Gratonite

Gratonite
Gratonite
	Gratonite, Excelsior Mine, Cerro de Pasco, Peru, the type locality. 1.7 x 1.6 x 1.5 cm.
General
Category	Sulfosalt minerals
Formula; (repeating unit)	Pb9As4S15
IMA symbol	Gtn
Strunz classification	2.JB.55
Crystal system	Trigonal
Crystal class	Ditrigonal pyramidal (3m) ; (same H-M symbol)
Space group	R3m

Gratonite is a lead-arsenic sulfosalt mineral, with the chemical composition Pb₉As₄S₁₅. Gratonite was discovered in 1939 at the Excelsior Mine, Cerro de Pasco, Peru. It is named in honor of geologist L. C. Graton (1880–1970), who had a long-standing association with the Cerro de Pasco mines.

References[edit]

^ Warr, L.N. (2021). "IMA–CNMNC approved mineral symbols". Mineralogical Magazine. 85 (3): 291–320. Bibcode:2021MinM...85..291W. doi:10.1180/mgm.2021.43. S2CID 235729616.

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[1] Warr, L.N. (2021). "IMA–CNMNC approved mineral symbols". Mineralogical Magazine. 85 (3): 291–320. Bibcode:2021MinM...85..291W. doi:10.1180/mgm.2021.43. S2CID 235729616.

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