raspite
Sign in to saveRaspite is a mineral, a lead tungstate; with the formula PbWO4. It forms yellow to yellowish brown monoclinic crystals. It is the low temperature monoclinic dimorph of the tetragonal stolzite.
Key facts
- Mineral.name
- Raspite
- Mineral.image
- Raspite-130810.jpg
- Mineral.imagesize
- 260px
- Mineral.category
- Oxide minerals
- Mineral.formula
- PbWO4
- Mineral.IMAsymbol
- Rsp
- Mineral.strunz
- 4.DG.20
- Mineral.system
- Monoclinic
- Mineral.class
- Prismatic (2/m) (same H-M symbol)
- Mineral.symmetry
- P21/b
- Mineral.colour
- Light yellow, yellowish brown, grey
- Mineral.habit
- Tabular (may have striations), elongate
- Mineral.cleavage
- Perfect {100}
- Mineral.mohs
- 2.5–3
- Mineral.luster
- Adamantine
- Mineral.solubility
- Decomposes in HCl
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- Image
- Raspite-130810.jpg
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- Raspite
- chemical formula
- PbWO₄
- Nickel-Strunz 9th edition (updated 2009)
- 4.DG.20
- Nickel-Strunz '10th ed', review of (9th ed/ 2009 update)
- 4.DG.20
- IMA Mineral Symbol
- Rsp
- Strunz 8th edition (series ID, updated)
- IV/D.08 – Anhang
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Raspite is a mineral, a lead tungstate; with the formula PbWO4. It forms yellow to yellowish brown monoclinic crystals. It is the low temperature monoclinic dimorph of the tetragonal stolzite.