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Zinkenite
Sulfosalt mineral

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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References

  1. http://webmineral.com/data/Zinkenite.shtml Webmineral data http://webmineral.com/data/Zinkenite.shtml

  2. http://rruff.geo.arizona.edu/doclib/hom/zinkenite.pdf Handbook of Mineralogy http://rruff.geo.arizona.edu/doclib/hom/zinkenite.pdf

  3. http://www.mindat.org/min-4417.html Mindat http://www.mindat.org/min-4417.html