Hendekasartorite Explained

Hendekasartorite
Category:	Sulfosalt
Formula:	Tl2Pb48As82S172
Imasymbol:	Hksat^[1]
System:	Monoclinic
Class:	Prismatic (2/m) (same H-M symbol)
Symmetry:	P21/c
Unit Cell:	a = 31.81, b = 7.489 c = 28.56 [Å]; β = 99.03° (approximated)

Hendekasartorite is a very rare thallium sulfosalt mineral^[2] with formula Tl₂Pb₄₈As₈₂S₁₇₂. It is one of recently approved new members of sartorite homologous series,^[3] by enneasartorite and heptasartorite.^{[4] [5]} All new members come from Lengenbach quarry in Switzerland, prolific in terms of thallium sulfosalt minerals.^[6] Hendekasartorite is chemically similar to edenharterite and hutchinsonite.^{[7] [8]}

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: Hendekasartorite: Hendekasartorite mineral information and data . Mindat.org . 2016-03-04.
3. Topa, D., Makovicky, E.,, Berlepsch, P., Stroeger, B., and Stanley, C., 2015. Hendekasartorite, IMA 2015-075. CNMNC Newsletter No. 28, December 2015, 1861; Mineralogical Magazine 79, 1859–1864
4. Web site: Enneasartorite: Enneasartorite mineral information and data . Mindat.org . 2016-03-10.
5. Web site: Heptasartorite: Heptasartorite mineral information and data . Mindat.org . 2016-03-10.
6. Web site: Lengenbach Quarry, Fäld (Imfeld; Im Feld; Feld), Binn Valley, Wallis (Valais), Switzerland - Mindat.org . Mindat.org . 2016-03-10.
7. Web site: Edenharterite: Edenharterite mineral information and data . Mindat.org . 2016-03-10.
8. Web site: Hutchinsonite: Hutchinsonite mineral information and data . Mindat.org . 2016-03-10.