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Teallite is a sulfide mineral of tin and lead with chemical formula: PbSnS2. It occurs in hydrothermal veins and is sometimes mined as an ore of tin. Teallite forms soft silvery grey mica-like plates and crystallizes in the orthorhombic system. The Mohs hardness is 1.5 to 2 and the specific gravity is 6.4.

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It is catalogued under topics including Lead minerals, Minerals in space group 62 and Orthorhombic minerals.

Its subject is documented across 12 Wikipedia language editions.

Key facts

Mineral.name
Teallite
Mineral.image
Teallite-35244.jpg
Mineral.imagesize
260px
Mineral.category
Sulfide minerals
Mineral.formula
PbSnS2
Mineral.IMAsymbol
Tel
Mineral.strunz
2.CD.05
Mineral.system
Orthorhombic
Mineral.class
Dipyramidal (mmm) H-M symbol: (2/m 2/m 2/m)
Mineral.symmetry
Pbnm (no. 62)
Mineral.unit cell
a = 4.26 Å, b = 11.41 Å c = 4.09 Å; Z = 2
Mineral.color
Silvery gray, lead-gray to iron-gray; tarnishes dull or iridescent
Mineral.cleavage
{001} perfect (lamellar cleavage); flexible
Mineral.tenacity
Malleable
Mineral.mohs
– 2
Mineral.luster
Metallic
Mineral.streak
Black
Mineral.diaphaneity
Opaque

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Wikidata facts

Named after
Jethro Teall
Image
Teallit - Ichocollo, Bolivien.jpg
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Strunz 8th edition (series ID, updated)
II/B.13
Nickel-Strunz 9th edition (updated 2009)
2.CD.05
Nickel-Strunz '10th ed', review of (9th ed/ 2009 update)
2.CD.05
Commons category
Teallite
chemical formula
PbSnS₂
streak color
black
IMA Mineral Symbol
Tel
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Teallite is a sulfide mineral of tin and lead with chemical formula: PbSnS2. It occurs in hydrothermal veins and is sometimes mined as an ore of tin. Teallite forms soft silvery grey mica-like plates and crystallizes in the orthorhombic system. The Mohs hardness is 1.5 to 2 and the specific gravity is 6.4.

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