Chubutite Mineral Data

Chubutite Mineral Data

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General Chubutite Information

Chemical Formula:

Pb7O6Cl2

Composition:

Molecular Weight = 1,617.30 gm

Lead 89.68 % Pb 96.61 % PbO

Chlorine 4.38 % Cl 4.38 % Cl

- % Cl -0.99 % -O=Cl₂

Oxygen 5.94 % O

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100.00 % 100.00 % = TOTAL OXIDE

Empirical Formula:

Pb₇O₆Cl₂

IMA Status:

Not Approved IMA

Locality:

Link to MinDat.org Location Data.

Synonym:

Lorettoite

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Chubutite Crystallography

Crystal System:

OrthorhombicSpace Group: Unk

Physical Properties of Chubutite

Cleavage:

[???] Perfect

Color:

Dark red, Reddish yellow.

Diaphaniety:

Translucent

Hardness:

2.5-3 - Finger Nail-Calcite

Luster:

Adamantine

Streak:

orange

Calculated Properties of Chubutite

Fermion Index

Fermion Index = 0.19822
Boson Index = 0.80178

Photoelectric:

PE_Chubutite=1,697.37 barns/electron
U=PE_Chubutite x r_electron= . barns/cc.

Radioactivity:

GRapi = 0 (Gamma Ray American Petroleum Institute Units)

Chubutite is Not Radioactive

Chubutite Classification

Dana Class:

4.0.0.0 (4)Oxide Minerals

(4.0)Without Dana Classification Numbers

(Oxyhalide)

Strunz Class:

III/D.11-17 III - Halogenides

III/D - Oxi-halogenides with Pb - Bi - Sb and related compounds

III/D.11 - Mendipite - Onoratoite series

III/D.11-10 Mendipite Pb3Cl2O2 P 2₁2₁2₁ 2 2 2

III/D.11-15 Damaraite Pb3O2(OH)Cl Pmc2 mm2

III/D.11-17 Chubutite Pb7O6Cl2 Unk Ortho

III/D.11-20 Penfieldite Pb2Cl3(OH) P 6/mmm 6/m 2/m 2/m

III/D.11-30 Blixite Pb2Cl(O,OH)2 Unk Ortho

III/D.11-35 Mereheadite! Pb2O(OH)Cl C 2/c 2/m

III/D.11-40 Sundiusite Pb10(SO4)Cl2O8 C 2,Cm,C 2/m Mono

III/D.11-50 Asisite Pb12(SiO4)O8Cl4 I 4/mmm 4/m 2/m 2/m

III/D.11-55 Parkinsonite (Pb,Mo,[])8O8Cl2 I 4/mmm 4/m 2/m 2/m

III/D.11-60 Thorikosite Pb3(Sb,As)O3(OH)Cl2 I 4/mmm 4/m 2/m 2/m

III/D.11-65 Philolithite! Pb12O6Mn(Mg,Mn)2(Mn,Mg)4(SO4)(CO3)4Cl4(OH)12 P 4₁/nnm 4/m 2/m 2/m

III/D.11-70 Pinalite Pb3(WO4)OCl2 Amam 2/m 2/m 2/m

III/D.11-80 Nadorite PbSbO2Cl Bmmb 2/m 2/m 2/m

III/D.11-90 Perite PbBiO2Cl Bmmb 2/m 2/m 2/m

III/D.11-100 Heliophyllite Pb6As2O7Cl4 Unk Ortho

III/D.11-110 Ecdemite Pb6As2O7Cl4 Unk Tetra

III/D.11-120 Onoratoite Sb8O11Cl2 C 2/m 2/m

Other Chubutite Information

References:

PHYS. PROP.(Enc. of Minerals,2nd ed.,1990)

See Also:

Links to other databases for Chubutite :
1 -Am. Min. Crystal Structure Database 2 -Athena 3 -Google Images 4 -Google Scholar 5 -MinDAT 6 -MinMax(Deutsch) 7 -MinMax(English) 8 -Mineralienatlas (Deutsch) 9 -QUT Mineral Atlas 10 -École des Mines de Paris

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Chubutite

Pb7O6Cl2
Dana No: Unknown Strunz No: III/D.11-17
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