Livingstonite

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name = Livingstonite
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formula = HgSb₄S₈
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color = Steel gray, lead gray
habit = Columnar, Fibrous, Radial, Massive
system = Monoclinic-Prismatic
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cleavage = Perfect
fracture = Uneven, flat surfaces
mohs = 2
luster = Adamantine to metallic
refractive = >= 2.72
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pleochroism = Weak
streak = Red
gravity = 4.81 - 4.5 g/cm³
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Livingstonite is a mercury antimony sulfosalt mineral. It occurs in low-temperature hydrothermal veins associated with cinnabar, stibnite, sulfur and gypsum.

It was first described in 1874 for an occurrence in Huitzuco de los Figueroa (Huitzuco), Mun. de Huitzuco, Guerrero, Mexico. It was named to honor Scottish explorer of Africa, David Livingstone.

References

* Palache, C., H. Berman, and C. Frondel (1944) "Dana’s system of mineralogy," (7th edition), v. I, 485–486
* [http://webmineral.com/data/Livingstonite.shtml Webmineral database entry]
* [http://www.mindat.org/min-2424.html Mindat with location data]
* [http://rruff.geo.arizona.edu/doclib/hom/livingstonite.pdf Mineral Data Publishing, Arizona]

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