Clausthalite
Appearance
Clausthalite | |
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General | |
Category | Selenide mineral |
Formula (repeating unit) | PbSe |
Strunz classification | 2.CD.10 |
Dana classification | 02.08.01.02 |
Crystal system | Isometric |
Crystal class | Hexoctahedral (m3m) H-M symbol: (4/m 3 2/m) |
Space group | Fm3m |
Identification | |
Color | Bluish gray to lead-gray |
Crystal habit | Massive to granular with euhedral crystals |
Cleavage | {001} Perfect, {010} Perfect, {100} Perfect |
Mohs scale hardness | 2.5 |
Luster | Metallic |
Streak | grayish black |
Diaphaneity | opaque |
Specific gravity | 7.6 - 8.8 |
References | [1][2][3][4] |
Clausthalite is a lead selenide mineral, PbSe. It forms a solid solution series with galena PbS.
Occurrence
It occurs in low-sulfur hydrothermal deposits with other selenides and in mercury deposits. It is associated with tiemannite, klockmannite, berzelianite, umangite, gold, stibiopalladinite and uraninite.[2]
It was first described in 1832 and named for the discovery locality of Clausthal-Zellerfeld in the Harz Mountains, Germany.[4]
See also
References
- ^ Mineralienatlas
- ^ a b http://rruff.geo.arizona.edu/doclib/hom/clausthalite.pdf Handbook of Mineralogy
- ^ http://webmineral.com/data/Clausthalite.shtml Webmineral data
- ^ a b http://www.mindat.org/min-1061.html Mindat
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