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Formula: Pb9Sb22S42
Sulphosalt, antimony-bearing mineral
Crystal system: Hexagonal
Specific gravity: 5.25 to 5.35
Hardness: 3 to 3½
Streak: Steel-grey
Colour: Steel-grey
Common impurities: Ag,Cu,Fe,As
Environments:
Zinkenite is a constituent mineral in hydrothermal veins associated with base metal deposits, tin sulphides
and sulphosalts
(Webmin, HOM).
Associated minerals include stibnite,
jamesonite, boulangerite,
bournonite, plagionite,
fülöppite, cassiterite,
stannite, andorite,
pyrite, sphalerite,
chalcopyrite, arsenopyrite
and galena.
(HOM)
Localities
The type locality is the Graf Jost-Christian Mine, Wolfsberg, Sangerhausen, Mansfeld-Südharz, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.
Zinkenite from the Graf Jost-Christian Mine -
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At the Ramona mine, Cripple Creek mining district, Colorado, USA, zinkenite is associated with
krennerite.
(MinRec 36.2.182)
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