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Sartorite

sartorite

PbAs2S4

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Overview

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

Identification characteristics

  • Mohs hardness 3

Scientific references

  1. Sartorite — Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q411922 Link
  2. Sartorite — Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sartorite Link