Zinkenite

{{Short description|Sulfosalt mineral}}

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| name = Zinkenite

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| image = Zinkenite 2 w- sphalerite Lead antimony sulfide Fargo mine Stevens County Washington 1971.jpg

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| caption = Zinkenite, Fargo mine, Stevens County, Washington

| category = Sulfosalt minerals

| formula = Pb₉Sb₂₂S₄₂

| IMAsymbol = Zkn{{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.JB.35a

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| system = Hexagonal

| class = Pyramidal (6)
H-M symbol: (6)

| symmetry = P6₃

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Zinkenite is a steel-gray metallic sulfosalt mineral composed of lead antimony sulfide Pb₉Sb₂₂S₄₂. Zinkenite occurs as acicular needle-like crystals.http://webmineral.com/data/Zinkenite.shtml Webmineral data

It was first described in 1826 for an occurrence in the Harz Mountains, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany and named after its discoverer, German mineralogist and mining geologist, Johann Karl Ludwig Zinken (1790–1862).http://rruff.geo.arizona.edu/doclib/hom/zinkenite.pdf Handbook of Mineralogyhttp://www.mindat.org/min-4417.html Mindat