getchellite is a rare sulfide of arsenic and antimony, AsSbS3, that was discovered by B. G. Weissberg of the New Zealand Department of Scientific and Industrial Research in 1963, and approved as a new species by the International Mineralogical Association in 1965. Many metal sulfides are grey to black, but a few are brightly colored. Orpiment is yellow to brownish gold, cinnabar is deep red and getchellite is a bright orange red.

Scientific references

  1. Getchellite — Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q921364 Link
  2. Getchellite — Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Getchellite Link