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Andorite VI

Year of discovery: before 1959 (World), 1953 (Japan)

Locality list: 2 localities of andorite VI

• AgPbSb₃S₆
• [Ag⁺][Pb²⁺][Sb³⁺₃][S₆]^12-

• Class: Lillianite subgroup < Lillianite group < Large 2D fragment Pb sulfosalts < Sulfosalt class
• Class: Sulfosalt
• Variety: Nakaséite (Nakaseite) (+Cu)
• Soluble in: HCl

• Sb => Bi: Gustavite

• Ag_0.5Sb_0.5 => Mn_0.5Pb_0.5: Uchucchacuaite

• Color: Dark Gray
• Streak: Black
• Luster: Metallic
• Diaphaneity: Opaque

• Habit: Prismatic, {100} Platy
• Striation: [001]
• Twin: {110}

• Cleavage: No
• Hardness: 3-3.5
• Density: 5.4

• System: Orthorhombic
• Group: mmm, Pmma
• Lattice: a=13.0, b=19.2, c=4.3

Etymology: Andor von Semsey, Hungarian aristocrat and mineral collector