Sartorite

Sartorite
General
Category	Satorite Group
Formula	PbAs2S4
IMA symbol	Sat
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 ų
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

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

Etymology

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

Occurrences

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

See also

• List of minerals
  • baumhauerite
  • gratonite
  • guettardite
  • seligmannite

References

Further reading

• 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