Zinkenite R060186
Name: Zinkenite
RRUFF ID: R060186
Ideal Chemistry: Pb9Sb22S42
Locality: Llallagua, Potosi Department, Bolivia
Source: Lloyd Twaites LT1257 [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Lead-gray metallic foliated fragment intimately associated with stibnite
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis
Mineral Group: [ Zinkenite (2) ]
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CHEMISTRY 
RRUFF ID: R060186.2
Sample Description: Microprobe Fragment
Measured Chemistry: lighter phase: (Pb8.84Cu0.16)Σ=9(Sb21.92As0.08)Σ=22S42.00 ; darker phase: Sb2.00S3.00
RAMAN SPECTRUM 
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
Instrument settings: Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW
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POWDER DIFFRACTION 
RRUFF ID: R060186.1
Sample Description: Powder, with stibnite
Cell Refinement Output: a: 22.106(2)Å    b: 22.106(2)Å    c: 4.3254(5)Å
alpha: 90°    beta: 90°    gamma: 120°   Volume: 1830.5(0)Å3    Crystal System: hexagonal
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REFERENCES for Zinkenite

American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database Record: [view record]

Anthony J W, Bideaux R A, Bladh K W, and Nichols M C (1990) Handbook of Mineralogy, Mineral Data Publishing, Tucson Arizona, USA, by permission of the Mineralogical Society of America. [view file]

Rose G (1826) Ueber den Zinkenit, eine neue Mineralgattung, Annalen der Physik und Chemie, 7, 91-96   [view file]

Rose H (1826) Ueber die chemische Zusammensetzung des Zinkenits und des Jamesonits, Annalen der Physik und Chemie, 8, 99-102   [view file]

Rose G (1827) On zinkenite, a new mineral species, The Edinburgh Journal of Science, 6, 17-20   [view file]

Spencer L J (1938) Proceedings of societies, American Mineralogist, 23, 538-541   [view file]

Harris D C (1965) Zinckenite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 8, 381-382   [view file]

Portheine J C, Nowacki W (1975) Refinement of the crystal structure of zinckenite, Pb6Sb14S27, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 141, 79-96   [view file]

Lebas G, le Bihan M T (1976) Étude chimique et structurale d’un sulfure naturel: la zinckénite, Bulletin de la Société Française de Minéralogie et de Cristallographie, 99, 351-360   [view file]

Makovicky E (1985) The building principles and classification of sulphosalts based on the SnS archetype, Fortschritte der Mineralogie, 63, 45-89

Smith P P K (1986) Direct imaging of tunnel cations in zinkenite by high-resolution electron microscopy, American Mineralogist, 71, 194-201   [view file]

Pruseth K L, Mishra B, Bernhardt H J (1998) Solid solution in the synthetic zinkenite, robsonite and meneghinite in the system Cu2S-PbS-Sb2S3, The Canadian Mineralogist, 36, 207-213   [view file]

Biagioni C, Bindi L, Moëlo Y (2018) Another step toward the solution of the real structure of zinkenite, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 233, 269-277