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zinkenite

Zinkenite is a steel-gray metallic sulfosalt mineral composed of lead antimony sulfide Pb9Sb22S42. Zinkenite occurs as acicular needle-like crystals.

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Mineral.name: Zinkenite
Mineral.image: Zinkenite 2 w- sphalerite Lead antimony sulfide Fargo mine Stevens County Washington 1971.jpg
Mineral.caption: Zinkenite, Fargo mine, Stevens County, Washington
Mineral.category: Sulfosalt minerals
Mineral.formula: Pb9Sb22S42
Mineral.IMAsymbol: Zkn
Mineral.strunz: 2.JB.35a
Mineral.system: Hexagonal
Mineral.class: Pyramidal (6) H-M symbol: (6)
Mineral.symmetry: P63

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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).