Sartorite Explained

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Sartorite
Category:	Satorite Group
Formula:	PbAs2S4
Imasymbol:	Sat^[1]
Strunz:	2.HC.05a
Dana:	3.7.8.1
System:	Monoclinic
Class:	Prismatic
Symmetry:	P21/c (no. 14)
Unit Cell:	648.62 ų
Colour:	Grey
Cleavage:	Imperfect/Fair
Fracture:	Conchoidal
Tenacity:	Very brittle
Mohs:	3
Luster:	Metallic
Streak:	chocolate-brown
Diaphaneity:	Opaque
Gravity:	5.08 - 5.12
Density:	5.08 - 5.12 g/cm^3
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.^{[2] [3]} Historically, sartorite has been thought isomorphic to chalcostibite, emplectite, and zinckenite, but was definitively distinguished from the others in 1939.^[4]

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. Sometimes the mineral is containing traces of thallium and 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

See also

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

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

Notes and References

1. Warr. L.N.. 2021. IMA–CNMNC approved mineral symbols. Mineralogical Magazine. 85. 3. 291–320. 10.1180/mgm.2021.43. 2021MinM...85..291W. 235729616. free.
2. Web site: Sartorite. 3 August 2019.
3. Web site: THE MINERAL SARTORITE. Amethyst Galleries' Mineral Gallery. Amethyst Galleries. https://web.archive.org/web/20180730181352/http://www.galleries.com/Sartorite. 2018-07-30. live. 4 August 2019.
4. Bannister. Pabst. Adolf. Vaux. George. The crystallography of sartorite. Mineralogical Magazine and Journal of the Mineralogical Society. 25. 164. 264–270. 10.1180/minmag.1939.025.164.05. 1939. 1939MinM...25..264B.
5. http://www.webmineral.com/data/Sartorite.shtml Sartorite
6. Web site: Sartorite from Mobin Au deposit, Huitong Co., Huaihua, Hunan, China . Mindat.org . 17 June 2022.