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Sterryite

A valid IMA mineral species

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Sterryite

Pollone Mine, Valdicastello Carducci, Pietrasanta, Lucca Province, Tuscany, Italy

Sterryite, etc.

Pollone Mine, Valdicastello Carducci, Pietrasanta, Lucca Province, Tuscany, Italy

Sterryite

Pollone Mine, Valdicastello Carducci, Pietrasanta, Lucca Province, Tuscany, Italy

Sterryite

Pollone Mine, Valdicastello Carducci, Pietrasanta, Lucca Province, Tuscany, Italy

Sterryite, etc.

Pollone Mine, Valdicastello Carducci, Pietrasanta, Lucca Province, Tuscany, Italy

Sterryite

Pollone Mine, Valdicastello Carducci, Pietrasanta, Lucca Province, Tuscany, Italy

Sterryite

Pollone Mine, Valdicastello Carducci, Pietrasanta, Lucca Province, Tuscany, Italy

Sterryite, etc.

Pollone Mine, Valdicastello Carducci, Pietrasanta, Lucca Province, Tuscany, Italy

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About SterryiteHide

Thomas Sterry Hunt

Formula:

Cu(Ag,Cu)₃Pb₁₉(Sb,As)₂₂(As-As)S₅₆

Colour:

Black

Lustre:

Metallic, Sub-Metallic

Hardness:

3½

Specific Gravity:

5.91 (Calculated)

Crystal System:

Monoclinic

Member of:

Sterryite family Group

Name:

Named in honor of Thomas Sterry Hunt (1826-1892), chemist and a pioneer of Canadian mineralogy. Hunt was the first chemist and later mineralogist on the staff of the Geological Survey of Canada, and the coauthor of Geology of Canada (1863).

Type Locality:

ⓘ Taylor Pit, Huntingdon Township, Centre Hastings Municipality, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada

Black, metallic rod-like crystals, also massive.

Closely related to parasterryite.
The Ag analogue of ciriottiite.

Unique IdentifiersHide

Mindat ID:

3768

Long-form identifier:

mindat:1:1:3768:2

GUID
(UUID V4):

734a5659-625b-43ff-96dc-f41d3624ee83

IMA Classification of SterryiteHide

IMA status:

Approved

IMA Formula:

Cu(Ag,Cu)₃Pb₁₉(Sb,As)₂₂(As)₂S₅₆

Approval year:

1966

First published:

1967

Type description reference:

Jambor, John Leslie (1967) New lead sulfantimonides from Madoc, Ontario. Part 2 - mineral descriptions. The Canadian Mineralogist, 9 (2) 191-213

Classification of SterryiteHide

Strunz-mindat (2023):

2.LB.30

2 : SULFIDES and SULFOSALTS (sulfides, selenides, tellurides; arsenides, antimonides, bismuthides; sulfarsenites, sulfantimonites, sulfbismuthites, etc.)
L : Unclassified Sulfosalts
B : With essential Pb

Dana 8th ed.:

3.5.3.1

3 : SULFOSALTS
5 : 2.5 < ø < 3

Hey's CIM Ref.:

5.7.31

5 : Sulphosalts - Sulpharsenites and Sulphobismuthites (those containing Sn, Ge,or V are in Section 6)
7 : Sulpharsenites etc. of Pb and other metals

Mineral SymbolsHide

As of 2021 there are now IMA–CNMNC approved mineral symbols (abbreviations) for each mineral species, useful for tables and diagrams.

Symbol	Source	Reference
Srr	IMA–CNMNC	Warr, L.N. (2021). IMA–CNMNC approved mineral symbols. Mineralogical Magazine, 85(3), 291-320. doi:10.1180/mgm.2021.43

Physical Properties of SterryiteHide

Lustre:

Metallic, Sub-Metallic

Transparency:

Opaque

Colour:

Black

Streak:

Black

Hardness:

3½ on Mohs scale

Hardness Data:

Measured

Tenacity:

Brittle

Cleavage:

Perfect
Parallel to c

Fracture:

Irregular/Uneven

Density:

5.91 g/cm³ (Calculated)

Chemistry of SterryiteHide

Mindat Formula:

Cu(Ag,Cu)₃Pb₁₉(Sb,As)₂₂(As-As)S₅₆

Elements listed:

Ag, As, Cu, Pb, S, Sb - search for minerals with similar chemistry

Common Impurities:

Ag,Cu

Crystallography of SterryiteHide

Crystal System:

Monoclinic

Class (H-M):

2/m - Prismatic

Cell Parameters:

a = 8.1891(10) Å, b = 28.5294 (13) Å, c = 42.98(2) Å
β = 94.896(8)°

Ratio:

a:b:c = 0.287 : 1 : 1.507

Unit Cell V:

10,004.78 Å³ (Calculated from Unit Cell)

Morphology:

Rod-like to acicular crystals.

Twinning:

Commonly twinned on (001).

Comment:

Space group P21/n. Originally assumed to be orthorhombic, Pbam, with 28.48, 42.62, 4.09 A.

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ID	Species	Reference	Link	Year	Locality	Pressure (GPa)	Temp (K)
0019482	Sterryite	Moelo Y, Guillot-Deudon C, Evain M, Orlandi P, Biagioni C (2012) Comparative modular analysis of two complex sulfosalt structures: sterryite, Cu(Ag,Cu)3Pb19-(Sb,As)22(As-As)S56, and parasterryite, Ag4Pb20(Sb,As)24S58 Acta Crystallographica B68 480-492		2012	Pollone mine, Tuscany, Italy	0	293

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 Comparative modular analysis of two complex sulfosalt structures: sterryite,
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Pb2   0.22040   0.63585   0.19887   1.00000   0.02280
Pb3   0.68060   0.69994   0.10114   1.00000   0.02660
Pb4   0.17960   0.69914   0.10211   1.00000   0.02390
Pb5   0.68270   0.54811   0.11574   1.00000   0.02480
Pb6   0.18800   0.54785   0.11636   1.00000   0.02570
Pb7   0.67850   0.40767   0.10849   0.90000   0.02150
Bi7   0.67850   0.40767   0.10849   0.10000   0.02150
Pb8   0.18960   0.40343   0.11030   1.00000   0.02390
Sb9   0.53050   0.01042   0.29831   1.00000   0.02160
Sb10   0.47060   0.49980   0.19294   0.70000   0.01820
As10   0.47060   0.49980   0.19294   0.30000   0.01820
Sb11   0.49510   0.08142   0.22572   0.91000   0.01910
As11   0.49510   0.08142   0.22572   0.09000   0.01910
Sb12  -0.00040   0.09558   0.21938   0.50000   0.01770
As12  -0.00040   0.09558   0.21938   0.50000   0.01770
Pb13   0.73550   0.21623   0.21405   1.00000   0.02580
Pb14   0.23370   0.21029   0.20834   0.76000   0.02820
Tl14   0.23370   0.21029   0.20834   0.24000   0.02820
Sb15   0.95570   0.76196   0.17837   0.07000   0.01540
As15   0.95570   0.76196   0.17837   0.93000   0.01540
Sb16   0.43420   0.76744   0.17674   0.86000   0.02290
As16   0.43420   0.76744   0.17674   0.14000   0.02290
Sb17   0.90150   0.83817   0.09471   1.00000   0.02240
Sb18   0.42940   0.82664   0.09887   0.45000   0.02310
As18   0.42940   0.82664   0.09887   0.55000   0.02310
Sb19   0.89840   0.90892   0.02117   0.82000   0.02610
As19   0.89840   0.90892   0.02117   0.18000   0.02610
Sb20   0.37960   0.92081   0.01144   0.80000   0.02270
As20   0.37960   0.92081   0.01144   0.20000   0.02270
Sb21   0.33800   0.49779   0.42995   1.00000   0.02800
Pb22   0.85260   0.49900   0.43845   0.67000   0.03670
Sb22   0.85260   0.49900   0.43845   0.33000   0.03670
Pb23   0.18040   0.91576   0.14472   0.83000   0.02980
Sb23   0.18040   0.91576   0.14472   0.17000   0.02980
Sb24   0.70480   0.91749   0.15226   1.00000   0.02180
Ag25   0.23430   0.82810   0.23710   0.90000   0.04800
Cu25   0.23430   0.82810   0.23710   0.10000   0.04800
Sb26   0.73300   0.83424   0.23460   0.85000   0.02410
As26   0.73300   0.83424   0.23460   0.15000   0.02410
Pb27   0.00420   0.38059   0.19626   1.00000   0.02820
Sb28   0.47920   0.36806   0.19252   0.55000   0.02620
As28   0.47920   0.36806   0.19252   0.45000   0.02620
Sb29   0.45750   0.95474   0.22192   1.00000   0.03310
Pb30   0.52180   0.46856   0.27371   1.00000   0.03210
Pb31   0.43850   0.04969   0.14240   1.00000   0.03010
Pb32   0.93440   0.05142   0.14031   1.00000   0.03300
Ag33b   0.35500   0.12160   0.05480   0.60000   0.02100
Cu33a   0.38500   0.11250   0.06030   0.40000   0.02100
Ag34b   0.91740   0.11888   0.05761   0.36000   0.04620
Hg34b   0.91740   0.11888   0.05761   0.24000   0.04620
Cu34b   0.91740   0.11888   0.05761   0.40000   0.04620
Pb35   0.64320   0.78361   0.01656   1.00000   0.02710
Pb36   0.13760   0.78670   0.01835   1.00000   0.02900
Sb37   0.89700   0.62016   0.03928   0.27000   0.01830
As37   0.89700   0.62016   0.03928   0.73000   0.01830
Sb38   0.39300   0.61302   0.03657   1.00000   0.02200
Sb39   0.89610   0.46983   0.03944   1.00000   0.02190
Sb40   0.39940   0.48411   0.04011   0.36000   0.01740
As40   0.39940   0.48411   0.04011   0.64000   0.01740
Pb41   0.90480   0.33727   0.03897   0.14000   0.02200
Sb41   0.90480   0.33727   0.03897   0.86000   0.02200
Sb42   0.38700   0.32966   0.03506   0.80000   0.02030
As42   0.38700   0.32966   0.03506   0.20000   0.02030
Cu43   0.64650   0.21330   0.05820   0.83000   0.04100
Pb44a   0.67920   0.27434   0.11949   0.83000   0.02740
Sb44b   0.67920   0.27434   0.11949   0.17000   0.02740
Pb45   0.18490   0.25801   0.10565   1.00000   0.03210
As46   0.85870   0.16461   0.13154   1.00000   0.01770
As47   0.53860   0.15950   0.13276   1.00000   0.02070
S1   0.95310   0.69100   0.15410   1.00000   0.01300
S2   0.44450   0.69130   0.15570   1.00000   0.01200
S3   0.92610   0.62290   0.09340   1.00000   0.01700
S4   0.42500   0.62360   0.09280   1.00000   0.01200
S5   0.95760   0.57260   0.16590   1.00000   0.01200
S6   0.45610   0.57220   0.16810   1.00000   0.01500
S7   0.49650   0.15600   0.25050   1.00000   0.01400
S8   0.49110   0.66470   0.24760   1.00000   0.02100
S9   0.91840   0.76320   0.06980   1.00000   0.01900
S10   0.41020   0.76060   0.06570   1.00000   0.02000
S11   0.92900   0.47860   0.09710   1.00000   0.02100
S12   0.41900   0.47670   0.09580   1.00000   0.02300
S13   0.68600   0.47360   0.16380   1.00000   0.01700
S14   0.22690   0.47220   0.16450   1.00000   0.02100
S15   0.77360   0.55100   0.23750   1.00000   0.02000
S16   0.21220   0.54900   0.23690   1.00000   0.01900
S17  -0.24230   0.11710   0.19020   1.00000   0.01800
S18   0.19400   0.12280   0.18450   1.00000   0.03100
S19   0.77110   0.74140   0.21290   1.00000   0.02000
S20   0.19660   0.75200   0.21090   1.00000   0.01500
S21   0.66110   0.80360   0.13140   1.00000   0.02200
S22   0.23740   0.79880   0.13430   1.00000   0.01600
S23   0.68610   0.87150   0.05730   1.00000   0.02200
S24   1.12700   0.87370   0.05470   1.00000   0.02700
S25   0.41280   0.04760   0.02360   1.00000   0.01900
S26   0.86420   0.04850   0.02030   1.00000   0.02100
S27   0.09580   0.46830   0.39640   1.00000   0.02000
S28   0.94600   0.96780   0.10420   1.00000   0.02800
S29   0.48550   0.88800   0.18470   1.00000   0.00700
S30   0.94450   0.88930   0.18600   1.00000   0.02100
S31   0.52900   0.80200   0.26660   1.00000   0.02300
S32   0.52370   0.30870   0.23070   1.00000   0.01600
S33   0.25170   0.32880   0.16750   1.00000   0.02500
S34   0.69940   0.34600   0.16350   1.00000   0.01900
S35   0.24150   0.41000   0.24910   1.00000   0.02000
S36   0.77110   0.41640   0.24140   1.00000   0.02100
S37   0.28500   0.49220   0.32060   1.00000   0.02200
S38   0.70900   0.99420   0.17560   1.00000   0.01300
S39   0.16960   0.07430   0.09590   1.00000   0.01600
S40   0.82110   0.57420   0.40300   1.00000   0.01500
S41   0.13100   0.15560   0.01450   1.00000   0.02500
S42   0.62310   0.15730   0.01000   1.00000   0.02000
S43   0.69000   0.67690   0.03460   1.00000   0.02900
S44   0.11200   0.67020   0.03110   1.00000   0.02800
S45   0.61300   0.53960   0.03900   1.00000   0.02500
S46   0.18710   0.54500   0.03900   1.00000   0.01700
S47   0.68140   0.41060   0.03930   1.00000   0.01400
S48   0.11600   0.40650   0.04060   1.00000   0.01800
S49   0.61000   0.27660   0.02550   1.00000   0.03300
S50   0.17200   0.27280   0.03800   1.00000   0.02400
S51   0.89510   0.19680   0.08390   1.00000   0.01900
S52   0.43910   0.18990   0.08680   1.00000   0.01900
S53   0.93680   0.22760   0.16130   1.00000   0.00700
S54   0.48120   0.22370   0.16290   1.00000   0.01700
S55   0.92960   0.33490   0.09930   1.00000   0.01900
S56   0.42310   0.33380   0.09320   1.00000   0.01400
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Pb1 0.01190 0.02140 0.03840 -0.00180 0.00780 -0.00280
Pb2 0.01100 0.02300 0.03520 0.00050 0.00640 -0.00050
Pb3 0.01130 0.03310 0.03600 0.00130 0.00580 0.00200
Pb4 0.01010 0.02320 0.03940 -0.00100 0.00730 0.00070
Pb5 0.01040 0.01530 0.04980 -0.00160 0.00810 -0.00340
Pb6 0.00880 0.02150 0.04780 0.00250 0.00850 -0.00210
Pb7 0.00490 0.02190 0.03850 0.00350 0.00560 -0.00180
Bi7 0.00490 0.02190 0.03850 0.00350 0.00560 -0.00180
Pb8 0.00720 0.02260 0.04260 -0.00040 0.00690 -0.00300
Sb9 0.02700 0.00490 0.03400 0.00620 0.01000 -0.00040
Sb10 0.01500 0.00390 0.03700 -0.00670 0.00700 -0.00050
As10 0.01500 0.00390 0.03700 -0.00670 0.00700 -0.00050
Sb11 0.01350 0.01540 0.02800 0.00040 0.00190 -0.00390
As11 0.01350 0.01540 0.02800 0.00040 0.00190 -0.00390
Sb12 0.00760 0.01020 0.03600 -0.00180 0.00700 0.00180
As12 0.00760 0.01020 0.03600 -0.00180 0.00700 0.00180
Pb13 0.00870 0.02740 0.04200 0.00250 0.00580 -0.00030
Pb14 0.01530 0.01540 0.05590 -0.00130 0.01390 -0.00200
Tl14 0.01530 0.01540 0.05590 -0.00130 0.01390 -0.00200
Sb15 0.01000 0.01200 0.02500 -0.00100 0.00700 0.00200
As15 0.01000 0.01200 0.02500 -0.00100 0.00700 0.00200
Sb16 0.02100 0.01610 0.03200 -0.00050 0.00600 -0.00070
As16 0.02100 0.01610 0.03200 -0.00050 0.00600 -0.00070
Sb17 0.01560 0.00720 0.04400 0.00190 0.00000 -0.00640
Sb18 0.00180 0.03200 0.03600 0.00000 0.00400 -0.00300
As18 0.00180 0.03200 0.03600 0.00000 0.00400 -0.00300
Sb19 0.01500 0.01860 0.04400 -0.00070 0.00100 -0.00700
As19 0.01500 0.01860 0.04400 -0.00070 0.00100 -0.00700
Sb20 0.00940 0.01720 0.04100 -0.00430 0.00200 0.00160
As20 0.00940 0.01720 0.04100 -0.00430 0.00200 0.00160
Sb21 0.00390 0.01790 0.06300 -0.00080 0.01000 -0.00600
Pb22 0.01330 0.05560 0.04150 0.00320 0.00340 0.00240
Sb22 0.01330 0.05560 0.04150 0.00320 0.00340 0.00240
Pb23 0.00980 0.03760 0.04200 -0.00340 0.00280 0.00090
Sb23 0.00980 0.03760 0.04200 -0.00340 0.00280 0.00090
Sb24 0.01040 0.01010 0.04600 -0.00170 0.00850 -0.00030
Ag25 0.04200 0.03000 0.07400 -0.00600 0.01900 -0.02300
Cu25 0.04200 0.03000 0.07400 -0.00600 0.01900 -0.02300
Sb26 0.01230 0.02600 0.03500 0.00440 0.00900 0.00200
As26 0.01230 0.02600 0.03500 0.00440 0.00900 0.00200
Pb27 0.02270 0.02200 0.04120 0.00210 0.00940 0.00090
Sb28 0.01300 0.03500 0.03100 0.00700 0.00700 0.00600
As28 0.01300 0.03500 0.03100 0.00700 0.00700 0.00600
Sb29 0.03000 0.04000 0.03200 -0.01400 0.01500 -0.00600
Pb30 0.02350 0.02350 0.04970 -0.00020 0.00540 -0.00330
Pb31 0.01960 0.02740 0.04390 -0.00360 0.00620 0.00090
Pb32 0.01780 0.02520 0.05730 0.00040 0.00960 0.00530
Ag33b 0.04100 0.00500 0.01700 0.00200 -0.00600 0.00200
Cu33a 0.04100 0.00500 0.01700 0.00200 -0.00600 0.00200
Ag34b 0.06800 0.02600 0.04500 0.01400 0.00700 -0.00700
Hg34b 0.06800 0.02600 0.04500 0.01400 0.00700 -0.00700
Cu34b 0.06800 0.02600 0.04500 0.01400 0.00700 -0.00700
Pb35 0.01240 0.03000 0.03950 -0.00220 0.00570 0.00230
Pb36 0.01530 0.02970 0.04240 0.00320 0.00580 0.00300
Sb37 0.01300 0.01300 0.03000 -0.00300 0.00700 0.00400
As37 0.01300 0.01300 0.03000 -0.00300 0.00700 0.00400
Sb38 0.01900 0.02300 0.02400 0.00110 0.00460 0.00030
Sb39 0.00820 0.02330 0.03500 -0.00440 0.00460 -0.00110
Sb40 0.00700 0.01400 0.03200 -0.00280 0.00800 0.00200
As40 0.00700 0.01400 0.03200 -0.00280 0.00800 0.00200
Pb41 0.01000 0.02190 0.03500 0.00150 0.00770 -0.00080
Sb41 0.01000 0.02190 0.03500 0.00150 0.00770 -0.00080
Sb42 0.00480 0.01880 0.03800 0.00170 0.00630 -0.00170
As42 0.00480 0.01880 0.03800 0.00170 0.00630 -0.00170
Cu43 0.00700 0.08200 0.03500 0.00300 0.00600 0.03000
Pb44a 0.00810 0.01930 0.05600 0.00280 0.00880 0.00720
Sb44b 0.00810 0.01930 0.05600 0.00280 0.00880 0.00720
Pb45 0.01320 0.02720 0.05720 0.00260 0.01050 0.00780
As46 0.00400 0.00000 0.05000 0.00150 0.00900 -0.00300
As47 0.00600 0.02800 0.02900 -0.00100 0.00700 0.00400

X-Ray Powder DiffractionHide

Powder Diffraction Data:

d-spacing	Intensity
4.14 Å	(50)
3.68 Å	(90)
3.54 Å	(60)
3.26 Å	(100)
2.97 Å	(60)
2.84 Å	(70)
2.35 Å	(60)
2.05 Å	(60)

Comments:

20-562

Geological EnvironmentHide

Paragenetic Mode(s):

Paragenetic Mode	Earliest Age (Ga)
High-𝑇 alteration and/or metamorphism
33 : Minerals deposited by hydrothermal metal-rich fluids (see also [#12])

Type Occurrence of SterryiteHide

Type Locality:

ⓘ Taylor Pit, Huntingdon Township, Centre Hastings Municipality, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada

General Appearance of Type Material:

Needlelike laths which cut veenite, as single anhedral grains. Loose fragments are plumose and characteristically occur as bundles of fibres.

Place of Conservation of Type Material:

Canadian Geological Survey, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, 12169
Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
National Museum of Natural History, Washington, D.C., USA, 160258.

Associated Minerals at Type Locality:

Veenite

Reference:

Jambor, J.L. (1967): New lead sulfantimonides from Madoc, Ontario. 2. Mineral descriptions. The Canadian Mineralogist, 9, 191-213.

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Synonyms of SterryiteHide

IMA1966-020

Other Language Names for SterryiteHide

German:Sterryit

Spanish:Sterryita

Relationship of Sterryite to other SpeciesHide

Member of:

Sterryite family Group

Other Members of this group:

Hayyanite

Cu₅Ag₁₁Pb₇₆Sb₇₁As₁₇(As²⁺)₈S₂₂₄

Mon. 2/m : P2₁/b

Common AssociatesHide

Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:

11 photos of Sterryite associated with Quartz	SiO₂
3 photos of Sterryite associated with Galena	PbS
2 photos of Sterryite associated with Smoky Quartz	SiO₂
2 photos of Sterryite associated with Geocronite	Pb₁₄Sb₆S₂₃
1 photo of Sterryite associated with Calcite	CaCO₃
1 photo of Sterryite associated with Baryte	BaSO₄
1 photo of Sterryite associated with Sphalerite	ZnS

Related Minerals - Strunz-mindat Grouping Hide

2.LB.	Ciriottiite	Cu(Cu,Ag)₃Pb₁₉(Sb,As)₂₂(As₂)S₅₆	Mon. 2/m
2.LB.	Hayyanite	Cu₅Ag₁₁Pb₇₆Sb₇₁As₁₇(As²⁺)₈S₂₂₄	Mon. 2/m : P2₁/b
2.LB.05	Miharaite	Cu₄FePbBiS₆	Orth.
2.LB.30	Ardaite	Pb₁₉Sb₁₃S₃₅Cl₇	Mon.
2.LB.30	Launayite	CuPb₁₀(Sb,As)₁₂S₂₀	Mon.
2.LB.30	Madocite	Pb₁₉(Sb,As)₁₆S₄₃	Orth.
2.LB.30	Playfairite	Pb₁₆(Sb,As)₁₉S₄₄Cl	Mon.
2.LB.30	Sorbyite	CuPb₉(Sb,As)₁₁S₂₆	Mon. 2/m : B2/m
2.LB.35	Larosite	(Cu,Ag)₂₁PbBiS₁₃	Orth.
2.LB.40	Petrovicite	Cu₃HgPbBiSe₅	Orth.
2.LB.40	Mazzettiite	Ag₃HgPbSbTe₅	Orth.
2.LB.45	Crerarite	Pt_2-x(Bi,Pb)₁₁(S,Se)₁₁	Tric. 1 : P1
2.LB.50	Quijarroite	Cu₆HgPb₂Bi₄Se₁₂	Orth. mm2 : Pmn2₁
2.LB.55	Znamenskyite	Pb₄In₂Bi₄S₁₃	Orth. mmm (2/m 2/m 2/m) : Pbam

Other InformationHide

Health Risks:

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References for SterryiteHide

Reference List:

Jambor, John Leslie (1967) New lead sulfantimonides from Madoc, Ontario. Part 1. The Canadian Mineralogist, 9 (1) 7-24

Jambor, John Leslie (1967) New lead sulfantimonides from Madoc, Ontario. Part 2 - mineral descriptions. The Canadian Mineralogist, 9 (2) 191-213

Jambor, John Leslie (1968) New lead sulfantimonides from Madoc, Ontario. Part 3-syntheses, paragenesis, origin. The Canadian Mineralogist, 9 (4) 505-521

Jambor, John L., Laflamme, J. H. G., Walker, D. A. (1982) A Re-examination of the Madoc [Ontario] Sulfosalts. The Mineralogical Record, 13 (2) 93-100

Moëlo, Y., Orlandi, P., Guillot-Deudon, C., Biagioni, C., Paar, W.H., Evain, M. (2011): Lead–antimony sulfosalts from Tuscany (Italy). XI. The new mineral parasterryite, Ag4Pb20(Sb14.5As9.5)S=24S58, and associated sterryite, Cu(Ag,Cu)3Pb19(Sb18-15As4-7)S=22(As–As)S56, from Pollone mine (Tuscany, Italy). The Canadian Mineralogist, 49, 623-638.

Moëlo, Y., Guillot-Deudon, C., Evain, M., Orlandi, P., Biagioni, C. (2012): Comparative modular analysis of two complex sulfosalt structures: sterryite, Cu(Ag,Cu)3Pb19-(Sb,As)22(As-As)S56, and parasterryite, Ag4Pb20(Sb,As)24S58. Acta Crystallographica, B68, 480-492.

(2023) Sterryite. Handbook of Mineralogy. Mineralogical Society of America

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Canada
Manitoba Snow Lake District ⓘ Lalor deposit	Duff, S. (2016). Ore Types of the Auriferous Lalor VMS Deposit, Snow Lake, Manitoba: Implications for Genesis and Post Depositional Processes (MS Thesis, Université d'Ottawa/University of Ottawa).
Ontario Hastings County Centre Hastings Municipality Huntingdon Township ⓘ Taylor Pit (TL)	*Jambor, John Leslie (1967) New lead sulfantimonides from Madoc, Ontario. Part 1. The Canadian Mineralogist, 9 (1) 7-24* *Jambor, John Leslie (1967) New lead sulfantimonides from Madoc, Ontario. Part 2 - mineral descriptions. The Canadian Mineralogist, 9 (2) 191-213* *Jambor, John Leslie (1968) New lead sulfantimonides from Madoc, Ontario. Part 3-syntheses, paragenesis, origin. The Canadian Mineralogist, 9 (4) 505-521* *Jambor, John L., Laflamme, J. H. G., Walker, D. A. (1982) A Re-examination of the Madoc [Ontario] Sulfosalts. The Mineralogical Record, 13 (2) 93-100*

India
Chhattisgarh ⓘ Bastar craton pegmatites	Singh, Y., Rai, S. D., Sinha, R. P., & Kaul, R. (1991). Lithium pegmatites in parts of Bastar Craton. Exploration and Research for Atomic Minerals, 4, 93-108.
Odisha Malkangiri District ⓘ Orissa deposit	Acharya, S., Sarangi, S. K., & Das, N. K. (1982). The Tin Ore Deposit of Orissa, India. In Ore Genesis (pp. 302-307). Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg.

Iran
West Azerbaijan Province Sardasht County Sardasht ⓘ Barika ore deposit	Makovicky, Emil, Topa, Dan, Tajeddin, Husein, Putz, Hubert, Zagler, Georg (2013) Ferdowsiite: a new mineral from the Barika ore deposit, Iran. The Canadian Mineralogist, 51 (5) 727-734 doi:10.3749/canmin.51.5.727

Italy
Tuscany Lucca Province Pietrasanta Valdicastello Carducci ⓘ Pollone Mine	Moëlo, Y., Orlandi, P., Guillot-Deudon, C., Biagioni, C., Paar, W.H., Evain, M. (2011). Lead–antimony sulfosalts from Tuscany (Italy). XI. The new mineral parasterryite, Ag4Pb20(Sb14.5As9.5)S=24S58, and associated sterryite, Cu(Ag,Cu)3Pb19(Sb18-15As4-7)S=22(As–As)S56, from Pollone mine (Tuscany, Italy). Canadian Mineralogist, 49, 623-638. Biagioni, C., Orlandi, P., Moëlo, Y., Pardini, S. & Passarino, G. (2012). Sterryite e parasterryite. I solfosali aciculari di piombo e argento della miniera del Pollone (Pietrasanta, Lucca). Rivista Mineralogica Italiana, 2/2012, 76-91

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