beudantite
Sign in to saveBeudandite is a secondary mineral occurring in the oxidized zones of polymetallic deposits. It is a lead, iron, arsenate, sulfate with endmember formula: PbFe3(OH)6SO4AsO4.
Key facts
- Mineral.name
- Beudantite
- Mineral.category
- Arsenate minerals
- Mineral.image
- Beudantite-ea12a.jpg
- Mineral.imagesize
- 170px
- Mineral.caption
- Large brown crystals of beudantite
- Mineral.formula
- PbFe3(OH)6SO4AsO4
- Mineral.IMAsymbol
- Bdn
- Mineral.strunz
- 8.BL.10
- Mineral.dana
- 43.4.1.1
- Mineral.system
- Trigonal
- Mineral.class
- Hexagonal scalenohedral (m) H-M symbol: ( 2/m)
- Mineral.symmetry
- Rm
- Mineral.unit cell
- a = 7.32 Å, c = 17.02 Å; Z = 3
- Mineral.color
- black, dark green, brown, yellowish, red, greenish yellow, brown
- Mineral.habit
- tabular, acute rhombohedral, pseudo-cubic, pseudo-cuboctahedral
- Mineral.cleavage
- distinct; good on {0001}
- Mineral.mohs
- 3.5–4.5
- Mineral.luster
- vitreous, resinous
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- Image
- Beudantite-170099.jpg
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- IMA Mineral Symbol
- Bdn
- Nickel-Strunz '10th ed', review of (9th ed/ 2009 update)
- 8.BL.05
- Commons category
- Beudantite
- Nickel-Strunz 9th edition (updated 2009)
- 8.BL.05
- chemical formula
- PbFe³⁺₃(AsO₄)(SO₄)(OH)₆
- Strunz 8th edition (series ID, updated)
- VI/B.03b
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{{Infobox mineral | name = Beudantite | category = Arsenate minerals | image = Beudantite-ea12a.jpg | imagesize = 170px | alt = | caption = Large brown crystals of beudantite | formula = PbFe3(OH)6SO4AsO4 | IMAsymbol=Bdn | molweight = | strunz = 8.BL.10 | dana = 43.4.1.1 | system = Trigonal | class = Hexagonal scalenohedral (m) H-M symbol: ( 2/m) | symmetry = Rm | unit cell = a = 7.32 Å, c = 17.02 Å; Z = 3 | color = black, dark green, brown, yellowish, red, greenish yellow, brown | habit = tabular, acute rhombohedral, pseudo-cubic, pseudo-cuboctahedral | twinning = | cleavage = distinct; good on {0001} | fracture = | tenacity = | mohs = 3.5–4.5 | luster = vitreous, resinous | refractive = nω = 1.957 nε = 1.943 | opticalprop = Uniaxial (−) | birefringence = δ = 0.014 | pleochroism = visible | 2V = | dispersion = | streak = grayish yellow to green | gravity = 4.48 | density = | melt = | fusibility = | diagnostic = | solubility = | diaphaneity = transparent, translucent | other = Soluble in HCl |references = }}
Beudandite is a secondary mineral occurring in the oxidized zones of polymetallic deposits. It is a lead, iron, arsenate, sulfate with endmember formula: PbFe3(OH)6SO4AsO4.
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