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General Perite Information

Help on Chemical  Formula: Chemical Formula: PbBiO2Cl
Help on Composition: Composition: Molecular Weight = 483.63 gm
   Bismuth   43.21 %  Bi   48.17 % Bi2O3
   Lead      42.84 %  Pb   46.15 % PbO
   Chlorine   7.33 %  Cl    7.33 % Cl
               -   %  Cl   -1.65 % -O=Cl2
   Oxygen     6.62 %  O
            ______        ______ 
            100.00 %      100.00 % = TOTAL OXIDE
Help on Empirical Formula: Empirical Formula: PbBiO2Cl
Help on IMA Status: IMA Status: Approved IMA 1960
Help on Locality: Locality: Link to MinDat.org Location Data.
Help on Synonym: Synonym: ICSD 31860
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Perite

Comments: Pale yellow scaly crystalline perite on quartz.
Location: Benson, Cochise County, Arizona, USA. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Perite Crystallography

Help on Axial Ratios: Axial Ratios: a:b:c =1.0093:1:2.2286
Help on Cell Dimensions: Cell Dimensions: a = 5.627, b = 5.575, c = 12.425, Z = 4; V = 389.78 Den(Calc)= 8.24
Help on Crystal System: Crystal System: Orthorhombic - DipyramidalH-M Symbol (2/m 2/m 2/m) Space Group: Bmmb
Help on X Ray Diffraction: X Ray Diffraction: By Intensity(I/Io): 2.86(1), 1.62(0.9), 3.77(0.8),
 

Physical Properties of Perite

Help on Cleavage: Cleavage: [???] Good
Help on Color: Color: Brownish yellow, Yellow, Sulfur yellow.
Help on Density: Density: 8.16
Help on Diaphaniety: Diaphaniety: Translucent
Help on Hardness: Hardness: 3 - Calcite
Help on Luster: Luster: Adamantine
Help on Streak: Streak: yellow
 

Optical Properties of Perite

Help on Gladstone-Dale: Gladstone-Dale: CI meas= -0.045 (Good) - where the CI = (1-KPDmeas/KC)
CI calc= -0.035 (Excellent) - where the CI = (1-KPDcalc/KC)
KPDcalc= 0.1638,KPDmeas= 0.1654,KC= 0.1582
Help on Optical Data: Optical Data: Biaxial (+), b=2.35
 

Calculated Properties of Perite

Help on Electron Density: Electron Density:

relectron=6.75 gm/cc
note: rPerite =8.24 gm/cc.

Help on Fermion Index Fermion Index Fermion Index = 0.09471
Boson Index = 0.90529
Help on Photoelectric: Photoelectric:

PEPerite =1,653.05 barns/electron
U=PEPerite x relectron=11153.05 barns/cc.

Help on Radioactivity: Radioactivity: GRapi = 0 (Gamma Ray American Petroleum Institute Units)

Perite is Not Radioactive

 

Perite Classification

Help on  Dana Class: Dana Class: 10.2.5.1 (10)Oxyhalides and Hydroxyhalides
  (10.2)where A (O,OH) Xq
  (10.2.5)Dana Group
 
10.2.5.1 Perite PbBiO2Cl Bmmb 2/m 2/m 2/m
 
10.2.5.2 Nadorite PbSbO2Cl Bmmb 2/m 2/m 2/m
Help on  Strunz Class: Strunz Class: III/D.11-90 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 Perite Information

Help on References: References: PHYS. PROP.(Enc. of Minerals,2nd ed.,1990) OPTIC PROP.(Enc. of Minerals,2nd ed.,1990)
Help on See Also: See Also: Links to other databases for Perite :
1 -Am. Min. Crystal Structure Database 2 -Athena 3 - Crocoite.com Mineral Locations 4 - EUROmin Project 5 -Google Images 6 -Google Scholar 7 -Handbook of Mineralogy (UofA) 8 -MinDAT 9 -MinMax(Deutsch) 10 -MinMax(English) 11 -Mineralienatlas (Deutsch) 12 -QUT Mineral Atlas 13 - WWW-MINCRYST 14 -École des Mines de Paris

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Perite

PbBiO2Cl
Dana No: 10.2.5.1 Strunz No: III/D.11-90
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