Sartorite is a lead arsenic sulfide with the chemical formula PbAs2S4 and as type locality the Lengenbach Quarry in Legenbach, Binnental, Valais, Switzerland. Historically, sartorite has been thought isomorphic to chalcostibite, emplectite, and zinckenite, but was definitively distinguished from the others in 1939.
Etymology The mineral is named after its discoverer, Sartorius von Walterhausen (1809-1876).Sartorite at Webmineral.com
Occurrences The mineral is predominantly found in hydrothermal deposits in dolomite. The mineral sometimes contains traces of thallium. It has been reported from:
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) 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
References
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