Enneasartorite

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Enneasartorite
Enneasartorite & hendekasartorite.jpg
Enneasartorite with hendekasartorite. These minerals are very similar and often indistinguishable without advanced techniques.
General
Category Sulfosalt
Formula
(repeating unit)		Tl6Pb32As70S140
IMA symbol Esat [1]
Crystal system Monoclinic
Crystal class Prismatic (2/m)
(same H-M symbol)
Space group P21/c
Unit cell a = 37.62, b = 7.88
c = 20.07 [Å]; β = 101.93° (approximated)
Identification
References [2] [3]

Enneasartorite is a very rare mineral [3] with formula Tl6Pb32As70S140. It belongs to sartorite homologous series. [2] It is related to other recently approved minerals of the sartorite series: hendekasartorite and heptasartorite. [4] [5] All come from Lengenbach quarry in Switzerland, which is famous for thallium sulfosalts. [6] Enneasartorite is chemically similar to edenharterite and hutchinsonite. [7] [8]

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References

  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. 1 2 Topa, D., Berlepsch, P., Makovicky, E., Stroeger, B., and Stanley, C., 2015. Enneasartorite, IMA 2015-074. CNMNC Newsletter No. 28, December 2015, 1861; Mineralogical Magazine 79, 1859–1864
  3. 1 2 "Enneasartorite: Enneasartorite mineral information and data". Mindat.org. Retrieved 2016-03-04.
  4. ↑ "Hendekasartorite: Hendekasartorite mineral information and data". Mindat.org. Retrieved 2016-03-10.
  5. ↑ "Heptasartorite: Heptasartorite mineral information and data". Mindat.org. Retrieved 2016-03-10.
  6. ↑ "Lengenbach Quarry, Fäld (Imfeld; Im Feld; Feld), Binn Valley, Wallis (Valais), Switzerland - Mindat.org". Mindat.org. Retrieved 2016-03-10.
  7. ↑ "Edenharterite: Edenharterite mineral information and data". Mindat.org. Retrieved 2016-03-10.
  8. ↑ "Hutchinsonite: Hutchinsonite mineral information and data". Mindat.org. Retrieved 2016-03-10.


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