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- 34.1.4.1 Plumbotellurite PbTeO3 Unk Ortho
- IV/K.02-10 Balyakinite CuTeO3 Pmcn 2/m 2/m 2/m
- IV/K.02-20 Magnolite Hg2TeO3 Pbm2 mm2
- IV/K.02-30 Fairbankite PbTeO3 P1 1
- IV/K.02-40 Plumbotellurite PbTeO3 Unk Ortho
General Plumbotellurite Information |
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 Chemical Formula: |
PbTe++++O3 | ||
| Composition: |
Molecular Weight = 382.80 gm | ||
| Tellurium 33.33 % Te 41.69 % TeO2 | |||
| Lead 54.13 % Pb 58.31 % PbO | |||
| Oxygen 12.54 % O | |||
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| 100.00 % 100.00 % = TOTAL OXIDE | |||
| Empirical Formula: |
Pb(TeO3) | ||
| Environment: |
Pseudomorphous after altaite. Dimorphous with fairbankite. | ||
| IMA Status: |
Approved IMA 1982 | ||
| Locality: |
Zhana-Tyube deposit, northern Kazakhstan. Link to MinDat.org Location Data. | ||
| Name Origin: |
Named for the composition (Pb, Te). | ||
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Plumbotellurite Crystallography |
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| Axial Ratios: |
a:b:c =0.613:1:0.6695 | ||
| Cell Dimensions: |
a = 8.423, b = 13.739, c = 9.199, Z = 12; V = 1,064.54 Den(Calc)= 7.16 | ||
| Crystal System: |
OrthorhombicSpace Group: Unk | ||
| X Ray Diffraction: |
By Intensity(I/Io): 3.17(1), 3.099(0.35), 3.21(0.32), | ||
Physical Properties of Plumbotellurite |
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| Cleavage: |
None | ||
| Color: |
Brown, Gray, Gray brown, Yellow gray. | ||
| Density: |
7.2 | ||
| Habit: |
Pseudomorphous - Occurs in the form of another mineral. | ||
| Hardness: |
2 - Gypsum | ||
| Streak: |
yellow gray | ||
Optical Properties of Plumbotellurite |
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| Gladstone-Dale: |
CI meas= -0.082 (Poor) - where the CI = (1-KPDmeas/KC) CI calc= -0.088 (Poor) - where the CI = (1-KPDcalc/KC) KPDcalc= 0.1755,KPDmeas= 0.1745,KC= 0.1614 |
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| Optical Data: |
Biaxial (+), a=2.19, b=2.23, g=2.35, bire=0.1600, 2V(Calc)=64, 2V(Meas)=50. | ||
Calculated Properties of Plumbotellurite |
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| Electron Density: |
relectron=5.94 gm/cc |
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| Fermion Index |
Fermion Index = 0.14631 Boson Index = 0.85369 |
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| Photoelectric: |
PEPlumbotellurite =1,130.45 barns/electron |
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| Radioactivity: |
GRapi = 0 (Gamma Ray American Petroleum Institute Units) Plumbotellurite is Not Radioactive |
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Plumbotellurite Classification |
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| Dana Class: |
34.1.4.1 (34)Selenites - Tellurites - Sulfites | ||
| (34.1)as A++ XO3 | |||
| (34.1.4)Dana Group | |||
| Strunz Class: |
IV/K.02-40 IV - Oxides | ||
| IV/K - Sulfides, selenides, tellurides with [XO3]2- groups and related structures | |||
| IV/K.02 - Balyakinite - Plumbotellurite series | |||
Other Plumbotellurite Information |
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| References: |
NAME( Dana8) PHYS. PROP.(Enc. of Minerals,2nd ed.,1990) OPTIC PROP.(Enc. of Minerals,2nd ed.,1990) | ||
| See Also: |
Links to other databases for Plumbotellurite : 1 -Am. Min. Crystal Structure Database 2 -Athena 3 - EUROmin Project 4 -Google Images 5 -Google Scholar 6 -Handbook of Mineralogy (UofA) 7 -MinDAT 8 -MinMax(Deutsch) 9 -MinMax(English) 10 -Mineralienatlas (Deutsch) 11 -QUT Mineral Atlas 12 -École des Mines de Paris Search for Plumbotellurite using: Visit our Advertisers for Plumbotellurite : Translate Plumbotellurite Mineral Data : Ask about Plumbotellurite here : Print or Cut-and-Paste your Plumbotellurite Specimen Label here :
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