Sartorite is a lead arsenic sulfide with the chemical formula PbAs2S4 and as type locality the Lengenbach Quarry in Legenbach, Binnental, Valais, Switzerland.[2][3] Historically, sartorite has been thought isomorphic to chalcostibite, emplectite, and zinckenite, but was definitively distinguished from the others in 1939.[4]

Sartorite
General
CategorySatorite Group
Formula
(repeating unit)
PbAs2S4
IMA symbolSat[1]
Strunz classification2.HC.05a
Dana classification3.7.8.1
Crystal systemMonoclinic
Crystal classPrismatic
Space groupP21/c (no. 14)
Unit cell648.62 ų
Identification
ColourGrey
CleavageImperfect/Fair
FractureConchoidal
TenacityVery brittle
Mohs scale hardness3
LusterMetallic
Streakchocolate-brown
DiaphaneityOpaque
Specific gravity5.08 - 5.12
Density5.08 - 5.12 g/cm3
PleochroismWeak

Etymology

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The mineral is named after its discoverer, Sartorius von Walterhausen (1809-1876).[5]

Occurrences

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The mineral is predominantly found in hydrothermal deposits in dolomite. Sometimes the mineral is containing traces of thallium and has been reported from:[2]

See also

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References

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  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. ^ a b "Sartorite". Retrieved 3 August 2019.
  3. ^ "THE MINERAL SARTORITE". Amethyst Galleries' Mineral Gallery. Amethyst Galleries. Archived from the original on 2018-07-30. Retrieved 4 August 2019.
  4. ^ Bannister; Pabst, Adolf; Vaux, George (1939). "The crystallography of sartorite". Mineralogical Magazine and Journal of the Mineralogical Society. 25 (164): 264–270. Bibcode:1939MinM...25..264B. doi:10.1180/minmag.1939.025.164.05.
  5. ^ Sartorite at Webmineral.com
  6. ^ "Sartorite from Mobin Au deposit, Huitong Co., Huaihua, Hunan, China". Mindat.org. Retrieved 17 June 2022.

Further reading

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  • Kharbish, S. (2016) Micro‐Raman spectroscopic investigations of extremely scarce Pb–As sulfosalt minerals: baumhauerite, dufrénoysite, gratonite, sartorite, and seligmannite. Journal of Raman Spectroscopy 47, 1360-1366
  • Cannon, R., Hensel, H. & Raber, T. (2008): Der Reckibach-Dolomit im Binntal, Schweiz: Mineralbestand und Neufunde. Lapis, 33 (3), 20–28; 50. (in German); Lapis No. 3, March
  • Rocks & Minerals 71:2 pp. 94–101, New York
  • U.S. Geological Survey, 2005, Mineral Resources Data System: U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia
  • Berlepsch, P., Armbruster, T., Makovicky, E., Topa, D. (2003) Another step toward understanding the true nature of sartorite: Determination and refinement of a ninefold superstructure. Am. Mineral. 88, 450–461. [= enneasartorite]
  • Stalder, H. A., Wagner, A., Graeser, S. and Stuker, P. (1998): "Mineralienlexikon der Schweiz", Wepf (Basel), p. 361
  • Shimizu & Matsuyama (1997) Ganko-Gakkai Kou'en-Youshi, 160
  • Pring, A. (1995) Structural modulation in sartorite: An electron microscopy study. Am. Mineral. 78, 619–626.
  • Sureda, R.J., Brito, J.R. (1992) Sartorita, PbAs2S4, en el prospecto polimetalico cerro Redondo, Jujuy, Argentina. 1 Reunion de Mineralogia y Metalogenia. Instituto de Recursos Minerales. UNLP Publicacion 2:307-318.; Milka K. de Brodtkorb (2002) Las Especies Minerales de la Republica Argentina. Vol. 1 (elements, sulphides and sulphosalts). (Asociacion Mineralogica Argentina)
  • Dezhong Zhou, Dayuan Ye, and Dalong Yu (1989): Mineral Deposits 8(1), 51-64
  • Torres-Ruis, J., Velilla, N., Vivaldi, M., Manuel, J., Delgado Salazar, F., & Fenoll Hach-Ali, P. (1985). The fluorite-(Ba-Pb-Zn) deposits of the" Sierra de Baza"(Betic Cordillera, South-East Spain). Bulletin de minéralogie, 108(3), 421-436
  • Koch: Minerals of Hungary, 1985
  • Canadian Mineralogist (1980) 18:13-15; Orlandi, P. & Criscuolo, A. (2009). Minerali del marmo delle Alpi Apuane. Pacini editore, Pisa, 180 pp.
  • Iitaka, Y. & Nowacki, W. (1961) A refinement of the pseudo crystal structure of scleroclase PbAs2S4. Acta Crystallographica 14, 1291-1292
  • Palache, Charles, Harry Berman & Clifford Frondel (1944) The System of Mineralogy of James Dwight Dana and Edward Salisbury Dana Yale University 1837–1892, Volume I: Elements, Sulfides, Sulfosalts, Oxides. John Wiley and Sons, Inc., New York. 7th edition, revised and enlarged: 478-481
  • Smith, G.F.H. and Solly, R.H. (1919) On sartorite and the problem of its crystal-form. Mineral. Mag., 18, 259-316