Zinkenite Knowpia

Zinkenite
Zinkenite
	Zinkenite, Fargo mine, Stevens County, Washington
General
Category	Sulfosalt minerals
Formula; (repeating unit)	Pb9Sb22S42
IMA symbol	Zkn
Strunz classification	2.JB.35a
Crystal system	Hexagonal
Crystal class	Pyramidal (6) ; H-M symbol: (6)
Space group	P63

Zinkenite is a steel-gray metallic sulfosalt mineral composed of lead antimony sulfide Pb₉Sb₂₂S₄₂. Zinkenite occurs as acicular needle-like crystals.^[2]

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]

References edit

^ Warr, L.N. (2021). "IMA–CNMNC approved mineral symbols". Mineralogical Magazine. 85 (3): 291–320. Bibcode:2021MinM...85..291W. doi:10.1180/mgm.2021.43. S2CID 235729616.
^ 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

[1] Warr, L.N. (2021). "IMA–CNMNC approved mineral symbols". Mineralogical Magazine. 85 (3): 291–320. Bibcode:2021MinM...85..291W. doi:10.1180/mgm.2021.43. S2CID 235729616.

[2] ttp://webmineral.com/data/Zinkenite.shtml Webmineral data

[3] ttp://rruff.geo.arizona.edu/doclib/hom/zinkenite.pdf Handbook of Mineralogy

[4] ttp://www.mindat.org/min-4417.html Mindat

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