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Anglesite Mineral Data + |
General Anglesite Information |
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| PbSO4 | |||
| Molecular Weight = 303.26 gm | |||
| Lead 68.32 % Pb 73.60 % PbO | |||
| Sulfur 10.57 % S 26.40 % SO3 | |||
| Oxygen 21.10 % O | |||
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| 100.00 % 100.00 % = TOTAL OXIDE | |||
| Pb(SO4) | |||
| Secondary, weathered deposits of lead ore. | |||
| Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1832 | |||
| Tsumeb, Southwest Africa. Link to MinDat.org Location Data. | |||
| Named after the island of Anglesey (Wales, Great Britain). | |||
| ICSD 100625 | |||
| Lead Spar | |||
| Lead Vitrol | |||
| PDF 36-1461 | |||
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Anglesite Crystallography |
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| a:b:c =1.5709:1:1.2889 | |||
| a = 8.48, b = 5.398, c = 6.958, Z = 4; V = 318.50 Den(Calc)= 6.32 | |||
| Orthorhombic - DipyramidalH-M Symbol (2/m 2/m 2/m) Space Group: Pbnm | |||
| By Intensity(I/Io): 3.001(1), 4.26(0.87), 3.333(0.86), | |||
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Physical Properties of Anglesite |
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| [001] Good, [210] Distinct | |||
| Blue, Colorless, Green, Gray, Yellow. | |||
| 6.3 | |||
| Transparent to translucent | |||
| Brittle - Conchoidal - Very brittle fracture producing small, conchoidal fragments. | |||
| Granular - Generally occurs as anhedral to subhedral crystals in matrix. | |||
| Stalactitic - Shaped like pendant columns as stalactites or stalagmites (e.g. calcite). | |||
| 2.5-3 - Finger Nail-Calcite | |||
| None. | |||
| Adamantine | |||
| white | |||
Optical Properties of Anglesite |
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| CI meas= 0.028 (Excellent) - where the CI = (1-KPDmeas/KC) CI calc= 0.031 (Excellent) - where the CI = (1-KPDcalc/KC) KPDcalc= 0.1401,KPDmeas= 0.1405,KC= 0.1446 |
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| Biaxial (+), a=1.878, b=1.883, g=1.895, bire=0.0170, 2V(Calc)=68, 2V(Meas)=75.4. Dispersion relatively strong. | |||
Calculated Properties of Anglesite |
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relectron=5.40 gm/cc |
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| Fermion Index = 0.15188 Boson Index = 0.84812 |
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PEAnglesite =1,224.10 barns/electron |
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| GRapi = 0 (Gamma Ray American Petroleum Institute Units) Anglesite is Not Radioactive |
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Anglesite Classification |
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| 28.3.1.3 (28)Anhydrous Acid and Sulfates | |||
| (28.3)(A++) XO4 | |||
| (28.3.1)Barite Group | |||
| VI/A.09-50 VI - Sulfates,Chromates,Molybdates and Tungstates | |||
| VI/A - Waterfree sulfates [SO4]2- without unfamiliar anions. cations of very big size | |||
| VI/A.09 - Barite group | |||
Other Anglesite Information |
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| NAME( Duda&Rejl90) PHYS. PROP.(Enc. of Minerals,2nd ed.,1990) OPTIC PROP.(Mason68) | |||
| Links to other databases for Anglesite : 1 - Alkali-Nuts(English) 2 - Alkali-Nuts(Francais) 3 - Am. Min. Crystal Structure Database 4 - Amethyst Galleries' Mineral Gallery 5 - Athena 6 - EUROmin Project 7 - Ecole des Mines de Paris 8 - Franklin Minerals(Dunn) 9 - Franklin Minerals(Palache) 10 - Google Images 11 - Google Scholar 12 - Handbook of Mineralogy (MinSocAm) 13 - Handbook of Mineralogy (UofA) 14 - HyperPhysics 15 - MinDAT 16 - MinMax(Deutsch) 17 - MinMax(English) 18 - Mineral and Gemstone Kingdom 19 - Mineralienatlas (Deutsch) 20 - QUT Mineral Atlas 21 - Ruff.Info 22 - Tradeshop.com - The Rainbow of Gems 23 - University of Colorado - Mineral Structure Data 24 - WWW-MINCRYST 25 - YupRocks Search for Anglesite using: Visit our Advertisers for Anglesite : AA Mineral SpecimensB & L Fine Minerals Dan Weinrich Fine Minerals Dan Weinrich Auctions Excalibur Minerals Exceptional Minerals Fabre Minerals Greenside Minerals Heliodor John Betts Fine Minerals Mason's Minerals Mineral News Mineral of the Month Club MineralsWeb Fine Minerals The GeoZone Wrights Rock Shop Translate Anglesite Mineral Data : Ask about Anglesite here : Print or Cut-and-Paste your Anglesite Specimen Label here :
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