Bindheimite

Formula:  Pb2Sb2O6(O,OH)

Origin of name:  For Johann Bindheim, German chemist

 

Crystal system:  Cubic

Crystal class:  4/m -3 2/m

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Colour:  Yellow to brown or reddish brown, greenish, gray, white

Diaphaneity:  Translucent to opaque

Luster:  Resinous, dull, earthy   

Habit:  Massive cryptocrystalline; crusts, nodules, reniform masses

Hardness:  4 to 4.5

Specific gravity:  5.4 to 7.32

Cleavage:  None

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