Sartorite

Sartorite is a lead arsenic sulfide with the chemical formula PbAs₂S₄ and as type locality the Lengenbach Quarry in Legenbach, Binnental, Valais, Switzerland.^[2]^[3] Historically, sartorite has been thought isomorphic to chalcostibite, emplectite, and zinckenite, but was definitively distinguished from the others in 1939.^[4]

CategorySatorite Group

FormulaPbAs₂S₄

IMA symbolSat^[1]

Strunz classification2.HC.05a

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Sartorite

General
Category	Satorite Group
Formula	PbAs₂S₄
IMA symbol	Sat^[1]
Strunz classification	2.HC.05a
Dana classification	3.7.8.1
Crystal system	Monoclinic
Crystal class	Prismatic
Space group	P2₁/c (no. 14)
Unit cell	648.62 Å³
Identification
Colour	Grey
Cleavage	Imperfect/Fair
Fracture	Conchoidal
Tenacity	Very brittle
Mohs scale hardness	3
Luster	Metallic
Streak	chocolate-brown
Diaphaneity	Opaque
Specific gravity	5.08 - 5.12
Density	5.08 - 5.12 g/cm³
Pleochroism	Weak

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Etymology

The mineral is named after its discoverer, Sartorius von Walterhausen (1809-1876).^[5]

Occurrences

The mineral is predominantly found in hydrothermal deposits in dolomite. The mineral sometimes contains traces of thallium. It has been reported from:^[2]

Argentina
- Jujuy Province
  - Rinconada Department
    - Rinconada
      - Cerro Redondo prospect
Austria
- Tyrol
  - North Tyrol
    - Inn valley
      - Innsbruck
  - Hall
    - Hall valley
      - Salt mine
Azerbaijan
- Balakan District
  - Belokan-Avar ore district
    - Filizchai deposit
China
- Hunan
  - Huaihua
    - Huitong Co.
      - Mobin Au deposit (Unconfirmed)^[6]
Hungary
- Pest County
  - Szob District
    - Nagybörzsöny
Italy
- Tuscany
  - Lucca Province
    - Seravezza
      - Seravezza quarrying basin
Japan
- Hokkaidō
  - Abuta District
    - Takarada
      - Tohya mine (Toya mine; Tohya-Takarada mine) ?
Spain
- Andalusia
  - Granada
    - Baza
      - Sierra de Baza
        Calar de San José
Switzerland
- Valais
  - Binn Valley
    - Binn
      - Reckibach
        Lengenbach Quarry (TL)
        
        Messerbach (Mässerbach)
United States
- Colorado
  - San Juan Co.
    - Red Mountain Mining District
      - Anvil Mountain
        Zuñi mine
- New York
  - St. Lawrence Co.
    - Fowler
      - Sylvia Lake
        Balmat mine

References

Kharbish, S. (2016) Micro‐Raman spectroscopic investigations of extremely scarce Pb–As sulfosalt minerals: baumhauerite, dufrénoysite, gratonite, sartorite, and seligmannite. Journal of Raman Spectroscopy 47, 1360-1366
Cannon, R., Hensel, H. & Raber, T. (2008): Der Reckibach-Dolomit im Binntal, Schweiz: Mineralbestand und Neufunde. Lapis, 33 (3), 20–28; 50. (in German); Lapis No. 3, March
Rocks & Minerals 71:2 pp. 94–101, New York
U.S. Geological Survey, 2005, Mineral Resources Data System: U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia
Berlepsch, P., Armbruster, T., Makovicky, E., Topa, D. (2003) Another step toward understanding the true nature of sartorite: Determination and refinement of a ninefold superstructure. Am. Mineral. 88, 450–461. [= enneasartorite]
Stalder, H. A., Wagner, A., Graeser, S. and Stuker, P. (1998): "Mineralienlexikon der Schweiz", Wepf (Basel), p. 361
Shimizu & Matsuyama (1997) Ganko-Gakkai Kou'en-Youshi, 160
Pring, A. (1995) Structural modulation in sartorite: An electron microscopy study. Am. Mineral. 78, 619–626.
Sureda, R.J., Brito, J.R. (1992) Sartorita, PbAs2S4, en el prospecto polimetalico cerro Redondo, Jujuy, Argentina. 1 Reunion de Mineralogia y Metalogenia. Instituto de Recursos Minerales. UNLP Publicacion 2:307-318.; Milka K. de Brodtkorb (2002) Las Especies Minerales de la Republica Argentina. Vol. 1 (elements, sulphides and sulphosalts). (Asociacion Mineralogica Argentina)
Dezhong Zhou, Dayuan Ye, and Dalong Yu (1989): Mineral Deposits 8(1), 51-64
Torres-Ruis, J., Velilla, N., Vivaldi, M., Manuel, J., Delgado Salazar, F., & Fenoll Hach-Ali, P. (1985). The fluorite-(Ba-Pb-Zn) deposits of the" Sierra de Baza"(Betic Cordillera, South-East Spain). Bulletin de minéralogie, 108(3), 421-436
Koch: Minerals of Hungary, 1985
Canadian Mineralogist (1980) 18:13-15; Orlandi, P. & Criscuolo, A. (2009). Minerali del marmo delle Alpi Apuane. Pacini editore, Pisa, 180 pp.
Iitaka, Y. & Nowacki, W. (1961) A refinement of the pseudo crystal structure of scleroclase PbAs2S4. Acta Crystallographica 14, 1291-1292
Palache, Charles, Harry Berman & Clifford Frondel (1944) The System of Mineralogy of James Dwight Dana and Edward Salisbury Dana Yale University 1837–1892, Volume I: Elements, Sulfides, Sulfosalts, Oxides. John Wiley and Sons, Inc., New York. 7th edition, revised and enlarged: 478-481
Smith, G.F.H. and Solly, R.H. (1919) On sartorite and the problem of its crystal-form. Mineral. Mag., 18, 259-316

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