Berryite
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| Berryite | |
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| General | |
| Category | Minerals |
| Formula | Page Module:Chem2/styles.css has no content.Cu3Ag2Pb3Bi7S16 |
| IMA symbol | Bry[1] |
| Strunz classification | 2.HB.20d (10th) |
| Dana classification | 3.6.15.1 |
| Crystal system | Monoclinic |
| Crystal class | 2/m (Prismatic) |
| Unit cell | 1,445.93 Å3 |
| Identification | |
| Colour | Bluish-grey, white, grey-white |
| Twinning | Repeated |
| Cleavage | Poor/indistinct |
| Mohs scale hardness | 3.5 |
| Luster | Metallic |
| Diaphaneity | Opaque |
| Specific gravity | 6.7 |
| Density | 6.7 g/cm3 (measured) |
| Pleochroism | Weak |
Berryite is a mineral with the formula Page Module:Chem2/styles.css has no content.Pb3(Ag,Cu)5Bi7S16. It occurs as gray to blue-gray monoclinic prisms. It is opaque and has a metallic luster. It has a Mohs hardness of 3.5 and a specific gravity of 6.7.
It was first identified in 1965 using X-ray diffraction by mineralogist Leonard G. Berry (1914–1982). It is found in Park and San Juan counties in Colorado. It occurs in sulfide bearing quartz veins in Colorado and with siderite-rich cryolite in Ivigtut, Greenland.
References
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Warr, L.N. (2021). "IMA–CNMNC approved mineral symbols". Mineralogical Magazine. 85 (3): 291–320. Bibcode:2021MinM...85..291W. doi:10.1180/mgm.2021.43. S2CID 235729616.
