| Name: | Schirmerite |
| IMA Chemistry: | Ag4PbBi4S9 |
| Chemistry Elements: | The mineral Schirmerite contains elements: Silver (Ag) Lead (Pb) Bismuth (Bi) Sulfur (S) |
| Country of Type Locality: | USA |
| Year First Published: | 1874 |
| IMA Status: | Grandfathered |
| Status Notes: | Genth F A (1874) On American tellurium and bismuth minerals. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 14, 223-231 Redefined: Makovicky E, Karup-Møller S (1977) Chemistry and crystallography of the lillianite homologous series. Part II: Definition of new minerals: eskimoite, vikingite, ourayite, and treasurite. Redefinition of schirmerite and new data on the lillianite-gustavite solid solution series, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Abhandlungen 131, 56-82 Chemical formula redefined and mineral is discredited: Moëlo Y, Makovicky E, Mozgova N N, Jambor J L, Cook N, Pring A, Paar W, Nickel E H, Graeser S, Karup-Møller S, Balic-Zunic T, Mumme W G, Vurro F, Topa D, Bindi L, Bente K, Shimizu M (2008) Sulfosalt systematics: a review. Report of the sulfosalt sub-committee of the IMA Commission on Ore Mineralogy, European Journal of Mineralogy 20, 7-46 |
| Structural Group Name: | Lillianite |
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