zinkenite
Sign in to saveZinkenite is a steel-gray metallic sulfosalt mineral composed of lead antimony sulfide Pb9Sb22S42. Zinkenite occurs as acicular needle-like crystals.
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- Mineral.name
- Zinkenite
- Mineral.image
- Zinkenite 2 w- sphalerite Lead antimony sulfide Fargo mine Stevens County Washington 1971.jpg
- Mineral.caption
- Zinkenite, Fargo mine, Stevens County, Washington
- Mineral.category
- Sulfosalt minerals
- Mineral.formula
- Pb9Sb22S42
- Mineral.IMAsymbol
- Zkn
- Mineral.strunz
- 2.JB.35a
- Mineral.system
- Hexagonal
- Mineral.class
- Pyramidal (6) H-M symbol: (6)
- Mineral.symmetry
- P63
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Zinkenite is a steel-gray metallic sulfosalt mineral composed of lead antimony sulfide Pb9Sb22S42. Zinkenite occurs as acicular needle-like crystals.
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).
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