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Formula: Hg1+4Sb5+O3(OH)3
Antimonate, mercury-bearing mineral
Crystal System: Monoclinic
Specific gravity: 8.34 to 8.51 g/cm3 measured, 8.60 calculated
Hardness: 3 to 3½
Streak: Yellowish white
Colour: Bright lettuce-green, olive-green, yellowish green, darkening on exposure
Solubility: Attacked by 1:1 hydrochloric acid, turning grey, etched instantly by concentrated nitric acid
Environments
Sedimentary environments
Metamorphic environments
Hydrothermal environments
Localities
There are two co-type localities, the Khaidarkan Sb-Hg deposit, Kadamjay District, Batken Region, Kyrgyzstan and the
Kelyana Hg Deposit, Middle Kelyana River, North-Muya Range, Baunt District, Buryatia, Russia.
At the Carolina Mine, Landsberg, Obermoschel, Nordpfälzer Land, Donnersbergkreis, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany,
shakhovite occurs in oxidised mercury- and
antimony- bearing
tetrahedrite ore, associated with
calomel, cinnabar,
mercury, malachite and
goethite
(HOM).
Shakhovite from Landsberg - Image
At the Khaidarkan Sb-Hg deposit, Kadamjay District, Batken Region, Kyrgyzstan (one of the co-type deposits),
shakhovite occurs in in the oxidation zone of cinnabar -
livingstonite ore
(HOM).
At the Kelyana Hg Deposit, Middle Kelyana River, North-Muya Range, Baunt District, Buryatia, Russia (one of the
co-type deposits), shakhovite occurs as a late-stage
secondary mineral in the oxidation zone of
cinnabar-stibnite ore. Associated
minerals include calomel,
eglestonite, mercury,
montroydite, terlinguaite,
corderoite, kelyanite,
kuznetsovite and antimony oxides
(HOM).
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