Zinkenite
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Zinkenite, Fargo mine, Stevens County, Washington
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| Category | Sulfosalt minerals |
| Formula (repeating unit) |
Pb9Sb22S42 |
| Strunz classification | 02.JB.35a |
Zinkenite is a steel-gray metallic sulfosalt mineral composed of lead antimony sulfide Pb9Sb22S42. Zinkenite occurs as acicular needle-like crystals.[1]
It was first described in 1826 for an occurrence in the Harz Mountains, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany and named after its discoverer, German mineralogist and mining geologist, Johann Karl Ludwig Zinken (1790–1862).[2][3]
References
- ↑ http://webmineral.com/data/Zinkenite.shtml Webmineral data
- ↑ http://rruff.geo.arizona.edu/doclib/hom/zinkenite.pdf Handbook of Mineralogy
- ↑ http://www.mindat.org/min-4417.html Mindat
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