teallite
Sign in to saveTeallite 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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Within Vinony's link graph, teallite is referenced by 12 other articles, and connects out to Mohs scale of mineral hardness, relative density and sulfide class of minerals.
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
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- sulfide class of minerals
- 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
- crystal system
- orthorhombic crystal system
- IMA Mineral Symbol
- Tel
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Encyclopedic overview
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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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