Meneghinite

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| name = Meneghinite

| category = Sulfosalt mineral

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| formula = CuPb₁₃ Sb₇S₂₄

| IMAsymbol = Meg{{Cite journal|last=Warr|first=L.N.|date=2021|title=IMA–CNMNC approved mineral symbols|journal=Mineralogical Magazine|volume=85|issue=3 |pages=291–320|doi=10.1180/mgm.2021.43 |bibcode=2021MinM...85..291W |s2cid=235729616 |doi-access=free}}

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| strunz = 2.HB.05b

| system = Orthorhombic

| class = Dipyramidal (mmm)
H-M symbol: (2/m 2/m 2/m)

| symmetry = Pbnm

| color = Blackish lead-grey

| habit = Prismatic to acicular, massive

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| cleavage = {010} perfect

| fracture = Conchoidal

| tenacity = Brittle

| mohs = {{frac|2|1|2}}

| luster = Metallic

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| pleochroism = Weak

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| streak = Black shining

| gravity = 6.36

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| diaphaneity = Opaque

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| references = [https://www.mineralienatlas.de/lexikon/index.php/MineralData?mineral=Meneghinite Mineralienatlas]http://rruff.geo.arizona.edu/doclib/hom/meneghinite.pdf Handbook of Mineralogy

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Meneghinite is a sulfosalt mineral with the chemical formula CuPb₁₃ Sb₇S₂₄.[http://www.mindat.org/min-2644.html Mindat information page for Meneghinite]

In the orthorhombic crystal system, meneghinite has a Mohs hardness of {{frac|2|1|2}}, one perfect cleavage and a conchoidal fracture. It is a blackish lead-grey in colour and gives a black shining streak. Its lustre is metallic.

Discovered in the Italian Province of Lucca in 1852, it is named after Giuseppe Meneghini (1811–1889) of the University of Pisa, who first observed the species.{{cite book |editor= The Brown Reference Group plc|title= Treasures of the Earth|year= 2007|publisher= De Agostini UK Ltd|isbn= 978-0-7489-7995-0|chapter= Meneghinite}} The Bottino Mine in Lucca is the type locality.

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