geocronite
Sign in to saveGeocronite is a mineral, a mixed sulfosalt containing lead, antimony, and arsenic with a formula of Pb14(Sb, As)6S23. Geocronite is the antimony-rich endmember of a solid solution series. The arsenic-rich endmember is named jordanite. It occurs as grey, black, to silvery white monoclinic crystals. It is found in hydrothermal veins usually associated with other similar minerals, particularly the sulfides of iron and copper.
Key facts
- Mineral.name
- Geocronite
- Mineral.image
- Geocronite-170116.jpg
- Mineral.category
- Sulfosalt minerals
- Mineral.formula
- Pb14(Sb, As)6S23
- Mineral.IMAsymbol
- Geo
- Mineral.strunz
- 2.JB.30a
- Mineral.system
- Monoclinic
- Mineral.class
- Prismatic (2/m) (same H-M symbol)
- Mineral.symmetry
- P21/m
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- Image
- Geocronite-170116.jpg
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- Nickel-Strunz 9th edition (updated 2009)
- 2.JB.30a
- Commons category
- Geocronite
- IMA Mineral Symbol
- Geo
- chemical formula
- Pb₁₄(Sb,As)₆S₂₃
- Nickel-Strunz '10th ed', review of (9th ed/ 2009 update)
- 2.JB.30a
- Strunz 8th edition (series ID, updated)
- II/D.06
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Geocronite is a mineral, a mixed sulfosalt containing lead, antimony, and arsenic with a formula of Pb14(Sb, As)6S23. Geocronite is the antimony-rich endmember of a solid solution series. The arsenic-rich endmember is named jordanite. It occurs as grey, black, to silvery white monoclinic crystals. It is found in hydrothermal veins usually associated with other similar minerals, particularly the sulfides of iron and copper.
The mineral has been found in Spain, Ireland and Sweden where it was first identified in 1839.