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Heptasartorite

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Category
  
Sulfosalt

Crystal system
  
Monoclinic

Formula (repeating unit)
  
Tl7Pb22As55S108

Space group
  
P21/c

Crystal class
  
Prismatic (2/m) (same H-M symbol)

Unit cell
  
a = 37.62, b = 7.88, c = 20.07 [Å], β = 101.93° (approximated)

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

Heptasartorite Wikipedia