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{{Infobox mineral
| name         = Vrbaite
| nameIUPAC    =
| strunz      =  {{strunz-inline|02|H|F|20}}
| dana        = {{{dana|03|07|15|01}}}
| largeurbox  =
| image       = Vrbaite-91144.jpg
| imagesize = 280
| caption     = Vrbaïte, Crven Dol Mine, Allchar (Alsar), Roszdan, [[North Macedonia]]
| formula     = Tl4Hg3Sb2As8S2
<!-- Identification -->
| color     = black, gray-black, bluish, dark red; on polished sections, bluish white with internal red highlights
| class      = Dipyramidal ; <br> <math>C</math> <math>mca</math><br>{C 2/m 2/c 2{{ind|1}}/a}
| system     = [[Orthorhombic crystal system|orthorhombic]]
| fracture     = uneven/irregular to conchoidal
| tenacity      = 3,5
<!-- Optical properties -->
| refractive  = n = 2,72-2,73
| dispersion  = r > v
| fluorescence = aucune
| absorption = opaque
<!-- Chemical properties -->
| density     = 5,27-5,33
}}

'''Vrbaite'''  ([[List of mineral symbols|symbol]]: Vrb) is an opaque to subtranslucent brittle mineral with chemical formula Tl<sub>4</sub>Hg<sub>3</sub>Sb<sub>2</sub>As<sub>8</sub>S<sub>20</sub> and pyramidal crystals. It is names after Czech mineralogist {{ill|Karel Vrba|cs}}. It is bluish white with red internal reflections and dark red in translucent thin fragments. It is classified in the class "[[Sulfide mineral|sulfide]]s and [[Sulfosalt mineral|sulfosalts]]".<ref>[https://webmineral.com/data/Vrbaite.shtml Vrbaite Mineral Data]</ref><ref name=mindat>[https://www.mindat.org/min-4211.html Vrbaite] at ''[[mindat.org]]''</ref>

[[Type locality (geology)|Type locality]]: [[Allchar deposit]], {{ill|Ržanovo mine|mk|’Ржаново (рудник)}}, [[Kavadarci Municipality]], [[North Macedonia]].<ref name=mindat/><ref>[https://www.mindat.org/loc-2245.html Allchar, Ržanovo, Kavadarci Municipality, North Macedonia]</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:Sulfosalt minerals]]