macedonite
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Macedonite is a mineral named by Radusinović and Markov in 1971. It has the elemental formula PbTiO3 and exhibits tetragonal crystal system. The type locality is near Crni Kamen, Selecka Planina, Prilep Municipality, North Macedonia. It can be confused with perovskite. It is found in an amazonite-rich area.
Key facts
- Mineral.name
- Macedonite
- Mineral.SMILES
- [Pb+2].[O-][Ti](=O)[O-]
- Mineral.formula
- PbTiO3
- Mineral.IMAsymbol
- Mce
- Mineral.strunz
- 4.CC.35
- Mineral.dana
- 4.3.6.1
- Mineral.system
- Tetragonal
- Mineral.symmetry
- P4/nmm
- Mineral.unit cell
- a = 3.90 Å, c = 4.18 Å Z=1 V=63.58 Å3
- Mineral.colour
- black
- Mineral.tenacity
- very brittle
- Mineral.mohs
- 6
- Mineral.luster
- vitreous
- Mineral.diaphaneity
- opaque
- Mineral.gravity
- 7.82
- Mineral.opticalprop
- Uniaxial
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- Nickel-Strunz '10th ed', review of (9th ed/ 2009 update)
- 4.CC.35
- chemical formula
- PbTiO₃
- Nickel-Strunz 9th edition (updated 2009)
- 4.CC.35
- IMA Mineral Symbol
- Mce
- Commons category
- Macedonite
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Macedonite is a mineral named by Radusinović and Markov in 1971. It has the elemental formula PbTiO3 and exhibits tetragonal crystal system. The type locality is near Crni Kamen, Selecka Planina, Prilep Municipality, North Macedonia. It can be confused with perovskite. It is found in an amazonite-rich area.
==Fame== Lead titanate, which is the premier piezoelectric material, had not been previously reported in the wild.