Formula: Pb₂(Cu,Fe)_22-24S₁₅

Species: Sulfides

Colour: Black

Lustre: Metallic

Hardness: 3 – 3½

Specific Gravity: 5.96 – 6.05

Crystal System: Orthorhombic

Name: Named in honor of Anatolii Georgievich Betekhtin (1897-1962), mineralogist and economic geologist.

Co-Type Localities: Fortschritt-Schacht I (Wolf-Schacht), Volkstedt, Eisleben, Mansfeld-Südharz, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Ernst-Thälmann-Schacht (Vitzthum-Schacht), Hübitz, Siersleben, Gerbstedt, Mansfeld-Südharz, Saxony-Anhalt – Germany