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Formula: MnSb2S4
Sulphosalt, berthierite group,
manganese- and antimony-
bearing mineral
Crystal System: Orthorhombic
Specific gravity: 4.48 calculated
Hardness: 3½ to 4
Streak: Brown
Colour: Black
Environments
Sedimentary environments
Hydrothermal environments
Localities
At the type locality, the Vorontsovskoe deposit, Tur'insk, Turya river, Serovsky District, Sverdlovsk Oblast,
Russia, clerite occurs typically as intergrowths with realgar in
limestones of the gold
deposit. The limestones also contain
arsenic-bearing pyrite,
cinnabar, orpiment,
stibnite, greigite,
alabandite, sphalerite,
tennantite-tetrahedrite,
zinkenite, chalcostibite,
aktashite, routhierite and
native gold
(AM 82.620-621).
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