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Name: Vikingite
Vkg
IMA Chemistry: Ag5Pb8Bi13S30
Chemistry Elements: The mineral Vikingite contains elements:
Silver (Ag)
Lead (Pb)
Bismuth (Bi)
Sulfur (S)
Country of Type Locality: Denmark (Greenland)
Year First Published: 1976
IMA Status: Approved
Status Notes: Makovicky E, Karup-Møller S (1977) Chemistry and crystallography of the lillianite homologous series. Part II: Definition of new minerals: eskimoite, vikingite, ourayite, and treasurite. Redefinition of schirmerite and new data on the lillianite-gustavite solid solution series, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Abhandlungen 131, 56-82
Structural Group Name: Lillianite
Fleischer's Group Name:  
Crystal Systems: monoclinic
Oldest Known Age: 1275 Million Years Ago
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