bayldonite
Sign in to saveBayldonite (BAIL-done-ite) is a rare secondary mineral with the chemical formula PbCu3(AsO4)2(OH)2. Its provenance has been attributed to Penberthy Croft Mine, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom but there is no substantiating evidence for this and it was only attributed to Cornwall by Church (1865). Also, Church’s paper (Church, 1865) clearly states “I am indebted to Mr. Talling for this mineral species also.” so the original material was supplied by the mineral dealer Richard Talling and not discovered by Bayldon. Bayldonite was named after Church's dear friend and colleague at the Royal Agric
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Vinony's link graph records 15 inbound references to bayldonite, and connects out to United States, Namibia and Arizona.
It is catalogued under topics including Arsenate minerals, Copper minerals and Gemstones.
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Key facts
- Mineral.boxbgcolor
- 548469
- Mineral.name
- Bayldonite
- Mineral.boxtextcolor
- fff
- Mineral.image
- File:Bayldonite-Malachite-160206.jpg
- Mineral.caption
- Bayldonite, Tsumeb, Namibia
- Mineral.category
- Arsenate minerals
- Mineral.formula
- PbCu3(AsO4)2(OH)2
- Mineral.IMAsymbol
- Bay
- Mineral.strunz
- 8.BH.45
- Mineral.system
- Monoclinic
- Mineral.class
- Prismatic (2/m) (same H-M symbol)
- Mineral.symmetry
- C2/c
- Mineral.color
- Green, apple-green
- Mineral.habit
- Mammillary crust
- Mineral.twinning
- Pseudoscalenohedral trillings with the composition plane
- Mineral.cleavage
- None observed
- Mineral.fracture
- Irregular/uneven, conchoidal, sub-conchoidal, fibrous
- Mineral.tenacity
- Brittle
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Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- arsenate mineral
- Image
- Bayldonite-173845.jpg
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- Strunz 8th edition (series ID, updated)
- VII/B.14
- Commons category
- Bayldonite
- Nickel-Strunz 9th edition (updated 2009)
- 8.BH.45
- Nickel-Strunz '10th ed', review of (9th ed/ 2009 update)
- 8.BH.45
- crystal system
- monoclinic crystal system
- IMA Mineral Symbol
- Bay
- chemical formula
- Cu₃PbO(AsO₃OH)₂(OH)₂
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Bayldonite (BAIL-done-ite) is a rare secondary mineral with the chemical formula PbCu3(AsO4)2(OH)2. Its provenance has been attributed to Penberthy Croft Mine, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom but there is no substantiating evidence for this and it was only attributed to Cornwall by Church (1865). Also, Church’s paper (Church, 1865) clearly states “I am indebted to Mr. Talling for this mineral species also.” so the original material was supplied by the mineral dealer Richard Talling and not discovered by Bayldon. Bayldonite was named after Church's dear friend and colleague at the Royal Agricultural College (RAC),Cirencester, Gloucestershire John Bayldon MD (1837 – 1872). Specimens are also found in Tsumeb, Namibia, and Arizona, United States. It is sometimes used as a gemstone.
==References==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “bayldonite” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.