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Vikingite

Year of discovery: 1976 (Ivigtut mine, Greenland), 2021 (Japan)

Locality list: A locality of vikingite

• Ag₅Pb₈Bi₁₃S₃₀
• Ag₅(Pb,Cu)₈Bi₁₃S₃₀
• [Ag⁺₅][Pb²⁺₈][Bi³⁺₁₃][S₃₀]^60-

• Class: Lillianite subgroup < Lillianite group < Large 2D fragment Pb sulfosalts < Sulfosalt class
• Class: Sulfosalt

• Color: Light gray
• Luster: Metallic
• Diaphaneity: Opaque

• Hardness: 3.5

• System: Monoclinic
• Group: 2/m, B2/m
• Lattice: a=13.6, b=4.1, c=25.2, β=95.6