Where it forms, where it's found
- Type locality
- Iyoki
- Uchiko
- Ehime Prefecture
- Japan
33.5652°, 132.6975°
4recorded occurrences
Safety & handling
Physical
Crystallography
- Space group
- P63/mcm
- Cell parameters
- a = 6.9960(10) Å · c = 10.154(2) Å
- Unit cell volume
- 430.4 ų
- Morphology
Submicron- to 2 μm-thick layer on placer gold. A prismatic face may be formed by (001) and (100) or (110).
- Type-locality form
As as a submicron- to 2 μm-thick layer on the outermost surface of the placer gold.
Chemical composition
Synonyms
- Aurihydrargyrumiet
- Aurihydrargyrumitt
- IMA2017-003
In other languages
- German
- Aurihydrargyrumit · IMA 2017-003
Classification
Strunz
10th ed.1.AD
- 1ElementsClass
- 1.AMetals and Intermetallic AlloysDivision
- 1.ADMercury-amalgam familyGroup
- 1.ADAurihydrargyrumiteSpecies
Literature, links & citation
Citations
- 2017Hålenius, U., Hatert, F., Pasero, M., Mills, S. J. (2017) New minerals and nomenclature modifications approved in 2017, CNMNC Newsletter No 37. Mineralogical Magazine, 81 (3) 737-742 doi:10.1180/minmag.2017.081.039DOI: 10.1180/minmag.2017.081.039
- 2018Nishio-Hamane, Daisuke, Tanaka, Takahiro, Minakawa, Tetsuo (2018) Aurihydrargyrumite, a Natural Au6Hg5 Phase from Japan. Minerals, 8 (9) 415 doi:10.3390/min8090415 DOI: 10.3390/min8090415
- 2020(2020) Aurihydrargyrumite. Handbook of Mineralogy. Mineralogical Society of America
- 2024Števko, Martin; Sejkora, Jiří (2024) Aurihydrargyrumite from the Otakar (Otokar, Ottokar) vein near Gelnica, Spišsko-gemerské rudohorie Mts., Slovakia, a new occurrence of natural Au6Hg5. Bulletin Mineralogie Petrologie, 32 (2). p.131-132. doi:10.46861/bmp.32.131DOI: 10.46861/bmp.32.131
Cite this entry
@misc{mineral2026,
author = {Mineral Index editorial board},
title = {Aurihydrargyrumite — Mineral Index},
year = {2026},
url = {https://mineralindex.org/minerals/aurihydrargyrumite-51827},
note = {Accessed 2026-05-11}
}