Where it forms, where it's found
- Type locality
- Arzak Hg occurrence (Arzakskoye)
- Uyuk Range
- Pi-Khem District
- Tuva
- Russia
51.8667°, 93.6167°
3recorded occurrences
Safety & handling
Physical
Crystallography
- Cell parameters
- a = 8.94(2) Å · b = 5.194(7) Å · c = 18.33(4) Å
- Cell angles
- β = 92.44(8) °
- Ratio a:b:c
- 1 : 0.581 : 2.050
- Z
- 5
- Type-locality form
As complex intergrowths with arzakite, to 0.2 mm.
- Comment
Space group P 2 /m, P 2 or Pm. Possibly triclinic.
Chemical composition
Synonyms
- IMA1984-020
- Lavrentieviet
- Lawrentjewit
- Lawrentjewita
- Lawrentjewite
In other languages
- German
- Lavrentievit
- Italian
- Lavrentievite
Classification
Strunz
10th ed.2.FC.15a
- 2Sulfides and SulfosaltsClass
- 2.FSulfides of arsenic, alkalies; sulfides with halide, oxide, hydroxide, H2ODivision
- 2.FCWith Cl, Br, I (halide-sulfides)Group
- 2.FC.15aLavrentieviteSpecies
Dana
8th ed.10.03.04.01
- 10Oxyhalides and HydroxyhalidesClass
- 10.03A3(O,OH)2XqType
- 10.03.04— unnamed intermediate level —Group
- 10.03.04.01LavrentieviteSpecies
CIM
—6.5.3
- 6Sulphosalts - Sulphostannates, Sulphogermanates,Sulpharsenates, Sulphantimonates, Sulphovanadates and SulphohalidesClass
- 6.5SulphohalidesGroup
- 6.5.3LavrentieviteSpecies
Group, growth & confusion
Literature, links & citation
Citations
- 1984Vasil’ev, V.I., Pal’chik, N.A., Grechishchev, O.K. (1984) Lavrentievite and arzakite, new natural mercury sulfohalides. Geologiya i Geofizika: 25: 54-63.
- 1985Dunn, Pete J., Fleischer, Michael, Langley, Richard H., Shigley, James E., Zilczer, Janet A. (1985) New mineral names. American Mineralogist, 70 (7-8) 871-881
- 2005(2005) Lavrentievite. Handbook of Mineralogy. Mineralogical Society of America
Cite this entry
@misc{mineral2026,
author = {Mineral Index editorial board},
title = {Lavrentievite — Mineral Index},
year = {2026},
url = {https://mineralindex.org/minerals/lavrentievite-2350},
note = {Accessed 2026-05-11}
}