Category Sulfosalt minerals Strunz classification 2.JB.35a Space group P63 | Formula(repeating unit) Pb9Sb22S42 Crystal system Hexagonal | |
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Crystal class Pyramidal (6)H-M symbol: (6) | ||
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).
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