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Sartorite

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Sartorite

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Lengenbach Quarry, Binntal, Valais, Switzerland
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.8 × 5.6 × 4.1 cm
Description

Outstanding example of this rare mineral from Switzerland. The bright white matrix is hosting a very large crystal of this lead and arsenic compound. The crystal is perfectly positioned in a vug in the center of the specimen.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Sartorite

Formula: 
PbAs2S4
Strunz: 
2.HC.05a
Hardness: 
3.0
Type Locality: 
Lengenbach Quarry, Fäld (Imfeld; Im Feld; Feld), Binn Valley, Wallis (Valais), Switzerland