Where it forms, where it's found
- Type locality
- Jiepaiyu Mine
- Shimen deposit
- Shimen Co.
- Changde
- Hunan
- China
29.5733°, 111.2861°
1recorded occurrences
Safety & handling
Crystallography
- Cell parameters
- a = 8.1137(5) Å · b = 8.6488(6) Å · c = 21.258(1) Å
- Cell angles
- α = 84.181(4) ° · β = 83.378(4) ° · γ = 89.951(4) °
- Ratio a:b:c
- 1 : 1.066 : 2.620
- Comment
structure determined
Synonyms
- IMA2019-069/20-F
- Shimeniet
In other languages
- German
- IMA 2019-069 · Shimenit
Classification
Strunz
10th ed.2.HD
- 2Sulfides and SulfosaltsClass
- 2.HSulfosalts of SnS archetypeDivision
- 2.HDWith TlGroup
- 2.HDShimeniteSpecies
Group, growth & confusion
ChabournéiteAgzTl8-x-zPb4+2xSb40-x-yAsyS68 (with 0.00 ≤ x ≤ 0.40, 16.15 ≤ y ≤ 19.11, 0.04 ≤ z ≤ 0.11)Mineral—
DalnegroiteTl4Pb2(As,Sb)20S34Mineral—- DewititeAgzTl10-x-zPb2xSb42-x-yAsyS68 (0.09 ≤ x ≤ 2.13, 13.99 ≤ y ≤ 19.79, 0.10 ≤ z ≤ 0.50)Mineral—
ProtochabournéiteTl4-xPb2+2xSb20-x-yAsyS34 (with 0.02 ≤ x ≤ 0.34, 5.71 ≤ y ≤ 6.69)Mineral—- VallouiseiteAg3Tl21.5PbSb63As41.5S170Mineral—
Literature, links & citation
Citations
- 2021Miyawaki, Ritsuro, Hatert, Frédéric, Pasero, Marco, Mills, Stuart J. (2021) IMA Commission on New Minerals, Nomenclature and Classification (CNMNC) CNMNC Newsletter No 63. Mineralogical Magazine, 85 (6) 910-915 doi:10.1180/mgm.2021.74 DOI: 10.1180/mgm.2021.74
- 2022(2022) Shimenite. Handbook of Mineralogy. Mineralogical Society of America
Cite this entry
@misc{mineral2026,
author = {Mineral Index editorial board},
title = {Shimenite — Mineral Index},
year = {2026},
url = {https://mineralindex.org/minerals/shimenite-55615},
note = {Accessed 2026-05-11}
}