Sartorite


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.

Occurrences

The mineral is predominantly found in hydrothermal deposits in dolomite. Sometimes the mineral is containing traces of thallium and has been reported from: