xanthoconite

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| name = Xanthoconite

| category = Sulfosalt mineral

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| image = Xanthoconite-220973.jpg

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| caption = Xanthoconite from Imiter Mine, Boumalne-Dadès, Ouarzazate Province, Souss-Massa-Draâ Region, Morocco

| formula = Ag3AsS3

| IMAsymbol = Xcn{{Cite journal|last=Warr|first=L.N.|date=2021|title=IMA–CNMNC approved mineral symbols|journal=Mineralogical Magazine|volume=85|issue=3|pages=291–320|doi=10.1180/mgm.2021.43|bibcode=2021MinM...85..291W|s2cid=235729616|doi-access=free}}

| molweight = 494.72 g/mol

| strunz = 2.GA.10

| system = Monoclinic

| class = Prismatic (2/m)
(same H-M symbol)

| symmetry = C2/c

| color = Red-orange; Lemon yellow

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| mohs = 2.5–3.0

| luster = Adamantine

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| gravity = 5.54, range 5.5–5.6

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| diaphaneity = Subtranslucent – opaque

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| references =[http://webmineral.com/data/Xanthoconite.shtml Xanthoconite mineral data from Webmineral][http://www.mindat.org/min-4330.html Mindat.org]

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Xanthoconite is a sulfosalt mineral with the chemical formula Ag3AsS3.

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