Where it forms, where it's found
- Type locality
- Allchar
- Ržanovo
- Kavadarci Municipality
- North Macedonia
41.1483°, 21.9536°
2recorded occurrences
Safety & handling
Physical
- Colour
- Red
Crystallography
- Cell parameters
- a = 5.948(2) Å · b = 11.404(6) Å · c = 15.979(5) Å
- Cell angles
- β = 90.15(1) °
- Ratio a:b:c
- 1 : 1.917 : 2.686
- Z
- 4
- Morphology
Occurs as inclusions in <m>rebulite</m>.
- Comment
Space group P21/n.
Crystal structure
Chemical composition
Synonyms
- IMA1982-052
- Simoniet
In other languages
- German
- IMA 1982-052 · Simonit
- Italian
- Simonite
Classification
Strunz
10th ed.2.GC.20
- 2Sulfides and SulfosaltsClass
- 2.GSulfarsenites, sulfantimonites, sulfbismuthitesDivision
- 2.GCPoly-sulfarsenitesGroup
- 2.GC.20SimoniteSpecies
Dana
8th ed.03.07.10.01
- 03SulfosaltsClass
- 03.07ø = 2Type
- 03.07.10Simonite GroupGroup
- 03.07.10.01SimoniteSpecies
CIM
—5.5.4
- 5Sulphosalts - Sulpharsenites and Sulphobismuthites (those containing Sn, Ge,or V are in Section 6)Class
- 5.5Sulpharsenites etc. of TlGroup
- 5.5.4SimoniteSpecies
Literature, links & citation
Citations
- 1982Engel, P.; Nowacki, W.; Balić-Žunić, T.; Šćavnićar, S. (1982) The crystal structure of simonite, TlHgAs3S6. Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 161 (1-4). 159-166 doi:10.1524/zkri.1982.161.14.159 DOI: 10.1524/zkri.1982.161.14.159
- 1984American Mineralogist (1984): 69: 211 (abs.).
- 1993Rieck, Branko (1993) Famous Mineral Localities: Allchar, Macedonia. The Mineralogical Record, 24 (6) 437-449
- 2005(2005) Simonite. Handbook of Mineralogy. Mineralogical Society of America
- 2007Roth, P. (2007): Minerals first discovered in Switzerland and minerals named after Swiss individuals, Kristallografik Verlag (Achberg Germany). (pp. 198-199)
Cite this entry
@misc{mineral2026,
author = {Mineral Index editorial board},
title = {Simonite — Mineral Index},
year = {2026},
url = {https://mineralindex.org/minerals/simonite-3667},
note = {Accessed 2026-05-11}
}