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Arsenohauchecornite

Year of discovery: 1980 (Vermilion mine, Canada), 1978 (Japan)

Locality list: A locality of arsenohauchecornite

• Ni₁₈Bi₃AsS₁₆
• [Ni²⁺₁₈][Bi³⁺₃][As³⁺][S₁₆]

• Class: Hauchecornite group
• Class: Sulfide

• Bi₃As => Sb₄: Tučekite (Tucekite)

• BiAs => Sb₂: Hauchecornite
• BiAs => Te₂: Tellurohauchecornite

• As => Bi: Bismutohauchecornite

• Color: Copper red
• Streak: Dark gray
• Luster: Metallic
• Diaphaneity: Opaque

• Habit: Tabular

• Cleavage: No
• Hardness: 5.5
• Density: 6.4

• System: Tetragonal
• Group: 4/mmm, I4/mmm
• Lattice: a=10.3, c=10.8

Etymology: As-bearing Hauchecornite