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Heptasartorite

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Very rare mineral
Heptasartorite
General
CategorySulfosalt
Formula
(repeating unit)		Tl7Pb22As55S108
IMA symbolHsat
Crystal systemMonoclinic
Crystal classPrismatic (2/m)
(same H-M symbol)
Space groupP21/c
Unit cella = 37.62, b = 7.88,
c = 20.07 , β = 101.93° (approximated)
Identification
References

Heptasartorite is a very rare mineral with formula Tl7Pb22As55S108. It belongs to sartorite homologous series. It is related to other recently approved minerals of the series: enneasartorite and hendekasartorite. All three minerals come from a quarry in Lengenbach, Switzerland, which is famous of thallium minerals. Chemically similar minerals include edenharterite and hutchinsonite.

References

  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. ^ Topa, D., Stroeger, B., Makovicky, E., Berlepsch, P., and Stanley, C., 2015. Heptasartorite, IMA 2015-073. CNMNC Newsletter No. 28, December 2015, 1861; Mineralogical Magazine 79, 1859–1864
  3. ^ "Heptasartorite: Heptasartorite mineral information and data". Mindat.org. Retrieved 2016-03-04.
  4. "Enneasartorite: Enneasartorite mineral information and data". Mindat.org. Retrieved 2016-03-10.
  5. "Hendekasartorite: Hendekasartorite mineral information and data". Mindat.org. Retrieved 2016-03-10.
  6. "Lengenbach Quarry, Fäld (Imfeld; Im Feld; Feld), Binn Valley, Wallis (Valais), Switzerland - Mindat.org". Mindat.org. Retrieved 2016-03-10.
  7. "Edenharterite: Edenharterite mineral information and data". Mindat.org. Retrieved 2016-03-10.
  8. "Hutchinsonite: Hutchinsonite mineral information and data". Mindat.org. Retrieved 2016-03-10.


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