Meneghinite

Meneghinite is a sulfosalt mineral with the chemical formula CuPb13 Sb7S24.

[4] In the orthorhombic crystal system, meneghinite has a Mohs hardness of 2+1⁄2, one perfect cleavage and a conchoidal fracture.

It is a blackish lead-grey in colour and gives a black shining streak.

[4] Discovered in the Italian Province of Lucca in 1852,[4] it is named after Giuseppe Meneghini (1811–1889) of the University of Pisa, who first observed the species.

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Sample of Meneghinite from the Harvard Museum of Natural History