Galkhaite
(Cs,Tl,[])(Hg,Cu,Zn)6(As,Sb)4S12 [CNMNC approved formula]
Named for the locality: In the mercury deposits of Gal-Khaya, Yakutia, and Khaidarkan, Kirgizia, Russia.
| IMA status : | Approved Species 1972 () |
| CLASSIFICATION | |
| Dana (8th edition) : |
03.04.14.01 |
| (03) Sulfides - Sulfosalts | |
| (03.04) where z/y > 3 - (A+)i (A++)j [By Cz], A=metals, B=semi-metals, C=non-metals | |
| (03.04.14) | |
| Nickel-Strunz (10th edition) : |
02.GB.20 |
| (02) Sulfides | |
| (02.G) Sulfarsenites, sulfantimonites, sulfbismuthites | |
| (02.GB) Neso-sulfarsenites, etc. with additional S | |
| Crystal system: | Cubic System |
| Point group (H-M): | 43m (or 4 3m) — hextetrahedral |