Chemistry:Hendekasartorite

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Hendekasartorite
Enneasartorite & hendekasartorite.jpg
Hendekasartorite with enneasartorite. These minerals are very similar and often indistinguishable without advanced techniques.
General
CategorySulfosalt
Formula
(repeating unit)
Tl2Pb48As82S172
Crystal systemMonoclinic
Crystal classPrismatic (2/m)
(same H-M symbol)
Space groupP21/c
Unit cella = 31.81, b = 7.489
c = 28.56 [Å]; β = 99.03° (approximated)
Identification
References[1][2]

Hendekasartorite is a very rare thallium sulfosalt mineral[2] with formula Tl2Pb48As82S172. It is one of recently approved new members of sartorite homologous series,[1] by enneasartorite and heptasartorite.[4][5][2] All new members come from Lengenbach quarry in Switzerland, prolific in terms of thallium sulfosalt minerals.[6] Hendekasartorite is chemically similar to edenharterite and hutchinsonite.[7][8]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Topa, D., Makovicky, E.,, Berlepsch, P., Stroeger, B., and Stanley, C., 2015. Hendekasartorite, IMA 2015-075. CNMNC Newsletter No. 28, December 2015, 1861; Mineralogical Magazine 79, 1859–1864
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Hendekasartorite: Hendekasartorite mineral information and data". http://www.mindat.org/min-46894.html. Retrieved 2016-03-04. 
  3. Warr, L.N. (2021). "IMA–CNMNC approved mineral symbols". Mineralogical Magazine 85 (3): 291–320. doi:10.1180/mgm.2021.43. Bibcode2021MinM...85..291W. 
  4. "Enneasartorite: Enneasartorite mineral information and data". http://www.mindat.org/min-46892.html. Retrieved 2016-03-10. 
  5. "Heptasartorite: Heptasartorite mineral information and data". http://www.mindat.org/min-46890.html. Retrieved 2016-03-10. 
  6. "Lengenbach Quarry, Fäld (Imfeld; Im Feld; Feld), Binn Valley, Wallis (Valais), Switzerland - Mindat.org". http://www.mindat.org/loc-3207.html. Retrieved 2016-03-10. 
  7. "Edenharterite: Edenharterite mineral information and data". http://www.mindat.org/min-1350.html. Retrieved 2016-03-10. 
  8. "Hutchinsonite: Hutchinsonite mineral information and data". http://www.mindat.org/min-1954.html. Retrieved 2016-03-10.