lanarkite
Sign in to saveLanarkite is a mineral, a form of lead sulfate with formula Pb2(SO4)O. It was originally found at Leadhills in the Scottish county of Lanarkshire, hence the name. It forms white or light green, acicular monoclinic prismatic crystals, usually microscopic in size. It is an oxidation product of galena.
Key facts
- Mineral.name
- Lanarkite
- Mineral.image
- Lanarkite-sea28d.jpg
- Mineral.imagesize
- 260px
- Mineral.category
- Sulfate minerals
- Mineral.formula
- Pb2(SO4)O
- Mineral.IMAsymbol
- Lan
- Mineral.strunz
- 7.BD.40
- Mineral.system
- Monoclinic
- Mineral.class
- Prismatic (2/m) (same H-M symbol)
- Mineral.symmetry
- C2/m
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Wikidata facts
- Image
- Lanarkite-sea28b.jpg
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- Nickel-Strunz '10th ed', review of (9th ed/ 2009 update)
- 7.BD.40
- Commons category
- Lanarkite
- Nickel-Strunz 9th edition (updated 2009)
- 7.BD.40
- IMA Mineral Symbol
- Lan
- chemical formula
- Pb₂O(SO₄)
- Strunz 8th edition (series ID, updated)
- VI/B.04
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Lanarkite is a mineral, a form of lead sulfate with formula Pb2(SO4)O. It was originally found at Leadhills in the Scottish county of Lanarkshire, hence the name. It forms white or light green, acicular monoclinic prismatic crystals, usually microscopic in size. It is an oxidation product of galena.
In 2023, Lanarkite was used by Korean physicists in an attempt to make LK-99, a material evaluated for room-temperature superconductivity.