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Zinkenite
Sulfosalt mineral / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Zinkenite is a steel-gray metallic sulfosalt mineral composed of lead antimony sulfide Pb9Sb22S42. Zinkenite occurs as acicular needle-like crystals.[2]
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![]() Zinkenite, Fargo mine, Stevens County, Washington | |
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Category | Sulfosalt minerals |
Formula (repeating unit) | Pb9Sb22S42 |
IMA symbol | Zkn[1] |
Strunz classification | 2.JB.35a |
Crystal system | Hexagonal |
Crystal class | Pyramidal (6) H-M symbol: (6) |
Space group | P63 |
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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).[3][4]