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Zinkenite | |
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![]() Zinkenite, Fargo mine, Stevens County, Washington | |
General | |
Category | Sulfosalt minerals |
Formula (repeating unit) | Pb9Sb22S42 |
Strunz classification | 02.JB.35a |
Zinkenite is a steel-gray metallic sulfosalt mineral composed of lead antimony sulfide Pb9Sb22S42. Zinkenite occurs as acicular needle-like crystals.[1]
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, J. K. L. Zincken (1790–1862).[2][3]