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Brobdignag Mine, Anvil Mountain, Red Mountain Mining District, San Juan Co., Colorado, USA

Guettardite

Brobdignag Mine, Anvil Mountain, Red Mountain Mining District, San Juan Co., Colorado, USA

Guettardite

Seravezza quarrying basin, Seravezza, Lucca Province, Tuscany, Italy

Guettardite, etc.

Brobdignag Mine, Anvil Mountain, Red Mountain Mining District, San Juan Co., Colorado, USA

Guettardite

Brobdignag Mine, Anvil Mountain, Red Mountain Mining District, San Juan Co., Colorado, USA

Guettardite

Seravezza quarrying basin, Seravezza, Lucca Province, Tuscany, Italy

Guettardite, etc.

Brobdignag Mine, Anvil Mountain, Red Mountain Mining District, San Juan Co., Colorado, USA

Guettardite

Brobdignag Mine, Anvil Mountain, Red Mountain Mining District, San Juan Co., Colorado, USA

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About GuettarditeHide

Jean-Étienne Guettard

Formula:

PbAsSbS₄

Ordered arrangement of As and Sb atoms.

Colour:

Greyish black

Lustre:

Metallic

Hardness:

Specific Gravity:

5.29 (Calculated)

Crystal System:

Monoclinic

Member of:

Sartorite Group

Name:

Named in honor of Jean-Etienne Guettard (1715-1786), French geologist, botanist and natural historian. He is credited with the creation of the first mineralogical-geological map known (western Europe) in 1746, Carte minéralogique du Canada et de la Louisiane (Eastern Canada and USA) in 1752, followed by the Atlas minéralogique de la France (with Lavoisier) in 1767, and the Carte minéralogique de la France in 1784. Guettard was a member of the Académie des Sciences from 1743, and is the author of La minéralogie du Dauphiné (1782).

Type Locality:

ⓘ Taylor Pit, Huntingdon Township, Madoc area, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada

Related to twinnite.

Classification of GuettarditeHide

IMA status:

Approved

Strunz 8th ed.:

2/E.25-40

Nickel-Strunz 10th (pending) ed.:

2.HC.05a

2 : SULFIDES and SULFOSALTS (sulfides, selenides, tellurides; arsenides, antimonides, bismuthides; sulfarsenites, sulfantimonites, sulfbismuthites, etc.)
H : Sulfosalts of SnS archetype
C : With only Pb

Dana 8th ed.:

3.7.8.2

3 : SULFOSALTS
7 : ø = 2

Hey's CIM Ref.:

5.6.18

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

Physical Properties of GuettarditeHide

Lustre:

Metallic

Transparency:

Opaque

Colour:

Greyish black

Hardness:

4 on Mohs scale

Hardness:

VHN₅₀=180 - 197 kg/mm² - Vickers

Tenacity:

Very brittle

Cleavage:

Perfect
on {001}

Fracture:

Conchoidal

Density:

5.29 g/cm³ (Calculated)

Chemical Properties of GuettarditeHide

Formula:

PbAsSbS₄

Ordered arrangement of As and Sb atoms.

IMA Formula:

Pb₈(Sb_0.56As_0.44)₁₆S₃₂

Elements listed:

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

Common Impurities:

Crystallography of GuettarditeHide

Crystal System:

Monoclinic

Class (H-M):

2/m - Prismatic

Space Group:

P2₁/b

Setting:

P2₁/c

Cell Parameters:

a = 8.527(4) Å, b = 7.971(4) Å, c = 20.102(10) Å
β = 101.814(7)°

Ratio:

a:b:c = 1.07 : 1 : 2.522

Unit Cell V:

1,337.37 Å³ (Calculated from Unit Cell)

Morphology:

Acicular crystals, anhedral grains.

Twinning:

polysynthetic on {100}

Type Occurrence of GuettarditeHide

Type Locality:

ⓘ Taylor Pit, Huntingdon Township, Madoc area, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada

Geological Setting of Type Material:

Low temperature hydrothermal vein

Synonyms of GuettarditeHide

IMA1966-018

Other Language Names for GuettarditeHide

German:Guettardit

Spanish:Guettardita

Relationship of Guettardite to other SpeciesHide

Member of:

Sartorite Group

Other Members of this group:

Argentobaumhauerite	Ag_1.5Pb₂₂As_33.5S₇₂	Tric. 1 : P1
Argentodufrénoysite	Ag₃Pb₂₆As₃₅S₈₀	Tric. 1 : P1
Argentoliveingite	Ag_xPb_40-2xAs_48+xS₁₁₂	Tric. 1 : P1
Barikaite	Ag₃Pb₁₀(Sb₈As₁₁)S₄₀	Mon. 2/m : P2₁/b
Baumhauerite	Pb₁₂As₁₆S₃₆	Tric. 1 : P1
Bernarlottiite	Pb₆(As₅Sb₃)S₁₈	Tric. 1 : P1
Boscardinite	TlPb₄(Sb₇As₂)S₁₈	Tric. 1 : P1
Carducciite	(Ag₂Sb₂)Pb₁₂(As,Sb)₁₆S₄₀	Mon. 2/m : P2₁/b
Dekatriasartorite	TlPb₅₈As₉₇S₂₀₄	Mon. 2/m : P2₁/b
Dufrénoysite	Pb₂As₂S₅	Mon. 2 : P2₁
Écrinsite	AgTl₃Pb₄As₁₁Sb₉S₃₆	Tric. 1 : P1
Enneasartorite	Tl₆Pb₃₂As₇₀S₁₄₀	Mon. 2/m : P2₁/b
Hendekasartorite	Tl₂Pb₄₈As₈₂S₁₇₂	Mon. 2/m : P2₁/b
Heptasartorite	Tl₇Pb₂₂As₅₅S₁₀₈	Mon. 2/m : P2₁/b
Hyršlite	Pb₈As₁₀Sb₆S₃₂	Mon. 2 : P2₁
Incomsartorite	Tl₆Pb₁₄₄As₂₄₆S₅₁₆	Mon. 2/m
Liveingite	Pb₉As₁₃S₂₈	Mon.
Parapierrotite	TlSb₅S₈	Mon. m
Philrothite	TlAs₃S₅	Mon. 2/m : P2₁/b
Pierrotite	Tl₂(Sb,As)₁₀S₁₆	Orth. mm2 : Pna2₁
Polloneite	AgPb₄₆As₂₆Sb₂₃S₁₂₀	Mon. 2 : P2₁
Rathite	Ag₂Pb_12-xTl_x/2As_18+x/2S₄₀	Mon. 2/m : P2₁/b
Sartorite	PbAs₂S₄	Mon. 2/m : P2₁/m
Twinnite	Pb_0.8Tl_0.1Sb_1.3As_0.8S₄	Mon. 2/m
Veenite	Pb₁₆Sb_9-xAs_7+xS₄₀, x ~ 0-0.5	Mon. 2 : P2₁

Common AssociatesHide

Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:

2 photos of Guettardite associated with Zinkenite

Pb₉Sb₂₂S₄₂

Related Minerals - Nickel-Strunz Grouping Hide

2.HC.05b	Argentobaumhauerite	Ag_1.5Pb₂₂As_33.5S₇₂	Tric. 1 : P1
2.HC.05b	Baumhauerite	Pb₁₂As₁₆S₃₆	Tric. 1 : P1
2.HC.05e	Chabournéite	Tl₄Pb₂(Sb,As)₂₀S₃₄	Tric. 1 : P1
2.HC.05d	Dufrénoysite	Pb₂As₂S₅	Mon. 2 : P2₁
2.HC.05c	Liveingite	Pb₉As₁₃S₂₈	Mon.
2.HC.05f	Parapierrotite	TlSb₅S₈	Mon. m
2.HC.05f	Pierrotite	Tl₂(Sb,As)₁₀S₁₆	Orth. mm2 : Pna2₁
2.HC.05d	Rathite	Ag₂Pb_12-xTl_x/2As_18+x/2S₄₀	Mon. 2/m : P2₁/b
2.HC.05a	Sartorite	PbAs₂S₄	Mon. 2/m : P2₁/m
2.HC.05a	Twinnite	Pb_0.8Tl_0.1Sb_1.3As_0.8S₄	Mon. 2/m
2.HC.05d	Veenite	Pb₁₆Sb_9-xAs_7+xS₄₀, x ~ 0-0.5	Mon. 2 : P2₁
2.HC.05g	Marumoite	Pb₃₂As₄₀S₉₂	Mon. 2 : P2₁
2.HC.05e	Dalnegroite	(Tl₄Pb₂)(As₁₂Sb₈)S₃₄	Tric. 1 : P1
2.HC.10a	Fülöppite	Pb₃Sb₈S₁₅	Mon. 2/m : B2/b
2.HC.10c	Heteromorphite	Pb₇Sb₈S₁₉	Mon. 2/m : B2/b
2.HC.10b	Plagionite	Pb₅Sb₈S₁₇	Mon. 2/m
2.HC.10d	Rayite	Pb₈(Ag,Tl)₂Sb₈S₂₁	Mon.
2.HC.10d	Semseyite	Pb₉Sb₈S₂₁	Mon. 2/m : B2/b
2.HC.15	Boulangerite	Pb₅Sb₄S₁₁	Mon. 2/m : P2₁/b
2.HC.15	Falkmanite	Pb₃Sb₂S₆	Mon.
2.HC.20	Robinsonite	Pb₄Sb₆S₁₃	Mon. 2/m : P2₁/m
2.HC.25	Moëloite	Pb₆Sb₆S₁₄(S₃)	Orth. 2 2 2 : P2₁ 2₁ 2
2.HC.30	Dadsonite	Pb₂₃Sb₂₅S₆₀Cl	Tric. 1 : P1
2.HC.35	Owyheeite	Ag_3+xPb_10-2xSb_11+xS₂₈, -0.13 < x > +0.20	Mon. 2/m : P2₁/b
2.HC.35	Zoubekite	AgPb₄Sb₄S₁₀	Orth.
2.HC.40	Parasterryite	Ag₄Pb₂₀Sb₁₄As₁₀S₅₈	Mon. 2/m : P2₁/b

Related Minerals - Dana Grouping (8th Ed.)Hide

3.7.8.1	Sartorite	PbAs₂S₄	Mon. 2/m : P2₁/m
3.7.8.3	Twinnite	Pb_0.8Tl_0.1Sb_1.3As_0.8S₄	Mon. 2/m

Related Minerals - Hey's Chemical Index of Minerals Grouping Hide

5.6.1	Sartorite	PbAs₂S₄	Mon. 2/m : P2₁/m
5.6.2	Dufrénoysite	Pb₂As₂S₅	Mon. 2 : P2₁
5.6.3	Liveingite	Pb₉As₁₃S₂₈	Mon.
5.6.4	Baumhauerite	Pb₁₂As₁₆S₃₆	Tric. 1 : P1
5.6.5	Gratonite	Pb₉As₄S₁₅	Trig. 3m : R3m
5.6.6	Jordanite	Pb₁₄(As,Sb)₆S₂₃	Mon. 2/m : P2₁/m
5.6.7	Fülöppite	Pb₃Sb₈S₁₅	Mon. 2/m : B2/b
5.6.8	Zinkenite	Pb₉Sb₂₂S₄₂	Hex. 6 : P6₃
5.6.9	Plagionite	Pb₅Sb₈S₁₇	Mon. 2/m
5.6.10	Heteromorphite	Pb₇Sb₈S₁₉	Mon. 2/m : B2/b
5.6.11	Launayite	CuPb₁₀(Sb,As)₁₂S₂₀	Mon.
5.6.12	Playfairite	Pb₁₆(Sb,As)₁₉S₄₄Cl	Mon.
5.6.13	Semseyite	Pb₉Sb₈S₂₁	Mon. 2/m : B2/b
5.6.14	Madocite	Pb₁₉(Sb,As)₁₆S₄₃	Orth.
5.6.15	Boulangerite	Pb₅Sb₄S₁₁	Mon. 2/m : P2₁/b
5.6.17	Robinsonite	Pb₄Sb₆S₁₃	Mon. 2/m : P2₁/m
5.6.19	Twinnite	Pb_0.8Tl_0.1Sb_1.3As_0.8S₄	Mon. 2/m
5.6.20	Veenite	Pb₁₆Sb_9-xAs_7+xS₄₀, x ~ 0-0.5	Mon. 2 : P2₁
5.6.21	Sorbyite	CuPb₉(Sb,As)₁₁S₂₆	Mon. 2/m : B2/m
5.6.22	Geocronite	Pb₁₄(Sb,As)₆S₂₃	Mon. 2/m : P2₁/m
5.6.23	Galenobismutite	PbBi₂S₄	Orth. mmm (2/m 2/m 2/m)
5.6.24	Cosalite	Pb₂Bi₂S₅	Orth. mmm (2/m 2/m 2/m)
5.6.25	Cannizzarite	Pb₄₈Bi₅₆S₁₃₂	Mon. 2/m : P2₁/m
5.6.26	Lillianite	Pb_3-2xAg_xBi_2+xS₆	Orth. mmm (2/m 2/m 2/m)
5.6.27	Giessenite	Pb₂₇Cu₂(Bi,Sb)₁₉S₅₇	Mon. 2/m
5.6.28	Platynite
5.6.29	Xilingolite	Pb₃Bi₂S₆	Mon.
5.6.30	Weibullite	Pb₅Bi₈Se₇S₁₁	Orth.
5.6.31	Wittite	Pb₉Bi₁₂(S,Se)₂₇	Mon.
5.6.32	Kirkiite	Pb₁₀Bi₃As₃S₁₉	Mon. 2/m : P2₁/m
5.6.33	Ustarasite	Pb(Bi,Sb)₆S₁₀ (?)

Other InformationHide

Health Risks:

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References for GuettarditeHide

Reference List:

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JAMBOR, J.L. (1967): New lead sulfantimonides from Madoc, Ontario. 1. Mineral descriptions. Canadian Mineralogist 9, 7-24.

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

JAMBOR, J.L. (1968): New lead sulfantimonides from Madoc, Ontario. 3. Syntheses, paragenesis, origin. Canadian Mineralogist 10, 507-521.

Bracci, G., Dalena, D., Orlandi, P., Duchi, G. & Vezzalini, G. (1980) Guettardite from Tuscany, Italy; a second occurrence. Canadian Mineralogist, 18, 13-15.

JAMBOR, J.L., LAFLAMME, J.H.G. & WALKER, D.A. (1982): A re-examination of the Madoc sulfosalts. Mineralogical Record 13, 93-100.

Makovicky, E., Topa, D., Tajjedin, H., Rastad, E. and Yaghubpur, A. (2012): THE CRYSTAL STRUCTURE OF GUETTARDITE, PbAsSbS4, AND THE TWINNITE–GUETTARDITE PROBLEM. Canadian Mineralogist, 50, 253-265.

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- World class for species or very significant. (TL) - Type Locality for a valid mineral species. (FRL) - First Recorded Locality for everything else (eg varieties). ~~Struck out~~ - Mineral was erroneously reported from this locality. Faded * - Never found at this locality but inferred to have existed at some point in the past (eg from pseudomorphs.)

All localities listed without proper references should be considered as questionable.


Canada
British Columbia Omenica Mining Division Owen Lake ⓘ Silver Queen Mine (Nadina Mine)	Hood, C. T., Sinclair, A. J., & Leitch, C. H. (1991). British Columbia Geological Survey Geological Fieldwork 1991.
Ontario Hastings County Madoc area Huntingdon Township ⓘ Taylor Pit (TL)	JAMBOR, J.L. (1967): New lead sulfantimonides from Madoc, Ontario. 1. Mineral descriptions. Canadian Mineralogist 9, 7-24. JAMBOR, J.L. (1967): New lead sulfantimonides from Madoc, Ontario. 2. Mineral descriptions. Canadian Mineralogist 9, 191-213. JAMBOR, J.L., LAFLAMME, J.H.G. & WALKER, D.A. (1982): A re-examination of the Madoc sulfosalts. Mineralogical Record 13, 93-100.

France
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Hautes-Alpes La Chapelle-en-Valgaudemar (La Chapelle-en-Valgaudémar) ⓘ Jas Roux	Canadian Mineralogist 18:13; Topa, D., Kolitsch, U., Makovicky, E., Stanley, C. (2017): Écrinsite, AgTl3Pb4As11Sb9S36, a new thallium-rich homeotype of baumhauerite from the Jas Roux sulphosalt deposit, Parc national des Écrins, Hautes-Alpes, France. European Journal of Mineralogy 29, 689-700.

Iran
West Azerbaijan Province Sardasht County Sardasht ⓘ Barika ore deposit	Topa, D., Makovicky, E., Tajedin, H., Putz, H., Zagler, G. (2013): Barikaite, Pb10Ag3(Sb8As11)S19S40, a new member of the sartorite homologous series. Mineralogical Magazine, 77, 3039-3046.

Italy
Piedmont Cuneo Province Ormea ⓘ Pornassino	Orlandi P., Campostrini I. (2005): Zibaldone. Aggiornamento di mineralogia Italiana 2004. Riv. Mineral. Ital., 29, 3 (3-2005), 184-192; Piccoli G.C., Maletto G., Bosio P., Lombardo B. (2007). Minerali del Piemonte e della Valle d'Aosta. Associazione Amici del Museo "F. Eusebio" di Alba, Ed., Alba (Cuneo), 607 pp.
Metropolitan City of Turin Oulx Signols ⓘ Signols Quarries	Orlandi, P. (2011). Zibaldone di mineralogia italiana 2010. Micro 1/2011, 39-42; Brizio, P., Bittarello, E., Ambrino, P., Ciriotti, M.E. (2014): Cava di Cumbë Suřdë, Signols, Oulx, Val di Susa, Torino, Piemonte. GMT 2014 Giornate Mineralogiche di Tavagnasco, 6-8 giugno 2014. Plinius, 40, 178.
Tuscany Lucca Province Seravezza ⓘ Seravezza quarrying basin	Bracci, G., Dalena, D., Orlandi, P., Duchi, G. & Vezzalini, G. (1980) Guettardite from Tuscany, Italy; a second occurrence. Canadian Mineralogist, 18, 13-15; Orlandi P., Del Chiaro L., Pagano R. (1996): Minerals of the Seravezza Marble, Tuscany, Italy. Mineralogical Record 27, 47-58; Orlandi, P., and Criscuolo, A. (2009) Minerali del marmo delle Alpi Apuane. Parco delle Alpi Apuane - Pacini Editore, Ospedaletto-Pisa, 180 pp.; Dr. Biagioni (2009): Minerali della Provincia di Lucca. Edited by AMI, Associazione Mineralogica Italiana, pp 159-160.
ⓘ Ceragiola quarries	Biagioni C., Orlandi P., Camarda S., Chinellato M., Appiani R., Del Chiaro L., Sanguineti G., (2019) Minerals from marbles of Carrara and the Apuan Alps. Page 55
ⓘ Pitone quarry	Orlandi, P., and Criscuolo, A. (2009) Minerali del marmo delle Alpi Apuane. Parco delle Alpi Apuane - Pacini Editore, Ospedaletto-Pisa, 180 pp.

Kyrgyzstan
Batken Region ⓘ Khaidarkan Sb-Hg deposit (Chaidarkan; Hajdarkan)	[Lapis 11:11-24]
Osh Region ⓘ Chauvai (Chauvay) Sb-Hg Deposit	[Lapis 1993:11 p11-24]

Russia
Sverdlovsk Oblast Serovsky District Turinsk-Auerbakovsk ore field Turya river Tur'insk ⓘ Vorontsovskoe deposit (Vorontsovsk gold deposit)	Kasatkin, A.V., Makovicky, E., Plášil, J., Škoda, R., Agakhanov, A.A, Karpenko, V.Y. and Nestola, F. (2018) Tsygankoite, Mn8Tl8Hg2(Sb21Pb2Tl)S24S48, a New Sulfosalt from the Vorontsovskoe Gold Deposit, Northern Urals, Russia. Minerals: 8(5): 218.

Switzerland
Valais Sion Granges (Lens) ⓘ La Plâtrière quarry	Ansermet, S., Meisser, N. & Cuchet, S. (2011): Ein Hauch Carrara im Wallis - zur Mineralogie des Steinbruchs La Plâtrière in Lens. Schweizer Strahler 2/2011, 2-17 (in German/French).

USA
Colorado San Juan Co. Red Mountain Mining District Anvil Mountain ⓘ Brobdignag Mine	Minerals of Colorado (1997) Eckel, E. B.

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Type Occurrence of GuettarditeHide

Synonyms of GuettarditeHide

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Relationship of Guettardite to other SpeciesHide

Common AssociatesHide

Related Minerals - Nickel-Strunz GroupingHide

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