Locality type: Caldera Classification Species: Alacránite Formula: As8 S9 Comments: occurs with realgar and usonite as flattened and prismatic grains up to 0.5 mm across, serving as cement in sandy gravel. Crystals of alacranite have pinacoidal prismatic habit, somewhat flattened on <001> Confirmation Validity: Valid - Type Locality Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data: Uzonite 4 Orpiment 3 Data Mineral Data: Click here to view Alacránite data Locality Data: Click here to view Uzon Caldera, Kronotsky Reserve, Yelizovsky District, Kamchatka Krai, Russia Photo Gallery View Gallery (9 photos) Data Identifiers Mindat Occurrence Record ID: 305 Long-form Identifier: 1:3:305:2 GUID (UUID V4 ): 0 Localities for Alacránite in this Region Fumarol'noye Lake, Uzon Caldera, Kronotsky Reserve, Yelizovsky District, Kamchatka Krai, Russia Nearest other occurrences of Alacránite
1.2km (0.7 miles) ⓘ Fumarol'noye Lake, Uzon Caldera, Kronotsky Reserve, Yelizovsky District, Kamchatka Krai, Russia References Popova, V.I., Popov, V.A., Clark, A., Polyakov, V.O., Borisovskii, S.E. (1986) Alacránite, As8S9–a new mineral. Zapiski Vsesoyuznogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva: 115(3): 360-368. Hawthorne, Frank C., Burke, Ernst A. J., Ercit, T. Scott, Grew, Edward S., Grice, Joel D., Jambor, John L., Puziewicz, Jacek, Roberts, Andrew C., Vanko, David A. (1988) New Mineral Names. American Mineralogist , 73 (1-2) 189-199 Bonazzi, Paola, Bindi, Luca, Popova, Valentina, Pratesi, Giovanni, Menchetti, Silvio (2003) Alacranite, As8 S9 : structural study of the holotype and re-assignment of the original chemical formula. American Mineralogist , 88 (11) 1796-1800 doi:10.2138/am-2003-11-1220 Search for references including Alacránite Uzon Caldera, Kronotsky Reserve, Yelizovsky District, Kamchatka Krai, Russia
Uzon Caldera, Kronotsky Reserve, Yelizovsky District, Kamchatka Krai, Russia