Beudantite

Formula:  PbFe3(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)6

Origin of name:  For Francois Beudant, French mineralogist and physicist

 

Crystal system:  Hexagonal

Crystal class:  -3 2/m

Twinning:

Unit cell: a = 7.32 Ǻ, c = 17.02 Ǻ

 

Colour:  Dark green, brown, black, yellow, orange, red

Diaphaneity:

Luster:  Vitreous to resinous

Habit:  Crystals rhombohedral, pseudocubic

Hardness:  3.5 to 4.5

Specific gravity:  4 to 4.3

Cleavage:  1; {0001} easy

Tenacity:

Streak:  Greenish or greyish yellow

 

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