semseyite
Sign in to saveSemseyite is a rarely occurring sulfosalt mineral and is part of the class of lead antimony sulfides. It crystallizes in the monoclinic system with the chemical composition Pb9Sb8S21. The mineral forms dark gray to black aggregates.
Key facts
- Mineral.name
- Semseyite
- Mineral.category
- Sulfosalt mineral
- Mineral.image
- Semseyite2.jpg
- Mineral.imagesize
- 260px
- Mineral.caption
- Semseyite - Brioude-Massiac (Massif Central) France (11x3.5cm)
- Mineral.formula
- Pb9 Sb 8 S21
- Mineral.IMAsymbol
- Ssy
- Mineral.strunz
- 2.HC.10d
- Mineral.system
- Monoclinic
- Mineral.class
- Prismatic (2/m) (same H-M symbol)
- Mineral.symmetry
- C2/c
- Mineral.unit cell
- a = 13.64 Å, b = 11.96 Å c = 24.46 Å; β = 105.87°; Z = 4
- Mineral.color
- Dark gray to black
- Mineral.habit
- Tabular, elongated prismatic crystals, commonly twisted; rosettelike groups
- Mineral.cleavage
- Perfect on {112}
- Mineral.tenacity
- Brittle
- Mineral.mohs
- 2.5
- Mineral.luster
- Metallic
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- Image
- Semseyite-240578.jpg
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- Nickel-Strunz '10th ed', review of (9th ed/ 2009 update)
- 2.HC.10d
- Commons category
- Semseyite
- chemical formula
- Pb₉Sb₈S₂₁
- Nickel-Strunz 9th edition (updated 2009)
- 2.HC.10d
- IMA Mineral Symbol
- Ssy
- Strunz 8th edition (series ID, updated)
- II/D.07
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{{Infobox mineral | name = Semseyite | category =Sulfosalt mineral | image = Semseyite2.jpg | imagesize = 260px | caption = Semseyite - Brioude-Massiac (Massif Central) France (11x3.5cm) | formula = Pb9 Sb 8 S21 | IMAsymbol = Ssy | strunz = 2.HC.10d | system = Monoclinic | class = Prismatic (2/m) (same H-M symbol) | symmetry = C2/c | unit cell = a = 13.64 Å, b = 11.96 Å c = 24.46 Å; β = 105.87°; Z = 4 | color = Dark gray to black | habit = Tabular, elongated prismatic crystals, commonly twisted; rosettelike groups | cleavage = Perfect on {112} | tenacity = Brittle | mohs = 2.5 | twinning = | luster = Metallic | diaphaneity = opaque | gravity = 6.15 | other = | references = }}
Semseyite is a rarely occurring sulfosalt mineral and is part of the class of lead antimony sulfides. It crystallizes in the monoclinic system with the chemical composition Pb9Sb8S21. The mineral forms dark gray to black aggregates.