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Category sulfosalt mineral

Formula(repeating unit) PbBi2Te2S2

Crystal system Trigonal

Crystal class 3m

Space group P3m1 (no. 164)

Mohs scale hardness 2.5

Luster metallic

Streak pale green

Specific gravity 7.80

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Aleksite

Sulfosalt mineral

Aleksite (IMA symbol: Alk) is a rare lead bismuth tellurium sulfosalt mineral with formula PbBi2Te2S2.

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References

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. https://doi.org/10.1180%2Fmgm.2021.43 ↩
Lipovetskii A. G., Borodaev Yu. S. and Zav'yalov E. N. 1978: Aleksite, PbBi2Te2S2, a new mineral. Zapiski Vsesoyuznego Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva, 107, 315-321, in Fleischer M., Chao G. Y. and Mandarino J. A. 1979: New mineral names. American Mineralogist, 64, 652-659 - [1] http://rruff.info/uploads/AM64_652.pdf ↩
Mindat http://www.mindat.org/min-108.html ↩
http://www.handbookofmineralogy.org/pdfs/aleksite.pdf Handbook of Mineralogy http://www.handbookofmineralogy.org/pdfs/aleksite.pdf ↩